Welcome to the Doll house

After taking a couple weeks enforced break from going to shows, I managed to make it out to two in a night; the first was the gig headlined by Lullabye Arkestra. Their openers were Doll and Klovenhoofs. I've seen Doll before at a gig at Zaphod's on a bill with The Unavowed (playing their first show) and The Mighty Eagle Band (which happens to include a couple of current Klovenhoofs, perhaps that explains the bill?). They had a couple of dancers and a taste of for the louder end of radio-friendly rock. I tagged them as a band with a sincere dedication to both volume and working out personal issues. They also seem to have aspirations for greatness. They may get it since they're a hot live combo.

A somewhat stretched Christine.



In the intervening years Julie-Anne has stepped into the bass slot.



Pete is still rocking the baseball caps.



Singalong action! And drummer Nick is back there somewhere, likely hamming it up.



The whole lot!



Guitar action!



Nick hits!



Julie-Anne sings!



To beer!



You can't say Doll takes themselves too seriously.



Faceoff action!



Rhythm section action!



Faceoff action!



Banter time!



Dolly action!



Big finish!



Their next show in town is at the Big Money Shot May 21 at the Live Lounge.

• Show reminder: The Banditas celebrate their 10th anniversary at the Dominion with Garaga and Boom Creek; The Lost, FutureSnake and Monic rock Cafe Dekcuf; the intriguingly named Love Buffalo and The Pineapple Initiative, Trihorn, The Jack Fiends, Barons of Lima and Aron the Alien are at Club SAW; Ottawa's finest bands play the fourth punk covers night at Mavericks, featuring the tunes of Motorhead, The Exploited, The Sex Pistols, Angry Samoans, The Barracudas and Chaos UK; acoustic guitar wizard Trace Bundy is at Zaphod's - expect folk rock and shuriken. The Wells, Wise, Young & King and Purple play The Rainbow; Barstool Prophet Graham Greer and Melanie and The General Electryk perform at Irene's; the Elmdale House hosts The Reverb Syndicate and Bloomistry. Capital Grass is at The Sweet Spot.