Dance My Pretties

On Friday, I was at Luanda House to check out 2 new bands. This basement location at Dovercourt and Bloor has been re-purposed as a dance/fitness studio and a late-night music club. I have never felt older at a show. Only PBR was available and everyone looked to be about 20.

The opener was an intriguing "dual set" with Blunt Chunks (Caitlin Woelfle-O'Brien) and Luna Li (Hannah Bussiere). Alternating between themselves, each musician played soft, ethereal music. Both also used loop pedals to layer their sounds. Blunt Chunks tended toward multiple vocals while Luna Li combined both guitar and violin. Bussiere also showed flashes of rock guitar chops on a few tunes.

In contrast, Jaunt played groovy, danceable music for their set. This was a good thing since Luanda House, being long and narrow, had terrible sight-lines. So you might as well dance because you won't see the band. The under-powered sound system wasn't ideal for them, but even with the anemic output you can tell Jaunt had some bangers.