Some mother's son

Next up were Toronto's Permanent Bastards. They are a very lively act, with lots of shaking about and a good, rough-hewn sound that's somewhere in the vicinity of Spencer P. Jones, David Picco, Bruce Springsteen, but twisted up with gunk rock.

First, let's start with some real Bastards: Guitarists Sean Cepeda and Simon Paik split lead vocal duties, while Jeff Mota mans the drums.



Regular bassist Duncan Spence had to skip this show for surgical reasons; this is his fill-in Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners.



Sean sings!



Faceoff action!



Chris sings!



The whole lot!



Sean rocks the semi-hollow.



Guitar action!



More faceoff action!



Simon shouts!



I'm depressed to report this is my best photo of Jeff.



Sean shouts!



Simon removes a few more layers of finish from his Telecaster.



More guitar!



More Chris!



Strap assistance action!



The end!



Easy to see why they've been winning raves for their live show.

• Show reminder: As mentioned yesterday, Dead Weights are at Cafe DeKcuf with Currents and Tightrope; Tungda Browne, The Mudplots, Eugene and the Eugenics, Dog Park Radio and The Watters Brothers crowd into The Rainbow. Kim Koren and The Doc Weiss Band are at the Elmdale.