Who was that masked man?

Country singer Orville Peck has been garnering a lot of attention these days, both for the quality of his music and his masked persona, so it's no surprise that he played to a packed house at the Dominion Tavern earlier this month. Local country singer Ommie Jane opened. Here's Ommie!



More Ommie!



Bass action with Buddy Smiles!



Percussive action with Brad (also of Sparklesaurus)!



Even more Ommie!



More drumming!



Rhythm section action!



She was followed by the desert noir sounds of Casa Lagarto. Here's some guitar action with Jason!



More guitar with Jonny!



Bass action with Brandon!



Arturo hits!



Closeup action!



More guitar!



Rhythm section action!



Keyboard action!



Finally, Orville Peck ended the night. This was the first show of his tour (backed by Toronto's Frigs). Here's Kris on drums!



The man himself!



Guitar action with Duncan!



Rhythm section action!



More Peck!



Extra Peck and Bria!



Good stuff all around.

Strange places

As April arrived I headed over to the Glebe for a rare show at the Clocktower. The basement space was quite packed for a mostly instrumental outing from Room Control, Forgotten In The Woods Again, The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol and City Gates. FITWA were up first, reduced to a trio for this occasion. Here's Skotty on hooded guitar!



Bass action with Greg!



Mike hits!



More Greg!



Extra Mike!



Bonus Scotty!



The whole lot!



Adjusting action!



Next up, TBWNIAS! Here's Bill!



Guitar action with Dave!



More Bill and Scot!



John hits!



More Scott!



Jason adjusts!



More John!



Fisheye action!



Bass action with Nate!



More Dave!



And so on!



Extra Jason!



More Scott!



Montreal's Room Control busted out the lights for their spacey set. Here's Robert and Dan!



Keyboard action with Byron!



Adjusting action!



More Robert!



Nico hits!



More Byron!



More Nico!



The City Gates introduced some vocals into the mix - they made me think a bit of The Chameleons. Here's Max!



Bass action with John!



Justin hits!



Singalong action!



More Justin!



John sings!



Municipal action!



Rhythm section action!



The whole lot!



Illuminated action!



A super night of music.