A FlipFest fundraiser was winding down at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 14 by the time I arrived in the middle of a set break.
After a long few m
inutes setting up, Winnipeg’s A La Mode took the stage at about 11:20 p.m. for a quickly dwindling crowd of approximately 20 people.
They played a bright, cheery set of keyboard powered pop music.
The Winnipeg quartet, including keyboardist /vocalist Dominique LeMoine and electric guitarist Ava Glendinning, plus bassist Gage Salknikowski and drummer Kerrigan Salknikowski, embraced their two female and two male configuration so you couldn’t avoid a comparison to ABBA especially due to the bright vocal harmonies between the guitarist and the keyboardist, while the guys kept time on bass and drums.
They played addictively catchy pop with a melancholy edge.
Some of their songs included “Bummer Summer” and “Just Go Home” about a a man in his 50s who was out at shows every night to remember his recently deceased son.
