Something wicked this way comes

Here's a short little post about a Nov. 20 show featuring Bell Witch and Mono. Mono prefers not to be photographed, so here's some shots of Seattle's witchiest duo. I saw them back in 2018 opening for Yob at Mavericks, and they were just as good now as then. Here's bassist Dylan!



And so on!



Percussive action with Jesse!



More Dylan!



The whole lot!



Super stuff, as was Mono.

Let's ride

Way back on Nov. 16, I headed over to Cinqhole to check out some pop and rock action. Toronto's Pony were headlining, alongside Pretty Matty (a band they share several members with), with Nashville's Sad Baxter making the trip north once again. Local faves Stoby kicked things off. Here's Rick and Maryse!



Jesse hits! This was his second-to-last show with the band since he's off to London.



Telecaster action with Kevin!



More Rick!



More Maryse and Kevin!



Extra Rick!



Singalong action!



Microphone-sharing action!



As with their SOTO fest set back in July, Sad Baxter played a killer set. Here's Deezy!



Bass action with Taylor!



More Deezy!



Alex hits!



And so on!



The whole lot!



Baxterish action!



And a bit more Taylor!



Pretty Matty had a pretty new album out at the time of this set. Here's some hair-shaking action with Matty himself!



Pretty action!



Percussive action with Lucas!



Matty sings!



More drumming!



Matty action!



Sam sings!



Pony played a killer set as well. Here's Sam, Matty and Lucas again!



Bass action!



More Lucas!



Sam sings!



Rhythm section action!



Smiley action!



Sam jumps about!



And so on!



More Matty!



Great stuff from everyone!

Somewhere up there

A week or so after catching the ENchanters I headed back to House of Targ for some electronic action at its regular "Switched On Synths" night. First up was Hay Montagne Mystique, who I caught at another SoS back in 2017 facing off with label-mate Me Float. Here's HMM1



More keyboard action!



Vocal action!



Next up, some modular action from the excellent Paraphonique1



And so on!



Spacecloudsfilter wrapped things up with a killer set.



Vocal action!



Adjusting action!



And so on!



Another fine installment.

Some enchanted evening

Back on Novembr 9 I headed off to House of Targ for some rock'n'roll action. To be rpecise, it was the "Turf" part of Surf & Turf 2019. It all started with some Boom Creek as it usually does). Here's some percussive action with Adam!



Ian sings!



Neil wonders what's going on with those fancy new ceiling stripes, plus bass action with Todd.



Rhythm section action!



More Ian and Neil!



Neil jumps!



Even more Neil!



Extra Ian!



More Adam!



Then it was on to some blue-ish action with Expanda Fuzz.



Guitar action with Leila!



Chris sings!



Leila sings!



Singalong action!



Finally, we have the man, the neckerchief, the legend, Classy Craig Daniels (of Leather Uppers, Exploders and Tijuana Bibles fame, among others) with his new outfit, The Enchanters.



Singalong action with bassist Derek!



More Derek!



Craig sings!



Derek sings!



Terry hits!



Cymbal-holding action!



Enchanting action!



All great stuff!