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Concert Photos and Review: The Creepshow @ The Mansion Night Club - 01.22.2010

Toronto's The Creepshow made their way up the 400HWY to play a show at the Mansion on Friday night. I'm not the only one in Barrie who was glad they did. They are a band I've been wanting to see for a long time but just hadn't been able to. The band comprised of Sarah "SIN" Blackwood (vocals/guitar), Sean "Sick Boy" McNab (stand-up base/vocals), The Reverend McGinty (organ,vocals) and Matt "Pomade" Gee on drums grabbed the Barrie audience's attention quickly with the fast paced energetically fun "Rue Morgue Radio" from their latest release "Run for Your Life".

Arkells @ The Mansion Night Club
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Arkells @ The Mansion Night Club
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

I've seen a lot of Arkells over the last few weeks. It is quite something to see a band play in different venues and types of shows. A festival at Wiarton, headlining a show at The Sound Academy and now playing at a packed small sweaty club show.

Arkells @ The Mansion Night Club
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

Originally I had not planned on making it to this show having just seen the band at The Sound Academy and having plans to see/review the Hey Rosetta! show at Harboufront Centre. However, when I found out HR! would be playing early I made a last minute decision to boot it back up to Barrie to see them again. Hey what could I do... they were playing a club show in what I guess I'm now considering to be my hometown. Secondly, with the rate of popularity that Arkells have been seeing I thought perhaps it may be rare to see them playing a small club like this in the Toronto area.

Arkells @ The Mansion Night Club
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

It was definitely the right decision. Arkells stepped up to the stage and proceeded to give the Barrie audience what at this moment I can call the club show of the year. The band played played songs off of "Jackson Square" the new "Country Boy" and two covers Smokey's "Tears of Clown" and the Boss' "Dancing in the Dark".

Arkells @ The Mansion Night Club
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

Frontman Max Kerman shared a funny story about being seranted in the washroom a few minutes before taking the stage. Seems somebody was singing the lyrics to "John Lennon". If you don't know the song by now check it out on their myspace page: Arkells @ Myspace and you'll get the joke.

Arkells @ The Mansion Night Club
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

The club was packed, hot and sweaty. Seriously one of the warmest shows I've been to ever. The music was great and crowd was loud and energetic. One of the best shows in Barrie in a long long time.

The Trews @ The Mansion Night Club, Barrie, ON

The Trews @ The Mansion Night Club
Originally uploaded by vasquezr

The Trews will be playing a couple of acoustic shows in Japan this week. As a result the people of Barrie were treated to a special warm up acoustic show. The house was packed which was quite nice to see as it was the first time I've ever seen it that full since the renovations. The anticipation was met by a solid intimate set by the east coasters. These guys always put on a great show and the acoustic version was no different. Even acoustically they were able to rock out to crowd favourites like So She's Leaving and Not Ready to Go. Other special highlight were the renditions of the very popular Man of Two Minds and Ishmael & Maggie. Overall a great treat for Barrie.

Barrie New Music Festival 2008

Trophy @ The Barrie New Music Festival 2008
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The Barrie New Music Festival featured over 50 artists playing some of Barrie's downtown clubs. The festival ran from Oct 2nd - 4th. I was glad to see this type of festival in Barrie. I'm not just saying that because it means I don't have to drive to Toronto for the night(s). I only hope it will continue to grow and that the people of Barrie support these type of events. I was really impressed by the few acts that I was able to catch including: October Sky, Used For Glue, Vanderpark and Trophy.