Horsing around

Thursday I trudged through the bitter cold to House of Targ to warm my ears with some indie-rocking. The bill featured local Velvets fans Telecomo, West Enders The Stringers and Toronto's Pony. Things started off with Telecomo, who I thought were sounding even more like Japan's Les Rallizes Denudes. Here's Adam Saikaley!



And here's the other side of a blurry Adam, with Pat and Gary!



And so on!



Pat hits!



More Gary!



Faceoff action!



Gary works the crowd!



Rhythm section action!



Jumping about!



More rhythm!



On to The Stringers! Here's guitarist Kyle!



Vocal action with Marco!



Percussive action with Nick!



Clapping action!


Rhythm section action with bassist Jordan!



More guitar!



Extra Jordan!



Bonus Kyle!



Stringy action!



Singalong action!



Kyle sings!



And so on!



Extra Nick!



Pony finished things off with some bouncy guitar pop. Here's guitarist Stephen!



Sam sings! There was a lot of pre-show hair-braiding going on, apparently.



Matt hits!



Singalong action with Eva!



Extra Matt!



More Stephen!



More Sam!



Sam sings some more!



Rhythm section action!



Equine action!



The whole lot!



The shouty bit!



And finally a bit more Eva and Matt!



A good way to spend a chilly night.

After noise

Over the last few years Bill Orcutt, once of infamous noise rockers Harry Pussy, has recast himself an acoustic instrumentalist in the vein of Bill Fahey, Robbie Basho and others of the Takoma ilk. He played a solo set at Raw Sugar a while back that work forced to to miss, much to my regret. When I heard he was coming through town with famed improv drummer Chris Corsano I knew I had to be there. In fact, I headed off to Raw Sugar well (and unnecessarily) in advance to make sure I got in.

First up, some electronic sounds from show organizer Adam Saikaley and Gary Franks of Roberta Bondar.


Adam Saikaley and Gary Franks at Raw Sugar, June 13, 2013

Knob-twisting action!


Adam Saikaley and Gary Franks at Raw Sugar, June 13, 2013

Mark Molnar of Kingdom Shore played some frenetic solo pieces on cello.


Mark Molnar at Raw Sugar, June 13, 2013

Fisheye action!


Mark Molnar at Raw Sugar, June 13, 2013
 
Orcutt's stuff with Corsano is a bit different from his acoustic solo work. Not nearly as squalling as his stuff in Harry Pussy, though.


Bill Orcutt and Chris Corsano at Raw Sugar, June 13, 2013

Their album together features repeated images of Colonel Sanders and an egg, so they aren't taking themselves too seriously.


Bill Orcutt and Chris Corsano at Raw Sugar, June 13, 2013

It was a tad dark for photography.


Bill Orcutt and Chris Corsano at Raw Sugar, June 13, 2013

Definitely interesting.