November 27, 2012 - Live shows trump albums?

This morning I was thinking about artists whose live shows are better than their albums. This isn't a slight at any artist and their albums, but a preference of me (and maybe others?). Here is part of my life (updated as people post and as I think of more):
The Sadies - their live performance is one of the best ever, but cannot be captured on album (not even their live album)
Hawksley Workman - he is such a performer and has a very dynamic personality that would be impossible to show on an album without all the other elements
Rose Cousins - her albums often include other instruments and voices, which I feel takes away from the power and beauty of her voice
Little Miss Higgins  - Her live performance marginally beats out her albums and is mostly because of her amazing ability to play guitar, her awesome outfits, her stories, and her playing slide guitar with a shot or pint glass!
The Weber Brothers+
Sunparlour Players - Nothing can compare to the amount of sweat that these guys leave on stage... two drum kits and a whole lot of heart and soul are shown in their live show. It's impossible to put that on a an album.


If you have a band to add - comment below!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
 Romi Mayes* - How I Roll - Sweet Somethin' Steady
Serena Ryder* - Little Bit of Red - Is it ok
Romi Mayes* - Easy on you - Lucky Tonight
Serena Ryder* - Blown like a wind at night - Is it ok
Wilco - You and I - Wilco (the album)
Hawksley Workman* - A moth is not a butterfly - Treeful of Starling
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the Void
The Elected - Greetings in Braille - Me First
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire
Cuff the Duke* - Where did we go wrong - Union

7:00-8:00
Beachwood Sparks - Sparks fly again - The Tarnished Gold
Travis - Why does it always rain on me - The Man Who
Amelia Curran* - You won't find me - War brides
Paper Moon* - turning colours into greys - Broken hearts break faster everyday
Little Miss Higgins* - Give your mama one smile - Cobbler Shop Sessions
Hannah Georgas* - Chit chat - This is Good
Mother Mother* - Arms tonight - O my heart
Jon and Roy* - Little bit of love - Another noon
Andy Shauf* - Hometown hero - The Bearer of Bad news (2012)
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows
Band of Horses - Knock Knock - Mirage Rock
Immaculate Machine* - Broken Ship - Ones and zeros

+ This was the comment from a friend of mine:
"I adore the The Weber Brothers live, but don't enjoy their albums. Too much editing, too clean a sound. I like their raunchy dirty sound, it's real, it's natural, it's what the blues are supposed to be. If they ever do a live album that might be something I'd be interested in, but as far as I'm concerned their albums don't even sound like them. Live they are too fabulous to be missed."

November 14th Playlist "say it in your mind until you know that the words are right"

This morning I woke up with a serious excitement about the show today. There isn't any particular reason, but I was excited to play music. Maybe it was because I promised Ishmael* that I would play some Shotgun Jimmie for his birthday or maybe it's because I was planning to play some Edith Piaf. It's probably for lots of these reasons. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the show this morning!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
 Rose Cousins* - If you were for me - If you were for me
Van Morrison - Sweet thing - Astral weeks
Po' Girl* - Poor girl - Vegabond Lullabies
The Deep Dark Woods* - Hang me, oh, hang me - Hang me,  oh hang me
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart
Mirah - Sweepstakes Prize - You think it's like this, but really it's like this
Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose - Greatest Hits
Robert Plan & Alison Krauss - Gone gone gone (done moved on) - Raising sand
Cuff the Duke* - It's all a blur - Way down here
Barley Wik* - Tumbleweed - Dusty lullaby

7:00-8:00am
Shotgyn Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
The Dears* - You and I are a gang of losers - Gang of Losers
The Pack A.D.* - Don't have to - Funeral Mixtape
Regina Spektor - One more time with feeling - Far
Sarah Slean* - Waiting for someone - The baroness
Radiohead - The Bends - The Bends
Jeff Buckley* - Hallelujah - Grace
Whitehorse* - Out like a lion - The fate of the world depends on this kiss
The Weakerthans* - This is a fire door never leave open - Left and leaving
Dragonette - Fixin to thrill - Fixin to thrill

November 7th Playlist "But for now we are young, let us lay in the sun and count all of the beautiful things we can see"

Whitehorse is coming to Saskatoon!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me
James Keelaghan* - Harvest Train - A few simple verses
Josh Ritter - Kathleen - Hello Starling
Whitehorse* - I'm on fire - self-titled
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my own - Heart of my own

Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased
Cuff the Duke* - Where did we go wrong - Union
Julie Doiron* - I woke myself up - Woke myself up
The Details* - The Original Mark - Original Mark EP
Mother Mother* - Let's fall in love - Sticks
Metric* - Handshakes - Live it out
Novillero* - A little Tradition - A little tradition
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the airplane over the sea - In the airplane over the sea

7:00-8:00am
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The Send Off
Ruthie Foster* - Another Rain Song - Stages
Oh Susanna* - See what promises can bring - Soon the birds
The Waifs - Without You - sundirtwater
Amelia Curran* - Ah me - Hunter, hunter
Great Lake Swimmers* - River's edge - Lost channels
Frazey Ford* - Birds of Paradise  - Obadiah
Rose Cousins* - The send off - The send off
Travis - Sing - The Invisible Band
The Hidden Cameras* - In the na - Origin:Orphan
Sloan* - Penpals - Twice Removed