Family ties

The Cousins from Halifax started as the project of Aaron Mangle; since laying down some tracks on his lonesome he's recruited a few select hands to flesh out his sound. They certainly weren't shy about rocking out. I thought they sounded a bit like Chad Van Gaalen.

Andy March marches to the beat of his own drummer.



Aaron sings!



Dallin Ursenbach likes to move about.



Dallin sings! Behind him is bassist Pat Ryan.



Mighty strumming action!



Singalong action!



Big finish feedback action!



And let's not forget the band's wheels.



Incidentally, their album Out On Town made my 10 Best of 2009 list for pennyblackmusic.com.

• Show reminder: Gutstrings, Hmmm and Musk Ox perform at Raw Sugar; Take The Boys and Purple are at The Rainbow; Protest The Hero, Abandon All Ships, Assassinate The Following, and Kingdoms play the first of two shows at Babylon.