Matthew Good - Live @ Club Infinity, Buffalo, NY 4/07/06

Matthew Good might be the most influential musician that you've never even heard of. His music, from the beginning of his days with the Matthew Good Band, up till his most recent music, writing and political activism, has been very influential - and crucially necessary - in my life. He hails from Canada and dares to step foot in America (Buffalo being the farthest). I had tickets to see him and his band play in Buffalo back in October but skipped out...This time around he came solo with just his guitar and he was truly magnificent. Worth the 6 hour drive.








Here he is playing with an Anne Couture doll



Throughout his 2 hour show, which included a 5 song encore (the crowd yelled "K-I-C-K-A-S-S That's the way we spell success!) and a few readings from "The Worst Case Scenario Survival Guide," shitty writing from bigot Anne Couture's awful book and an article from the New York Times about Bush leaking wiretapped information, where he commented "How does this guy not get impeached?" I stayed glued, mezmerized by his ability to hit every chord perfectly on songs throughout his 10 year career. Here is a video I took of him covering Nine Inch Nails "Hurt" with special guest opener - and dreamy - Melissa McClelland. (this video is not the best, but it's all I could get)



Melissa McClelland was phenomenal as well, coming out with a mini-keyboard, reminding me of acoustic Talking Heads. Here's a picture of her lovely self:



Won't you be mine...