Strange places

As April arrived I headed over to the Glebe for a rare show at the Clocktower. The basement space was quite packed for a mostly instrumental outing from Room Control, Forgotten In The Woods Again, The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol and City Gates. FITWA were up first, reduced to a trio for this occasion. Here's Skotty on hooded guitar!



Bass action with Greg!



Mike hits!



More Greg!



Extra Mike!



Bonus Scotty!



The whole lot!



Adjusting action!



Next up, TBWNIAS! Here's Bill!



Guitar action with Dave!



More Bill and Scot!



John hits!



More Scott!



Jason adjusts!



More John!



Fisheye action!



Bass action with Nate!



More Dave!



And so on!



Extra Jason!



More Scott!



Montreal's Room Control busted out the lights for their spacey set. Here's Robert and Dan!



Keyboard action with Byron!



Adjusting action!



More Robert!



Nico hits!



More Byron!



More Nico!



The City Gates introduced some vocals into the mix - they made me think a bit of The Chameleons. Here's Max!



Bass action with John!



Justin hits!



Singalong action!



More Justin!



John sings!



Municipal action!



Rhythm section action!



The whole lot!



Illuminated action!



A super night of music.

Ottawa Explosion: Day 5

I headed back to the Clocktower parking lot on Sunday for my last dose of OXW action for 2018. Local soul and R&B collective Rhythm N Groove were making their debut. Here are singers Sabaya and Rejuno!



Guitar action with Sean!



Adrian hits!



Bass action with Peterson!



More Sabaya!



Extra Rejuno!



Moog action with Peterson!



More Sean!



Montrealers Red Mass were on next. They're a band I try to see every chance I get! Here's Hannah making some adjustments.



Guitar action with Roy!



The whole lot!



Hannah sings!



And so on!



Knob-turning action!



Roy sings!



Massive action!



Gesserit ended up playing a bit later than expected; van issues delayed their arrival. Here's Lyzi!



Bass action with Tarra!



Guitar action with Sundance!



Percussive action with German!



Everyone jumps about!



More bass!



Breezy action!



Even more guitar!



The whole lot!



More guitar action!



A shouty bit!



More German!



Gripping action!



Boom Creek brought the afternoon close with a fiery set featuring many guest appearances from various Creek offspring. Here's Neil and Todd showing the youngsters how it's done!



Ian sings!



More Neil!



Adam hits!



Singalong action!



Todd is amused!



More Ian!



Devil horns action!



More singalong action!



Who else wants to sing!



Take-your-daughter-to-work action!



Guest percussion action!



There are some finer technical points that have to be demonstrated.



Well that was fun! There was a later show on at Pressed, by I was all exploded out by then.