Friday, January 21st, MUSIC in Vancouver attended an amazing concert put on by a very talented group of local musicians. We had a great time and managed to take a lot of photos! If you haven't heard of any one of these musicians, I encourage you to purchase all of their songs right away and support local Vancouver music!
Dave Vertesi:
First up was David Vertesi. You may recognize him as a member of Hey Ocean! Tonight he was doing his solo act, but we got a few surprises! He was joined onstage by Peter Carruthers, a member from another local band Said the Whale, and Dan Klenner from Hey Ocean! and The Star Captains. Vertesi has recently started performing his solo act and tonight we had the privilege of listening to songs off his new album Cardiography (which you can and should buy off iTunes). Explaining his songs, Vertesi said that "Music should do one of two things. It should either make teenagers cry, or make old people dance." During his performance, the audience was mostly dancing, but when Vertesi sang Learn to Run, things got a little more "intense" as Dan noted. Dave Vertesi is a very talented musician and he was joined by an equally talented pair! Dave and co. got the show started right!!
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| Peter Carruthers on cello, Dave Vertesi on vocals and guitar and Dan Klenner on drums. |
Dave even asked the crowd to participate!
Dave: Keytar
Crowd: *cheering!
Dave: Turtle
Crowd: Awww yeaaahh!!
Dan Klenner also plays the keytar (insert cheering here!) sometimes simultaneously with the drums :O
Treelines:
Next to take the stage is a band called
Treelines. Treelines formed in 2009 when they released their
self-titled debut album (which you can buy from their website). The album was well received and in 2010, they released their second album titled
Young Man. Members include Matt Lockhart (vocals and guitar), Steve Lockhart (bass), Matt Kelly (guitar and piano) and Grant (drums). These guys not only had great songs, but their performance was incredible. They were all so into it! When you see a bunch of guys head-banging and smiling up on stage, you know its a good show!
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| Grant of Treelines |
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| Matt Kelly of Treelines |
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| Steve Lockhart of Treelines |
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| Matt Lockhart of Treelines |
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| Playing accordion, Rebecca Slaven joined Treelines here for the performance of Canadian Airlines. |
By now you're probably wondering about the headband? I know I was.. According to an interview with the band on
The Bandsintown Blog, Matt Lockhart states that his eyebrows are an ineffective barrier between his hair and his eyes and therefore he uses the headband as "one giant, extremely efficient eyebrow!"
Matt Lockhart's autograph!! You should also contact them if you would like to book an amazingly enthusiastic and passionate local Vancouver band :)
Behind Sapphire:
With the audience pumped after hearing the first two performers, it was time for
Behind Sapphire to take the stage. Listening to the first song of their performance, I was blown away. They are all such talented musicians and the lead singer's voice was indescribable. Sadly, it seemed like a very short set, but we still managed to get all of these pictures (not to mention pictures afterwards with Grant)!! Behind Sapphire is made up of Grant Cassell (vocals), Matthew Mazankowski (guitar and vocals), Steven Ward (drums and percussion), Dylan Murley (bass) and were also joined by Lindsay playing trumpet and bass and Matt on trumpet! Their
self-titled album was released in early 2010 and is available on iTunes. These guys were so unique and their music was so beautiful! Everyone was on their feet and couldn't help moving along with the beat. Here are the photos of Behind Sapphire. And don't worry Grant, we didn't get any pictures of your colourful underpants ;)
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| Matthew Mazankowski of Behind Sapphire |
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| Lindsay of Behind Sapphire |
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| Grant Cassell of Behind Sapphire |
Here you can see the singer's cape. Sadly we didn't get a picture of his shoes, which were also awesome!
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| Matt of Behind Sapphire |
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| Dylan Murley of Behind Sapphire |
This photo was taken after Matt's glasses fell off because he was dancing so much!
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| Steven Ward of Behind Sapphire |
Overall, we had an amazing night!! All of these local Vancouver performers are truly talented and it was a pleasure to see them! They were all nice enough to stick around after their sets to give out autographs, take pictures, and just chat with the fans! Thank you guys for an amazing night that I won't soon forget :)
