Bunch of bruisers

Not only do we have musical shows during the Christmas holiday, we have a whole festival ... the folks at Spaceman Music started a Bruisefest dedicated to heavy music on the weekend of December 26-27. I missed most of it, since I worked both nights, but things ran late enough, and I got home early enough, to see the last two acts on Boxing Day. The third band on (after Cloven Hoofs and Germ Attak) was Mountanaka.

Rhythm section action!



Shouting action!



Hair-waving action!



More shouting!



More drumming!



The whole lot!



Faceoff action!



Blurry action!



And so on.



Heavy as always. If Harvey Milk ever come through town (don't I just wish) they'll have to open.

• Show reminder: Straight Reads The Line, Kingdoms, Texa$ and 27 York play Mavericks; Mackenzie Rhythm Section and Amelia Leclair perform at Cafe Umi; Loudlove rocks The Rainbow Bistro; Silver Creek and The Ireland Brothers Band are at Irene's; The Elmdale Tavern hosts Cold Coffee and Salty Boots, The Unknown Wrestler and Remi Royale.