Bluesfest: Whale Tooth

Whale Tooth were the first band I saw at Bluesfest that I knew nothing of but was glad to become acquainted with. Their festival bio had words like "jazz" and "sprinkled" and "pop rock" in it, which led me to believe they would less extroverted and high volume than they turned out to be. I suspect they'd appeal to Metric fans.

Frontwoman Elise LeGrow is, as they say, the real deal.



Bassist Michael McReady handles the low end.



Norm Maschke on guitar.



More Elise!



Alex Denike strums and sings!



More Norm!



Head-banging action!



Gripping action!



Be-hatted action!



Getting a shot of drummer Sep Noroozi was not easy ...



Clapping action!



More Sep!



Extra Alex!



Extra Elise!



The end!



They're playing tonight in Montreal, no doubt as part of the vast music festing going on there.

• Show reminder: It's a quiet night in the nation's capital, with only angular Parisian post-punks Cheveu, Silken Laumann, Mannequin at Cafe Dekcuf; Winnipeg space-rockers Mahogany Frog and The Rebel Wheel at The Elmdale Tavern; party rocker Andrew W.K., HellBros! and Street Meat at Mavericks; Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and Holy Sons at Ritual; and Threesheet, Philly Moves, FM Hi Low and Open Secret at Zaphod's.