I'll be honest - the country, folk of
Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills doesn't normally do it for me (I'd prefer his other incarnation with the
Hollow Hooves). However being a local upstart quickly gaining popularity, and the strength of the backing band, along with endorsements for their live performance I stuck around to see if there was anything to it. As it turns out there is. Behind Richard and his acoustic guitar were an accordion, banjo, couple more guitars and drums that livened up the sound (unfortunately some of the regulars like
Jenny Mitchell and
Geordie Gordon were replaced on this evening, though the understudies fared just fine). When they stepped it up it felt like a jamboree, with dueling guitars and banjo solos that were good fun.
Funeral Song stands strong on the album and did so again live. As a finale they threw down a Neil Young cover, Music Arcade, and bid us adieu.
Lime Parade are a young, Guelph band trying to cut their teeth. Their apparel, shiny silver dress and sunglasses all around ended up being louder than their sound which pretty tamely wrapped the female vocals. The four piece used bass, keys, drums, ukelelee and guitars to play their brand of indie rock, as well as tossing in a kazoo on a respectable rendition of Feist's 1,2,3,4. On their closer they claimed to let loose but it still seemed a little bridled. The highlight of the set was another numeric cover, Bedouin Soundclash's 12:59 a song I'm especially familiar with but had no reason to be disappointed by this version. Props.
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