From puberty to hussy

Black Squirrel Books offered up a diverse bill last week, with sets from electro chanteuse Pipahauntas, punk duo Puberty Hands and sludgists HSY.  Puberty Hands were up first. Like so many other hotly tipped acts they hail from the musical nexus of Peterborough; their stripped down sound would make them a good match for a group like The Nymphets. This was their first show outside their home town and third altogether. (You can download their album for free from Bandcamp, BTW.)



Candice sings!



Augusta shouts!



Gear-switching action!



More Candice!



Extra Augusta!



A shouty bit!



Pipahauntas was on next, as with her show at St. Alban's for Megaphono, she had Patric disk-jockeying for her.



Sam sings!



Shelved action!



Extra Sam!



Patric scratches!



HSY turned up the volume for their heavy set. Here's band founder Jude, who started the group out as a solo noise project.



Electronic action!



Anna works the feedback! She was at Black Squirrel in April 2015 performing for her much-different solo act Anamai.



Kat hits!



Extra Kat!



Anna sings!



Jumping about with Jude and Link!



Jude sings!



More guitar!



A fine show.

Second edition

Last week I headed to Ottawa South for a double-header. First up, a dose of psych and pop from Ottawa's Sam Pippa (of Organ Eyes and Blue Angel) performing as Pipahauntas. Here she is, adjusting some recalcitrant electronics between the stacks at Black Squirrel Books.



Between the shelves action (as you might have guessed, I got there too late for a good photo of the first act - there was quite a large crowd).



Audience reaction action!



Sam sings!



The set was unexpectedly forshortened due to technical difficulties.



On to Anamai, the not-quite-solo project of Annabelle May of HSY. She tones down the buzz, squall and yelp of that band to something a bit closer to Blakavar or Mazzy Star. Here she is, along with a gent I believe is her producer David Psutka (a.k.a. Egyptrix).



Anna sings!



David strums!



Fisheye action!



Extra Anna!



Then it was off to House of Targ.