Kiwi Jr. rocks out to new, old tunes at joyous Free At Noon
The Canadian indie rock outfit came through World Stage for a Free At Noon gig before their headlining show at Johnny Brenda’s Friday night, and gave the crowd a reason to enter the weekend with smiles.
Kiwi Jr. | Photo by Max Bennett
Hot off their latest record, indie rockers Kiwi Jr. are out on tour and putting on extremely fun shows for concert goers. That was no different Friday when they played the Music Hall at World Stage for Free At Noon.
Blowin’ Up dropped a week before their stint in Philly, which not only included Free At Noon but also a Friday night show at Johnny Brenda’s with local outfits 2nd Grade and Log Flume.
They played mostly new tracks from Blowin’ Up during Free At Noon, but also threw in songs from previous releases Friday afternoon.
Kicking off their set was “Salary Man” from 2020’s Football Money, which they followed up with “Hard Drive, Ontario” off the new record. The latter featured some killer guitar harmonies from frontman Jeremy Gaudet and guitarist/keyboardist Brian Murphy on top of drummer Brohan Moore’s thumping floor tom and bassist Mike Walker’s low end groove.
Blowin’ Up‘s lead track, “Photos Of The Reenactment” came next, then along came “World Like Polly,” which saw Murphy jump from guitar to keys to lay down some synth lines for the song.
They followed “Polly” up with “Pure Michigan,” then played “The Sound of Music” and “Night Vision,” both from 2022’s Chopper.
Kiwi Jr. threw it back to 2021 and performed the title track from Cooler Returns before closing their Free At Noon with the title track from Blowin’ Up, a fitting end for the show as the band is rightfully earning more attention for their studio cuts and very fun live shows.
Listen to Kiwi Jr.’s full Free At Noon performance in the player above.
