Canadian Music Week, night two, and the Mad Caddies turned up and showed us how to make a Tuesday night feel like a Friday night!
By the time the Mad Caddies hit the stage, The Mod Club was packed and the floor was a giant mosh pit of energy.
Opening the show was Repentigny, Quebec’s MUDIE. A fun note for you, Hugo Mudie is credited as the inventor of the Pouzza. It’s a combination of pizza and poutine and this dish was the inspiration for the Montreal Pouzza Festival. The music was loud and fast, and it was well received. MUDIE was also slated to DJ the afterparty at The Bovine.
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Tear down and setup was super quick and filling the middle slot for the night were Toronto’s Slamboni. I had seen the band before and liked what I heard. They brought a nice contingent of fans and put on a great set. Our favourite moment during the set was a cover of Lionel Richie’s Stuck on You. Gold! A fun set and we can’t help it, we like the light up shoes.
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There was a bit of break while we waited for Mad Caddies. The reggae music kept the crowd chill and content but when the lights went down and the band hit the stage, the energy exploded.
From the opening note of Lay Your Head Down to the last note of set, the spirit of the fans never wavered. There was great interaction with the crowd and everyone was having a good time. The movement of the floor changed based on the speed and intensity of the songs being played on the stage, but there was constant motion. It was spectacular.
Highlights included an amazing sing-along of their most recent release, a cover of Green Day’s She. It was beautiful and the smile on Chuck’s face said it all. Chuck chatted with the audience about our great city and about our country’s upcoming cannabis laws and later on in the set there may or may not have been some lighting of a joint. There were tears for No Hope and another full out audience sing-along for Drinking for 11.
I hope they come back very, very soon and I can hardly wait for the release of the new album.
Mad Caddies are just starting their tour and you can see them tonight in Montreal. For tour dates check out the Mad Caddies website.
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Mad Caddies with MUDIE and Slamboni at The Mod Club for CMW 2018 Canadian Music Week, night two, and the Mad Caddies turned up and showed us how to make a Tuesday night feel like a Friday night!
