z'Howndz of Love

After The Golden Famile warmed things up nicely z'Howndz came out and delivered another superior blast of art-damaged rock'n'roll to an undersized audience. As good as they sounded at Irene's, Zaphod's sound system is a bit more powerful than the Glebe pub's, and it's no insult to say that the band sounded much better on this occasion - particularly if you like a lot of low end.

Guitarist and singer Ryder Graham.



Brian Cram had some fun dedicating songs Jane and Julie to the "girl upstairs ... it's her last night ... she's moving to Vancouver/Montreal ..." (for those of you unfamiliar with the venue, the strip club Bare Fax is above Zaphod's). Here he directs some trumpet at keyboardist Shelton Deverell.



Drummer James Payment.



Guitarist Benjamin Boles slip-slides away.



... and gets a little help from Cram.



Deverell sings The Living Daylights.



In action!



I sincerely hope they're third-time lucky when they come back to Ottawa next, because they haven't had nearly the audience they deserve at either gig (at least in terms of quantity; quality-wise you couldn't ask for a nicer dozen people ...).

• Show reminder: Not much going on. Please return to your homes and stay there quietly until further notice. Okay, there's a show at Club SAW with The Loved Ones, Sack Lunch and The Love Machine, but I'm too old and grumpy for that kind of stuff. Plus I work too late.