April 30, 2017

CMW 2017: The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall - Concert Photos

The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Honest Heart Collective from the frosty environs of Thunder Bay Ontario headlined the first night of CMW 2017 at Adelaide Hall. They are a really solid rock band and were the perfect band to cap off one of the best nights of new rock I have spent in ages.

Musicianship, melody, power, energy, solid songs, groove and rock all rolled up into a great package. They even threw in a rockin' cover of The Killers "When You Were Young" and they worked some Foo Fighters' "Best of You" into their last song.

"Haymaker"

"Liar's Club"

"Honest Hearts"

"149"

CMW 2017: Texas King at Adelaide Hall - Concert Photos

Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Texas King at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
London, Ontario's Texas King came to CMW to rock. A seemingly simple mission that so many bands embark on but so few are truly successful at. The success seemed easy for Texas King as they sweated out a set of really good, high-power blues-rock with classic riffs mixed in with abundant energy and attitude.

It was power pop and high-energy rock at its finest. I was thinking I forgot the classic rockers whose influences were on display like Eddie Money, Cheap Trick, Billy Squire and Bruce Springsteen when Texas King whipped out their cover of The Boss' "Dancing in the Dark". Nice!

Go see these guys. Really. You won't regret it.

"Boomerang"

"Mary"

"Come Find Me"

"All We Are"

CMW 2017: Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall - Concert Photos

Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Le Trouble was the band that got me out to Adelaide Hall for the first night of Canadian Music Week 2017. I decided that this year, I would pick my nights out based on one band on the bill that I knew I liked or that I really wanted to see, and I'd discover the other acts on the bill.

I don't exactly remember how I came upon them, but Montreal's Le Trouble impressed with their infectious power pop tunes. Hooks, energy and groove abound and that put them on my radar.

Their live show came off as everything that I'd expected in terms of music and musicianship, but it had the added bonus of being somehow intense and theatrical with power and emotion on top of the fun.

The band was super tight with solid delivery, plus dramatic and sweeping, anthemic choruses. Their newest album is out now and it's called Making Matters Worse.

"How Was I To Know?"

"Vampires"

"Fine Line"

CMW 2017: The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall - Concert Photos

The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The Danger Bees came from Dartmouth Nova Scotia to play for us at Adelaide Hall for CMW 2017. I dug the quirky delivery that saw them veer from genre to genre including bits of reggae along with copious power chords. Their tongue in cheek tunes feature big choruses. The band is tons of fun and gives out super high energy.

"Good Year"

"Heartless Jane"

CMW 2017: Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall - Concert Photos

Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Silver Love Club at Adelaide Hall for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 18, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
The second band I saw during the CMW 2017 was an impressive band from Sydney, Australia. They're called Silver Love Club. They told us that last year, they played with headliners The Honest Heart Collective and they were pretty excited to be playing with them again, doling out a bunch of new tunes.

They had lots to celebrate along with their return to Toronto, Their new single, "Ghost Town", came out on the Friday of CMW.

The band's tunes feature killer guitar riffs, deep grooves and fantastic energy. Their singer delivers power and charisma. The guitarist, heavy riffs and wailing solos. The rhythm section deals in groove. The songs are punctuated by scream-squeals with classic yet innovative takes on high energy pop rock. Silver Love Club were definitely an early, surprise favourite of this year's CMW.

They had two more shows during CMW so I'm sure I'm not the only one who came away impressed. I'll be watching for more tunes from these guys and for their return trip to Canada.

"Ghost Town"