Froshapalooza was hot. And cold (photos)

With the temperatures dipping drastically last night and a frigid wind blowing through the Roberta Bondar Pavilion, attendees at Froshapalooza bundled up and huddled in to take in the diverse musical line up presented by the Sault College Student Administrative Council and the Algoma University Student Union.

The evening kicked off an hour late but with a bang and a growl as one of the Sault's own, As It Stands, let go a set of their signature loud, fast and full of promise hardcore metal.

They were soon followed by a second local offering, The Scary Uncles, who played a mixture of confident alt rock originals and popular covers.

Toronto's Low Level Flight filled the first out-of-towner spot with the band's most prominent tunes, including Change For Me, Hesitate, Say and Turnaround.

Front man Ryan Malcolm, taking note the unwelcome chill, graciously thanked the audience of 120 for "moving closer and keeping us warm."

The audience grew to over 200 by the time the Johnstones emerged on stage wearing nothing but their skivvies.

The notoriously raucous ska punk five-piece from Ajax, Ontario somehow managed to work themselves into an impressive sweat despite the pronounced cold.

A definite show-stopper, the Johnstones' set was all about having as much fun as possible as quickly as possible, and included first-rate covers of Lump by The Presidents of the United States of America and King of Spain by Moxy Früvous.

Unfortunately, due to the event's late start and two visits from Police officers responding to noise complaints, the final set from Montreal's Creature was pared down to 30 minutes.

Even more regrettable was the mass exodus of Froshapalooza attendees following the Johnstones, leaving only about 40 people left to enjoy the compelling and inspired funk pop offerings from Creature.

In spite of this, the band punched out a rock-steady deluge of the wickedest, most danceable music out there.

There wasn't a still booty in the joint.

Heck, even Blondie's Deborah Harry likes their groove.

It says so on the official Creature MySpace blog.

They definitely made me forget about the cold night air.