The New Pornographers Tickets

Absolutely a fantastic time!!! They played for about 2 hours, had great humor, fantastic live material, and even had GREAT openers (The Dodos and Duchess and Duke)

At the House of Blues in Boston, the New Pornographers delivered a fabulous set. They played flawlessly, and engagingly. Neko and Kathryn -those voices - are amazing.

The New Pornographers were in top form—each member gave arresting, memorable performances. Connection with the crowd was fantastic, particularly on the more anthemic numbers. Setlist was a bit "Twin Cinema"-heavy, which I didn't mind, but I would have liked to hear some of the new material off the recently-released "Together." If you get the chance, see this band. The Dodos' opening set was mindblowing, too. Thank you, musicians!

For a horrible venue these guys brought it. Absolutely blew me away

I've never reviewed a show online before, but I feel obliged to write one for this show due to the unusual circumstances that transpired during the show. The band was a few songs into what seemed like it was going to be a really rocking set. A.C. was teasing the audience about not being interesting enough for him (in good fun) when some idiot very unfortunately hurled one of the bands' CDs at them and hit A.C.'s guitar. It was a really lame moment of unruly fandom, and the crowd did not approve. A.C. was shocked, and sternly, and appropriately let everyone know that kind of behavior was not going to be cool. Ms. Case needs to review her band mate's admiral performance, because she proceeded to jump the shark in the worst possible way. She informed everyone that she would fuck them up, and that we were not to fuck with her. She also informed us in a very aggressive way that she was a piece of white trash that would fight with every single member of the audience. At first fans cheered her on in interest of solidarity, but that seemed to upset her and she kept going. When A.C. wisely tried to diffuse the situation she really dug in deeper. When he pondered if the person threw it out of love, she said "no this is America, that was hate". It was at this point that part of the audience booed her. Her hypocritical (she's ready to fight with the entire audience over one person's stupidity, and American's are hateful?) tirade went on for almost 10 minutes before the band played again. Before they started she told us that she was going to leave the CD on the floor to "shame the audience" . To say the least, the life was sucked out of the show, and it never really recovered. I went there to rock out with the band, not be shamed by them. I was not the one who misbehaved. The New Pornographers are one of todays very best rock bands and are one of my favorites so I was very excited to see them. I bought a ticket for a friend unfamiliar with their music so I would have a driving partner since I work long hours, and live 2+ hours away. I took the night off from work and left a pregnant wife home to take care of our 2.5yr old by herself so I could see one of my favorite bands only to be told I was a hateful American. Not exactly what I had in mind. I'm a musician, and I've played in front of just as many people as was at that show last night. I understand that it is a very intimidating situation. However, I don't understand getting bitterly angry at the entire crowd over one idiot's misguided fandom. A.C. said it best when he said "You can cut me up into 1000 pieces, and every piece would say I love you" Neko responded with "You can cut me up into 1000 pieces and every piece will want to fuck you up". I hope she looks over at her friend and sees a man (the one who was actually attacked) that gets it, and has an example for her.

New Pornographers played in their usual phenomenal fashion, and kept us laughing when they talked occasionally in between songs. They were called in for an inevitable encore, and played a couple of songs I'd really wanted to hear. Wish they had played more slow songs, and I also wish that the cellist/saxophonist's mic was put to a higher sound level--barely heard him at all! Neko Case and Carl Newman are wonderful singers, the former only having a couple of minor intonation problems in the songs at the end of the show--she was probably tired--and Kathryn Calder also performed splendidly. (I hear she has a solo album coming out this summer, which I'll watch out for!) Dan Bejar has a really interesting voice, and performed very well despite his evident inebriation. Overall, a wonderful performance, well worth my time and money. The opening band, the Dodos, were a pleasantly surprising little stocking stuffer. I'd never heard of them, but they blew me away with their interesting sound and their really tight playing. Everything was extremely well put together, and one would be hard-pressed to find rhythmic flaws in their performance. Excellent, I'll definitely be looking into their stuff. The openers for the Dodos (Dukes and Duchesses, I believe?) were not so great. Boring chord progressions, repetitive songs, and drunken whistling out of key all failed to impress me. (When are bands going to learn that whistling--especially in live performances--is a bad idea? The intonation is just so terrible! NP did this in one of their songs and it was maybe the only time in their entire performance that I cringed.) A great show, all around! If you weren't there, you missed out!

I'm not a big Pornographers fan at all so I was there for the opening acts. The Dutchess and the Duke put on a great show, I really love their music and they performed really well. But the Dodos were absolutely INCREDIBLE. That band has more creativity and talent than i could have imagined. Both their sets were two short for my liking but The Porn was headlining so oh well. The Dodos NEED to headline their own tour. I could have watched him rip on that guitar forever. Absolutely mind-blowing.

Only discovered this band less than a year ago, but was blown away by their musicianship and the quality of their writing and performances on record. I was skeptical, what with seemingly every band using auto-tune and studio tools to do what they, as musicians, cannot. Hopefully, I thought to myself, they can at least get close to what they played on their albums. Not only did they get close, they nailed every part, every vocal harmony, every rhythmic nuance. This band is tight!! And they are some of the most amazing performers to watch. As a musician, I can't help but see what the performers on stage are doing, and judge the level of difficulty based on personal experience. These guys (and girls) would put any top-rated musical vet to shame. Musical chops? They've got plenty. Rhythmic craftiness? As tight as they come. Vocal prowess? I'd dare anyone to find a better band who can pull off 5 part harmony with this much aplomb. In short, this was easily in the list of top 5 show I've ever seen, and can't wait for them to come back around!!

Awesome mix of old hits and new material. They have a solid stage presence. They also had a good balance of songs featuring different lead singers.

I have had the opportunity to see the New Pornographers 4 times over the past few years, including the last 2 times they have appeared at 1st Avenue. They have never disappointed me and I'm sure the large sellout crowd at Friday's show would echo my sentiments. This band knows how to entertain and the quality of the musicianship and the vocals expecially are astounding. They don't need to add an overabundance of bewildering lights and lasers just to perform a magical outing of great talent, songwriting and musical expertise. Bravo for the band and 1st Avenue for presenting this show. Also, the band "My Gold Mask" was quite intereresting as well and I was amazed at the quality of this duo's distinctive flair.