Destruction, substitution and Doiron

Wednesday night I headed over to Bar Robo for a fine lineup of bicoastal action: From way out west, Adrian Teacher and The Subs; from the east, Construction & Destruction and Sappy superstar Julie Doiron. Construction and Destruction were up first: Here's Coleen and David!



Six-stringed action with Colleen!



Bass action with Dave!



Dave sings!



Colleen works the feedback!



Then switches over to drums ...



Percussive action!



Adrian Teacher is always a funny guy to watch live, and he was definitely as bouncy at this gig as when I caught him at Raw Sugar last year.



Amanda hits!



Polka-dotted rhythm section action!



More Adrian!



Adrian sings!



The whole lot!



Singalong action!



Amanda prepares to hit!



Julie Doiron chipped in some backing vocals on the last song!



Julie took the stage next, along with guitarist C.L. McLaughlin from her new band, Weird Lines (who put in a Bar Robo appearance just a couple of weeks earlier). Here's some closeup action with Julie!



Singalong action!



C.L. sings!



Faceoff action!



Hair-tossing action!



More Julie!



Guest-drumming action with Colleen!



Colleen is amused!



A lovely show.

A storm in the east

I think I can officially confirm that the Sunday before Christmas, during a freezing rain storm, is not the best time to attract an audience. Fortunately a few folks trudged through the snow to check out an incursion from the Maritimes at Pressed, courtesy of Kappa Chow and Construction & Destruction. Remi Royale was also on hand to liven things up in the middle slot.

Kappa Chos is a bit of an oddity, since apparently there is both a Montreal version (featuring members of Astral Gunk and Devil Eyes) and a Sackville version. Joe Chamandy of Astral Gunk bonds the two version together.



The whole lot! Although I gather the Sackville lineup sometimes boasts five people - we got the touring version, I guess.



Bass action!



The shouty bit!



Singing drummer action!



Striptease action after the jump ....