Ghostkeeper

Ghostkeeper's live show is more upbeat than their recordings, but still haunting. Though the Calgary outfit's music holds influences of pop, blues, rock, punk and electronics, there's still a sense of the country within the songs. And frontman Shane Ghostkeeper kept nature close at hand by hanging a feather off the neck of his guitar. The venue seemed a little big for the band, as though the creepier elements of their sound might be more at home in a more contained space. While putting out a sound that's upbeat and catchy, Ghostkeeper kept the rural and introverted at the forefront as well, with effects sending the sound off into a dusky forest somewhere.