Playing Catch-Up, Part II: Another Recent Concert

March 31: Glorybound and Bright Lights Social Hour, at Zaphod's.

Glorybound is a 3-man band hailing from Halifax. Throughout their set, despite my better intentions, I kept finding myself getting hooked into their post-punk-classic rock-sounding tunes. Their songs just kept being really catchy. I can easily see this band getting some Can-con radio play in the near future and basically become the new Sloan. I guess they could do much worse.

(And BTW, on almost entirely unrelated matter, Gloryhole would be a great name for a punk band. Or a gay burlesque review. Either or.)

As good as I thought Glorybound's set was, once Bright Lights Social Hour (pictured above) took the stage, you could tell what a band should sound like. As soon as they hit a few licks, they sounded tight, polished and like a rock band. They then proceeded to play a raucous, 90-minute set of high-energy soul- and funk-infused rock.

(Shameless name dropping alert!) In a conversation a few weeks prior, Eugene had heartily recommended the band. He evidently was skipping participating in JunoFest in order to bring this band in from Austin. A wise choice, yet again.

Bright Lights Social Hour is going to go down as yet another classic Zaphod's show and I will be able to say I was there. I want to see these guys again.