EP Taylor’s was surprisingly empty at the beginning of this show, considering all of the Music Business Management students who should have been there, but by the time the third band, High Top Society, started playing some Port Perry-style ska/punk, the floor was pretty packed. It took until then for the energy to reach a climax, because things were pretty sleep through the sets of the painfully average Curtain Jumper and the just plain painful Unconscious Encore. There were some technical difficulties for Unconscious’ set but they still weren’t good enough to overcome them. Those same difficulties led to some lengthy set-up times for all of the bands but the last 4 bands played well cnough to make up for it. The aforementioned High Top Society were probably the high point of the night, getting most of the room skanking and moving to the music. After them came Sound One, who would be more at home on a cruise ship then in a bar. They were the only band with a brass section and they also put the most effort into their Halloween costumes. They weren’t the most inspiring band but at least they were unique and memorable. The penultimate band were Treble Warriors, who brought the most energy to the stage of anyone all night, and they earned a rare (for a band that wasn’t headlining) request for an encore. Headlining, of course, were Mean Tangerine, who appeared on MuchMusic’s DisBAND earlier this year. They put on a good show and earned a few new fans. Overall, this wasn’t the greatest show I’ve ever been to (I’m also not exactly a ska fan) but it was well organized by the folks at Breakthru Promotions and MBM Concert Productions.
-Scott Kendall
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