Kieran hits!
Extra Derak!
Brittany strums!
Rhythm section action!
Brittany sings!
The whole lot!
Derek sings!
More Kieran!
Things took a turn for the black and metallic with Black Tower. Here's Dave!
Bass action with Skotty!
Erin sings!
Closeup action!
Skotty sings!
Towering action!
Hair-tossing action!
Bendy action!
After that I ducked inside to check out Future Girls, a Halifax outfit founded by Outtacontroller's Matt and Crossed Wire's Heather. Here's Matt!
Guitar action with Coleman and Heather!
Dewayne hits!
More Matt!
Heather sings!
More Coleman!
New York's Big Eyes were another great Explosion discovery for me; Kait Eldridge and company put out a super set of classic-rock influenced pop-punk, including a cover of The Undertones' You've Got My Number.
Bass action with Malcolm!
Griffin hits!
Kait sings!
Guitar action with Paul!
Eyeful action!
Rhythm section action!
More guitar!
Pretty Pretty is another Ohio band; it shares a couple of members with Vacation (kind of an Ottawa Explosion trend, member-sharing bands). It's fronted by Vacation bassist Evan on guitar, Vacation guitarist Jerri on drums, and Larry Teevee on bass. Here's Evan!
Larry handles the low end.
Evan sings.
Larrry sings!
Jerri hits!
Feedback action!
Closeup action!
The last outside show of Saturday featured New Jersey's Nightbirds; one of my photos from their 2012 Ottawa explosion set at Mavericks made it onto their Born To Die In Suburbia album. Here's P.J. working the feedback during their instrumental intro.
Darick hits!
Brian shouts!
Bass action with Joe!
Joe sings!
Extra P.J.!
More Darick and Brian!
P.J. sings!
Bonus Brian!
Even more Darick!
Then it was time to head indoors for some Wet Brain and more!
