Monday night fever

It's time for another Peach Kelli Pop tour, and that means a stop in Ottawa so California-based bubblegum princess Allie Hanlon and her band can meet family and friends, and escape the van for a couple of blessed days. It was a really good turnout for a Monday night, and a good show too, starting with the debut of Toxic Thoughts, the hardcore combo fronted by Yogi's son Felix. And here he is, running about!



Guitar action with Connor!



Michael hits!



Rhythm section action with Shayla on bass.



Strap-losing action!



Felix rolls about!



Hair-flipping action!



More Shayla!



Shirtless action!



On to Nightshades, who have experienced another lineup shift; Dean from The Haig has joined on bass.Here's Mallory, singing a bit!


Geoff hits!



Cat-fancying action with Dean!



More Mallory!



Extra Geoff!



Guitar action with Mallory!



More Geoff and Dean!



Allie and company brought the evening to a surprisingly on-schedule close. The lineup was a bit different this time around: Mindee is still on drums, Gina is on bass and Alex on guitar. Now here's some fisheyed action!



Allie sings!



Alex sings!



Well-accesorized guitar action!



Closeup action!



Guitar action with Alex!



Mindee hits!



Gina sings some more!



Singalong action!



Best of all, no unfortunate microphone-shoving.

Bubblegum brickbats

Last Friday I headed over to Gabba Hey for the return of Ottawa's own Peach Kelli Pop. Also on hand, Sammy J of the New Swears taking a solo turn in a 1970s druggy singer-songwriter mode and Gaycation.

As Allie noted, Sammy was part of PKP's first touring band (along with fellow Girlfriend Nigel).



Keyboard action with Shitty Mike!



Fretful action!



Percussive action!



Singalong action!



And so on!



Guitar solo!



Cymbalic action with Shawn!



Mike sings!



Up next were Gaycation, a shouty post-punk crew with an interest in LGBT issues - they're a band of many pronouns. Also they have their own pennant banner.



Faelan sings! You may recall him DJing at the recent New Fries show. Alanna frets!



Britt strums, LP hits!



The whole lot!



More LP!



Alanna sings!



More Faelan!



Bonus Britt!



LP does a pronoun roundup!



Vacation action!



Allie's out in California now, but she's been taking Peach Kelli Pop all over, and has just released her third album. She had a pretty capable bunch of musicians on hand to back her up this time as well; Jessica Owen plays guitar, Jessica Feeney plays bass, Mindee Jorgensen drums and Vanessa Gonzalez plays keyboards and tambourines a bit. The crowd was certainly excited - maybe a bit too excited, since some of the slam-dancers caromed of the back of the people standing in front of the stage with enough force to push them into the microphone stands and right into Owen's face- ouch!



Vanessa shakes and sings!



Mindee hits!



Audience reaction action!



Jessicas action!



More singalong action!



They're now in the Lone Star State stretch of their tour, and plan to make it to Japan later this year.