Coles corner

Nathan Coles Outfit actually features someone named Nathan Coles: The moonfaced guitarist and singer heads up the Guelph quartet, piloting them through a musical menu that ranges from rootsy pop to luminescent alt-country to a closing number that sounded close to post-rock. Nathan Coles sings, twitters and plays guitar; Chris Hierlihy plays bass; Jordan Howard plays guitar and provides back up vocals and Vish Khanna drums.



Nathan is also a cricket-noise maker extraordinaire.



Hierlihy was a mild-mannered presence on stage but big in the mix.



Howard was definitely the most active guy on stage - and an excellent guitarist, too.



Khanna is a very hard-hitting drummer - I was thinking that he and Hierlihy would make a great hard rock rhythm section.



Singalong action!



I tried a bunch of shutter-speed tomfoolery, 90% of which did not work out.



I could definitely see them on a double bill with, say, Cuff the Duke.