Looney Tunes

It was a Saturday night of Indie bands at the Horseshoe Tavern. I can't identify every genre and minute classification since I don't aspire to be a music critic. So there might be subtleties that I miss. All I know is when bands sound like pretty much like every other band, I don't get too excited.

Opener Brothers of Rock took to the stage wearing plaid shirts. This was no doubt their comfort zone as well the Can-con rock sound. Paint! played a lighter pop rock with lots of "Whoa, whoa" and "Yeah, yeah" refrains. It was the CD release party for The Cheap Speakers, who switched between bluesy and chunky rock.

Visiting band Loon Choir from Ottawa was the stand-out for me with some interesting songs. They were firmly in the anthemic white-man-shouting mold with some synth flavour, but with political leanings in numbers such as All Boats Don't Rise and Nowhere To Go.