National Capital Rock: Phantom Shifters

Friday, March 08, 2019

The class of 77

Last week I tottered over to the Rainbow for some punk rock action, courtesy of The Diotones, Clash enthusiasts Police N Thieves and The Sonic Defense. The Diotones were on first with a slew of covers from punk rock's first wave and an original or two in the same style. Here's Alex and Steve!

Guitar action with Jay!

Alezz shakes it!

More Steve!

Tonal action!

More Jay!

Jordan hits!

The whole lot!

Extra shaking action!

The whole lot, again!

On to Police N Thieves, and a heap of Clash tunes. Here's Greg (of the Uncooperatives and others) and Omar!

Bass action with Scott!

More Greg N Omar!

Dave (of Manpower and others) hits!

More Greg!

Extra Omar!

Bonus Dave!

Even more Greg!

The whole lot!

Sonic Defense finished the night off with a sharp set, more in the 1990s indie rock style. Here's Ron!

Hugo sings!

Rhythm section action with Dan and Dominic!

Sonic action!

Extra Hugo!

Dominic hits!

Guitar action!

The whole lot!

All entertaining stuff.

Thursday, August 02, 2018

Ghosts of the past

There's never a bad time to see Boom Creek, one of the most entertaining bands on the scene, and if they're opening for the return of The Phantom Shifters, so much the better. This show went down at the Dominion Tavern July 21, and here's Creeker Neil devouring the microphone with both hands!

Guitar action with Ian!

Rhythm section action with Todd and Adam!

Booming action!

Adam hits!

Ian sings!

The whole lot, plus some jumping action!

More Todd!

Adam hits!

More Ian!

More Todd!

Creeky action!

More Neil!

More Ian'n'Adam!

Animal call action!

Extra, extra Todd!

The end!

I was thinking it's been a while since I last saw The Phantom Shifters. According to the blog, the last time was actually a decade ago at Babylon! Anyway, Greg and Ryan are back, with their Uncooperatives bandmate Yarek on drums. Here's Yarek and Ryan!