Review: A Fine Frenzy w/ Brandi Carlile @ The Phoenix Theatre 10/9/07

First off, I'm going to have to invest in a digital camera that is small enough to hide in my pocket, because my Razor's camera phone isn't cutting it. My lovely girl and I were a bit bamboozled when we first bought tickets to this event. We thought the show was going to be A Fine Frenzy with someone else opening. Much to our dismay, we found out that A Fine Frenzy was going to be opening for Brandi Carlile, an artist we knew nothing about. The show at The Phoenix was pretty sparsely attended when we arrived, most folks being there to get their drink on before Carlile took the stage. I would say by the end of her set, A Fine Frenzy had won over anyone in the crowd who wasn't familiar with her work. She started the set with "Come On, Come On", and ran through most of her debut album, One Cell in the Sea. Hearing "Almost Lover", "You Picked Me", and "Rangers" live was worth the twenty dollars we plunked down for the tickets. This was A Fine Frenzy's first time performing in Toronto, and I hope she comes 'round this way again. I can't say much about Brandi Carlile's performance, because after listening to the songs on her MySpace, we agreed that her music sucked and we didn't want to stand around for an hour or so listening to shite.

For your eyes -
A tiny snippet of A Fine Frenzy playing "The Minnow and The Trout" at the Phoenix Theater.