Sunday, January 11, 2015

Beasts of burble

Thursday I went over to the House of Targ for a mixed bill of funk, folk and alt rock. The headliners were local folkies, Dirty Sheep, and the openers were Animal Confession, a trio solidly on the wavelength of the heavier strains of 1990s alt-rock. I haven't seen either band before. I haven't seen The Ven Dreddies either (who have been doing their thing for a bit more than a year now), but I've seen Ty, Jim and Ike in various permutations of Pretty Little Death Machine, Gnarly Brown, Thought Project, Boom Creek and (for all three) F, among other outfits.

Animal Confession was formed by guitarist Andrew Gharib.

Animal Confession at House of Targ

Patrick Quesnel handles the bass.

Animal Confession at House of Targ

And on drums, Trevor Grey.

Animal Confession at House of Targ

Rhythm section action! The band cops to a Deftones and Tool influence.

Animal Confession at House of Targ

Running about!

Animal Confession at House of Targ

Andrew sings!

Animal Confession at House of Targ

More Patrick!

Animal Confession at House of Targ

Trevor sings!

Animal Confession at House of Targ

The whole lot!

Animal Confession at House of Targ

On to The Ven Dreddies; the members are all in other bands, so this is apparently their chance to get their funk on. Here's Jim!

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

Ike hits!

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

Tyler rocks the feather boa.

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

Lambchop sits in.

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

More guitar!

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

Ty sings!

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

Jim sings!

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

Extra Ike!

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

Jim supports change (and the occasional guitar pick).

Ven Dreddies at House of Targ

The Dirty Sheep finished the evening off with selections from their reasonably new album (from last year) and a select cover or two. Here's Deborah Landry and Allain Lalonde.

Dirty Sheep at the House of Targ

Over on keys, Chris McGuire.

Dirty Sheep at the House of Targ

Mandolin action!

Dirty Sheep at the House of Targ

Guitar action!

Dirty Sheep at the House of Targ

D'arcy McGuire, brother of Chris, on drums.

Dirty Sheep at the House of Targ

Deborah sings!

Dirty Sheep at the House of Targ

Allain sings!

Dirty Sheep at the House of Targ

A nicely varied lineup.

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