Sunday, November 18, 2012

Bluesfest: Sleigh Bells

Brooklyn dance-rockers Sleigh Bells, unlike many dance-rockers, seem to favour the latter half of the equation. They plunked a mass of speakers on the River Stage, a gaggle of smoke machines and a blinding light machine and went at it.

Here we are before things went boom with touring guitarist Jason Boyer.

Sleigh Bells at Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

How many of those were turned on?

Sleigh Bells at Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

Smokey action!

Sleigh Bells at Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

Here's a blurry Allison Krauss and guitarman Derek E. Miller.

Sleigh Bells at Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

Just for the record, that is not my hand.

Sleigh Bells at Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

Things were really past the limits of my point-and-shoot.

Sleigh Bells at Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

Then I went off to see Charles Bradley, about whom I've already posted.

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