Flashed, chilled and thrilled

There was a rare Tuesday show at House of Targ this week; White Lung are on tour (mostly done now, just a few U.S. dates to go), and they drew a good crowd. Also on stage: Local lights Chiller and Kings Quest and Washington D.C. post-punks Flasher. Chiller were on first and played a hard-hitting set. Here's Tim!



Eric sings!



Bass action with Erin!



Ilisha sings!



The whole lot!



More bass action!



Extra Eric!



Extra Tim!



More Ilisha!



On to Flasher, a trio formed by Washington music scene veterans (singer Taylor comes from Priests, drummer Emma from Big Hush and bassist Daniel from Bless). They've got a bit of a Smiths sound going on, and some really top-notch vocal work. Here's Daniel!



Taylor sings!



Daniel sings!



Emma hits!



Emma sings!



The whole lot!



Guitar action!



Singalong action!



Kings Quest played a fantastic set; I've enjoyed them before, but they really knocked it out of the park this time. Here's Anna!



Bass action with Liam!



Percussive action with Owen!



Hairy action with Eric!



More Jenna!



And so on!



Questing action!



Rhythm section action!



Singalong action!



White Lung ended the night in killer style; unfortunately the lights were really down too low for photgraphy and I didn't feel like using a lot of flash so I only took a handful of photos. That said, Here's Mish!



Guitar action with Kenneth!



Anne-Marie hits!



Gripping action, plus a bassist whose name I know not!



More bassist!



Extra Mish!



A top-notch night.

Lung power

White Lung are always a popular draw here in O-town. I saw them a few times at Babylon back in 2011 and 2012, and it actually seems a bit weird that it's been over two years since their last trip to town. They have a new record out, Deep Fantasy, and are running around North America with the folks from Pop. 1280. Also on hand were Pregnancy Scares and Bonnie Doon, who also have new releases to share.

Bonnie Doon went nautical for this gig with sailor's stripes, beards and tattoos. Also, a stuffed shark. Here's Sara and a coffee-bearded Madison.



More Sara!



Leslie rocks the Flipper tattoo.



Sara's arm-whale!



Madison sings!



Keltie hits !



Tambourine action!



Leslie sings!



On to Pregnancy Scares, frequent openers for White Lung. Pierre works the crowd! Not working - the microphone.



That's better!



As you can see, Davey is in his official show shirt.



Extra Craig!



Jumping about!



Hair-shaking action!



David hits!



Gripping action!



Extra Davey!



There's just not enough to swing from at the House of Targ.



Pop. 1280 followed with a set of synthetic pulse and Cop Shoot Cop-styled holler. I picked up their first album largely because they were on Sacred Bones (along with Zola Jesus, Amen Dunes and others) and was mightily impressed. The Jim Thompson reference didn't hurt either. Instead of bass guitar, Allegra Sauvage applies some low-end throb; Andy Chugg mans the traps.



Shirtless action with Chris Bug!



Ivan Lip is just behind him.



Populous action!



Andy hits!



Ivan frets!



Bonus Bug!



More Lip!



And so on!


Gripping action!



Feedback action!



Savage Sauvage action!



On to White Lung, who ripped through another killer set for an increasingly sweaty crowd. Since their last show here they've lost bassist Grady; Hether Fortune of Wax Idols now handles the low end.



Mish sings!



The whole lot!



Ann-Marie hits!



Singalong action!



Kenneth frets!



Mish works the crowd!



And so on!



Sweaty action!



The end!



Unfortunately I was too slow to grab a Bonnie Doon tape.