Friday, November 23, 2018

The single life

On Tuesday I toddled over to House of Targ to check out some Single Mothers (the nice people at Hive Mind PR got me on the guest list), alongside local combos Curl and Mushy Gushy. Curl kicked things off with some shouty bedroom sounds. Here's Brandon!

Curl at House of Targ

Man of many bands (Holy Christopher, Celery Troff, etc.) Andrew hits!

Curl at House of Targ

Neo-Tokyo action with Brandon!

Curl at House of Targ

The whole lot!

Curl at House of Targ

Extra Andrew!

Curl at House of Targ

Microphone devouring action!

Curl at House of Targ

Mushy Gushy were on next; they've been crafting some new tunes for an upcoming release and premiered them for the crowd. Here's Daniel, and Pat (also of Steve Adamyk Band and many more), on drums!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

Jonathan sings!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

More Pat!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

Kneeling action with Cory!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

Mushy action!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

More Daniel!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

Rhythm section action!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

Guitar action!

Mushy Gushy at House of Targ

Single Mothers finished the night off with an active set. They've been around awhile and apparently go through band members at a cracking pace. Here's singer Drew, preparing to jump about!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Bass action with Riley!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Rhythm section action with Ross of Life In Vacuum!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Single action with Peter on guitar!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Riley sings!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Extra Drew and Peter!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Bendy Peter action!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

More Peter and Ross!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Closeup action!

Single Mothers at House of Targ

Most entertaining!

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

All you can eat

At the tail end of last week I headed over to the House of Targ for the second night of Surf & Turf 2018. Although it was the "Turf" night, things were still pretty heavy on the surf side, with sets from The Atomic Beliveaus and The Inquisitors. Still, Zorton & The Cannibals were on hand for some garage sounds. Here's Zach!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Percussive action with Ian!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Keyboard action with Megan!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

And so on!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Extra Zach!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Bass action with Nick!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Ian sings!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Cannibalistic action!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Rhythm section action!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

Wildkat action!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

More Megan!

Zorton & The Cannibals at House of Targ

On to The Atomic Beliveaus, with some guitar action from Joe!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Bass action with Ian!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Ted hits!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Rui sings!
Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Rhythm section action!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Extra Rui!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

More Joe!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Atomic action!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of 
Targ

The whole lot!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Singalong action!

Atomic Beliveaus at House of Targ

Between sets, Classy Craig Daniels (Tijuana Bibles, Leather Uppers) spun some tunes.

Classy Craig Daniels at House of Targ

And here's some introduction action from garage-rocker-about-town Patrick Shanks!

The Shanker at House of Targ

The Inquisitors brought things to a close.

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

Keyboard action with Raf!

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

Guitar action with Trevor!

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

Bass action with Dave!

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

More guitar with Ryan!

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

Percussive action with Kyle!

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

Inquisitive action!

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

More keyboard!

The Inquisitors at House of Targ

A fun night.