Well, here’s some­thing dif­fer­ent. I’d never heard of this band before I shot this video, so don’t be sur­prised if they’re new to you too. I don’t think they have much recorded mate­r­ial, and speak­ing to them before their show they men­tioned it was their first time play­ing in over a year. Nev­er­the­less, I walked away thor­oughly impressed by their unique sound and cap­ti­vat­ing stage pres­ence. You may rec­og­nize a few of the mem­bers from other Toronto bands such as One Hun­dred Dol­lars, Trop­ics, and The Tor­rent, so it’s not really sur­pris­ing that they’ve got the chops.

I think this song is called ‘Chair­lift’ and it’s a song about lazy skiers. I’m glad I was able to cap­ture this show because who knows when’s the next time LSdou­bleD­cup will hit the stage. Also, Whip­per­snap­per is clos­ing down soon. What a drag.

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I just uncov­ered this gem that I shot last month dur­ing NXNE.  I wasn’t able to take in too many shows that week due to my work sched­ule, but Casey and Jonas we’re play­ing right across the street at Whip­per­snap­per so I ducked out and caught a few tunes, includ­ing this one — a bois­ter­ous take of the track “Thun­derlove” from Ohbijou’s new album Bea­cons. It was a lot of fun see­ing them play together, they should do it more often. Evening Hymns have an album called Spirit Guides pretty much in the can, so hope­fully we’ll have it in our hands by the end of the year. I’ve heard a bit of it, sounds pretty epic.

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