Let's do the Cold Warp again

The headliner for the Pressed gig back on March 7 was Cold Warps. The harmony loving pop-punkers made a big splash when they played the final Gaga Weekend in 2010.

Paul sings!



Lance mans the traps.



Dominique sings!



Bonus Lance!



And some bass action with Ryan Allen!



I didn't take many photos because things got awful hectic. They released a cool Tour Demos tape around the time of this show on Bruised Tongue and since then have been doing a spot of touring in spring.

Surfin' bird

If there's one Ottawa band making a lot of noise around town, its the loveable destruct-o-nauts of the Fun Boy Club House, The New Swears. Things always seem to get messy at their shows, and chaos often follows in their wake. By that standard, this Pressed gig was relatively sedate - note I said "relatively."

They're a hairy lot.



Nick hits!



Shirtless action!



Wolfgang goes red.



More Nick!



Singalong action!



Let the crowd-surfing begin!



More Sammy and Nick!



Wolfgang shows some leg!



More crowd-surfing!



Scru-Bar gets in on the action!



The whole lot!



Since then they've played around town, hit up a couple of festivals and released their debut LP on Dirtnap.

I want to live my life

On to headliners, The Steve Adamyk Band. This was a heavy sounding set, in celebration of their then-new album Third.

The man himself! Also Davey!



And why not a little more Davey?



Seb from Sonic Avenues rocks the low end. Which explains why the bands always show up on the same bill, musical synchronicity aside ....



David hits!



Davey sings!



Rock action!



Singalong action!



Seb sings!



Guitar action!



More David!



Guest vocal action from yet another Dave!



There's a lot of it going around!



More guitar!



The guitar-lifting end!



SInce then they've toured the U.S. and released a couple of singles.

Constant companion

Back at the start of March, The Steve Adamyk Band held a release show for their new album, Third. And no guesses who showed up to play the opening slot ....

Yes, it's those Sonic Avenues!



Percussive action from J.C.!



Let there be Rickenbacher!



Seb sings!



As does Chance! I think this was the first show I saw with him on bass ....



Rhythm section action!



Sonic action!



Max frets!



Extra J.C.!



The bendy end!



A hot set as always from these Montrealers. They're just about to hit the West Coast for shows in B.C. and the Northwestern U.S.

Strictly ornamental

Back to Doldrums at Cafe DeKcuf, where Ornaments wrapped up the evening with a ferocious set. starting with some faceoff action!



Kevin hits!



David sings!



Jay shakes it!



Singalong action!



Gripping action1



Extra Kevin!



Bass-lifting action!



Big finish!



Rolling about!



And so on!



They're playing the Rainbow next Friday with Cheap Speakers and Hearts $ Mines.