Showing posts with label Miesha and The Spanks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miesha and The Spanks. Show all posts

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Brand spanking new

The second of my stops a week ago was at Bar Robo - the Friday - to see Miesha & The Spanks, who are on tour in support of their Girls, Girls, Girls album. Expanda Fuzz served as a most apprpriate opener for the Western duo. Here's Leila and Chris!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

Leila sings!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

Close-up Chris!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

More Leila!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

Extra Chris!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

Singalong action!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

The whole lot!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

New glasses action!

Expanda Fuzz at Bar Robo

On to Miesha & The Spanks, who played a brisk set. Here's Miesha!

Miesha & The Spanks at Bar Robo

Sean sings!

Miesha & The Spanks at Bar Robo

Shouty Sean!

Miesha & The Spanks at Bar Robo

Flying V action!

Miesha & The Spanks at Bar Robo

More Miesha!

Miesha & The Spanks at Bar Robo

Singalong action!

Miesha & The Spanks at Bar Robo

Sean hits!

Miesha & The Spanks at Bar Robo

Fine stuff!

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The torrid zone

Last week I took one of my frequent trips to House of Targ for a bit of garage rock action. Miesha and The Spanks are on tour again, and they brought Cambridge's HotKid to Targ for a show opened up by locals Average Times. Here's Seiji, singing a bit!

 Average Times at House of 
Targ

Guitar action with Todd!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

Singalong action with Curtis!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

More Todd!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

Extra Seiji!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

Steph sings!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

Curtis closeup!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

More Steph!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

Average action!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

More singalong action!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

And finally a bit more Steph!

Average Times at House of 
Targ

HotKid brought their own lighting setup, which showed off their flashy drummer Rob but meant  most of the other photos of band members were on the grainy side. Here's a well-lit Rob!

HotKid at House of Targ

Shiloh sings!

HotKid at House of Targ

More Rob!

HotKid at House of Targ

Bass action with Peter!

HotKid at House of Targ

More Shiloh!

HotKid at House of Targ

Roof-raising action!

HotKid at House of Targ

Stick-twirling action!

HotKid at House of Targ

The whole lot!

HotKid at House of 
Targ

Faceoff action!

HotKid at House of Targ

Peter sings!

HotKid at House of Targ

Last time I saw Miesha and The Spanks was at the Dominion back in 2013. She has a new (to me) drummer, but not much else has changed with her no-frills garage rock crunch.

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

More Miesha!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

Sean is mighty enthusiastic!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

The whole lot!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

Miesha sings!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

Extra Sean!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

Miesha runs about!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

Sean sings!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

Singalong action!

Miesha and The Spanks at House of Targ

A fun night! (Also, flash update: Miesha and Sean will be back in Ottawa for a show at Pressed May 27.)

Saturday, September 07, 2013

Stay up late

Folks who know me well might have heard that I'm taking the cabinet-making course at Algonquin College. That means that instead of getting up around noon (as I did when I was working in the journalism business), I'm now out of bed around 6 a.m. That means fewer late nights, and fewer shows. It also puts a bit of a crimp on my blog updating. All that aside I'm still hoping to get out on the weekend, and that's just what I did Friday night. I headed over to the Dominion Tavern (after planing way too much wood off my bench hook project - oops) to check out Miesha and The Spanks, Deutsche Banks, Voicemail and Pity.

First up were Pity - and I'm going to throw up most of the pictures I took now just because I only snapped five for their super-short and thrashy set.

Pity at the Dominion Tavern
Pity at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

Bass action!

Pity at the Dominion Tavern
Pity at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

You'll be seeing more of drummer Stuart Bota Dirts McKay (thanks to Miesha for pointing out my error)

Pity at the Dominion Tavern
Pity at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

The whole lot! "We should rethink the f---ing masks!"

Pity at the Dominion Tavern
Pity at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

On to Miesha and The Spanks. There's actually only one Spank, Dirts again. The duo serves up some sassy rock that really made me think of White Mystery, and not just because of the similar lineup.

Meisha and The Spanks at the Dominion Tavern
Miesha and The Spanks at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

Folks with long memories may recall Miesha singing Ramblin' Rose with The Hot Blood Bombers at a long-ago Rock'N'Roll Pizza Party.

Miesha and The Spanks at the Dominion Tavern
Miesha and The Spanks at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

Now for the local lads, Voicemail! You've seen them a bunch of times this year on the blog.

Voicemail at the Dominion Tavern
Voicemail at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

Ken sings!

Voicemail at the Dominion Tavern
Voicemail at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

Finally, Toronto's Deutsche Banks ripped through a quick set. They made me think of such infamous Toronto bygones as Brutal Knights and Teen Crud Combo. Here's Dirts again!

Deutsche Banks at the Dominion Tavern
Deutsche Banks at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

Darren Pelcz is an energetic frontman.

Deutsche Banks at the Dominion Tavern
Deutsche Banks at the Dominion Tavern, September 6, 2013

Boy did I need sleep after it was all over ....