Pipe up!

In early April I made one of my regular trips to the House of Targ. All three acts have a toe in the kozmik waters (okay, in the case of Yoo Doo Right it's closer to full-body immersion), but no one will confuse one for the other. Up first were mal/aime, the drone-oriented side project of Pony Girl (a.k.a. Droney Girl). They played a super set at Bar Robo late last year and were just as fine this time around. Here's Julien (with Yolande and Jeff in the background).



Clarient action with Yolande!



Jeff multitasks!



Extra adjusting!



Droning action!



Yoo Doo Right played a really fierce set of motorik psych. Here's Justin channelling his inner Jimmy Page.



Charles works the keys.



Rhythm section action with John and Mitchell!



John hits!



Justin sings!



Canny action!



Glowing action!



The whole lot!



More John!



Pick A Piper bust out the keyboards for some pleasant electronic polyrhythms; mainman Brad Weber also drums for Caribou ... here he is in mid-adjustment!



Also on board are Angus Fraser and Dan Roberts. Not sure if this is Angus or Dan ...



Dan or Angus?



Brad hits!



Keyboard action!



Percussive action!



Vocal action!



The whole lot!



Even more percussive action!



A charmingly diverse outing.

Follow the thread

A couple of weeks ago the Juno Awards rolled into town, and with it a bunch of shows under the banner of Junofest. I missed most of them, did did manage to make it out to Targ to catch Partner and a bunch of other acts - Juno nominees Weaves, Toronto's Thrifty Kids and Ottawa's own Scary Bear Soundtrack. The Scary ones were on first, here's some bass action with Dannik!



Keyboard action with Tiffanie!



Gloria sings!



Bearish action!



Vocal action!



Extra Gloria!



Soundtracked action!



Kevin hits!



Singalong action!



The whole lot!



Gloria runs about!



Thrifty Kids played a fun set of twangy pop that reminded me of Saturday Looks Good To Me; here's singer Sarah!



Bass action with Patrick!



Thrifty action with guitarist Dylan and drummer Cian!



Extra Cian!



More Dylan!



More Sarah!



Even more Dylan!



This is the third time I've seen Partner; they put on a great show every time. Here's Josee and Brendan!



Lucy sings!



A shouty bit!



Brendan hits!



Back-to-back action with Dan and Josee!



Singalong action with Lucy!



Bass action with Kevin!



Hand-clapping action!



More guitar!



Singalong action!



Faceoff action!



Weaves played a set of hard-hitting art-rock; they made me think of a louder Lilliput. Here's guitarist Morgan, bringing his shirt A-game.



Bass action with Zach!



Banner action with Spencer!



Gripping action with Jasmyn!



Extra Zach!



More Spencer!



More Morgan and Jasmyn!



Even more Morgan!



And a final bit of extra Spencer.



A great combination of music.