Tegan and Sara @ Minnesota Zoo

This show was a different kind of experience for me. Most of the shows I’ve been to have been in clubs and this one was in… The Zoo!

Tegan and Sara performed a good selection of songs, even including a mix of their “old Calgary sound.” By old Calgary sound I refer to a time when they merely played acoustic songs (busker-ish) and were celebrated on Much Music’s older version of “Going Coastal” (Much West?…I can’t remember, it’s been a while). I never cared for them, but I did celebrate the point that they made their home in Calgary (Calgarians: often hated by other cities in Canada for acting in a superior nature when comparing themselves to the rest of Canada). Back to the subject, I enjoy their music now and appreciate their further introduction of an “alternative” to the typical four (straight) man band.

Unlike their supporting act the stage banter that accompanied almost every song was witty and served as an actual introduction to the following song. To paraphrase: “I’m proud to be like our mom, a socialist humanitarian social worker, but one of us had to be like our dad. Sara, is uncomfortable with discussing her feelings, leaves me, …(I forget).” (It was funny at the time, trust me…I was there)

As I mentioned before I don’t have a long history of being a fan of the band, with that being said I was happy to hear a god mixture of the songs I’m familiar with from their latest release So Jealous.