World of hurt

Time for another break from Bluesfest with Wrist Pain. This quartet of local music veterans boasts members from Weapons of Mass Seduction, Cold Coffee and Salty Boots, Daydream Square, The Trudels and The Solid Senders. They were openings things up for an evening of strange noise courtesy of The Bruised Tongue label.

The Duke (from WOMS) and Eric Espig (from a lot of bands).



Knob-twisting action with Aurele Gaudet.



The Duke goes wah. Behind him is Jason Vaughn of Artguise and Cold Coffee and Salty Boots fame.



The whole lot!



Jason sings and buys it for the articles.



Psychedelic action!



More Aurele.



Feedback action!



Eric takes the microphone.



Jason percusses.



The Duke switches to bass.



And finally, blurry action!



What they plan next I know not, but a release on Bruised Tongue is allegedly "coming soon."

• Show reminder: The Chandeliers perform their first-ever show at Babylon. The Idlers are at The Rainbow; harp guitar guru Stephen Bennett is playing the Elmdale.
  

Tongue tied

The Bruised Tongue label staged a little shindig at Irene's last night, featuring local space-rockers Wrist Pain, the Tongue supremos own outfit Fucked Corpse and Edmonton volumetric duo The Famines. There was plenty of goodies for sale, as well as delicious cupcakes (I had three because it was my birthday).

Wrist Pain features members of such bands as Weapons of Mass Seduction, Daydream Square and Cold Coffee and Salty Boots. They reminded me of Loop and SPaceman 3.


Wrist Pain, Irene's, August 7, 2009

Last time I saw Fucked Corpse they were a multitudinous combo with a variety of strange instrumentation and a ramshackle feel. They've stripped down a bit, with only five members and a ramalama psychedelic feel with plenty of reverberating vocals.


Fucked Corpse, Irene's, August 7, 2009

Edmonton's The Famines play thunderous minimalist garage. Guitarist Raymond E. Biesinger used to be in The Vertical Struts, drummer Garrett Heath Kruger used to be in The Wolfnote.


The Famines, Irene's, August 7, 2009

Irene's was also pretty packed with local noisy rock fans ... no doubt I'll see many of them again tonight at the Polish Party Palace for the Nobunny show.

• Show reminder: NoBunny, the White Wires and The Handsome Sexies are playing tonight ... but I already said that. Harvey Cartel, The Gospel and In Kaleidoscope are at Cafe Dekcuf; Brainhunter and Mississippi Grover rock the Avant-Garde; The Sound Technicians and The Cutmen play Zaphod's; Marc Charron and John Allaire perform at Irene's; The Ethics and The JimmyRiggers rip it up at the Elmdale House. Mavericks hosts Stuck on Saturn's CD release party..