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Pictures from The Tallest Man on Earth Show – #2

Carter — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:22:28 +0000

Here’s the second batch of photos from The Tallest Man on Earth and Nurses show at St. James Hall last week. All of these awesome photos were taken by Missy Shana. We’ve broken them into two posts, so make sure you check out this post for the first half.

Check out the first batch of pictures here »

Pics from Nurses & The Tallest Man on Earth Show – #1

Carter — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:22:17 +0000

Thanks everyone for coming out to St. James Hall last week to see Nurses (from Portland) and The Tallest Man on Earth for his first concert in Vancouver! It was a sold out show but we still managed to squeeze in some last minute tickets at the door. For anyone that missed the show here a few photos to recap the night. Hopefully we’ll see these two bands back in Vancouver very soon.

All of these awesome photos were taken by Missy Shana. We’ve broken them into two posts, so make sure you check out post #2 for the rest.

Check out the second batch of pictures here »

The Tallest Man on Earth at St. James!

paul — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:40:34 +0000

I once read on another blog, “calling someone the best songwriter since Dylan is about as original as listening to MGMT”. Humorous and poignant, yes. However, The Tallest Man on Earth is certainly doing a good job of making people seem unoriginal. In support of his third album, The Wild Hunt, he will be playing St. James Hall on May 12th.

The proof is in the pudding:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Now how original do you feel? Tickets are available at Zulu, Scratch, Red Cat and Ticketweb this Friday.

“Over the last half-century, the tag “Dylanesque” has been slapped on so many mediocre folksingers clutching battered Moleskines that it’s become a meaningless joke, a critical hiccup, a silly, lazy way of invoking an age-old raspy voice/acoustic guitar combo. It’s gotten so bad that, in 2008, yammering on about the cliché of dubbing someone “the next Dylan” has become a cliché in itself. Still: It’s exceptionally hard to talk about Scandinavian folksinger the Tallest Man on Earth (also known as Kristian Matsson) without mentioning Bob Dylan’s early years, mostly because Matsson manages to embody Dylan’s effortlessness so well (Dylan was trying really, really hard, sure– but he sang like he didn’t give a shit), infusing his songs with a detachment that, miraculously, is neither cold nor alienating. Like Dylan, Matsson is so natural a songwriter that these tracks feel predetermined, tumbling out of his mouth with an ease and grace that’s increasingly uncommon.”
— Amanda Petrusich, Pitchfork, May 6, 2008