FRIDAY — These big music fests always seem to wind up being a small trip down musical memory lane, with old favourite acts coming back to play. Indulging my nostalgia, I went to check out Blinker the Star at the Horseshoe for their 9pm set to start my Friday night. Early sets are usually tough, I find — the crowd is sleepy and worn out, lacking their later night booze-fueled energy, while attendance tends to be on the leaner side, and the bands seem to feel it too. Musically as tight as I remembered them being live, Blinker the Star put on an ok show — really kicking into their best gear when they launched into their 1999 hit (and my personal favourite) "Below the Sliding Doors" — but the entire thing could have used more oomph... from the band and the crowd alike.
Laurie McGregor is a Toronto-based dilettante. She likes books, music, soft things,
baking, unicorns, robots and has an unnatural love of vending machines.
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