The seventh annual CKXU Love and Records was a hoot, Sept. 16.
While I was listening to most of the music from behind the CKXU volunteer tent, I caught a few acts.
Local alternative rock band Fox Eyes opened up the festivities with their usual strong set of up tempo ’90s style alternative rock powered by lead singer Mandy Fox’s piercing screams.
The band I was really looking forward to see was Calgary rockabilly band Peter and the Wolves. They are always a blast to watch.
They had a new upright bassist, Pedro Lowe plucking at a big, blue upright bass.
Frontman Peter Cormier grinned and leaped around the big stage between keyboard and guitar, playing high energy rockabilly and ’50s and ’60s rock and roll. 
They played a lot of classic rockabilly and original music from their two albums. Cormier finished the band’s set by leaping high into the air.
A lot of people were excited to hear Toronto indie rock band Weaves. The guitarist started their set by doing his best Jimi Hendrix impression by playing his guitar with his teeth and spent the rest of the set squeezing all manner of noise and dissonant riffs out of his guitar, adding a touch of blues in places and a lot of punk for the last few songs of the set.
Their lead singer squealed in her high pitched, soul tinged voice giving Weaves a sound similar to British punks X Ray Spex singing ’90s alternative rock.
Cold Specks aka Ladan Hussein, also from Toronto, finished Love and Records with a mellow, hypnotic set of soulful pop music which was heavily influenced by R and B music.
She and her band set down a mesmerizing groove which had an enraptured audience swaying in front of the stage watching intently.
