Leaving here

Saturday I took a trip to the House of Targ for some punk rocking action, and to catch the last hurrah of a few bands, at least in their current form. Erstwhile headliners Slumlord have a new cassette out, and are also wishing farewell to drummer Tasha, who is heading west with Tim, the bassist from Alcohol Fueled. Also on hand: New post punk outfit Life AD (also saying goodbye to Tasha), British spike'n'studs combo Rotten (UK) and Chloroform, playing a rare show. Here's Life AD. This was the first time I've seen them perform (it might well have been their debut), and they were really excellent. They have a suitably intense frontman in Andy.



Guitar action with Rick (also of Chloroform, Aube and Omerta).



Bass action with Jesse!



Tasha hits!



More Andy and Tasha!



Extra Jesse!



Gripping action!



Extra Tasha!



Bonus Andy!



Slumlord were up next for a ripping set. Here's T.J.!



More T.J. and Tasha!



Bass action with Sev!



Sev sings!



Closeup action!



Tasha hits!



And so on!



More T.J. and Sev!



Alcohol Fueled also played a kicking set - they're always fun to watch. Here's Cody fuelling up for the show!



Aaron sings!



Tim sings!



More Cody!



Will hits!



Singalong action!



Extra Aaron!



Alcoholic action!



Extra Will!



Fuelled action!



A bit more Will!



Rotten (UK) played a short set. The Rochester-based quartet had a bit of misfortune at the border and were down a singer, so guitarist Matt Sex handled the vocals.



Percussive action with Joel Division!



Bass action with Jake!



More Matt and Joel!



Extra Jake!



More Joel!



More Matt!



Rhythm section action!



The whole lot!



Finally, Chloroform brought things to a close with their patented blizzard of punk noise. Here's Rick and Scott!



More Rick!



Brendan jumps about!



More Rick!



Extra Brendan!



Scott hits!



Close-up action!



Hair-shaking action!



Audience singalong action!



A super send-off!

Solo or trio

On Thursday I made the short walk from my home to Live! On Elgin to check out The Copper Altar, Chris Landry and The Seasick Mommas, and Ty Hall. Unfortunately between the show's announcement and the actual day Copper Altar decided to call it quits. Mike Mitani, one half of the acoustic duo, played a solo set instead. I missed all but the last two songs, but heard fulsome praise in the aftermath. Here's Mike!



And so on!



Night Science was drafted at the last moment to fill out the bill. This was their debut performance (they play again at House of Targ May 9 with Flowshine and Jumpin' Joel Flash & The Magic Machine). I got a slight Talking Heads buzz from their set, which included a cover of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' Red Right Hand. Here's some guitar action with Dan!



Bass action with Ted!



Eric hits!



Singalong action!



More guitar!



Eric sings!



Ted sings!



Ty Hall was on next. I first (and last) saw Ty perform at Zaphods' way back in 2008 alongside the EZ3 (unfortunately my former image hoster, Photobucket, have had a parting of the ways and I haven't migrated the photos from that show yet). I liked him much more this time around. Here's Ty!



Bass action with Andrew!



Vocal action!



More Ty!



Rhythm section action!



Percussive action with Brian!



Singalong action!



And so on!



Chris Landry wrapped things up with a short set; he's be playing at Irene's on May 19.



And so on!



No Mommas action!



A fine evening out.