February 25, 2018

Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club - Concert Photos

Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Frightened Rabbit at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
In the spirit of demonstrating growth in my concert photography skills and in ensuring that I'm not becoming too proud, I'm sharing a link to the photos that I took of Frightened Rabbit back when I saw them for the first time in 2013. Warning: they're pretty shit.

Frightened Rabbit played two sold-out shows at Toronto's Mod Club this past Sunday and Monday. I was lucky enough to snag a ticket for Monday's performance, especially since some of Wintersleep made it to town to perform. This tour, and this show, featured a full performance of The Midnight Organ Fight, since the band is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the album's release.

In short, the show was incredible. They started off with some newer tunes including some personal favourites like "Living In Colour", "Swim Until You Can't See Land" and "Get Out" before they launched into The Midnight Organ Fight. That album features some of my favourite FR tunes including "The Modern Leper", "I Feel Better", "Old Old Fashioned", and "My Backwards Walk". They then returned to encore with a few newer favourites like "The Oil Slick", "The Woodpile" and "The Loneliness and the Scream".

Even though they announce early on in the show that things are about to get, "...really fucking sad", Frightened Rabbit play a kind of music that I find especially uplifting in emotion, tone, energy and melody. It's the kind of music that makes my soul feel full and complete. I need it in my life and it's at shows like this that I reflect on how much music, especially live music, means to me and why I so love to partake in it and share it.

In that spirit, I hope you enjoy the photos while you listen to a ton of FR:

"Living In Colour"

"Swim Until You Can't See Land"

"Get Out"

"The Modern Leper"

"I Feel Better"

"Old Old Fashioned"

"My Backwards Walk"

"Keep Yourself Warm"

"Poke"

"The Oil Slick"

"The Woodpile"

"The Loneliness and the Scream"

Wintersleep at The Mod Club - Concert Photos

Wintersleep at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Wintersleep at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Wintersleep at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Wintersleep at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Wintersleep at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Wintersleep at The Mod Club on February 19, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Wintersleep and Frightened Rabbit have a long and entangled history. I saw both bands for the first time back in 2013 when I didn't let a lack of proper equipment or proximity to the stage prevent me with taking some truly breathtaking concert photos. Check 'em out if you dare. And compare them to the shots I got of FR this time here.

The two bands are touring again together on a tour that featured a two-night stand at Toronto's Mod Club. Sadly, Wintersleep suffered some van trouble and had to bow out of the first night. For the second night they cobbled together an acoustic three-piece. I frankly loved the performance and really enjoyed hearing the songs in a stripped-down format which made for an intimate performance. Unfortunate circumstances that led to a fantastic result.

Check out a few of my favourites from their set:

Frightened Rabbit's singer Scott Hutchison joined the band for vocals on "Dead Letter and the Infinite Yes"

Their first ever live performance of "Spring"

"Weighty Ghost"

"Amerika"

"Listen"

February 21, 2018

Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall - Concert Photos

Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall on February 18, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall on February 18, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall on February 18, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Sass Jordan and Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall on February 18, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Sass Jordan and Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall on February 18, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Sass Jordan and Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall on February 18, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Sass Jordan and Celebrating David Bowie at The Danforth Music Hall on February 18, 2018 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
On Sunday February 18, Celebrating David Bowie came through Toronto, performing at The Danforth Music Hall. It was a fantastic night of David Bowie's music with an obviously beyond-excellent band, mostly comprised of veterans of Bowie's bands of the past. The band was led by pianist Mike Garson with Earl Slick and Gerry Leonard on guitars, Carmine Rojas on bass, Lee John Madeloni (who happens to be Earl Slick's son) on drums and I believe Mark Plati on guitar. Vocals were provided by Bernard Fowler, special guest Sass Jordan, Joe Sumner, and Gaby Moreno.

Sass Jordan was the special local guest for this show. She stepped on stage to take lead vocal duties twice and stuck around for back-up vocals for several more tunes. First up was her powerful rendition of "Moonage Daydream". She came back for "Panic In Detroit" and "Rock N Roll Suicide".

I've been a huge Bowie fan since I first heard his music as a kid and although I never got to see him perform live, I truly enjoyed this fitting tribute to one of the absolute greats of music, art and culture.

The setlist as I captured it:
"Bring Me the Disco King"
"Rebel Rebel"
"Moonage Daydream"
"Fame"
"Changes"
"Space Oddity"
"Quicksand"
"Drive-In Saturday"
"Win"
"Stay"
"Five Years"
"Panic In Detroit"
"Rock N Roll Suicide"
"Station to Station"
"Time"
"Lady Grinning Soul"
"Alladin Sane"
Cover of Johnny Mathis’ “Wild Is the Wind”
"Ziggy Stardust"
"Suffragette City"
"All the Young Dudes"

Encore
"Andy Warhol" performed solo by Gerry Leonard with some fantastic guitar playing and looping
"Life on Mars"
"Heroes"

My favourite tunes from the set:

"Rebel Rebel"

"Moonage Daydream"

"Fame"

"Changes"

"Space Oddity"

"Quicksand"

"Five Years"

"Rock N Roll Suicide"

"Station to Station"

"Ziggy Stardust"; an all-time classic and one of my favourite covers to play with the old band

"Suffragette City"

"All the Young Dudes"

Encore
"Andy Warhol"

"Life on Mars"

"Heroes"