On a roll

Back at the start of March I limped over to Live! On Elgin to check out some indierocking action courtesy of Sun K, Huttch and Onionface. Windsor natives Huttch started things off with some zippy rock. Here's singer Sebastian and drummer Robbie!



Bass action with Zack!



Zack sings a bit!



More Robbie!



Sebastian sings!



Even more Robbie!



Tuque-less action!



Tambourine action!



Rocking action!



The whole lot!



Bonus Sebastian!



Singalong action!



And so on!



Onionface featured some more power trio sounds, Here's Calvin and Stefan!



Faceoff action!



Stefan sings!



The whole lot!



Calvin sings!



Jon hits, plus feedback action!



Rhythm section action!



More Stefan!



More faceoff action!



Sun K were on a "High In Your City" tour; they tout a Laurel Canyon influence in their sound. Here's Kristian, Kevin and a mostly obscured Stuart on keys!



Bass action with Gil!


Scott hits!



Kristian sings!



Kevin sings!



Keyboard action with Stuart!



Sunny action!



Singalong action!



More Stuart!



Back-to-back action!



Sunny action!



Lots of fun!

Faces, sharks and things

I hit up another great show at House of Targ last week; locals Bearshark and Onionface were opening for Montreal's Sick Things. Despite an exceptionally cold night, there was a pretty good-sized crowd on hand. Onionface were up first. Here's Jon and Calvin!



Guitar action with Stefan!



Jon sings!



Stefan sings!



Calvin sings!



Jon hits!



Extra Calvin!



Faceoff action!



And so on!



More Jon!



Clapping action!



Well, I guess Calvin had to leave his bass somewhere ....



It's been a couple of years since I last saw Bearshark - not much has changed though, it's still Jeff and Hamish cranking out rough and ready blues. Here's Jeff!



Hamish hits!



Extra Jeff!



More Hamish (who's also keeping busy in Thunderkok these days).



Jeff sings!



Hamish sings!



If you caught the Anciients show at House of Targ in August, you likely also heard Barn Burner frontman Kevins' new combo Dead Quiet; well, they're not the only swell band to form in the wake of Barn Burner's flameout. Cam and Pat both served in Barn Burner; Pat also played with Trigger Effect back at their 2010 show at Mavericks opening for Early Man and Priestess. Metal roots aside, The Sick Things sound definitely hails from the 1970s rock'n'roll era: Think Cheap Trick and the like. Here's Cam!



Matt hits!



Cam, Keith and Pat!



More Cam and Matt!



Even more Pat!



Guitar action with Keith!



Pat sings!



Sick action!



The whole lot!



Faceoff action!



The end!



Fine stuff. They plan to release a record early next year.