Hot and hairy

Saturday I once again headed off to the House of Targ - I may have to change the blog name to Weekly Targ Update - to check out Ian Blurton's latest project. In fact, his Happy Endings date back to the solo album of the same name he worked up back in 2009 to kick out some psychedelic jams. He's apparently decided to resurrect that material alongside the men of Huron for a handful of shows - thus the Targ showing.

First up, In Heat, which have undergone a lineup change since I saw them in 2012 at Cafe DeKcuf. Tim Anderson now sits behind the drums, and Lexxi SplitLip rocks the microphone. They sound a bit more 1970s New York hard rock than they did before as a result.



Brent strums.



Tim hits!



Angel handles the low end.



More guitar with Tony!



The shouty bit!



Extra Tim!



Rhythm section action!



Extra Lexxi!



Bonus Brent!



Heated action!



And so on!



On to Huron. These chaps are pals with the You've Changed crowd (Shotgun Jimmy, etc.) and you might recognize Aaron Goldstein from previous blog appearances playing pedal steel with Daniel Romano. They play in the cosmic country vein.



Cam Malcolm sings!



Adam Melnick handles the low end.



Extra Cam!



Pete Hall mans the traps.



Rhythm section action!



More Cam!



Aaron works the steel!



After a quick break, Huron returned to the stage with Ian for some psychedelic rocking out, including a cover of Grand Funk's Sin's A Good Man's Brother. Pete doffs his shirt ...



Ian consults his notes.



Ian frets, Camm feeds back.



Triple-SG action!



More feedback!



Singalong action!



A hairy and heavy evening.