National Capital Rock: Bacon Fat

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Friday, April 26, 2013

The skinny

Ultrathin finished off the last Ottawa edition of Bacon Fat on a high note, with a lot of jumping about and scuzzy punk rock.

Ready, set, go!

Percussive action with Brett!

Bassist Frags was playing with The Holy Cobras last time I saw them at Gabba Hey.

Mark takes a stand!

Shaun frets!

The whole lot!

Rhythm section action!

Extra Mark!

A little between-song banter.

The end!

They plan to tour the States and Canada in June.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

From H. De Heutz things led neatly into J'envoie; keyboardist Olivier Fairv=field barely had to move a step as he was joined by the rest of the experimental Hull quartet.

The whole lot! Olivier, drummer Pat Senecal, guitarist Pierluc Clement and a bassist who is new to me (which isn't hard to be, since I last saw the band play at Irene's in April 2006).

Keyboard action!

Pat hits!

Bass action!

Extra Pierluc!

The end!

Since then, they seem to have retreated to their usual enigmatic irregularity.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Initial impressions

All good things must come to an end, they say. Bacon Fat, Sylvain Lajoie's monthly night at hostel jail bar Mugshots certainly qualifies as a good thing, but alas Sylvain has left for Montreal so this October offering was its last hurrah in this burg. The beginning of the end started off with H. De Heutz (named, no doubt, for Hubert Aquin's mysterious counterspy), an experimental duo featuring Olivier Fairfield of J'envoie and Fet. Nat. and Nathan Medema of Kingdom Shore, also a J'envoie vet.

Nathan handles the bass.

Closeup action!

Olivier sings and tweaks.

Fisheye action!

Extra Olivier!

The end!

Their next show is at Raw Sugar with Hello Babies and Adam Saikaley, May 4.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Yips yup

Second band of the night - and a new one to me - was The Yips. they play a sort of post-punk, provided the punks are Siouxsie & The Banshees. As I mentioned before, they also remind me a bit of Pleasure Forever and The Detroit Cobras. It's a cool-sounding racket, and comes with an energetic live performance.

Guitar action with Jon Schofield and Zach Lebert - I think in that order.

Zach frets!

Those Yips! Kerri Carrise handles the vocals, and that's Jon Bennet on drums. They also have a bassist, Kurt Rafuse, but he wasn't around for this set.

Kerri sings!

Jon hits!

Bonus Zach!

Hair-shaking action!

Kerri gets down!

Faceoff action!

Strat action!

And now a quick pause for refreshment!

More Kerri!

The crowd goes wild!

They're at Mugshots again this Friday (an inside show, I presume), with Teenanger and Average Times.

Monday, March 18, 2013

The song remains the same

If there's one thing Ottawa is missing right now, it's Bacon Fat. The monthly outing at Mugshots was quite a treat for fans of greasy rock and music under the stars. Apart from the change in the weather, show arranger Sylvain has also decamped for New York. Perhaps some forward-thinking soul will take it over. Hopefully someone who throws Television into their DJ ses like the previous proprietor. Here's a quick snap of Sylvain - taken under the condition I not tell him I was taking his picture - with projection above by Matt Trudel.

Now on to the opening act ... Male Nurse! Davey does get around, doesn't he? And doesn't the brickwork make a nice backdrop?

Let's not forget the tree.

Fisheye action!

And one more.

No doubt he'll be spotted again shortly (wait, did I say that the last time?).

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Fet. meets fat

A couple of weeks prior to this Mugshots show, I caught Fet. Nat on Bluesfest's opening, playing before the Melvins and putting on a good show. Thins went just as well at the old jail, and the audience participation was quite a bit better.

Olivier hits!