The Hundred in the Hands

Well fitted to Parkdale's late-night dance haunt Wrongbar, with its customarily long lineups of eager patrons marking the club like a beacon from the festival's first to very last notes, the disco-inflected '90s rock sounds of New York's the Hundred in the Hands felt right at home swaying throughout that packed and sweaty venue. With ethereal, atmospheric synths and characteristically retro guitar tones laid over steady snare and hi-hat rhythms, the set pushed a dance groove beneath a punchy and confident vocal style from singer Eleanore Everdell that helped complete the throwback sound. Songs grew larger and larger as the set progressed, raising the dance quotient with each successive jam to the delight of the anxious throngs, with the dancefloor-directed appeal becoming an unrefusable invitation to move.