Just folk

The weather's mighty chilly right now, but I'm not sure I don't prefer to the grubby stuff we were getting in mid-September, which I forded through to get to one of Zaphod's free showcases. Two lone guitarists started things off: Denis Michel Hache and Male Nurse. Denis was born in New Brunswick, and moved to Ottawa, where he took music in university and gigged around town as part of Dyalek; now he lives in Montreal.

Everything looks better in blue light.



From a lower angle.



The other side of Denis.



Strumming action!



And so on!





Big finish!



Next up, Male Nurse - a.k.a. Davey Quesnelle. He's a little more out there than Hache. I think of him as Ottawa's answer to Smog.

Here he models a Holy Cobras shirt, one of the many bands he is/was in.



Dave sings!



The other side of Dave.



Green is also nice, but not as nice as blue.



Folk-rocking action!



Two acts that complemented each other nicely.

• Show reminder: Antigen Shift, Ad.Ver.Sary, Synkro and Encephalon bring the music of the future to Zaphod's. Oceans, Ty West, The Breakup Letter and Vicious Guns are at The Rainbow.