It was a cool show. Elvis Mondays is kind of like an open mic night at the El Mocambo in T.O., so it was cool to see the Superfriendz there. The crowd was pretty good for a monday night, at least 150 or so people (I'm bad at judging crowd size, though). The set was pretty short, since 6 bands played. The new songs sound better every time I hear them. The new drummer, Lonnie James, has played in a lot of hardcore bands, so they're a lot faster and tougher sounding now than ever before. Sometimes it was great - the end of Rescue Us from Boredom was a great rave-up - but others, like "It's Up and Running" might've benefitted from a lighter touch...The Sinisters, a totally over the top leather-pants-with-laces-up-the-side-wearin' stooges wannabe band played right after the Superfriendz, and Son of Bronto, a speedmetal-punk crossover band circa 1982, played right before 'em. T.O. is so oldschool, it's almost cute.
