Hot and cold

In early August I headed over to the House of Targ for some perogies and some Petra Glynt. She was heading up a well-stacked bill with Toronto's Ice Cream and local outfit Orchidae. Unfortunately, I missed almost all of Orchidae's opening set, so here's Ice Cream, starting with some keyboard action with Carlyn!



Icy action with Amanda!



Extra Amanda!



Singalong action!



Carlyn sings!



And so on!



More singalong action!



More keyboard action!



And of course, more cowbell.



Petra Glynt has worked up a bunch of new material and even premiered a new, almost completely written song for an encore.



Petra sings!



And so on!



She's changed her setup from a floor tom to a machine, so there's a bit more running around now!



Gesticulating action!



Always a smashing set.

Post-hardcore

Back on August 2, I headed over to catch some punks playing non-punk music. Title Fight's Ned Russin now has a solo project, Glitterer, while Ghost Stories' Pat, who started things off, also drums with Torpor. Here's Pat!



Ghostly action!



And so on!



Ned performed with a backing track for his Glitterer set. There was a lot of running about!



Closeup action!



Glittery action!



Hair-tossing action!



Gripping action!



Backlit action!



"Oops, something went wrong ..."



Back in action action!



Swell stuff all around.

Tall tales

Back in early July I hopped over to Pressed to check out a triple bill headlined by travelling Connecticut crew Ports of Spain. Teenage Fiction and Yarns were also on hand to help offer up a varied listening experience. Yarns were up first.



Keyboard action!



Ukulele action!



Ports of Spain were on next, showing off some fine melodic songcraft. Here's guitarist Ilya!



Percussive action with Sam!



More Ilya!



Sam sings!



The whole lot!



Teenage Fiction tied a bow on it with some more duo action, albeit in a fuzzier vein than Ports Of Spain. Here's some guitar action!



Percussive action!



Vocal action!



And so on!



More guitar!



The whole lot!



A fine night out.

Take two

A month ago, I toddled over to Bar Robo to check out a couple of great acts: Kingston's Deux Trois and Ottawa's own Mark ii Deux Trois were on first. Here's Nadia!



Bass action with Kiel!



More Nadia (and also Laura)!



Guitar action with Ben!



Numerical action!



Laura hits!



Gripping action!



Ben sings!



Laura sings!



On to Mark ii, who played a super set. They impress me more every time I see them! Here's Dana, Mike and Mark!



Gripping action!



Mike hits!



Dana ponders!



Electronic action!



Marked action!



Dana adjusts!



A super night out!