Shout Out's Party Out New Material

Lee's Palace

Toronto, ON

on Oct 30 2008

Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack)

10/31/2008 1:22pm

It's much more fun to participate in a Toronto dance party when you've just made friends with some rockin' MILFs. In fact, both Opopo and Stereo Image only held my attention span for so long and not once had me grooving.

But when it came time for Shout Out Out Out Out to get on stage (with eight synth tables and two drum kits), Mary-Ann "everyone calls me Hogey" Hogan and her friend DeeDee just couldn't contain themselves.

"I like to think they're live techno with a bit of soul," said Hogey, who went to the show with her daughter and explained how they were to meet somewhere in the dance pit towards the end.

"That officer's kind of hot!" exclaimed DeeDee.

No, she wasn't eyeing a copper in her intoxicated state. Instead, one of the Edmonton band's six members (we're pretty sure it was Whitey) had decided to celebrate Halloween a day early with a C.H.I.P.S/hot cop get-up. There only seemed to be two other people in the crowd (one guy with oven mitts and shutter shades and a girl with a cat mask) who dressed for the event.

"One of us thinks it's Halloween," said singer Nik Kozub when the set began. "Guess which one? You guys want to have a dance party now? OK, cool."

The hour-and-a-half-long dance assault was heavy on tunes from their forthcoming record due in March. They were coupled with recognizable jams "Forever Indebted," "Dude You Feel Electrical" and "Your Shitty Record Won't Mix Itself."

"This is a song about a shitty time in my life," Kozub declared when he introduced one of the new songs.

That's pretty much what every Shout Out Out Out Out song revolves around, so that's not exactly narrowing your muse. That said, Kozub's pain sure was fun for everyone else. Lee's Palace's pit-full of dancing bodies no doubt thanked him.

While Hogey and DeeDee were playing air bass and raising the roof, it was hard to ignore the strength of Shout Out Out Out Out (who also own best encore-shouting name ever). Their two drummers were hammering away and the band were firing off fist-pumps and high kicks that moved the audience right until the very end.