It would be cliché to say that Hollerado rocked the boat last Thursday night, but they did play rock music at The Boat, so cliché my ass.

Following a set by Clothes Make the Man and The Darcys’s covers of Constatines songs, Hollerado graced the indefatigable Toronto audience with their presence, tearing out song after song of preposterously addictive pop rock, the sound of which would make Weezer run back to their drawing boards.

After a deliberately out-of-tune rendition of “Happy Birthday” for a friend of the band’s, the sound of impassioned cries of “Hey Philadelphia” from the ardent show-goers filled the venue as Hollerado hammered out “Americanarama.” Sharing the mic with the crowd for their entire set, Hollerado felt no need to hoard attention, also continuously allowing Branko Scekic of Dinosaur Bones to supplement their performance with backing vocals, piggybacks, and the occasional rap.

Sustaining a healthy level of energy throughout the night, the band turned out audience-appeasing songs like a cover of The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” and Hollerado’s own “Do the doot do doot do” (that anyone could figure out the words to), eventually leading up to a short-lived crowd-surf by steadfast frontman Menno Versteeg, thrusting himself upon an ill-prepared crowd and facing the consequences.

“Juliette,” the second single off of the band’s 2010 debut Record in a Bag, brought the vitality of the whing-ding to it’s peak, it’s simple chord progression being accompanied by surprisingly rhythmically-accurate handclaps from the audience and the consistently solid accompaniment from the band.

Hollerado left The Boat in sweaty disarray, having performed every track with the same passion and fervor as they did for each one that preceded, ultimately leaving the crowd a bit burned-out, but still begging like paupers for more.

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