Marlon Chaplin at Lee's Palace - Concert Pictures

Toronto-born musician, songwriter and producer Marlon Chaplin released his Wanderer By Trade EP in May of this year. He followed it up with a couple of superb singles, namely "Annabelle + Someone" and "Fossils". I featured him back in October with this post and I got my chance to see his live show, and capture these images of Marlon and the band, on December 8 at Lee's Palace.

It was very cool to hear Marlon's tunes live with his solid band. Marlon's strong vocals and cool guitar playing were front and centre. You can feel and hear the passion that Marlon puts into his songs and performance. It comes across with a fun energy that ensures the audience has a great time listening to his tunes, which won't be constrained by genre. The band complimented Marlon perfectly, pulling together a strong show that kept the focus on the songs.

"Carmeline" has a strong, slow groove, cool harmonies and great hooks. "Fossils" is the new single. It's a tender acoustic tune that I can totally see a full house singing and swaying along to. "Annabelle + Someone" and last song "In Stars" continued to highlight the talent of this great singer, accomplished songwriter and overall artist to watch.

Spend some time listening to Marlon's tunes and make sure you catch his next live show.

"Fossils"


"Annabelle + Someone"


"Skeleton Key"

"Conviction"

"Carmeline"

"In Stars"

Wintersleep at The Danforth Music Hall - Concert Pictures

I’ve seen Wintersleep perform many times. I love their musical intensity, I love their songs and I love to hear the music flowing from the stage. They played on November 30 at The Danforth Music Hall and I was there to photograph them. The band sounded great and I was proud to see their audience growing so significantly. The last time I saw them perform in Toronto, it was at a very sold out Lee’s Palace. Those pics are here. The Danforth is a big jump in size.

Unfortunately, I headed out into the rainy night after “Archaeologists”. They went on to play a number of great tunes from across their discography, assuming they stuck to the posted setlist.

Here are my favourite Wintersleep tunes from that setlist.

"Santa Fe"

"Spirit"

"Archaeologists"

"Weighty Ghost"

"Freak Out"

"Oblivion"

"Amerika"

"In Came the Flood"

Fake Palms at The Danforth Music Hall - Concert Pictures

Last week I caught Toronto band Fake Palms live show for the second time. The first time was back in May during CMW when they opened for Bob Mould at the Horseshoe. Those pics from Fake Palms' show are here. This time they were at The Danforth Music Hall on November 30 opening for Wintersleep.

I love the glorious distortion, chiming guitars and pounding drums that this band delivers. It's intensity and melody combined.

Their latest release, the Heavy Paranoia EP, came out at the end of September.

Give them a listen:

"Holiday"

"Fever Dreams"

"Sparkles"

Steel Panther at Rebel - Concert Pictures

Photographer Roy Cohen captured these photos at Steel Panther's show at Rebel on November 29. Their new album Lower the Bar is out February 24.