Weed and waves

Last week was a busy one for me - it's been a while since I went to four shows in four nights, but dare I say the entertainment season is easing out of the August doldrums as cottage season ends and the students return. Wednesday I went to Pressed to check out Colleen Green, making a return appearance, new album in hand. It also marked the last hurrah of Weed Mom and (I think) the second show from Gaycation/Tropical Dripps/Wooka Tribe vets as Creep Wave. Pressed was packed. Here's a well-lit Britanny.



Derek Muldoon gets in the zone.



Kieran hits!



Bonus Brittany!



The whole lot, likely covering All This And More!



Singalong action!



So the youngsters of Weed Mom dressed all spiffy for their farewell show. There's no doubt the crowd was mostly hyped up this performance. Here's Tyrin and Allie modelling their sharp stuff!



Zoe works the keys!



Tyrin sings!



Suitable action with Sasha!



Guitar action with Kai and Allie!



Tyrin switches to drums.



Extra Allie!



Extra Sasha!



Extra Kai!



Zoe sings!



Things were getting pretty chaotic in the audience, which may explain why Allie is standing on her amp.



Sasha sings!



Head-rubbing action!



Fisheye action!



On to Colleen Green. Green has been talking about getting a live drummer on the interwebs since appearing at Pressed in April 2013. Apparently Casey Weissbuch of Slutever fit the bill. She also has a "new" album (I Want To Grow Up, released in February), containing somewhat more reflective material than her breezy debut.



More Green!



Casey hits!



The shouty bit!



Hair-tossing action!



Extra Casey!



Rocking action!



A fine capper, if a bit of an anti-climax.

Fun in the sun

Tropical Dripps's months-long hiatus took a quick break Saturday night as Bytown exile made a quick return - time enough for at least one show, in conjunction with Montrealers Tang Soleil and Sam Coffey associates King Creep. It all went down at Gabba Hey.
King Creep includes some Iron Lung folks (also veterans of Ultimate Lost High of Killer Wolf fame) ... and off they go!



They have a snazzy new EP out, as well. Exactly who they are, I know not.



Stand up drumming action!



Singalong action!



They definitely have a West Coast garage rock sound.



The shouty bit!



The whole lot!



Tang Soleil has ties to The Brabazons and Mystery Girls. Last time I saw these guys was in 2011 at Babylon. They've had a few lineup changes (no sax player or Ysael, for two) in the intervening years.



I think that's still Matt on guitar and vocals ....



New (to me) bass player Lil' Stevie.



Tangy action!



Dollard has moved over to guitar.



Jean hits!



On to Tropical Dripps, who rocked through a rambunctious set.



Kieran hits!



Shadowy action!



Soon-to-be-doomed pinata action!



The whole lot!



Kieran's bass drum made several attempts to escape.



The shouty bit with Kurt!



Surf's up!



Some nice sunny garage rock for the middle of our godforsaken winter.

Big, red and tropical

Friday night I made the short hop from home to Babylon to see Tropical Dripps, Big Dick and Red Mass. Red Mass is one of my favourite bands, and I try to see them whenever I can (even though I got up at 4:30 that morning to get to work). Tropical Dripps are taking a short break, so it was also the last chance to see them until next year.

Percussive action with Kieran!



Hair-shaking action with Kurt!



The shouty bit with Mikey!



Singalong action!



The whole lot!



Cymbal action!



Kurt handles the low end.



Mikey frets!



Kieran sings!



More shouting!



The end!



On to Big Dick; like everyone else they zipped through a short set (in order to make way for DJ Davey, that is) Here's Dave on drums.



Johnny O sings!



Chorus action!



Bonus Dave!



The whole lot!



Stool fixing action!



Red Mass killed it as usual; with Hannah L. taking a more prominent vocal role than in the last couple of times I've seen them. This also marked the first time I've seen the band with the same lineup as last time around.



Singalong action!



Gripping action!



Percussive action!



Rhythm section action!



Choyce sings!



More vocal action!



Hairy action!



More durmming!



Hannah works the crowd!



The shouty bit!



Extra Hannah!



Hair-shaking action!



Bottled action!



A fine night indeed.