Liam Finn @ Lee's Palace

Liam Finn @ Lee's Palace
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

This is the third time I've seen Liam Finn play in Toronto this year. It's nice to see that his following seems to be growing and with good reason. The show was originally scheduled to be at the El Mocambo, the same venue for his show back in May. I suspect it was moved to accommodate all the extra fans he picked up from his show with Eddie Vedder @ Massey Hall. Regrettably I missed that one.

The last show at the El Mocambo featured an intimate acoustic set. This time around the crowd got a chance to see more of what Liam could do playing electric and bashing "the shit" out of some drums. He and EJ played songs off of the I'll Be Lightning album and were joined during the encore by brother Elroy Finn and Chris Garland. Highlights of the show were the Neil Young cover of Old Man, Lead Balloon, This place Is Killing Me and other songs of the album. They've been on tour for a long time and will be taking a break now. Hope to see them again soon.

Liam Finn - El Mocambo May 24, 2008

Liam Finn @ the El Mocambo
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

Headed down to the El Mocambo this night to catch Liam Finn.
I was looking forward to seeing this show for a while. My first exposure to
Liam was when he in town with his old man Neil from Crowded House @ Massey Hall. He opened up with a pretty cool one man band set impressed the early crowd. Having enjoyed the performance I downloaded his album form itunes and viewed the Letterman performance and was again quite impressed. On this night Liam played The El Mo with EJ Barnes in last show of their North American tour. They played a great set which included the crowd pleasers Better To Be, Second Chance, and Energy Spent, but he grabbed the hearts of the Canadian crowd with a great cover of Neil Young's Old Man. Another highlight of the night was the excitingly animated version of Lead Balloon. Overall a great performance that quite pleased the crowded house @ The El Mo. Liam has since come back to Toronto opening up for Eddie Vedder @ Massey Hall and will once again be playing in Toronto @ Lee's Palace on Oct 4th, 2008. This show is not to be missed.