It's a been a week since the Beats, Breaks and Culture Festival down at Harbourfront Centre last weekend. Ain't no party like a Shout Out Out Out Out party as the Edmonton outfit tore it up with their brand of danceable electro-disco rock. With a double drumkit setup plus keyboards, guitar, bass guitar and vocoder(and probably a few other dodads) they got the crowd on their feet and never let up once. The crowd returned the favour as they chanted in staccato unison, 'Shout - Out Out - Out Out!'. It was great to see fellow Edmontonian Cadence Weapon join in on one song at the request of the band. The party continued afterwards in the Brigantine Room as Toronto-based label Upper Class Recordings hosted a showcase of it's artists including The Cansecos, The Russian Futurists and Cadence Weapon with some in-between set DJ'ing from Rollie(aka Cadence Weapon) himself. The Cansecos opened the night playing an interesting blend of indie rock fused with funk, electronica and disco. It was only my second time seeing The Russian Futurists live(the first being when they opened for Junior Boys back in April of this year) but they continue to impress me with their dense sonic collage of pop-psychedlia. Unfortunately, I didn't stick around for Cadence Weapon's headling set(at any rate, at least I saw him last year) since it was getting late but I must mention that Rollie's DJ set(after The Cansecos' set) was awesome.
Photos: Shout Out Out Out Out @ Harbourfront Centre - July 7, 2007
Photos: The Russian Futurists, The Cansecos, Cadence Weapon(DJ) @ Brigantine Room - July 7, 2007
You can next catch Shout Out Out Out Out live when they play the Hillside Festival in Guelph on July 28. In the coming weeks/months, Upper Class Recordings will be releasing a few items - The Russian Futurists release "Me, Myself & Rye"(a compilation of songs from their first 3 albums) in Canada July 24, while The Cansecos new album "Juice" is to be released this fall. In the meantime, The Cansecos are offering a free download of their very disco-ish "Juiced" LP(links below):
MP3: The Cansecos - "Juiced" [side A]
MP3: The Cansecos - "Juiced" [side B]
MySpace: Shout Out Out Out Out
MySpace: Cadence Weapon
MySpace: The Russian Futurists
MySpace: The Cansecos
Check out a few of my choice photos from the night below:
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