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"

The Regrettes at The Opera House - Concert Photos

The Regrettes stopped in at Toronto's Opera House on May 10 for a show on their Further Joy tour. None of us knew at the time that it would be the last stop on the tour. At this point, the headline to a fantastic show is singer/guitarist Lydia Night's unexpected stay in a Toronto hospital for appendicitis. 

As I mentioned, the concert was fantastic. The band and audience were both overjoyed to be at The Opera House, rocking out to live music again after so long. The band's set went from their latest, Further Joy, back to 2019's How Do You Love? and 2017's Feel Your Feelings Fool! There were too many standout tracks to name them all, although I loved hearing classics like "Pumpkin" and encore track "Seashore". "Barely on My Mind" and "I Dare You" both rocked, as did the band's cover of Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend". The full setlist is here.

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"

Royal Blood at History - Concert Photos

Royal Blood kicked off their tour at Toronto's History last night. Their latest album is Typhoons and it's out now. They've also just released a new tune "Honeybrains".

Check out my photos of Royal Blood from their performance at Lee's Palace back in 2014.

cleopatrick is heading out on the road with Royal Blood and they opened up the show. My photos of their set are here.

And here's "Honeybrains"

cleopatrick at History - Concert Photos

 

cleopatrick are heading out on tour with Royal Blood and they kicked off the tour at Toronto's History last night. I only caught part of their set, but the crowd was singing along and giving the band a huge response.

I've caught a couple of cleopatrick shows before. Check out my photos from their set at NXNE in 2019 and at Riverfest Elora in 2018.

My photos of Royal Blood's headlining set are here.

Check out the band's latest tune "No Sweat"