Thursday, June 03, 2010

Point of pride

After the thrills and spills of Kelp's 16th anniversary, I had a quiet week (except of course for those giant explosions on Victoria Day), then went off to Zaphod's for a rare Tuesday show with The Darcys and Kalle Mattson. I missed almost all of openers Life In 2D, but was quite surprised by the huge crowd of pals they convinced to show up. Well, on to the Darcys - as it happens, they were the last band I saw at Zaphod's before this gig. They still don't make me think of Neil Young, and also made me think even less of Thom Yorke - maybe that's just the effect of a long tour on singer Jason Couse's voice.

The Darcys consult.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Dave Hurlow contemplates.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Jason whacks his guitar while plaing the keyboard.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

A shouty bit with Michael le Riche.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

And now on to the guitars.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Michael sings'n'squints.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Wes Marskell mans the traps.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Tambourine action!

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Jason sits back down, Dave gets on up.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

More keyboards!

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Rhythm section action!

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

Stringed action!

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

More of the same, now with fisheye.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

The whole fisheyed lot.

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

And some last-minute pushing and shoving!

Darcys at Zaphod's Beeblebrox

They're releasing their new 7-inch in Toronto tonight.
  • Show reminder: It's pizza party time at nIXne - or however it's supposed to be spelled - with The Famines and Get A Life Losers; Ryan Bourne and You Yourself and I perform at Raw Sugar; Jesse Dangerously, Brzowski and H.W. keep it real, or at least amusing, at Zaphod Beeblebrox; The Blues Buggers want to be your backdoor man at The Elmdale.

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