Sunday, March 20, 2011

Quiet, please

It's always nice to catch a night of garage rock at Babylon ... unfortunately a fine bill of local popsters The Zebrassieres, freshly minted Montreal combo Tang Soleil and Mark Sultan- a.k.a. BBQ - ended in a bit of a tiff. At least it started strong.

First up were Zebrassierres, who decorated their instruments with astronomy designs. Since Sarah Ford is still out west they recruited Iva of Ennuie to fill in on Keys. There set was super bouncy fun. Babylon's new light system is so bright I didn't even need to use flash with my regular lens.

Daniel had a sun on his guitar, while Andy had a comet. "If you thought it was a cookie with hair, you're wrong."

Zebrassieres at Babylon
Zebrassieres at Babylon, March 19, 2011

And dig Iva's sparkly boots.

Zebrassieres at Babylon
Zebrassieres at Babylon, March 19, 2011 

Seeing as how the stagelighting was so bright, I went home to grab my prime lenses, only to return to find Tang Soleil had moved off the stage. D'oh! Anyway, the band features Jordan of Mystery Girls, Ysael from Demon's Claws and some other folks I don't know, including a thumping drummer, a bouncy bassist and a saxophone player. It was good'n'sloppy garage rock that kind of petered out near the end when the band decided more or less en masse that that last song was their last song.

Here's Ysael working the Telecaster and their saxman.

Tang Soleil at Babylon
Tang Soleil at Babylon, March 19, 2011

... and the rest of the crew.

Tang Soleil at Babylon
Tang Soleil at Babylon, March 19, 2011

Mark Sultan finished things off, and finished them pretty soon. There I was enjoying his raucous garage soul when after 20 minutes he pulls the plug - I thought he was just kidding about the chatty audience. I'm not sure that's really a show-stopping offence but it was getting on Sultan's nerves, so it's an early night for all.

Mark Sultan at Babylon
Mark Sultan at Babylon, March 19, 2011

Anyway, I hope Europe has better luck.

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