National Capital Rock

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Crown of creation

On Saturday I toddled over to Birdman Sound for a set by The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol. The iconic Glebe vinyl emporium is calling it a day at that location (owner John Westhaver is shifting toward popups, drop-offs and the like going forward), and TBWNIAS was to have played at Targ for Psychfest III (now delayed to a post-Covid era), so the band decided to commemorate the event with a live stream on Facebook. After some kludging with the Internet, things got underway. Here's Nate and John!

The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol at Birdman Sound

Feedback action with Dave!

The walls got a green-screenign for those online psychedelic effects.

Trumpet and guitar action with Scott and Bill!

More Scott!

Symbolic action!

Keyboard action with Jason!

More Nate and John!

Documentary action with Ron!

And so on!

Dave dangles it!

More percussive action!

Jason shakes it!

And now, back into hibernation!

Friday, April 10, 2020

Veterans of rock

Back to business! Here's some snaps from January - only three months late! This was a headlining show from the Steve Adamyk Band, with an assist from Toronto's Plastic Heads and local trio Neck. A lot of familiar faces, since it's a repeat appearance for every act, all of which feature long-time rock'n'rollers. Here's the stripey ones, starting with Johnny!

Cymbal-adjusting action!

Jeff sings!

More Kevin!

Extra Johnny!

Jeff sings!

Singalong action!

Shirt-shedding action!

More singalong action!

I saw Plastic Heads back at Targ in March 2019, they've rocked hard both times - I wanted to get a copy of their debut LP, but alas it had sold out by the time I reached their merch table. Anyway, here's Curtis!

Bass action with Erik!

Matt (alos of Flesh Rag) sings!

More Jon (also Brutal Knights) and Matt!

More Erik!

Curtis hits!

Jon frets!

Jon sings!

Extra Matt!

And finally a bit more Curtis.

Steve Adamyk and company finished everything off.

Greenish action!

Pat hits!

Steve sings!

More Pat!

More Johnnie!

All cool stuff.

Friday, March 13, 2020

Stick to it

In January I toddled over to Cinqhole for a diverse lineup of bands: Synthers Klapshmock, indie rockers Sleep Late, Montreal fuzz gang Barnacle and pop rockers The Thrill. Klapshmock were up first. Here's D. Squat!