PHOTOS LUKE TRUMAN
My BFF, Jess, is from Toronto. She introduced me to Canadian feminist art-rock covers-band Vag Halen when she was living in London, and we went to see them play live at a sweatbox of an underground bar, knocking back shots and moshing at the front so we could get a good view of Vanessa Dunn when she got naked on stage. At the end, when the music exploded into a riotous crescendo of AC/DC, Jess crowdsurfed. It was pretty much the best night ever. And I had the bruises to prove it.