Hooded Fang (Lower Ossington Theatre, Aug 5, 2011)

Arriving late, Hooded Fang were already lined up seven strong across the shallow Lower Ossington Theatre stage. The lead was donning his pink hat as they played a healthy dose of fresh Tosta Mista songs - Vacationation, Brahma among them. The backing female vocals were lovely, as per usual, and she held it down on xylophone too. On ESP they successfully recreated the fade out, though that is sort of weird to hear live. There was the odd older tune too, including Green River, Highway Steam and Love Song. They even played a brand new song (as in newer than last week's album) for approximately the fifth time ever according to the bass player, who really abuses any chance she gets to banter. A highlight of the night was the throwback sounding Den of Love, chock full of ooos and woahs. It was a fun little evening topped off with a short encore.