[ATTENDED: July 17, 2022] Pony [moved from January 23, 2021]
I had not heard of Pony before this show. I was interested in hearing the original opening band, Empath, who are a Philly band that play a kind of noise punk. Rolling Stone says “They sound like four people who sat in a room flexing their own freaky styles until — before they realized their interests might be wholly incompatible — the chaos created its own logic.” They sound pretty great.
But Pony are a pop punk band from Toronto and they were fantastic.
Pony is fronted by Sam Bielanski who plays guitar and sings. She is also a voice actress and voiced Jazz in My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale (hence the band name).
For a couple of songs at the end Sam didn’t play guitar she just sang and dominated the stage, stomping around in Doc Martins and a plaid skirt.
They played a short set (the songs are all less than three minutes long), but it was the perfect warm up. And a great introduction to the band.
When the show was over, Damian from Fucked Up was standing outside talking to people. I told him how much I enjoyed Pony and he agreed that they were great and he enjoyed them too.
SETLIST
- WebMD ™
- Couch ™
- Furniture ™
- TJ [on selist]
- Sometime Later ™
- My Room ™
- Did It Again
- Chokecherry ™
™ TV Baby (2021)
Did It Again (2022) single
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