Catfish and the Bottlemen live at The Danforth Music Hall – October 14, 2016

The Worn Flints came on stage at The Danforth Music Hall with some vigour to say the least.  The three piece hails from Columbus, Ohio and have brought a few fans along for the ride.  The people up front in the audience definitely knew who this band was and was there to see them as well as the headliner Catfish and the Bottlemen. Lead singer Kenny Stiegele has the moves and facial expressions down pat, jumping around on stage all the while making faces at the crowd. Their style seems to be very reminiscent of 60’s style psychedelic rock and if that is your thing then I suggest you check them out.

The lighting was dim but the fans lit up as soon as Catfish and the Bottlemen hit the stage at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. Just about every one in the venue had their cell phones and arms in the air jumping to the beat of the music.  Catfish and the Bottlemen started their night with Homesick and to be completely honest I don’t think it would matter what song they chose, the fans were going to go equally crazy.

Catfish and the Bottlemen hail from the UK and have made quite the impact here in Canada playing to sold out venues throughout their tour.  They are travelling from Canada to Japan and everywhere in between.  Touring is no stranger to Catfish and the Bottlemen though once doing 100 gigs in 18 months.  Quite the feat if you ask me.

There wasn’t much talking between the lead singer Ryan “Van” McCann and the audience, just a lot of singing back and forth between the audience members and him.  Van however did ask at one point, “Hey Toronto, you still with us?” in which got a huge cheer from everyone in the building.  The only poor part of the evening was the really long pregnant pauses between some of the songs.  I guess the fans noticed this as well cause they started chanting “Let’s Go Blue Jays” during one of the many seemingly awkward pauses throughout the evening, but the second the band started again the crowd was back engaged with what was happening on the stage.

The night took a very short intimate break when Van started Hourglass with just an acoustic guitar and a microphone on the stage. The crowd quickly took over the song and sang approximately 70% of it themselves.  I even saw a couple of “old school” lighters go up in the air which made me smile.

All in all it was a great evening at the Danforth Music Hall.  The band played great, the fans were happy and the music was loud, what more can you ask for?

Once again thanks to the crew, because without them there is no show!