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Tasseomancy, and Castlemusic at The Tranzac, Toronto
05/10/10

To celebrate and officially welcome their new 7″ single, last week Tasseomancy played a rare Toronto headlining show at The Tranzac. I first encountered the twins Sari and Romy Lightman when I moved to Toronto in 2008. They were actually the first group I interviewed (when they were known as Ghost Bees) for the National Post, and their album Tasseomancy was one of my favourites from that year. In the two years since then their music has evolved to have a much darker and atmospheric sound, perfectly suited for their macabre lyrics and style. The addition of keys and drums and switch to electric guitar should help turn a few more heads, especially those who had them painted as just another folk band with nice harmonies.

Opening up the night was Princess Century, who played in complete darkness (so no video of that performance), and Castlemusic, one of my favourite local singer-songwriters. I first caught on to the music of Jennifer Castle when I saw her open for the Constantines a few times in 2008. At those shows chatty crowds drowned out her extremely quiet songs, so it wasn’t until I saw her play a church at SappyFest that year that I finally heard her for real. Ever since then I’ve tried to catch her whenever I can, but it had been a while so I was grateful for the opportunity to see her again. Armed with a batch of new songs and an attentive crowd, she made another strong case having one of the cities best voices.