May 31, 2022
Sunflower Bean at Lee's Palace - Concert Photos
Jackie Hayes at Lee's Palace - Concert Photos
Check out my pics of Sunflower Bean and Rachel Bobbitt at links here and here.
And here's some of Jackie Hayes' music:
"omg"
Rachel Bobbitt at Lee's Palace - Concert Photos
Rachel Bobbitt is a musician from Nova Scotia who's based in Toronto. Bobbitt and her band were first up on stage ahead of Jackie Hayes and headliners Sunflower Bean.
Bobbit performed chill, intimate, personal songs with sometimes soft and touching, sometimes soaring vocals. The songs take their time developing through slow builds in intensity. Bobbitt's latest is The Ceiling Could Collapse EP that's out now.
I thought it was pretty cool that Bobbitt's first show ever was at Lee's Palace, too.
Check out my shots of Sunflower Bean and Jackie Hayes through links here and here.
And here's some of Bobbitt's music:
"Gemini Ties"
May 15, 2022
The Regrettes at The Opera House - Concert Photos
My photos from Alex Lahey's opening set are here.
This was my forth time seeing The Regrettes live. I caught them at Velvet Underground in 2019, NXNE in 2019 and NXNE in 2017. Click on through those links to check out those photos.
Here are a couple of tunes from Further Joy.
"Anxieties (Out of Time)"
"Monday"
Alex Lahey at The Opera House - Concert Photos
I really love Alex Lahey's music. High energy, loud guitars, catchy melodies and relatable lyrics all add up to some awesome tunes to rock out to. I was as excited for Lahey's opening set at Toronto's Opera House as I was for The Regrettes' headlining set.
I caught Lahey's afternoon set at Osheaga back in 2018, so I knew we'd get a fun set that I didn't want to miss.
We heard tracks from 2017's I Love You Like A Brother, 2019's The Best of Luck Club and their latest single "Spike the Punch". I loved hearing "I Love You Like a Brother", "Don’t Be so Hard on Yourself", "Every Day's the Weekend", and "I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself" along with newer tunes like "I Don't Get Invited to Parties Anymore" and a cool cover of Faith Hill's "This Kiss". The full setlist is here.
My pics of The Regrettes set are here.
And here are a couple of great Alex Lahey tracks.
"Spike the Punch"
"I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself"