Between playing older hits like People Say, Holy Rollers and Creep in a T-Shirt they also managed to inject some instrumental covers of The Beatles She’s So Heavy and the guitar solo from Weezer’s Say it Ain’t So. The intense guitar solos, heavy bass loops and psychedelic hippie pop on the keyboards gave the festival an adrenaline shot in the arm. The band was always well known for their live shows, but they seem to be on a different plane currently. The band came out to Metallica’s For Whom The Bell Tolls before launching into a annihilating set of blistering rock. Finally Woodstock is coming out this year but with only one track released it’s hard to tell what the whole album will be like. The band released seven albums in seven years before taking four years off, their longest hiatus of their entire career. the Man have long been the indie scenes next big thing but never seemed to break into the mainstream in the way bands like Arcade Fire and The Black Keys did before. The crowd eagerly sang along to classics On the Hood and Cocaine Cowgirl. Mays vocals are shockingly powerful and reminds you just how underrated he is as a talent. Mays proved he may the only guy to look even cooler in a fedora in over 60 years. Matt Mays showed what an honest to goodness rock star show is supposed to be like with plenty of loud guitars and fast drumming chugging the tunes along. Alexa Dirks aka Begonia sang back up vocals for the group, and you can see her on her own at Wayhome later this summer. Veteran spacey electronic rockers Royal Canoe had a ton of fun on stage. By the time the end of their set rolled around and they played a rousing version of their hit White Flag the crowd was singing along. Up and comers Joseph (no it’s not a guy but instead a trio of ladies) braved the blazing heat to get the crowd pumped up with their country meets 90’s alt-pop. A highlight from Robinson was him telling a story about meeting a gangster with a stutter and how its hard to take someone serious as being tough at that point. One of the highlights was Chris Robinson who actually performed with his newborn son Carter in a Baby Bjorn and was fast asleep the whole set. Acts like The Darcys, River Tiber, Vance Joy and Andy Shauf have all become big name performers after first appearing bright and early at Field Trip.Ĭhecking out the Laugh Barracks there was a Perfect 10 showcase, a Toronto institution on the comedy scene created and MC’ed by Daniel Woodrow that showcased about a half dozen comedians doing five minute sets. If you look back at the previous lineups of Field Trip, it is shocking just how well it is curated as almost every bottom of the poster name has graduated significantly.
They put on a good show and hopefully were able to make plenty of new fans.
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Over on the side stage Yoke Lore, a two-person band, played like there was a full five piece on stage. In between the insane amount of food trucks there were plenty of bars too selling Brickworks Cider and Kraken Rum, which is different then the usual bar fare at fests. Last week Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew said in an interview that he thinks this will be the penultimate iteration of the festival that his record label Arts & Crafts puts on, although he may be saying that now because of all the work that is needed to his band putting on the finishing touches to release their first album in seven years (their first record released since Field Trip began in 2013).Ĭhecking out the grounds at Fort York you had Harrison on the main stage playing smooth electronic music that got a small crowd standing in front of the stage dancing along to the sounds of summer. For what might be my first and last experience at Field Trip, I was determined to make the most of it.
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