Ottawa Explosion: Day 4, Part I

Saturday offered the option of listening to bands for a good 14 hours straight, starting at 1 p.m. in the Clocktower's parking lot with a set from Empty Nesters. That's a bit more than I'm capable of these days, and I didn't make it out of the house until mid-afternoon for a set from Don't Bother, which features a bunch of folks from the Tough Age/Ketamines circle. Here's Paul on the microphone!



 Percussive action with Mark!



Assorted action with Rhonda, Marc, Jarrett (also of Tough Age), Paul and Mark!



More Paul!



Keyboard action with Rhonda!



Guitar action with Priya!



And so on!



More Mark!



Bothersome action!



More Jared!



More guitar!



Extra Ronnie!



More bothersome action!



Next up, frequent OXW visitors Future Girls. Here's Dewayne on drums!



Matty sings!



Guitar action with Heather (who also played with Dewayne in Crossed Wires before I arrived)!



Dewayne hits!



Singalong action!



Bass action with B!



Futuristic action!



More B!



On to Creep Wave, who played their last set at the festival (I'm sure the various members will be keeping busy in Doxx and Power of Fear). Here's Kieran!



Bass action with Derek!



Brittany sings!



Creepy action!



And so on!



More Derek!



Kieran sings!



Derek sings!



The afternoon ended with a set from Pity Me, England's Martha. Yes, there really is a town called Pity Me (more than one, actually), and Martha did come all they way from there to play OXW - they may be the fest's farthest travellers this year. Here's Daniel!



Bass action with Naomi!



Pitiable action!



Jc jumps about!



Jc sings!



Nathan hits!



Singalong action!



Then it was off to Babylon!