Dental plan

How time flies (not fast enough when it comes to catching up my backlog, but never mind). Sept. 15 I went to Zaphod's to see The Sheepdogs, a highly touted bunch of southern rockers from Saskatchewan. Unfortunately they failed to show, but the other two acts did a decent and excellent job respectively of providing a night's entertainment.

First up, folk duo For the Fairest. They were pleasant, but their most remarkable feature, Jean-Guy Menard's energetic percussion, tended to overwhelm Steph Sears' singing and guitar-playing.

Steph.



Jean-Guy.



The whole lot!



And so on.





That was followed by New Teeth, a far punchier combo. The tune they have posted on their MySpace makes me think of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - with jabs of guitar and tense vocals.

Lucas MacKenzie sings some; I took a few no-flash photos, this is the only one worth sharing.



Matt Gilmour on bass and mod T-shirt.



Aria Leroux on violin.



Will Staunton on drums.



Smokey action!



Singalong action!



Violin action!



Face-making action!






And some final tambourining from Aria.



Big finish!



No news on future shows, though they do say that if you book them they'll "love you forever!"

• Show reminder: Quo Vadis and Profugus Mortis rock the Rainbow; Sworn Enemy, For Today, Better Left Unsaid, Wrench In The Works and Endemise put the punk in Monday at The Bayou; The Spades and Matthew Barber play Zaphod Beeblebrox.