That includes Mick Davis and Skinny Love, JJ Wilde, and The Wonderful Sons
All Picture Credit score: Tara Thompson
Evening six of Iceberg Alley started with one other Newfoundland-based band, Mick Davis and Skinny Love. Mick Davis is a well known Canadian singer-songwriter finest referred to as the founding father of The Novaks. The band options singer-songwriter Jill Porter, bassist Craig Follett, and drummer Allan Brake. Their hit, ‘Vibrations’, was the most well-liked tune for seven weeks on CBC Music’s Prime 20.
Mick Davis and Skinny Love performed some fan favourites, together with some well-known covers. One notable cowl was ‘I Hate Myself for Loving You’ by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the place Porter acquired to showcase her skills. This can be a band that you just undoubtedly don’t need to miss.
Subsequent up was JJ Wilde. Hailing from Kitchener, Ontario, this Canadian rock singer has been taking Canada by storm. JJ Wild’s sound blends uncooked rock power with soulful grit. Her highly effective vocals go away an emotional environment as lots of her tracks focus on private struggles, empowerment, love, and rebel.
JJ Wilde launched her debut EP, Wilde Eyes, Regular Arms, in 2019. This EP went on to have a primary single, ‘The Rush’, on Canada’s fashionable rock, energetic rock, and mainstream rock charts. She adopted this up with a debut album in 2020 entitled Ruthless. This album earned her Rock Album of the Yr on the 2021 Juno Awards. 2021 additionally noticed the discharge of one other EP in 2021 entitled WILDE. This EP featured hit singles akin to ‘Finest Boy’, ‘Mercy’, and ‘Off The Rails’. Followers of JJ Wilde have been excited to see what she had in retailer for the evening. She captivated the viewers as they held on to her each phrase.
Headlines for the evening have been The Wonderful Sons. Fashioned in 2011, The Wonderful Sons are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario. They launched their first EP, Shapeless Artwork, in 2013. This EP featured their first radio single, ‘Mama’, which reached #6 on the Canadian rock radio charts. The re-release of this EP noticed the only, ‘White Noise’, attain #2 on the charts.
The Wonderful Sons launched their full-length debut in 2014. This album was dwelling to singles akin to ‘Heavy’, ‘Lightning’, and ‘The Contender’. They went on to launch singles akin to ‘’Typically on a Sunday’, ‘Kill the Lights’, and ‘Every little thing Is Alright’. Their 2017 launch of their second full-length album, Younger Beauties and Fools, earned them a Juno Award for Rock Album of the Yr in 2018.
Since then, The Wonderful Sons have made a reputation for themselves in Canadian music. They proceed to mix energy rock with basic and fashionable influences.
Most lately, they’ve launched singles akin to ‘Mercy Mercy’ and ‘Lightning Bolt’, which stored their followers wanting extra. Many of those tracks, together with others akin to ‘Union’ and S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun), have been performed underneath the tent. What an evening it was!
