What she said

If you want to see a wild and crazy show, Duchess Says is always a good bet. I've seen them play a few times in the last decade and frontwoman Annie-Claude always gets up to some entertaining shenanigans - the music is always great too. They were joined by local combos Expanda Fuzz and Dark Plains. Dark Plains started things off with some super-heavy post-punk sounds - here's guitar man Chuck (Last Communion, Mountanaka and others).



Matt sings!



Plain action with Chuck and Andy!



Bass'n'drums action!



Andy hits!



Extra Chuck!



A shouty bit!



Chuck sings!



Dark action!



On to Expanda Fuzz, who continue their dedication to JAMC-style drum machine fuzz rock.



Leila sings!



Singalong action!



Guitar action with Leila!



Bass action with Chris!



Extra Leila!



Drum machine action!



Let's just start by saying that Duchess Says always have a strong banner game (which usually gets destroyed by show's end); this time they had one that lit up! Here's well-illuminated drummer Simon and guitarist Ismael!



Bass action with Phil!



And here's Annie-Claude, with a beer she will shortly pour over her own head!



Annie-Claude adjusts!



And so on!



More guitar!



Simon hits!



Keytar action!



Josh from the bar also contributed some vital budgie-related history.



A really fantastic show.