Toronto’s second weekend of quarterfinal shows provided the Reverb with a lot to talk about. Thursday’s bands consisted of a host of different sounds beginning with Lush Kings. They played their classics including “Party Monster” and got their groove on with blues rock-reggae style. Brazen, the young Niagara band, impressed their fans and other attendees with a modern rock set. The lead singer made a young Bono-esque performance work. Negative Attraction, another young band, causing a buzz in Toronto ran through a set of modern rock-prog flavored songs to raise the decibels at the Reverb. Nico Team once again made an appearance rocking some punk-rock for the peeps. Liar and a Thief were impressive and reminded me of early “Bush X” fiery guitar thick bass and dark vocals. BIGFIX brought out the full production Thursday. Media production by way of a led projector and a theatrical stage act made people scratch their heads. Electro-pop or performance art? Captain Insaniesco and the Ultimo Distructions get the award for one of the longest band names. This band also brings many different theatrical qualities to the stage, backed by some strong metal songs. Friday, otherwise known as freaky Friday at this point, had a flavor of its own. Wasted Spades began the night with straight up rock‘n’roll. Step Function rolled in with metal sounds and Organic-Funk once again gave the audience some funky rock to groove to. The Short and Curlies made some funky fun songs liven up the room but lacked the support of the Hooters girl this time around. Fin brought organized destruction to the stage with Rebecca fronting as always raunchy and pretty guitar rock. Ambria formerly known as Avenue Road rolled through a good strong rock set to keep the people on their toes as they tapped. The final band of Friday evening was Paije, a pure rock band with good tight performance. Saturday brought with it the cold once again and the Easter audience seemed pre-occupied. Sliver once again brought plaid clad grunge rock to the Reverb followed by High Voltage, a hair rock/classic rock big sounding fun rock band that had the audience bobbing their heads. Crimson in the Attic played all of their material and generally had a good time doing it. Never Mentioned brought their pop-punk act in from Grimsby once again and with a few timing troubles rambled through some originals and a handful of cover tunes. Kirk Thomas Band played the audience with a ten-dollar bill and filled the air with piano and acoustic hometown Niagara songs. Motorbreath has appeal as a young metal band and the audience reflected just that rocking out to some of their heavier tunes. The Information Experiment is always a spectacle and tonight was no different an excellent experimental set in three separate movements.