Point of pride

After the thrills and spills of Kelp's 16th anniversary, I had a quiet week (except of course for those giant explosions on Victoria Day), then went off to Zaphod's for a rare Tuesday show with The Darcys and Kalle Mattson. I missed almost all of openers Life In 2D, but was quite surprised by the huge crowd of pals they convinced to show up. Well, on to the Darcys - as it happens, they were the last band I saw at Zaphod's before this gig. They still don't make me think of Neil Young, and also made me think even less of Thom Yorke - maybe that's just the effect of a long tour on singer Jason Couse's voice.

The Darcys consult.



Dave Hurlow contemplates.



Jason whacks his guitar while plaing the keyboard.



A shouty bit with Michael le Riche.



And now on to the guitars.



Michael sings'n'squints.



Wes Marskell mans the traps.



Tambourine action!



Jason sits back down, Dave gets on up.



More keyboards!



Rhythm section action!



Stringed action!



More of the same, now with fisheye.



The whole fisheyed lot.



And some last-minute pushing and shoving!



They're releasing their new 7-inch in Toronto tonight.

• Show reminder: It's pizza party time at nIXne - or however it's supposed to be spelled - with The Famines and Get A Life Losers; Ryan Bourne and You Yourself and I perform at Raw Sugar; Jesse Dangerously, Brzowski and H.W. keep it real, or at least amusing, at Zaphod Beeblebrox; The Blues Buggers want to be your backdoor man at The Elmdale.