Monday night fever

It's time for another Peach Kelli Pop tour, and that means a stop in Ottawa so California-based bubblegum princess Allie Hanlon and her band can meet family and friends, and escape the van for a couple of blessed days. It was a really good turnout for a Monday night, and a good show too, starting with the debut of Toxic Thoughts, the hardcore combo fronted by Yogi's son Felix. And here he is, running about!



Guitar action with Connor!



Michael hits!



Rhythm section action with Shayla on bass.



Strap-losing action!



Felix rolls about!



Hair-flipping action!



More Shayla!



Shirtless action!



On to Nightshades, who have experienced another lineup shift; Dean from The Haig has joined on bass.Here's Mallory, singing a bit!


Geoff hits!



Cat-fancying action with Dean!



More Mallory!



Extra Geoff!



Guitar action with Mallory!



More Geoff and Dean!



Allie and company brought the evening to a surprisingly on-schedule close. The lineup was a bit different this time around: Mindee is still on drums, Gina is on bass and Alex on guitar. Now here's some fisheyed action!



Allie sings!



Alex sings!



Well-accesorized guitar action!



Closeup action!



Guitar action with Alex!



Mindee hits!



Gina sings some more!



Singalong action!



Best of all, no unfortunate microphone-shoving.

The Sunn also rises

If you examine the National Capital Rock header closer, you'll see it's a picture of a bunch of amps from the Boris/Torche/Nachmystium show at Babylon. I think the folks from Blackbread, Hellbros and Black Pussy may have plonked even more wattage into a smaller space for last week's House of Targ show.



That's a lot of Sunn amplitude. As befits a Targ show headlined by a 1970s-revering act, Yogi's own heavy crew, BlackBread, started things off.



Bass action with Ian!



Adam hits!



Yogi frets!



Rhythm section action!



Gripping action with Megan!



And some last-minute bass-lifting.



Hellbros always put on a dynamite show; they're also promising a sophomore album in the near future.



Percussive action!



Matt left the chaps at home.



Singalong action!



Headbanging action!



Count Rockulla sings!



Back-to-back action!



And so on!



More Christian!



Bonus Spag!



More guitar!



And now, direct from the 1970s, it's Black Pussy! The Portland, Oregon crew have been making waves lately (and generating a bit of name controversy as well), but they aren't just a retro act. Like Queens Of The Stone Age they take the psychedelic and hard rock guitar sounds of the late 1960s and early 1970s and generate something new.



Organ action!



Guitar action with Ryan McIntire!



Dustin Hill sings a bit!



Dean Carroll is a happy drummer.



Rhythm section action with bassist Aaron Poplin.



Chief O'Dell works the keys!



More Ryan!



Paisley action!



Guitar action!



Definitely worth checking out.