Post by Kari on Aug 13, 2006 3:27:16 GMT -5
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Lee's Palace
- Alyssa Caplin
Marty Casey & Lovehammers
August 10, 2006
Lee’s Palace
Music fans are fickle people. If you aren’t constantly in their faces you’re forgotten, especially if you come from a reality talent show. That said there are always few exceptions. As a fan of everything from American Idol to the Rockstar series, I don’t often think about what happens to the people that don’t win unless I really liked them. Marty Casey was one of the few that I wanted to make it even though he didn’t win the spot at leading INXS. Actually, I was happy he didn’t win because I wanted to see what he would do on his own. Well, apparently I wasn’t alone in wondering because Lee’s Palace was nearly full of Marty fans clamouring at the chance to hear him and Lovehammers.
Assuming beforehand that there would be very few people in attendance, I was pleasantly surprised at the number of diehard fans that were there. And once Marty and his boys hit the stage they didn’t disappoint right through two, yes two, encores. Playing nearly every song off of their self-titled album, the band brought an energy that grabbed my attention and didn’t give it back until I left the building.
Marty is one of those rare frontmen that can pull off almost anything onstage. From his spastic, weird, yet strangely cool dance moves, to his knack of looking people in the back of the venue in the eye; it was obvious that he appreciated the crowd as much as they appreciated him. Not to mention, he pulls off even the cheesiest of stage antics and still manage to make it seem natural, something that usually takes years and dozens of tours to achieve. Before everyone assumes this was a typical, stand around, staring at the stage Toronto audience, think again. There was dancing and screaming and during a few songs, “Eyes Can’t See” especially, Marty didn’t need to sing, he just let everyone else do it for him.
Although Marty was the clear draw, The Lovehammers are worth it on their own. Totally comfortable with each other, which makes sense since they’ve been friends since the age of nine, soon enough it won’t be Marty Casey and Lovehammers, it’ll just be Lovehammers…and deservedly so. Any band that can let their frontman go crazy and still manage to make themselves known, while playing a tight set, deserves respect in my book. Add to that the fact that they’re totally fine with playing songs Marty made himself known for on Rockstar, is even better. Songs like “Wish You Were Here” and “Trees” were the standout songs of the night, the former becoming a club wide sing along. Other covers included “Ring Of Fire” and “Paint It Black.”
It was their own songs that proved they could’ve filled the club if they were just a regular band. Songs like “The Tunnel” (in which Marty sang while walking around the venue and on top of the bars) and “Clinic” were definitely able to hold their own against the massive hits and were, for the most part, more popular among the fans.
I don’t know if Toronto was actually the best energy the band has gotten on their tour as Marty said, but the room was filled with so much coming from the band and the fans you could feel it wherever you were standing. Then again, Marty alone has more energy than Jacob Hoggard after a bag of sugar, even when he’s sitting down.
After both encores and declaring they didn’t know any more songs, the band left the stage, but not until requesting that everyone tell them where they were all going afterwards, so they could hang out. The selfish part of me hopes the Lovehammers don’t get any bigger so I can keep them to myself and those of us in the know, but with their modernized grunge sound able to fit into any rock format radio station, it’s just a matter of time before everyone catches up. At least I’ll be able to say I was at their first headlining Toronto show, because there are going to be a lot more.
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- www tangiblesounds.com
Lee's Palace
- Alyssa Caplin
Marty Casey & Lovehammers
August 10, 2006
Lee’s Palace
Music fans are fickle people. If you aren’t constantly in their faces you’re forgotten, especially if you come from a reality talent show. That said there are always few exceptions. As a fan of everything from American Idol to the Rockstar series, I don’t often think about what happens to the people that don’t win unless I really liked them. Marty Casey was one of the few that I wanted to make it even though he didn’t win the spot at leading INXS. Actually, I was happy he didn’t win because I wanted to see what he would do on his own. Well, apparently I wasn’t alone in wondering because Lee’s Palace was nearly full of Marty fans clamouring at the chance to hear him and Lovehammers.
Assuming beforehand that there would be very few people in attendance, I was pleasantly surprised at the number of diehard fans that were there. And once Marty and his boys hit the stage they didn’t disappoint right through two, yes two, encores. Playing nearly every song off of their self-titled album, the band brought an energy that grabbed my attention and didn’t give it back until I left the building.
Marty is one of those rare frontmen that can pull off almost anything onstage. From his spastic, weird, yet strangely cool dance moves, to his knack of looking people in the back of the venue in the eye; it was obvious that he appreciated the crowd as much as they appreciated him. Not to mention, he pulls off even the cheesiest of stage antics and still manage to make it seem natural, something that usually takes years and dozens of tours to achieve. Before everyone assumes this was a typical, stand around, staring at the stage Toronto audience, think again. There was dancing and screaming and during a few songs, “Eyes Can’t See” especially, Marty didn’t need to sing, he just let everyone else do it for him.
Although Marty was the clear draw, The Lovehammers are worth it on their own. Totally comfortable with each other, which makes sense since they’ve been friends since the age of nine, soon enough it won’t be Marty Casey and Lovehammers, it’ll just be Lovehammers…and deservedly so. Any band that can let their frontman go crazy and still manage to make themselves known, while playing a tight set, deserves respect in my book. Add to that the fact that they’re totally fine with playing songs Marty made himself known for on Rockstar, is even better. Songs like “Wish You Were Here” and “Trees” were the standout songs of the night, the former becoming a club wide sing along. Other covers included “Ring Of Fire” and “Paint It Black.”
It was their own songs that proved they could’ve filled the club if they were just a regular band. Songs like “The Tunnel” (in which Marty sang while walking around the venue and on top of the bars) and “Clinic” were definitely able to hold their own against the massive hits and were, for the most part, more popular among the fans.
I don’t know if Toronto was actually the best energy the band has gotten on their tour as Marty said, but the room was filled with so much coming from the band and the fans you could feel it wherever you were standing. Then again, Marty alone has more energy than Jacob Hoggard after a bag of sugar, even when he’s sitting down.
After both encores and declaring they didn’t know any more songs, the band left the stage, but not until requesting that everyone tell them where they were all going afterwards, so they could hang out. The selfish part of me hopes the Lovehammers don’t get any bigger so I can keep them to myself and those of us in the know, but with their modernized grunge sound able to fit into any rock format radio station, it’s just a matter of time before everyone catches up. At least I’ll be able to say I was at their first headlining Toronto show, because there are going to be a lot more.
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