Mountain on the fire

Following the savage leaping of Moneen I decamped to the Claridge Homes stage to watch the savage leaping of Sarah Harmer (actual violent jumping not included). Unfortunately, before she could come on and play, poor Industry Minister Tony Clement had to come on and do his government festival funding spiel alongside one of the radio station DJs.



Well, that was uncomfortable. On to the lovely and talented Ms. Harmer.



Guitar action with Dean Drouillard!



Sarah sings!



Kieran Adam of Toronto's Everything All The Time mans the skins.



Visual artist and guest vocalist for many Julie Fader - aka Julie MacDonald - chips in keyboards and backing vocals.



Never could find out who her bassist was this go round.



Harmful action!



More Sarah and Kieran!



Sarah sings!



Mystery bassist vocal action!



Sarah breaks out the acoustic.



Dean rocks the Telecaster.



Kieran shakes it!



Sarah's music is quite pleasant. Actually it may lack some of the abrasive qualities I require (right then, anyway) so I wandered off after a few songs to see and hear what else was on offer.

• Show reminder: Good2Go and Muffler Crunch rip it up at Irene's; Sister and Catriona Sturton perform at Raw Sugar; Holy Fuck, Indian Jewelry and Bad Tits rock Ritual; Stairwell Leo and Ophelia Syndrome are at Avant Garde; White Boy Slim plays the Rainbow Bistro; Ian Tamblyn, The Jesse Greene Band and The Lister Brothers perform on behalf of Clive Doucet's mayoral campaign. The O-Town Hoedown says goodbye for 2010 at the Elmdale with sets by O-Town Hoedown featuring Ray Harris and The Bastard Sons of Bitches, The Honky-Tonk HeartBreakers and Sherwood Lumsden.