Riot Fest Toronto 2014: Day 2 Summary

Riot Fest's Toronto incarnation took place on Saturday and Sunday, September 6 and 7. I got to attend the full, muddy weekend and shoot 27 bands in total. You can find my Day 1 Summary here.

Day 2 seemed to have more people in attendance and more excitement in the audience. It was certainly more aligned to my overall taste, with a more indie-alternative bent.

A great weekend of great music and lots of photos. Here are links to all the posts, all in one place.

City & Colour

Metric

The National

Death Cab for Cutie

Stars

Radkey

Die Antwoord

The Head and the Heart

The New Pornographers

Bob Mould

Lucero

Nostalghia

Lemuria

Almighty Trigger Happy

Riot Fest 2014 Day 2 Band 1: Almighty Trigger Happy

The Almighty Trigger Happy are a legendary Toronto punk band. They formed in the early 90s broke up in 99, got back together in 04 and played Toronto's Riot Fest. Other than having heard the name for years, I wasn't familiar with them. They'd probably tell me to fuck off!

They approached their early afternoon timeslot with attitude. "Fuck you, let's have a great time!" was the rallying cry. They cranked out their tunes with all the expected amounts of aggression, surfing the edges of punk and metal. It was a great way to start a kick-ass day in the sun.

Check out some of their pile-driver tunes:

"Everything Evil Is Good Again"

"Tango"

"Classic End"

"Judas"