Royal Canoe + Winter Gloves = An Unreal Dance Party

So yesterday I had a hidden gem of a night. I didn't know that I would be dancin' and rockin' out so much at this concert which was at a small pub here in Winnipeg called Lo Pub. It's literally connected to Winnipeg's only hostel which is named Hi Hostel... get it? At least, I think it's Winnipeg's only hostel, don't quote me on that. Anyways, I went to this concert with Eric Sung (the remaining third of Sung Knows that didn't accompany our crew that went to see Lights) and his friend. Royal Canoe was playing and they have this fun pop rock sound with some electronica style to them. Eric showed them to me a while ago back on the night of my bday bash and I fell in love with their music ever since. The lead singer and bassist are involved with The Waking Eyes as well (excellent band). Before we got to Lo Pub we were trying to get our buddy Malech to join but due to some inconvenience he was not able to leave his household. After much convincing throughout the night and during Royal Canoe's set he finally agreed to come out (because he knew it was the right thing to do) and made it for the last song of the set. I didn't know that the second band was even playing last night until I got there, and I'm very happy that this band did. Their name is Winter Gloves and they hail from Montreal (I love bands from there i.e. Sam Roberts Band, Stars, The Stills, etc.) They did awesome, everyone was lovin' the electronica vibes they were pounding out. I'm surprised how calmly and easily they continued with one of their songs even though there was a small power outage on the stage that shut all the equipment down! They continued the song with the vibraphone and had everybody hum and clap. Very smoothly dealt with. By the end of their set they started giving away free EPs and I managed to quickly snatch the one that flew towards us before Eric did (don't worry, I'm going to lend it to him). What a good concert. I strongly encourage you to check these two bands out!