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May 9 2012 – Nova Scotia’s Alert The Medic was nominated for last year’s East Coast Music Award’s “Fan Choice Entertainer of the Year” and it’s easy to see why. In the last in a series of four Wednesday night shows, the band rocked The Supermarket last week, playing a high energy set of music reminiscent of their fellow Nova Scotians, The Trews. While the room had been thoroughly chilled by the preceding band (and for their own sake, they’ll go unnamed here), things heated up the instant Alert The Medic hit the stage. This is a tight band with a huge sound playing infectious songs. Alert The Medic is Ryan MacDonald on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Matt Campbell on bass, Dale Wilson on drums and Troy Arseneault on guitar.
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When the second song of the night was a Joe Cocker-ish version of The Beatles’ With a Little Help From My Friends, as good as it was, it made me wonder why they were breaking into covers so early. To my relief, they were back into original songs after that, including a newly named song called Hannah and the Ocean and tracks from We, The Weapon, Atlas and a great piano ballad called The Weatherman featuring MacDonald switching to keyboards. The show closed with the band inviting the crowd onstage to sing along to another We, The Weapon track, Hey Kid, To The Back Of The Line.
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This is a band that has fun performing and that enthusiasm translates to the audience who also have a great time. Having had such a great time, I was forced to buy We, The Weapon on the way out of the show. It’s a great album and the band captures all the energy of their live performances.
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After a month of touring Ontario, the band is now back home in Nova Scotia. Hopefully it won’t be too long before they’re back in the area. They seem to frequent Toronto on a fairly regular basis, so if history is a guide, maybe it won’t be too long a wait.
Review and Photos by Steve Mallinson
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