Last Friday I headed over to the House of Targ to celebrate a pop-punking anniversary as The Creeps celebrated their 15th year in action. Also on hand were Feral Trash and The Steve Adamyk Band.
Feral Trash played a very sharp set. I thought they were pretty good when I caught them at the Ottawa Explosion in 2013, but they've definiteyl stepped up their game. Here's bassman Jesse.
Eric Neurotic of Fear of Lipstick fame sings! First time I saw that band, they were opening for The Creeps at The Atomic Rooster back in 2009.
Rhythm section action with Ilisha!
Feral action!
Ilisha sings!
The shouty bit!
Trashy action!
Fisheye action!
And so on!
And finally a bit more of Ilisha.
Steve Adamyk noted that his pre-Million Dollar Marxists band had played a show with The Creeps ... egad, that is a long time ago!
David hits!
Davey sings!
More Steve!
Bass-lifting action!
Steve sings!
Knee-knocking action!
Singalong action!
They finished things off by segueing into a Cheap Trick cover.
The Creeps zipped into their birthday set; unfortunately I was filling none-to zippy myself (I spent a good chunk of the day digging post holes and was feeling on the tired side). Here's Skottie!
And here's Ian and Jordy!
Skottie sings!
Jordy hits!
Fisheye action!
Then I was actually starting to nod off, so I headed on home.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Close to freezing
Not contenrt with ruling the summer, the folks at Ottawa Explosion cooked up the Ottawa Implosion Weekend to keep things going in fall. There was a bunch of events, but I only managed to make the Saturday show at Gabba Hey, where tourmates Father Murphy and Iceage shared a stage with locals and former locals Roberta Bondar and Holy Cobras.
Roberta Bondar were up first, sounding even louder and heavier than before; they've recently released a new album, Caustic. They started things off with some feedback ...
Tyler hits!
Smokey action!
Lidija sings!
More Gary!
Alex strums!
More guitars!
Extra Lidija!
More Gary!
And so on!
Holy Cobras made the return trip to Ottawa to split up; Dan told me post-show he's working on a hardcore outfit with bassist Matt, but who knows how these things turn out?
That's the nicest thing Daniel's ever written on himself.
Kristal hits!
Rodney fets!
Dan works the crowd.
Rhythm section action!
More Daniel!
Extra Rodney!
Bonus Kristal!
The end! For real!
Last time I saw Father Murphy, the offbeat Italian outfit was opening for Xiu Xiu, and doing an excellent job of it, too. The crowd was similarly enraptured this time around by their Valerie And Her Week of Wonders-loving sound. Here's Freddie and Ciara (no drummer Vittorio this time around).
Freddie frets!
Ciara jingles.
Freddie sings!
Ciara sings!
Eye-contact action!
Shouty percussive action!
Freddie hits!
Iceage inspired lots of crazy moshing at their appearance in 2013, warming things up for that year's Ottawa Explosion with a Monday Babylon gig; there was even more of it this time around.
Percussive action with Dan Kjaer Nielsen!
Elias Ronnenfelt works the crowd, he seems to have dropped the guitar for plain old frontman status.
Johan Wieth works the frets.
The crowd goes wild!
Bass action with Jakob Pless!
Extra Elias!
A well-imploded evening,
Roberta Bondar were up first, sounding even louder and heavier than before; they've recently released a new album, Caustic. They started things off with some feedback ...
Tyler hits!
Smokey action!
Lidija sings!
More Gary!
Alex strums!
More guitars!
Extra Lidija!
More Gary!
And so on!
Holy Cobras made the return trip to Ottawa to split up; Dan told me post-show he's working on a hardcore outfit with bassist Matt, but who knows how these things turn out?
That's the nicest thing Daniel's ever written on himself.
Kristal hits!
Rodney fets!
Dan works the crowd.
Rhythm section action!
More Daniel!
Extra Rodney!
Bonus Kristal!
The end! For real!
Last time I saw Father Murphy, the offbeat Italian outfit was opening for Xiu Xiu, and doing an excellent job of it, too. The crowd was similarly enraptured this time around by their Valerie And Her Week of Wonders-loving sound. Here's Freddie and Ciara (no drummer Vittorio this time around).
Freddie frets!
Ciara jingles.
Freddie sings!
Ciara sings!
Eye-contact action!
Shouty percussive action!
Freddie hits!
Iceage inspired lots of crazy moshing at their appearance in 2013, warming things up for that year's Ottawa Explosion with a Monday Babylon gig; there was even more of it this time around.
Percussive action with Dan Kjaer Nielsen!
Elias Ronnenfelt works the crowd, he seems to have dropped the guitar for plain old frontman status.
Johan Wieth works the frets.
The crowd goes wild!
Bass action with Jakob Pless!
Extra Elias!
A well-imploded evening,
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