Toronto – “Hi, we’re the openers.” This was the rather unassuming introduction given by Daniel Brandon Allen, singer/guitarist for Indian Handcrafts, who were, in fact, the openers for this show. Their music, however, is anything but unassuming. I would probably describe it as down and dirty stoner rock. With their thick, driving riffs and vocals half shouted and half sung, they join a long line of hard hitting duos that make a lot of racket – Lullabye Arkestra, Lightning Bolt, Japandroids, godheadSilo – and prove that less can often sound like more. They even threw in a cover of Nirvana’s “Negative Creep” for good measure.
