Bluesfest: Braids

Braids released their album Native Speaker in January and have been buried beneath a gigantic pile of buzz ever since. The album is a quite engaging concoction (nominated for the 2011 Polaris, among other things) and their live show was pretty good too.

Main brain Raphaelle Standell-Preston sings and plays guitar.



Taylor Smith frets.



Katie Lee handles the keys.



Austin Tufts prepares to hit.



Braided action!



Taylor turns the dial.



More Lee!



Raphaelle sings!



More Austin!



Katie sings!



The whole lot!



Austin sings!



Taylor hits!



I'm not sure what they're up to now, apart from posting photos on their Tumblr.

• Show reminder: Josef Mieto and Katherine Amanda Giles perform at The Avant-Garde.