by Sarah Greene
In carrying on with eclecticism, Collett invited out emotive electronic singer Lou Canon, who had many pedals and knobs and synths and cords to deal with (the audience was patient and cool about it). But perhaps the biggest surprise of the evening — and one that had this reviewer smiling ear to ear — was two puppets from Feltworth (Chris Murphy and Jay Ferguson of Sloan) singing a song about being turned on from the balcony. That's it, I thought; Feltworth just stole the show.
Shad, bless him, appearing as his alter-ego Your Boy Tony Braxton, was the only artist of the night to bother checking in with how the crowd was doing, and to try to elicit audience participation via clapping. Then TUNS, the trio of '90s power pop veterans, took hilariously long to set up, during which Chris Murphy made fun of the Elwins' Feurd Moore's moustache. Despite their lackadaisical approach to plugging their guitars in, their three songs ended the Winter Ball on a high note.
--taken from: Exclaim!
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