I went to it. I didn't see you so I wondered if you went. I got there at 11:00 just as they were getting ready to go on. One of those shows that Dougan started right at 9:00 rather than the usual 10:00-10:30. So I missed both openers, unfortunately. Now I enjoyed the show. I like the albums, but I think they are better live, even if it is a sort of made up superband. Most of the vocals were handled by Carl Newman on guitar with Neko Case as background/supporting vocals. The rest were her songs, dual vocals between the two and a few by the drummer, Kurt Dahle, who also suppled alot of the background vocals. The harmonies between the three and occasionally four with Todd Fancey were pretty good. The musice was fairly melodic/pop oriented. For the others that grumble about how loud it was, well, I saw Neko Case solo and even on her more country style she tends to very pronounced with her vocals. In this case, obviously, she would be louder in this music style and she showed the wear and tear of that when they came back for a 1 song third encore. As a whole I thought it was a short set which only lasted an hour with the first encore, but they took few breaks with the crowd. But they did talk to the crowd a few times and seemed pretty loose, though it probably helped that Neko had already been here. Not much of a review, but hope that at least helps out a little.
Dan Shankster
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