Showing posts with label Monomyth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monomyth. Show all posts

Friday, June 19, 2015

Everybody do the explode!

Yes, it's that time of year again - Ottawa is exploding, with punkers, rockers and poppers coming from as far away as Germany and California to play music for all the cool kids. I missed last year's gigs because I was busy building the world's largest pepper-grinder; this year I made it out to Club SAW on Wednesday in time to catch the last half of Tough Age's set.They were here in April for a show at Gabba Hey, then went back west, and have returned east - that's a lot of road mileage!

Here's Jarrett and Paul!

Tough Age at Club SAW

Penny sings!

Tough Age at Club SAW

Paul, Penny and Jesse are also performing as part of Century Palm this year.

Tough Age at Club SAW

Extra Jesse!

Tough Age at Club SAW

Guitar action!

Tough Age at Club SAW

More Penny!

Tough Age at Club SAW

The whole lot!

Tough Age at Club SAW

The crowd goes wild!

Tough Age at Club SAW

Over to Mugshots for The Dirty Frigs, who put on a dynamite set, particularly Bri, who I have to say has a dynamite voice. They really made me think of The Pretenders this time around.

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Cameron bops about!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Edan hits!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Bri sings! Duncan's Silvertone amazingly has not fallen apart yet!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Dirty action!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Duncan bends!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Bonus Bri!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Extra Edan!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

The whole lot!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Hair-tossing action!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Shadowing action!

Dirty Frigs at Mugshots

Back to the SAW Gallery's courtyard for the gentle sounds of Monomyth. They were down to a quartet for this gig.

Monomyth at Club SAW

Mythical action!

Monomyth at Club SAW

Rhythm section action!

Monomyth at Club SAW

Singalong action!

Monomyth at Club SAW

Smiley drummer action!

Monomyth at Club SAW

The last set of the night in the Mugshots courtyard came courtesy of Denver's Homebody's off-kilter jangle.

Homebody at Mugshots

Singalong action!

Homebody at Mugshots

Percussive action!

Homebody at Mugshots

Rhythm section action!

Homebody at Mugshots

The whole lot!

Homebody at Mugshots

A bit of guitar-switching ...

Homebody at Mugshots

The final set outside went to the splendidly named Guantanamo Baywatch, who really rocked the play with their surf slaughter.

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

Chevelle has the best shoes of the festival so far.

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

Jason hits!

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

Bayful action!

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

Twist action!

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

Chris sings!

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

More guitar!

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

The crowd goes wild!

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

Tongue action!

Guantanamo Baywatch at Club SAW

Then it was off inside.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Parents and children

It looks like Winter festivals in Ottawa are officially a thing now, because a week after Megaphono's successful inaugural offer, the Ottawa explosion folks staged another edition of their Ottawa Implosion in conjunction with Bruised Tongue's anniversary. Much of the action took place at Gabba Hey, with House of Targ also serving as a host. I was elsewhere for Thursday's Targ danceathon, but headed over to Gabba Hey through the godawful cold for some pop and rock action courtesy of locals Ladyboy and Boyhood and Haligonians Monomyth and Quaker Parents.

First up, Ladyboy, a new band of postpunkers.

Ladyboy at Gabba Hey

They've got a Bandcamp with some cool sounds, but not much in the way of other information.

Ladyboy at Gabba Hey

Guitar action!

Ladyboy at Gabba Hey

Boyish action!

Ladyboy at Gabba Hey

More guitar!

Ladyboy at Gabba Hey

Gripping action!

Ladyboy at Gabba Hey

On to Quaker Parents, who share some membership with Monomyth and hit me with a jonathan Richman type vibe.

Quaker Parents at Gabba Hey

Singalong action!

Quaker Parents at Gabba Hey

Matt Peters hits!

Quaker Parents at Gabba Hey

Parental action!

Quaker Parents at Gabba Hey

More guitar!

Quaker Parents at Gabba Hey

Monomyth were up next with more California jangle and tangle.

Monomyth at Gabba Hey

More guitar!

Monomyth at Gabba Hey

The whole lot!

Monomyth at Gabba Hey

Bass action!

Monomyth at Gabba Hey

Goofy action!

Monomyth at Gabba Hey

Boyhood finished off the evening; this was also an album release show for them. They're really pursuing the electronic direction, though guitars aren't completely by the wayside ... but first there were some keyboard issues to be worked out.

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

Bass action with Luke!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

Caylie sings!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

And so on!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

Knob-twisting action!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

Alex works the keys!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

More keyboard action!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

Extra Luke!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

Silhouetted action!

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

Brother Calum also showed up for some late-show drumming.

Boyhood at Gabba Hey

A swell evening.