Had a chance to go see Pony Up! at the Horseshoe last Thursday (I know, a week late on my review but blow me I'm my own boss). For those of you who don't know them, Pony Up is a pop-punk all girls band from Montreal that I believe is set to catch a big indie wave into bigger venues sometime in the next album or two. Sort of the cooler Tegan & Sara of pop girl bands (after all, it took Tegan & Sara three albums before I really started paying attention).
It was nice to see them in the smaller, and I dare say more authentic, gloom that is the Horseshoe. Any smaller and their sound would have been crunched, any bigger and there wouldn't have been enough people there. As for the band, the songs were tight, and the crowd was lifted, which is all I ever ask for at a good pop show.
The singles, from both the last album and their current fair ("Shut up and Kiss Me", "The Truth About Cats and Dogs") stood out, with catchier hooks than the rest, but the girls kept the energy up and I was never found standing too still.
All in all, the short set was enjoyable, I'd go see them again, but I wouldn't buy the album.
As for the two openers, well I missed one (I think...a band came on After the headliners and I heard some mention of snow stalling travel but I honestly thought it was the band I Did see going on again...shows you how distiguishable they were if I couldn't tell they were different). Either way, sorry, but any none Pony Up band I saw that night was pretty forgettable...enough that I didn't even remember their names.
