What with being bookended by folk-festing and long-weekending you might not have noticed that there are a pair of outstanding concerts happening today and tomorrow. If that’s the case notice away with these handy YouTube embeds:
Tonight (Wedneday July 27) sees Wax Mannequin and The Burning Hell take the stage at the Marquee Room. They’ve toured together before and their weirdo-pop sensibilities complement each other well. And one of their Calgary shows did result in a rousing singalong to "The Logdriver’s Waltz" so you never quite know what’ll happen.
As for Doucet he’s easily one of Canada’s finest songwriters whether you’re talking folk roots or straight-up rock’n’roll. Plus he’s an outrageously good guitar player who has the good taste not to show off unless a song really demands it. Basically his Republik set tomorrow (Thursday July 28) is going to be well worth the $25 they’re charging at the door (although if you really can’t afford it consider going to the second installment of up-and-coming comedy night Kaboom! at Yuk Yuks hosted by occassional FFWD contributors Jeff Kubik and Alan Cho).
