Now that's heavy

Two weeks ago I went off to Cafe DeKcuf to catch of a bunch of guitar-loving acts. It was mighty cold outside! Not cold enough to dissuade me from seeing Centretown Cripplers-succesors The Mnemonics and acts such as Hamilton, Dead Weights and Toronto's Permanent Bastards. Dead Weights were on first, and only had a couple of songs left in them as I arrived. They have a free demo out which strikes me as quite Leatherface-influenced.

The lineup is Jonathan Becker (ex-I Refuse) on guitar, Catch Of The Day man Steve Robillard on drums, Wooka Tribe guy Derek Muldoon, on bass and acoustic punker Jonathan Creeden on guitar.



Jonathan sings!



Damn microphone stand!



Creeden bends.



A shadowy Steve.



Microphone gripping action!



More sweaty Creeden.



And more bass with Derek.



And that's all, because I only had about two minutes to take pictures. If you want to see them'll you'll have to wait until Sunday, when they return to Cafe DeKcuf for a show with Currents and Tightrope; they have another show at the cafe on February 24.

• Show reminder: Pretty Little Death Machine, Celery Troff and Hawt Rawk Robawt bring their peculiar names to the Avant Garde Bar; there's bluegrassy activity at the Clocktower pub with The Unseen Strangers and Cab; monster choir the Big Soul Project and the Bombast Blues Band are at the Rainbow. Sarah Cripps and Go Long! perform at Irene's; Still Winter Hills (used to be The Woodrunners before one guy left), Elvyn and The Ethers are at the Elmdale House.