The Starving Artist, a quaint little bar/venue located in Toronto, gave host to quite the interesting night as far as local shows go. The overall atmosphere was one of friendship, Tuesday-drunk conversations, and all around easy-going times.

The show featured three acts, including a bastardized Binge Ninja piano set that had yet to be seen before this night. Featuring Cyrus of the Hormoans, Binge Ninja’s very own Shane Burrow tugged on the heartstrings of audience members and bar proprietors alike. Featuring original numbers such ‘My Favourite Thing’ and the brand new, much-anticipated ‘Diora Baird’, Burrow dominated the evening.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the entire fundraiser event was that of the Radiohead covers that were staggered throughout the set. An awe-inspiring adaptation of ‘Pyramid Song’ featured Burrow’s unprecedented vocal talent, encompassing emotions the equivalent to that of a funeral procession. Heart-wrenching falsettos brought this song to a new plain of existence that had yet to be heard:

I jumped in the river and what did I see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cars
All the things I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

Intermediate notes sang between the recurring lyrics produced a haunting and ethereal aura incomprehensible to attendees. For the remainder of the evening, other acts — well-performed on their own accord — went unmatched in regards to the opening act. What had initially been a joke to jerk some tears came closer to reality than perhaps even Burrow or anyone could have predicted. After a forty-minute set, audience members were insatiably left craving more.

And oh baby, will there ever be more.