Mothers and sisters

As the New Year began I hobbled over to the House of Targ to check out some ferocious punk action from Montreal powerhouse NOBRO. Combos Custodians, Magic Mommy and Hang Nail stepped up to provide some extra kick to the night. Montrealers Hang Nail were up first, starting with some shouty action with Alex and Hannah!



Hannah sings!



More Hannah!



Fraser hits!



On to Magic Mommy! Here's Aaron!



Sof sings!



Bass and guitar action with Elo and Fi!



Gripping action!



Magical action!



Guitar action with Lix!



New Swears man Sammy J. has done some stuff on the side while his main outfit was rising to fame, Custodian is his new outlet, alongside fellow Swearian Nick.



Bass action with Nick!



Percussive action!



Sammy sings!



Sammy jumps about!



Nick sings!



NOBRO always play a killer set - they'll be back in town for this year's Bluesfest. Here's Kathryn!



Closeup action with Lisandre!



Kathryn sings!



Amused action with Sarah!



Guiar action with Karolane!



Non-brotherly action!



Instrument-switching action!



Sarah rocks the bass!



Microphone-sharing action!



Karolane sings!



Always great!

Stay clean

Off to Targ for another hard-rocking show, headlined by Montreal's NOBRO, with support from psych-jammers Blve Hills and and opening set from Custodian, a new trio featuring a couple of New Swears. Here's non-Swear Stoney starting things off behind the kit.



Bass action with Nick!



Guitar action with Sammy!



More Nick!



More Stoney!



Singalong action!



Custodial action!



Extra Sammy!



On to Blve Hills (or is that Blue Hills), who kept their shirts on this time. Here's some Telecaster action with Cody!



And so on!



Bass action with Dana!



The whole lot! (They were down to a trio for this show.)



Hilly action!



Cody sings!



Even more Cody!



Kyle hits!



Extra Dana!



Rhythm section action!



NOBRO played another killer set - once again, they had me thinking a bit of Royal Trux (in their classic rock phase). Here's Kathryn!



Keyboard action with Lisandre!



Guitar action with Karolane!



Closeup action!



Sarah hits!



Gripping action with Lisandre!



More guitar!



Sarah sings!



Percussive action!



More Kathryn!



Rock action!



More percussive action!



Kathryn takes it to the floor!



Great stuff!