A small but mighty crowd of approximately a half dozen people showed up for Vancouver based surf-rock band the Tubuloids at the Moose Hall, July. 29.
They weren’t going to play, but one dedicated fan went to the bank across the street and paid them out of his own pocket. And they put on a wicked show chock full of biting surf guitar licks, frenetic, unstoppable drumming and plenty of punk intensity.
They played much of their brand new CD “ It’s Getting Weird,” and a couple of older originals “ This Wave Sucks” as well as some surf classics like “Misirlou.”
The audience formed a mini-mosh pit and were having a whole lot of fun.
The Tubuloids were pretty loud, so you couldn’t really hear any of the vocals, but they were a lot of fun.
At the end of their set, frontman /vocalist Kevin Baxter did some crowd surfing on an actual surfboard emblazoned with the Tubuloids‘ name.
I arrived in time for local hard rock band Out
run the arrow‘s second opening set, who were warning up for their party in the park gig in Galt Gardens the next day.
They added some punk to their set and hard rocking originals like “ Crashing Down,” powered by Bridgette Yarwood’s soaring multi-octave voice, grinding guitar from brother Richard and deadly drumming from other brother Brendon plus big bass from Brian Kostersky.
They also added some brand new songs like “#Slay.”
