In tents!

After a day's respite, we return to Mother's Children's excellent set at Ottawa Explosion. (Last night's delay was brought about by the necessity of more post-flood cleanup.) They got right into the rocking, as you can see ...

Motherly action!



Hair-shaking action!



Ken sings!



Tim hits!



The shouty bit!



Michael and Davey jump about.



Michael takes care of business.



Singalong action with Explosion king Emmanuel!



The crowd discusses the finer points of the performance.



Extra Tim!



Shadowy action!



Shady action!



Faceoff action!



The crowd goes wild!



Next stop, Babylon! As for Mother's Children, they are presumably resting after sweating out 50% of their bodyweight at Bluesfest. (FLASH UPDATE, August 22: They'll be playing Sept. 1 on the first "Night Moves" night at Babylon with New Swears. There will also be manicures.)

• Show reminder: Tigers Jaw, Turnover, Sparrows, Young Statues, Goodsprings and PJ Bond hit Mavericks; The 24Th Street Wailers are at Irene's; the Elmdale hosts Jill Zmud, Darrelle London and Alyssa Munaretto.