I’m going to miss the Sourkeys so much. So much that it really makes me sad. During their last song I was nodding and drumming along so hard and feeling so happy. Then mid song I realized this could be the last time I ever get to experience such great and unique live music and I instantly got sad – and had to psych myself into not thinking of what was being lost but to enjoy these last incredible moments.

It’s not that their music ‘speaks to me’ on an emotional level or anything too mellow dramatic, but more that their totally well written songs and distinctive style simply make me happy without too much else to explain.

I first saw the Sourkeys in 2004 when I had a loft in Parkdale and Eric Warner used the 1000sq foot space to hold a couple of pretty loud shows.

Here’s a clip from my journal entry for that first show on June 31st, 2004 with The Catheters

"All up to the show everyone's been saying "Aw, the Sour Keys, they're so great!" upon receiving a flyer [for the Catheters show]. and now (after seeing them) I feel that's an understatement."

Something personal happened after the Sourkeys set so for all emotional reasons I was pretty cheerless for the rest of the night and almost spent DDMMYYYY’s set feeling dejected at the hotdog stand across the street. I could hear the songs outside and after a few came in to take some of my favorite photos of them ever, oddly enough capturing a mood of innocent happiness – while I looked into the crowd wondering if I should run out and save myself by the hotdog stand again.