Different kinds of heavy

Hmm - I wonder how many people in the city beside me would have a hard time choosing between David Picco's whiskey-burnished exile country rock at Irene's along with Trevor Alguire and P.E.I.'s Northwest Division and Nadja, Eaotin Shrdlu, Sleeping Pilot and Destroy All Dreamers at Babylon. (Not to mention Fucked Corpse and We Fled Cairo at Brixton's).



Good thing I'm otherwise engaged and don't have to decide (wait, that's not good ...).

Pick 'em

First Richard from The Turkey Basters and CKCU's Both Kinds of Music cleared up the pronunciation of Picco's name - it's like pick, not pique. They also christened Picco's band - they are now officially Jetset Motel. After that it was time for a few more rounds of his first-rate country rock.

David Picco, this time with Telecaster.



Jimmy Rose works the guitar.



Sheldon Kelly is their new bassist and backing vocalist.



Dennis Keough - whose name I misplaced last go 'round - on drums (and saxophone, according to the band's Myspace - for this show he left the brass at home).



Jetset action!







If their first fabulous performance at The Dom a while back hadn't led me to buy their album I would have done it again.

• Show reminder: Museum Pieces, Sadie Hell and Hollerado play the Black Sheep Inn; Richard Laviolette and His Black Lungs, The Watters Brothers, Dog Park Radio and Eugene and the Eugenics perform at Cafe Dekcuf. The Balling Jacks and Marc Charron perform at The Rainbow.

Baste from the East

Iren's has a good long weekend lineup. I was working Friday so I missed The Ethics and Eric Vieweg and The Silver Lining, but I was (mostly) free on Saturday and went off to see David Picco and the freshly christened Jetset Motel.

The opening act was The Turkey Basters. As you can see from the drum kit, it's a bunch of Stumblers and Birdman Sound guy Dave Aardvark.



Newfoundland via Toronto country-folk performer Greg Hobbs was up next.



Finally, the consistently excellent David Picco and Co.



Today Irene's is playing host to Great Aunt Ida and Sarah Hallman.

• Show reminder: If Ms. Nilsen and company aren't your thing, there's always The Crimson Tides, Centretown Insurgents, The Suicide Pilots and electropunker A/V at 61 Argyle Ave.