I saw Tegan and Sara something like 119 times over the course of ten years. The first was at Atomic Records in Milwaukee, a now-closed indie record store. They put on such an enjoyable show, and I was hooked. Memorable Tegan and Sara shows... There's this one. The background is some of my friends and I had gone to several shows in a row, and Tegan had botched this song pretty much every night. There are probably others, but I'm blanking. The DVD recording was memorable but not necessarily amazing. I used to say out of ten shows, Tegan and Sara would put on eight decent shows, one bad show, and one that just killed it. I don't say that anymore. They change something, and now it's just ten good shows. The magic is gone, and since 2014 I only go to shows if they're nearby or if a friend asks me to go (and even then is still pretty close). Their last two albums being terrible albums recorded by good musicians contributes to that. Now I hike instead.