On March 4 I toddled over to Black Squirrel Books to check out some punk rock action from Philadelphia's Dark Thoughts; they were joined by local acts Empty Nesters and Liquid Thoughts, a newish quartet featuring Felix from Toxic Thoughts (among others) and Brittany and Kieran from Doxx (among others).
Guitar action with Scott (also of Born Wrong and others)!
Felix sings!
Kieran hits!
Liquid action!
Rhythm action!
Next up, Empty Nesters, with their Sonic Youth-goes-shoegaze squall.
Eric sings!
Rhythm section action with Philip and Robert!
More Robert!
Guitar action!
Finally, Dark Thought, who made me think a bit of Marked Men and Radioactivity. Here's Jim, Daniel and Amy!
Jim sings!
Rhythm section action with Daniel and Amy!
Daniel hits!
Extra Jim!
Extra Amy!
The whole lot!
Good stuff all around.
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Friday, March 22, 2019
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
Problem child
At the end of February I went to the House of Targ to see Montreal garage rockers Chacal, alongside Ottawa's own Deathsticks and Empty Nesters, who were on first. Here's Eric!
Bass action with Philip!
Robert hits!
More Eric and Philip!
Eric sings!
The whole lot!
Singalong action!
And so on!
Deathsticks played a noisy set; here's Matt trying some bass on for size.
Sticky action!
Singalong action!
Laura sings!
And so on!
Back to the Telecaster!
Chacal made me think of American Death Ray, or stuff from the Voodoo Rhythm label. Their new album, Peter Said It Was Problematic, came out the day of this show. Here's guitarist Michel!
Lead vocal action with Tim-Tom!
More guitar with LP!
Bass action with Kethe!
Singalong action!
More Tim-Tom!
Michel sings a bit!
Rhythm section action!
LP sings!
More singalong action!
Even more Tim-Tom!
Faceoff action!
And so on!
A fun night out!
Bass action with Philip!
Robert hits!
More Eric and Philip!
Eric sings!
The whole lot!
Singalong action!
And so on!
Deathsticks played a noisy set; here's Matt trying some bass on for size.
Sticky action!
Singalong action!
Laura sings!
And so on!
Back to the Telecaster!
Chacal made me think of American Death Ray, or stuff from the Voodoo Rhythm label. Their new album, Peter Said It Was Problematic, came out the day of this show. Here's guitarist Michel!
Lead vocal action with Tim-Tom!
More guitar with LP!
Bass action with Kethe!
Singalong action!
More Tim-Tom!
Michel sings a bit!
Rhythm section action!
LP sings!
More singalong action!
Even more Tim-Tom!
Faceoff action!
And so on!
A fun night out!
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Eight is enough: Part II
After watching Lost Love at Targ I headed back up to Black Squirrel Books for Father Bodies set. They're a trio from Waterloo with a punk rock sound. Heres bassist Dylan and guitarist Chris!
More Dylan!
Mark hits!
Even more Dylan!
The whole lot!
The crowd jumps around!
Bodily action!
Fatherly action!
Back at the House of Targ, Parisian punks were hitting the stage (and also memorializing much-missed scene supporter JS). Here's some gripping action with Till!
Paul sings!
Singalong action with Anto!
More Paul!
More Till!
Extra Anto!
Guest action with Lost Love's Guilhem!
Microphone-sharing action!
And so on!
Paul gets in some guitar time.
Empty Nesters shut things down at Black Squirrel Books with a brisk set. Here's Eric, the groups creative core.
Bass action with Philip!
Robert hits!
Nested action!
More Philip!
Extra Robert!
Bookish action!
Singalong action!
The entire event came to a close with a performance from Jon Creeden & The Flying Hellfish. Here's Jon!
Guitar action with Cory!
Bass action with Kieran!
Tony hits!
Kieran sings!
Extra Tony!
Singalong action!
Good stuff all around.
More Dylan!
Mark hits!
Even more Dylan!
The whole lot!
The crowd jumps around!
Bodily action!
Fatherly action!
Back at the House of Targ, Parisian punks were hitting the stage (and also memorializing much-missed scene supporter JS). Here's some gripping action with Till!
Paul sings!
Singalong action with Anto!
More Paul!
More Till!
Extra Anto!
Guest action with Lost Love's Guilhem!
Microphone-sharing action!
And so on!
Paul gets in some guitar time.
Empty Nesters shut things down at Black Squirrel Books with a brisk set. Here's Eric, the groups creative core.
Bass action with Philip!
Robert hits!
Nested action!
More Philip!
Extra Robert!
Bookish action!
Singalong action!
The entire event came to a close with a performance from Jon Creeden & The Flying Hellfish. Here's Jon!
Guitar action with Cory!
Bass action with Kieran!
Tony hits!
Kieran sings!
Extra Tony!
Singalong action!
Good stuff all around.
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