Before and In Between

Kalle Wainio and company - Kalle Mattson the band, that is - have been keeping busy. They have a recently released new album, and just scored a slot at this year's Bluesfest. For this mid-January gig at Mavericks, they were opening for Real Estate and The Babies, and sounding quite a bit more rocking than when I saw them  at Zaphod's in June 2010.

Singalong action!



Guitar action!



Gripping action!



Thean sings!



Drumming action with newish (or perhaps more accurately new-to me) member Kyle Woods!



Meanwhile, on the shadowy side of the stage, we have trumpeter and thing-shaker JF Beauchamp.



More Kalle and his crazy hair!



Bonus Rory!



The end!



The band is currently on the road (in Sudbury at the Townehouse tonight) and will be pass through Ottawa for a show at Mavericks on May 25.

• Show reminder: Measha Bureggergosman goes pop at the Bronson Centre Theatre; StillNative rocks The Daily Grind; Dayglo Abortions play Mavericks with Endprogram, four-stroke and Rawrawriot; Alert the Medic, Amos The Transparent and And What Army? perform at Zaphod's; the House of Targ shakes to the sounds of The Skip Jensen Group, The Shakey Aches and Eat Crow; The Ross Neilsen Band rolls into Irene's; the Elmdale hosts John Allaire & The Campistas and Tom Breiding; The Robert Farrell Band is at the Avant-Garde.