We’ve covered Casper Skulls a whole bunch here on one in ten words. I’ve always been impressed with their tunes and performances, and I’ve loved watching them grow along with their sound and presence. This band is just on the cusp of greater and greater things. Their older tunes sound as solid as ever and their new music continues to push into new territories.
The Spirit of the Beehive present elaborate soundscapes with huge dynamic swings, ambitious instrumental interplay, creative melodies and rhythmic shifts.
Horse Jumper of Love's music is deep, dark, moody, introspective, droning, emotional, tortured and brooding. Not exactly a cure for the dark foreboding feelings I’ve had over this extraordinarily dark and oppressive fall full of clouds and rain and darkness. Or maybe I'm projecting.
Check out some of their tunes:
"Ugly Brunette", "Spaceman", "Bagel Breath", "Poison", "Volcano", and "Cops"
Grolsch Spaces presented a free show by Brooklyn NY power pop band Charly Bliss along with amazing opening acts Pony and The Effens at The Horseshoe Tavern. Click through to my pics of the two openers.
Charly Bliss spent a long time on the “bands I want to see” list before they became a band I’d seen. I loved their show at The RecRoom and was excited for this Horseshoe Tavern show.
In short, we got a fantastic Charly Bliss show. Highlights of the high-energy set were a cover of Cindy Lauper's "All Through the Night", a bunch of very cool sounding new songs and so many great tunes from the rest of the band's catalog, focused on their most recent full-length, Guppy.
You could feel the energy bouncing back and forth between the crowd down front and the band on stage; getting higher and higher and higher as the set went on. Sadly, it couldn't go on forever, although somehow I think we missed out on an encore tune.
I know I'm not alone when I say that I can't wait for the band to record and release new music, and for them to swing back through Toronto on tour.
Some bands that I love, I have never experienced live. Some bands that I love, I get to see many times and experience their progress and growth over the years. Pony falls into the latter group. This was the fourth time I’ve experienced a live Pony show and they never fail to impress with their hook-filled power pop tunes, and infectious energy and stage presence.
They told us that they just finished recording their first full-length and I can't wait to hear their light and bouncy power pop tunes emanating from all my speakers. The new songs sound great and I can’t wait to spend more time with them.
On this particular night, I caught Pony smack dab in the middle of The Effens, who opened up the night, and Charly Bliss, who were headlining. Click through to see those photos.
