Bella Clava at the Bovine

Bella Clava at the Bovine Sex Club February 1, 2013

February 4, 2013 – A busy weekend of killer music started early with Jason Bonham’s extraordinary Led Zeppelin Experience on Thursday night, followed by the amazing Comfortably Numb, Canada’s Pink Floyd Show, on Friday night. Saturday night marked a return to Comfortably Numb, plus TimeGiant and In My Coma, which you can read about here. But in the middle of it all was a not-to-be-missed blazing performance by one of Toronto’s best live rock bands, Bella Clava, one of our Top 10 Indie Bands of the Year, back at the Bovine on Friday night.

Caitlin Dacey and Scott Hannigan

It’d been a long time since we’d caught Bella Clava at the Bovine last August. Since then they’d made a couple brief forays into the States, but had played locally only once since (a gig at the Mod Club which we sadly missed when we made an unfortunate trek to Rama to see an uninspiring Lindsay Buckingham).

Steve Suttie

On Friday, the band immediately staked a claim to a position on this year’s Top Indie Band list with a high energy set that contained fan favourites like Conflict & Desire, I’m Sick, Food For Cannibals, Loose Screw and of course, Dong Dong Ditch. They did an amazing encore of Aerosmith’s Rats In The Cellar.

Bella Clava

To say we love Bella Clava would be something of an understatement. This band kicks ass live like few others and vocalist/keyboardist Caitlin Dacey has a unique and sincere way connecting with every single person in the audience. Steve Suttie is without question the most dynamic guitarist in the city today.