Here they come again

I feel pretty sure that anyone who's been reading this blog for any length of time - even just a few seconds! - will have heard of King Khan and Mark Sultan. The two Montrealers were a team in notorious garage rockers The Spaceshits, and have been collaborating on and off ever since, most recently in The Almighty Defenders with The Black Lips. But they've also strode the stages of the world as the King Khan and BBQ Show. A show at Irene's in November 2006 still ranks among my all-time personal favourites, and their December 2008 show with Golden Triangle was memorably crazy as well. Khan came through town in 2009 with His Sensational Shrines and Mark as an opener, and once again pandemonium reigned.

First, we have some soundcheck action, with Mark Sultan in his trademark cloth cap.



.... and King Khan looking like a dweeby tourist.



BBQ rocks the turban.



Khan gets Teutonic.



Here comes Khan!



Butt-shaking action!



Guitar licking action!



More Sultan!



About then it started to rain, so I went in search of an umbrella. It was a short search, and I was never really out of earshot, so I decided to brain the drops and watch some more.



Khan shakes it!



Khan goes wild! Mark is amused.



Sultan sings!



Tasty, tasty guitar!



The evil soul brothers will be back in town to play Babylon Dec. 5. Maybe the weather will be better by then.

• Show reminder: Detroit attacks the Rock'n'Roll Pizza Party as Human Eye and the Terrible Twos rock the Atomic Rooster; The Sin Kickers, Claudia and The Red Light Saints perform at The Rainbow; Elmdale House hosts The Woodrunners; Evan Symons and Scottmandu play the Avant-Garde. Paper Beat Scissors and That's The Spirit are at the Raw Sugar Cafe. The Mudmen and Headbounce perform at Zaphod's.