Friday, July 10, 2015

Out of the west

In-store shows at Vertigo Records are something of an Ottawa Explosion tradition, but Saturday's was the first time I'd made squeezing in part of my schedule. Emmanuel had already announced that the surprise guests were Benny The Jet Rodriguez, so that was all the more inducement to go and check it out. First on the floor were Poor Form, who made the trip all the way from Vancouver. Guitarist Adam also serves in Needles//Pins. Here's guitarist Legs.

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

James hits!

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

Punk-pop action!

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

Legs sings!

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

Adam shouts, James bends!

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

Extra Adam!

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

More James!

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

The whole fish-eyed lot!

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

A good crowd, inside and out.

Poor Form at Vertigo Records

San Pedro Sandlot aficionados Benny The Jet Rodriguez carried on the pop-punking, with Lauren and Todd making a repeat appearance from Underground Railroad to Candyland's set.

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

Lauren sings!

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

Todd works the keys!

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

Also on hand, Joey, Tanner and somebody else.

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

Tanner and Joey work the crowd.

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

Outside-looking-in action!

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

Percussive action!

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

Head-to-head action!

Benny The Jet Rodriguez at Vertigo records

It was all West Coast combos for this in-store: Vancouver's Nervous Talk finished the evening off with some tasty power-pop.

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

You may recognize Joel Butler from that Moby Dicks gig at the Legion in August 2011 with M.O.T.O. and Needles//Pins.

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

Fretful action with Todd!

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

Percussive action with Trevor!

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

Extra Joel!

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

Bass action with Shane! Shane's also making a repeat appearance on the blog; he was in Hot Blood Bombers when they played the Rock'N'Roll Pizza Party during its brief stint at the Royal Oak.

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

Now with more fisheye!

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

Overhead action!

Nervous Talk at Vertigo Records

Then it was back home to grab a bite to eat ... almost ... there was of course time to return to the SAW Gallery to catch some not-quite secret reunion action from Statues.

Statues at Club SAW

Mitch sings!

Statues at Club SAW

Jeff hits!

Statues at Club SAW

Rob strums a bit!

Statues at Club SAW

Then it really was time to split.

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