That time of year

Last night after work I toddled over to Pressed for a bite to eat and some music. Both the boar with apple slaw and the country-folk of Harvest Breed were quite tasty. Harvest Breed come from Montreal and were passing through on their way to Toronto for some kind of musical shindig. Though space on the Pressed stage is pretty tight for five people, they worked it pretty well. There was even a bit of couch jumping! They used to travel under the name Jake & The Leprechauns ... can't say I blame them for the switch.

C-Antoine Gosselin, with the acoustic, handles the majority of the singing duties. Sylvain Lussier handles the low end quite adeptly while Marco Gosselin plays guitar and a bit of banjo. (Not on stage, but handling songwriting and guitar is Phillippe Custeau).


Harvest Breed at Pressed, October 12, 2012

Over here is Maxime Rouleau, rocking the Wildkat. Drummer Gabriel Lemieux-Maillé is somewhere behind him.


Harvest Breed at Pressed, October 12, 2012

The whole blurry lot!


Harvest Breed at Pressed, October 12, 2012

Unfortunately the audience could be counted on two hands with a couple of fingers left over (assuming you don't count Pressed staff and Jon Bartlett, who presented the show). "I always dreamed of remembering the names of everyone at a show," quipped Gosselin. I suspect the Royal Canoe show pulled off a good chunk of what would have been their audience.

• Show reminder:  Slim Twig, U.S. Girls & The Yips play Babylon, somewhat earlier than usual (to make way for dancin' at 11). DOA are playing at Zaphod's with Raw Raw Riot and Brain Damage. Garaga, The Eeries and In Heat will be rocking next door at the Dom. The Eeries (yes, the recently blogged about Ottawa Explosion harmonizers are back again for two shows!), Pink Wine and Beverly Hills are hitting up 558 Gladstone. The Conor Gains band is at the Rainbow; Barry and the Blasters are raising some coin for the Youth Services Bureau at the Elmdale; Irene's hosts Terry Tufts and Ken Workman. Ian Reid and Jeff Hagerman perform at the Avant-Garde.