Sunday mass

I don't get out to shows on Sunday much nowadays. Well, there aren't too many Sunday shows, but more important, I now try to get up at 6 a.m. on weekdays for school. However, even without the need to rise early, I'd have been at Gabba Hey last night to check out Red Mass. They've always put on a killer show and even an eight-hour drive from Toronto couldn't dampen their spirits.

First on the floor were Throes, a jazzy, noisy outfit featuring Chris MacDonald (Mouthpiece/Four Frames, Boom Creek) on keys and Lee Galway on drums. They also had some saxophone for this outing, so I guess technically this was their Death Bop Project with Karla-Jo Trudgen.



Alto action!



Lee hits!



Chris mans the keys.



Shadowy action!



Backlit action!



On to Heavy Mental, a noise operation featuring Pierre Richardson of Bruised Tongue fame (he's also appeared on the blog solo as Self Surgery).



Knob-twisting action!



Pierre sings!



Bass action!



Well, you get the idea.



On to Red Mass. Once again, they were operating as a quartet, with Hannah L. Is Dead and Choyce on keys and guitar, and a killer rhythm section featuring folks I didn't recognize. Here's Choyce!



Hannah sings!



The whole lot!



Shoutalong action!



Percussive action!



More shouty action!



Space-rock guitar action!



More rhythm!



As always, a killer set.