Thursday, July 20, 2017

Explosion in motion

With summer in the air, that also means it's time for my favorite local festival, the Ottawa Explosion! I was much engaged with personal matters at the start of the month, and I didn't get to see as much of the festival as I'd like, but I still caught a good chunk of what was going on at SAW Gallery, starting with a performance from Spell. Here's Kai!

Spell at SAW Gallery

Mallet action with Tyrin!

Spell at SAW Gallery

Keyboard action with Connor!

Spell at SAW Gallery

Extra Tyrin!

Spell at SAW Gallery

Instrument-switching action!

Spell at SAW Gallery

Next up, the raucous punk sounds of Tightlip!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

Vocal action!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

Dan hits!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

Guitar action with Scott!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

Lippy action!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

More Dan!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

And so on!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

Shocking rhythm section action!

Tightlip at SAW Gallery

Back outside for a rare daylight performance by The Yips!

The Yips at SAW Gallery

Closeup action!

The Yips at SAW Gallery

Guitar action!

The Yips at SAW Gallery

Percussive action!

The Yips at SAW Gallery

Rhythm section action!

The Yips at SAW Gallery

More inside, more punk, featuring people you've seen onstage and off!

Omerta at SAW Gallery

Percussive action with Patrick from Asile!

Omerta at SAW Gallery

Guitar action!

Omerta at SAW Gallery

Sierra sings!

Omerta at SAW Gallery

Hair-swirling action!

Omerta at SAW Gallery

More Dan!

Omerta at SAW Gallery

More Sierra!

Omerta at SAW Gallery

Outside one could hear the jangular and angular indie rock sounds of Casper Skulls, up from Toronto for the festival. Here's Neil and Chris!

Casper Skulls at SAW Gallery

Melanie strums!

Casper Skulls at SAW Gallery

More Neil!

Casper Skulls at SAW Gallery

Melanie sings, Fraser jumps about!

Casper Skulls at SAW Gallery

Chris hits!

Casper Skulls at SAW Gallery

A rare picture of Fraser standing still.

Casper Skulls at SAW Gallery

Extra Melanie!

Casper Skulls at SAW Gallery

Back inside, The CHUDs were ready to rage. Here's Imogen running about!

CHUDS at SAW Gallery

Guitar action!

CHUDS at SAW Gallery

Percussive action!

CHUDS at SAW Gallery

Imogen works the floor!

CHUDS at SAW Gallery

Cannibalistic action!

CHUDS at SAW Gallery

And so on!

CHUDS at SAW Gallery

The day ended with a MIDI-centric set from the always evolving Fet.Nat. Here's Lynsey and Pierre-Luc!

Fet.Nat. at SAW Gallery

Olivier hits!

Fet.Nat. at SAW Gallery

JFNo sings!

Fet.Nat. at SAW Gallery

More Pierre-Luc!

Fet.Nat. at SAW Gallery

More Lynsey!

Fet.Nat. at SAW Gallery

Extra Olivier!

Fet.Nat. at SAW Gallery

The crowd goes wild!

Fet.Nat. at SAW Gallery

A fine first day.

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