Northcote at The Danforth Music Hall - Concert Pictures

I've loved Northcote's music since I first heard Matt Goud performing solo before Against Me! and The Gaslight Anthem at Sound Academy. I caught Northcote with the full band at a TURF Preview Concert and now I've just seen their show as they opened for Frank Turner last Friday, March 11 at The Danforth Music Hall.

Northcote has such a friendly and earnest demeanour. He seems like he'd be a great guy to hang out with and talk music. He seems to absolutely love what he's doing. His music carries that positive and welcoming vibe and I thoroughly recommend giving Northcote a listen and getting out to see a live show. As Matt says, you're always welcome at a Northcote show. He's a bright light on the Canadian musical landscape.

Highlights from their setlist included powerful tunes like "Bitter End", "Hope Is Made of Steel", "A Thousand Nights", "How Can You Turn Around", "Worry" which Matt dedicated to old friends, "Find Our Own Way" and "You Could Never Let Me Down". They brought out opener Mo Kenney to play a rendition of Tom Petty's "Yer So Bad". Nice.

"Bitter End" from Northcote's latest, Hope Is Made of Steel

"Hope Is Made of Steel" from the album of the same name

"A Thousand Nights"from 2013's Northcote

"How Can You Turn Around" from Northcote

"Worry" from the 2009 album Borrowed Chords, Tired Eyes

"Find Our Own Way" from Northcote

"You Could Never Let Me Down" from Hope Is Made of Steel