Chad VanGaalen live in concert.
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Chad VanGaalen

24
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

71
%
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Critic Consensus

Based on 24 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Chad VanGaalen is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Chad VanGaalen concert reviews describe live shows and performances as psychedelic.

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Latest Release

NTH 4 (5 May 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
Calgary, Canada (1977)
Bio
A notorious homebody, Chad VanGaalen is well known for rarely leaving his rickety house in Calgary, endlessly drawing, recording and making art. With Diaper Island, VanGaalen distills his approach, producing his most sonically cohesive album to date, and the closest thing he has done to a rock album.
Has Performed With
Women

Critic Concert Reviews

Exclaim (Canada)

December 1, 2017
70
%
Lee's Palace, Toronto on November 30, 2017

Berkeley B-Side (USA)

November 21, 2017
%
Chad VanGaalen's Wordsworthian approach at the Chapel

Exclaim (Canada)

July 27, 2015
70
%
That sentiment was backed up by much of his onstage chatter which tended to focus on anything but the matter at hand — performing for the sun-baked afternoon crowd.

Exclaim (Canada)

May 25, 2014
70
%
Lees Palace, Toronto, Canada

The Skinny (UK)

August 22, 2011
%
He's no one-trick pony either finishing with a reverb and falsetto-based ballad that transfixes all in attendance.

Exclaim (Canada)

May 19, 2009
%
The No. 1 Legion, Calgary, Canada

The Skinny (UK)

December 9, 2008
%
Canadian foursome Women (**) are difficult to peg; the addition of Chad VanGaalen (who recorded their debut album) to their numbers tonight brings a synth edge to their prog rock leanings which balances quite nicely at first.

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