The Occasional Solipsist

If you're a fan of the extremely talented Canadian musician Sarah Harmer, you know what my byline means. And if you don't, well besides sucking, you need to get the hell away from this page and go directly to puretracks.com and let the downloading begin. And while you're at it you'll want to dig up some old Weeping Tile too. That was her band prior to flying solo.

And if you're wondering if I have recently bought myself a heap of stock in the music company that produces her music, the answer is no. Although if she ever goes crazy big, I guess I'll be mad I didn't.

I did however just come back from seeing her with Superwife at Brock University and considering how happy I was with the performance I got to see, I figured I'd share it with the wired world. Alternating between contemplative melodies and acoustic jams, with lyrics that are thoughful, intelligent and emotive, Sarah Harmer is a truly underappreciated Canadian talent. She played a great set, combining a lot of her first album's songs with an equal number from her latest release.

However, she didn't play 'UFO Rosie' when I yelled out during the request part of the show. I imagine she didn't hear me, and wouldn't have played it if she did, because few people in the audience would know what the hell it was.

Great fuckin' song. Great show too.

Labels: music