A good sized crowd took in Ghostwood Records’ party at the Slice, June 5.
Jesse and the Dandelions started things off by played a strong set reminiscent of the Violent Femmes, and John K Samson of the Weakerthans with just a touch of Pet Shop Boys pop.
They had a strong Violent Femmes’ influence throughout and to nail it down, ended a set of crowd favourites like their van song which had the audience singing along, with an excellent cover of the Violent Femmes’ ‘Blister i
n The Sun.’
The Living Luca played another excellent set of upbeat original hard rock music of bone crushing guitar riffs played at ear crushing volumes.
Lead singer Bridgette Yarwood was a blur of energy, dressed in pink and bounding all over the stage while belting out an impressive array of original songs including several old NSR songs like ‘ Stick It Out.’ Smokestack Jacks and the Necessities were also on the bill, though Sleeping With Tuesday had to cancel.
