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Ok, so weeknights are tough but this was a lineup worth braving it for. I'm a huge Audiofly fan and thought they might have the opening slot (as they have elsewhere on the tour) and so got there at 10:30. Heidi was on doing an excellent opening set, great tunes that were a bit more melodic than I expected. The place was still mostly empty though, Toronto crowds aren't early ones. Within an hour though that all changed and the Social quickly became rammed. Really nice mixed crowd, mostly younger, very friendly and polite. No attitude, they just want to have fun.
Found myself on the dancefloor and Audiofly came on shortly before midnight. Lots of fun dancing to them but they sounded a bit subdued, so as to not upstage MANDY I guess. After 1 1/4 hrs MANDY came on and started right off with a bang. The crowd went nuts, this was what they were waiting for. Lots of interesting sounds, a German drinking/folk tune, starting the lawnmower engine and playing on a tin cup. Great comic effect and pushed the fun mood even up some more. Really nice to see quite a few hometown djs in attendance checking it out, having fun and (gasp) even dancing too. I left at 2 and the place was still packed. Does anyone know what time they went until?
Kudos to the Embrace crew for yet another stellar night.
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