White nights

The White Wires have gone from Ottawa underground pop favourites to international nearly-not unknowns in the space of one album and a few singles, and are now on the brink of releasing their second fab LP coming up soon on Dirtnap. Frontman Ian Manhire also has the weighty task of organizing the Gaga Weekend, so he was showing a bit of wear and tear on this sloppy but engaging set ... but not as much wear and tear as I was feeling, judging by these kind of substandard photos.

First some video, complete with false start and jumping!



Running about!



Luke handles the low-end!



Ian sings!



Closeup action!



Allie rocks the kit.



The shouty bit!



The crowd goes wild!



And, er that's about all I have worth repeating. How they got through their show the day after at Westfest I'll never know. Their next show is August 27 at Babylon, then they're off to Europe for a tour with Mean Jeans.

• Show reminder: Intronaut, Goetia and Biipiigwan destroy eardrums at The Rainbow early while Snatchback, Deadline Arson, Shot By Jack play the late show; MyChildren MyBride, After The Vendetta, Right Before The Rise, The Breathing Apparatus, and Man Bear Pig rock Mavericks; Promonium Jesters and Nanochrist play Zaphod's.