The Semantics: Sounded like a bit of an alt rock melting pot ... I'll just say I liked that one song that had a long musical intro, and then only up to the point where the singing started. I'm filing them under "acquired taste" for now.
Ottawa cowpunk legends The Town Cryers sounded great; they were definitely rested and ready.
The BushPilots. Drummer Kevin Smith is, of course, also in the Cryers, and the bands share a similar country rock sound, so the teamup was a natural.
And I promise for the full post there will be more bassist, and jumping bassist at that.
- Show reminder: Jetplanes of Abraham, Spiral Beach (who are amazing), The Lovely Feathers and Bangkok perform at Mavericks. Upstairs at Cafe DeKcuf, HellBros celebrate their CD release and hold an Xmas party (more like XXX-mas if I know them ....) alongside Carvello, Vanier Shank and Sadie Hell. Vanier Shank is, of course, not to be confused with Patrick Shanks, who performs as part of The Solid Senders, along with The Reverb Syndicate and The Havocs at Irene's.
Hopefully I'll be able to catch The Town Cryers at another reunion gig sometime. They were one of my fave Ottawa bands back when I was in highschool. My first gig in The Buzzards was opening for those guys at an all-ages club called The Starlight Cafe, in the summer of 1987!
ReplyDeleteThe Town Cryers rocked the house!!! The years sure haven't affected their ability to entertain. And all their merch was for sale on a donation basis. That was cool. I picked up John Allaire's latest solo album and it is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI saw the Cryers back in the Downstairs Club days and they were alway my fav local band. I always thought they where going to hit the big time. I see John still does a lot of touring. I saw him play solo in the west end last year and it was great. His songwriting is very different, edgy and heartfelt.
I sure hope the Town Cryers keep playing shows! Maybe we should start to petition them!
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