Friday marked my latest Matthew Good show (3 total for my entire life). Unfortunately the “Nothing to Hide” tour spans the width of Canada with just one stop into the United States which happens to be no more than 12 miles from the nearest border “as the crow flies”. And that’s 12 miles to Canada, 390 miles from my home.

The trip was absolutely worth it. Rather than write a lengthy review as I did for the Vancouver show, I will just say that the show was great. Much better than Vancouver in most every respect I can think of (though I still think “In a World Called Catastrophe” is a very repetitive song and would have been great if it was just “teased”).

I do have a video of “Avalanche” that I will put on YouTube once I can get the file off of my camera’s SD card. Also, right before Matt came back out for the encore, the entire audience began chanting “K.I.C.K.A.S.S. That’s the way we spell success”. To Matt, I think you should have returned, teased “Giant” and then continued on with your encore.

And to the opening band’s singer, Drew Smith, you sound exactly like Thom Yorke from Radiohead. Play an acoustic cover of one of their songs. It would be great.