Level 2 Music

Tonight we went to Sneaky Dee’s in the Annex. It’s the kind of venue that veterans of Guitar Hero and Rock Band would identify as “second level” because it’s a step up from playing in your basement or high school gym, but not as flashy as a more established joint. We went down to check out a new Indie singer The Wife randomly discovered on the internet named Thao Nguyen. She’s essentially what would happen if Bjork were Vietnamese and sang folksy/reggae-ish sort of stuff. It was a pretty good set. The band all played on Expert, hit all their unison phrases and nailed the Big Rock Ending, likely gold starring all their songs. They still need to get more fans and stars before they can play the bigger venues and trade up from a van to a jet, so I don’t think they’re going to be doing their World Tour yet, but all in all, it was a very enjoyable performance.

Afterwards we walked over to a 24 hour eatery known as the Montreal Cafe and had some poutine, onion soup and some smoked meat sandwiches which we couldn’t even touch as a result of the abundance of other food and ended up bringing it home. Unfortunately I can’t figure out a way to work a music videogame metaphor into that, so we’ll just have to leave it at that. I love living in this city…