Showing posts with label Mercury Lounge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercury Lounge. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Make it fast

As November rolled in it was fundraising time at CKCU, and that means fundraising shows. The one I made it out for was Mercury Lounge (which coincidentally was celebrating a big anniversary the same week), and featured a bunch of loud and fast punk bands, starting with Toronto's School Damage; here's some introduction action, plus guitarist Brad!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Rhythm section action with drummer Curtis and bassist Jon!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Brad sings!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Curtis hits!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Jon sings!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Blurry action!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Extra Brad!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Extra rhythm!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Faceoff action!

School Damage at Mercury Lounge

Outtacontroller were up next; like School Damage their set was broadcast live on CKCU (you can check it out here). Here's some vocal action with James!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

Bass action with Jesse (who has also appeared on the blog with Feral Trash)!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

Terry sings!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

Sean hits!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

And so on!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

Extra Jesse and Terry!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

Bonus James!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

The whole lot!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

The end!

Outtacontroller at Mercury Lounge

Average Times provided a bit of relief from the breakneck pace. Here's Todd!

Average Times at Mercury 
Lounge

Steph hits!

Average Times at Mercury Lounge

Seiji sings!
Average Times at Mercury 
Lounge

Closeup action with Curtis!

Average Times at Mercury Lounge

Singalong action!

Average Times at Mercury Lounge

Extra Curtis!

Average Times at Mercury Lounge

Neck finished things off with some more hard'n'fast stuff. Here's Kevin!

Neck at Mercury Lounge

Jeff sings!

Neck at Mercury Lounge

Johnny sings!

Neck at Mercury Lounge

Kevin sings!

Neck at Mercury Lounge

Singalong action!

Neck at Mercury Lounge

Closeup action!

Neck at Mercury Lounge

Extra Jeff!

Neck at Mercury Lounge

A great evening for a fine cause.

Monday, November 09, 2015

That's hot

Wednesday evening I scooted over to Mercury Lounge for an early show: Mehdi Cayenne has a new album out, Aube, and was celebrating with a free show, complete with Tabasco-flavoured cocktails. Here's Cayenne, exuberant as ever.

Mehdi Cayenne Club at Mercury Lounge

Olivier Bernatchez hits!

Mehdi Cayenne Club at Mercury Lounge

Mehdi sings!

Mehdi Cayenne Club at Mercury Lounge

Guitar action (also, Francois Gravel on keys)!

Mehdi Cayenne Club at Mercury Lounge

Extra Francois!

Mehdi Cayenne Club at Mercury Lounge

Fisheye action! (The Lounge's stage was brightly lit for the sake of a video recording of the show.)

Mehdi Cayenne Club at Mercury Lounge

Crowded action!

Mehdi Cayenne Club at Mercury Lounge

A fine performance as always.

Saturday, February 07, 2015

Chemical brothers and sisters

My Megaphono Friday night began at the Mercury Lounge. The main draw at the lounge for me was The Peptides, and they happened to be the first combo on stage that evening.Here's Dale Waterman, Rebecca Noelle, Olexandra Pruchnicky, DeeDee Butters and Claude MarQuis.

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

And here's Scott Irving and Jean Miguel Gomez Montant.

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Alexandre Wickham on drums.

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Andrew Burns on bass.

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Claude sings!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Gesturing action!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Neon green action!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Olexandra throws down on the tambourine.

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Shaking it up action!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

More Olexandra!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Extra Dale and Rebecca!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

DeeDee in the spotlight!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

Rebecca sings!

The Peptides at Mercury Lounge

After that, I decided to head over to the Dominion.