Fire and water

I made the short jaunt over to LIVE! On Elgin last week to check out a trio of local indie bands, two of which I was hearing for the first time. The headliner was Elementals, who I've caught at Targ and Black Squirrel Books; things kicked off with a set of emo-ish post punkers Plastic Farm. Here's' main man Michael!



Keyboard action!



Percussive action!



Michael sings!



Plastic action!



The whole lot!



More keys!



On to "surf emo" quartet Swim Team, starting with Bruins fancier Cameron!



Cameron sings!



Bass and guitar action with Bill and Marco!



Marco sings!



Nick hits!



Team action!



More guitar!



Extra Cameron!



Nick drinks!



Elementals played a raging set. They impressed me at previous gigs, but have really kicked things up a notch since then. I also thought they sounded a bit rootsier this time around - the cover of CCRs Green River helped ... here's some hair-tossing action to start things off with Sheehan!



Bass action with Duncan!



Cody sings!



Sheehan sings!



Elementary action!



Unfortunately with all the jumping around at the front of the stage I couldn't snag a good photo of Jamie.



More Duncan and Sheehan!



Tambourine action!



A fun night out!