Lamb Chops

On Friday, I was at The Drake Underground for 2 bands from Brooklyn. First up was Renata Zeiguer. Her light voice floated over a Beatles-esque landscape. Their penchant for appending jerky riffs or chords reminding me a bit of the hippy dippy days of the Fab Four. It was a slightly trippy set.

Aly Spaltro, also known as Lady Lamb, also has a light voice. But despite the delicate moniker, her music is solid and substantial. Starting with the new anthemic track Even In The Tremor, she led the rapturous crowd through old and new songs. Her meaty numbers are anchored by dense lyrics. But by playing with phrasing and rhymes, Spaltro kept the rock in her music. As some of her fans showed, this was music to sing to (I'm impressed they know the words) but also to dance and shake to. A short solo section on numbers like Young Disciple showcased her songwriting. But if this craft came from practice, the talent was there early on. The song Deep Love might have brought things into focus on the new album for Lady Lamb, but she wrote it a decade ago at 19. The crowd showed Spaltro plenty of love throughout her set, but none more so than when she announced that she was going to spend the summer here in Toronto. Given the line-up at the meet-and-greet after the show,  I think some of her young fans will haunt the streets of Parkdale to get some one-on-one with her.