Up north

The third slot at Mavericks was held down by local thunder gods Alaskan, sporting their newish (at the time, anyway) three-man lineup.

Bassist Cory bends the knee.



A shouty bit with Gary!



Scotty hits!



The whole lot!



More hitting!



More shouting!



Cory bends!



Cory bends a bit more!



Microphone-wrangling action!



Downstroking action!



It's catching!



The noisy end!



I presume more crushing awaits in the future.

• Show reminder: The Flatliners, Fake Problems, The Menzingers and Mockingbird Wish Me Luck play Mavericks; Ketch Harbour Wolves, The Murder Plans and Lordy Lordy roll into Zaphod's; Slo' Tom and the Handsome Devils and GunSmoke play Irene's; Bored to Death celebrates a year of deadly boredom at Ritual with Zebrassieres, Holy Cobras, Ultra-Violence Ray and Tim Schweiger and The Middlemen; St. Joe's Mission and Become The Sun perform at The Rainbow; Rudeboy release their new CD at the Elmdale; The Cowards, The Dishes, Ginger Fox and Pretty Little Death Machine jam into the Avant-Garde Bar.