Why, nothing, nothing at all.

Today's Music of the Day is nothing. Nothing at all. I'm working in silence today.

Apparent silence, anyway. Tuesday's New Pornographers concert was so great that I still have many of their songs in my head. They played songs from all of their albums and were wonderful. The only thing that even attempted to mar the show was that Dan Bejar was apparently quite drunk, though he still sang very well. Well, that, and the fact that they didn't play "Chump Change" despite my screams to the contrary.

The highlights of the show? Hard to say. Neko Case & Bejar don't normally tour with the NPs, at least to my understanding, so the fact that both of them were present was a real treat. Consequently, we heard more of the Bejar-written and/or Case-sung tracks than usual, which is good. I'll keep this blog from becoming a love letter to Neko Case, but her voice is absolutely incredible, electricity through my veins, a fire in the snow. I really enjoyed "The Bleeding Heart Show" though there wasn't a bad song the entire evening. Even the tracks from Challengers, which is growing on me a little, were great to hear.

In short, I enjoyed the show so much I thought about going to see them again on this tour, though I don't think I'll be able to make it. But if the New Pornographers come to your town, or at least somewhere close, you should go see them. They're amazing.