Flashed, chilled and thrilled

There was a rare Tuesday show at House of Targ this week; White Lung are on tour (mostly done now, just a few U.S. dates to go), and they drew a good crowd. Also on stage: Local lights Chiller and Kings Quest and Washington D.C. post-punks Flasher. Chiller were on first and played a hard-hitting set. Here's Tim!



Eric sings!



Bass action with Erin!



Ilisha sings!



The whole lot!



More bass action!



Extra Eric!



Extra Tim!



More Ilisha!



On to Flasher, a trio formed by Washington music scene veterans (singer Taylor comes from Priests, drummer Emma from Big Hush and bassist Daniel from Bless). They've got a bit of a Smiths sound going on, and some really top-notch vocal work. Here's Daniel!



Taylor sings!



Daniel sings!



Emma hits!



Emma sings!



The whole lot!



Guitar action!



Singalong action!



Kings Quest played a fantastic set; I've enjoyed them before, but they really knocked it out of the park this time. Here's Anna!



Bass action with Liam!



Percussive action with Owen!



Hairy action with Eric!



More Jenna!



And so on!



Questing action!



Rhythm section action!



Singalong action!



White Lung ended the night in killer style; unfortunately the lights were really down too low for photgraphy and I didn't feel like using a lot of flash so I only took a handful of photos. That said, Here's Mish!



Guitar action with Kenneth!



Anne-Marie hits!



Gripping action, plus a bassist whose name I know not!



More bassist!



Extra Mish!



A top-notch night.

The beep from the east

Back in mid-September I headed over to House of Targ for another edition of Switched On Synths. The headliners this time were Colour Domes, with Ruth Grader and East Coast Low Noise production artists Paranerd and Anome. Ruth Grader started things off.



Lightshow action!



Fisheye action!



On to Anome, who comes from Moncton.



Extra Anome!



Fellow Monctonite Paranerd put on a set that was a little more dance-oriented to my ears.



Adjusting action!



Colour Domes started as the solo project of Lars, with Taipei resident Fang joining this year. Here's Lars!



Fang adjusts!



Lars sings!



Fang sings!



Singalong action!



Always a fun evening; the next edition of Switched On Synths will be Dec. 3.

Standing Rock and roll

On Tuesday I went to Targ to eat some perogies, listen to some music and - most important of all - support a good cause: The Standing Rock Sioux's fight against the Dakota Access pipeline. The benefit was organized by Targ staffer Jeff - seen most recently on the blog playing bass with DOXX. Melodic punk rockers Fresh Hell were on stage first, but I was busy eating and only took a few photos during their last two songs. Here's some guitar action with Steve and Cory!



Bass action with Devin!



More guitar!



More Vance and Devin!



And er, that's all that's fit for publication (sorry Vance); on to Gurm, a trio featuring Felix and Connor from Toxic Thoughts alongside vocalist Keefer. Here's Felix on guitar!



Connor hits!



Keefer sings!



More Felix!



Extra Keefer!



Bonus Connor!



Gurmish action!



Closeup action!



More Connor and Felix!



And so on!



Then it was on to some indigenous hip-hop from Cody Coyote, who was joined by hoop dancer Theland Kicksnoway and singer David White Deer Charette. Here's Cody!



David sings!



Theland jumps!



Closeup action!



"I say courage, you say freedom!"



And so on!



Cody and David teamed up for a song.



Their was a brief interlude for poet and activist Neal Shannacoppa to discuss the situation at Standing Rock and read a poem.



Next, some crusty punk-metal action from Entrenched! Here's bassist Crusty!



Jay hits!



Chris sings!



Extra Jay!



And so on!



Staring action with Chris!



Guitar action!



Rhythm section action!



Glorious Moonrockets finished things off around midnight - they seem to be busy lately, this was the second time I'd caught them in a matter of weeks. Here's Chris!



Bass action with Roscoe!



More Chris!



Shawn hits!



Hair-tossing action!



Shawn sings!



The whole lot!



Shawn steps out!



A great night for a a worthy cause.