Brad Barr

Brad Barr of The Slip at Higher Ground, Burlington VT 3/3/06

Seeing 'The Slip' is always an occasion to celebrate, and I only wish I had seen them kick off the tour in their (newly adpoted) hometown of Montreal. I had to settle for seeing the next two nights in Burlington, VT and Albany, NY, and was happy to hear a new facet of their music brought out. There was a slightly rougher edge to their playing, more aggressive than what I've come to typically come to expect from this trio.

The band themselves concurred on this point, and said that perhaps it had something to do with the rock n roll sound of one of their opening bands. (Apollo Sunshine played a very unique set of blues-influenced electro-rock, with a guitar sound that recalled the dirtier sound of Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn)