Live music galleries: Ride [2015]

(I got the idea for this series while sifting through the ‘piles’ of digital photos on my laptop. It occurred to me to share some of these great pics from some of my favourite concert sets from time to time. Until I get around to the next one, I invite you to peruse my ever-growing list of concerts page.)

Artist: Ride
When: June 2nd, 2015
Where: Danforth Music Hall, Toronto
Context: As soon as I heard that Ride were reforming, I notified my friend Tim that if their tour brought them to Toronto to get me ticket, no matter what day it was, I would figure out the logistics later. As it turned out, their show was mid-week so I flew in and out in a twenty-four hour period, crashing after the show at my friend’s place. I remember the excitement beforehand amongst our friends because this was one band that none of us had gotten a chance to see during their original run in the early nineties. And the shoegaze legends did not disappoint, performing pretty much everything we would’ve wished to hear, starting with the song below, roaring through classics like “Taste”, “Vapour trail”, and “Chelsea girl”, and finishing with an Iggy Pop cover: “I wanna be your dog”. Awesome.
Point of reference song: “Leave them all behind”