Heads and hounds

In the middle of September I hobbled over to the House of Targ for some Peterborough rock action. Punk trio Cross Dog have a new album out (on Ottawa's Uncle D records, of course), and were touring with fellow Peterboroughlians Mokomokai. First up, though, was local doom combo Black Galaxy (who will also be at Targ this Saturday, opening for The Well). Here's Jimmy on vocals!



Josh takes a break from dishing out perogies!



Bass action with Mark!



Guitar action with Dave!



Happy Josh action!



Headbanging Dave action!



More Mark!



Extra Jimmy!



Rhythm section action!



Next up, some classic metal sounds from Mokomokai. Here's J.J.!



Spikey and leathery action with John!



Flying V action with Bobby!



John sings!



Jeremy sings!



And so on!



Bonus Bobby!



More John!



More J.J.!



Metal action!



Cross Dog's latest is Hollow, and as usual the band played a ripping set. Here's Tracy!



Closeup action!



Mikey hits!



Mark sings!



Dogged action!



Hairy action!



The whole lot!



Roof-raising action!



Very cool stuff.

The hot and the heavy

Wednesday I headed over to House of Targ to check out some metal action. Mokomokai was headlining, Villain, a classic metal style band from Toronto was on the bill, and it was also a chance to check out In Heat's new lineup. First, here's Greg. He is not new.



Brent and grimacing Tony aren't new either, but singer Surge is!



More Surge! I'd say the band is heading in a more Guns'n'Roses direction. They plan to write up a bunch of new material, so there might not be many shows in the near future.



More Brent!



Even more Surge!



Tim hits!



Singalong action!



More Tony!



Rhythm section action!



Standing about action!



Greg sings!



Heated action!



On to the well-armoured men of Villain! Here's Caleb and Gaz!



Vocal action with Jake!



Caleb sings!



More Gaz!



Extra Caleb!



More Gaz!



Extra Jake!



Villainous action!



And so on!



Even more Jake!



Mokomokai are Targ regulars - they showed up for their third anniversary celebration back in April - and put on a fine show as usual. Here's J.J. and bassist Jeremy!



Hair-tossing action with Bobby!



John sings!



J.J. hits!



Guitar action!



More guitar action!



Metal action!



And so on!



Leaning action!



A fine time.