Shout Out Out Out Out
My first time seeing SO4 outside of Guelph/Waterloo and there was a difference. Sure you still had the double drumset, the mountains of gear upon which knobs were cranked, turned and pushed, and a couple bass guitars to boot, but there was an electricity in the crowd too. Saturday night at the Horseshoe for CMW with extended drinking hours, not to mention the warm-up provided by Badbadnotgood all factored into it but the crowd itself played a huge role. The band even said that outside of their hometown of Edmonton that Toronto is the craziest place they love to play - something only a few bands would admit. Having only a showcase timeslot, despite it being 1:30 in the morning they ripped a mixed handful of songs from their three discs, including a couple from their debut - Dude, You Feel Electrical and sneaking in In the End It's Your Friends at the very end. High energy, high volume, high kicks - this show had everything you could ask for in a Shout Out Out Out Out show and more. (The more being a bunch of sweaty moshing dudes deciding to take their shirts off, off, off, off.)
Cookie Duster
The band started before Broken Social Scene and are just now getting their chance to play things out with the BSS hiatus. That big of a gap shows the age to some degree as Brendan Canning isn't the spry chicken he once was. They opened with Cut Me, Focus which sounded fine but didn't break down any barriers. Similarly later in the set Brendan Canning took the lead, both guitar and vocals, for Something Evil Again and although it sounded fine it was not groundbreaking. Leading lady did her best at the rock star persona however cheers'ing with water and non-believably calling us mother-f*ckers didn't really back that up while singing Two Feet Stand Up. Altogether there was nothing terrible about the set however having to say that means there wasn't much that endeared either.
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