“How long has it been…a year? Two years? Who were we even playing with? Do any of you guys know?” questioned FIDLAR frontman Zac Carper halfway through the band’s set on Friday night. And while Carper’s memory was a bit foggy, the crowd’s was crystal clear, and they were more than pleased to remind him that it had been two since since FIDLAR last crashed the Paradise with The Frights and SWMRS on their “Too Much Tour.” But this time around, FIDLAR was joined by Canadian rockers NOBRO and Dilly Dally.

Hailing from Montreal, Québec, the women of NOBRO were all smiles as they hopped on stage at 9:00 sharp. Though relatively unknown by the Boston crowd (mid-set whispers debating the band’s name included ”Slow Grow” and “No Girls”), the four piece made plenty of new fans with their fun and loud brand of rock n’ roll spearheaded by guitarist/vocalist Gabrielle La Rue and bassist/vocalist Kathryn McCaughey. NOBRO closed their set with a cover of legendary proto-punk MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams,” with Rue and McCaughey marching back and forth along the edge of the stage, kicking their legs and headbanging to the beat.

Next up was Dilly Dally from Toronto, Ontario, who released their new album Heaven, earlier that afternoon. Though at first considerably more subdued than NOBRO, Dilly Dally suddenly cranked it up to 11, with vocalist/guitarist Katie Monks screeching, howling, and yowling into the microphone. Soaked in gloomily romantic red and purple light, the band looked and sounded like a cross between The Smashing Pumpkins and Bully, with a set filled with raw emotion and distortion.

After Dilly Dally, a mysterious masked man wearing a jumpsuit (aka bassist Brandon Schwartzel channeling his inner Corey Taylor) began setting up for the night’s featured performance. Likewise, the Paradise staff began their own preparations, doubling the size of the pit crew muscle in anticipation of the many crowd surfers soon to come. At 10:00pm, the jumble of tube TVs stacked alongside amplifiers and instruments flickered to life, playing loops of wacky videos spelling out “F-I-D-L-A-R” (one of the best showed a can of spam being cracked open, with the band’s name carved into to pinkish meat), and FIDLAR walked on stage.

Dressed in blue hospital scrubs, Carper grinned at the crowd and launched into “Alcohol” followed by “No Waves.” Other Highlight’s from the band’s set included an extra-long live version of “Drone,” punk-rock band anthem “West Coast,” and a “girls only mosh pit” during “5 to 9.” Throughout the show, Schwartzel whipped his body around the stage like a ragdoll, dropping his signature white bucket hat and, with much applause from the crowd, kicking it perfectly back onto his head. Though less rambunctious than Carper and Schwartzel, the Kuehn brothers Elvis and Max were equally respected by the crowd as they sang, shredded, and pounded on the guitar and drums. After ending their set with “Cheap Beer,” and tossing their instruments down, FIDLAR returned to the stage just a few seconds later for a one song encore of “Wake Bake Skate,” pushing the venue staff to their limit as fans thrashed around the floor and endless waves of crowd surfers spilled over the side of the stage barrier.

See below for photos from the show (in order: FIDLAR, Dilly Dally, and NOBRO):