Sunday, November 03, 2013

The crying game

Saturday night I headed over to Pressed. It was a chance to see a couple of bands I had neither seen nor heard of before, Eagle Tears and Moon Destroyer. Eagle Tears were the main draw for me since I like that retro-rock stuff. It was a fairly eclectic evening otherwise, with The SIck SIck Sicks' trademark Django-billy and Moon Destroyer's more post-sludge metal sound.

Moon Destroyer kicked things off ... they sounded a bit like the louder parts of Explosions In The Sky.

Moon Destroyer at Pressed

Feedback action!

Moon Destroyer at Pressed

There was also some some singing, but mostly they stick to the instrumental stuff.

Moon Destroyer at Pressed

Percussive action!

Moon Destroyer at Pressed

More guitar!

Moon Destroyer at Pressed

More bass!

Moon Destroyer at Pressed

Eagle Tears and Sick Sick Sicks after the jump ....
Montreal rockers Eagle Tears have a definite southern rock feel; I hear a lot of Lynyrd Skynyrd in their musical DNA, along with other 1970s guitar rockers like Thin Lizzy, T2 and the like.

Frontman Hal kicks things off with some harmonica.

Eagle Tears at Pressed

Guitar action with George Grove; bassist J.B. is at right. If I'm not mistaken, George has appeared before on ye old blog fronting The Gospel.

Eagle Tears at Pressed

On the left we have Steve Lud - who I seem to recall slinging some bass for The Mongrels.

Eagle Tears at Pressed

This is one of those triple-guitar combos!

Eagle Tears at Pressed

George sings!

Eagle Tears at Pressed

The whole lot (that's a blurry Bob Eaglesham on drums)!

Eagle Tears at Pressed

Gripping action!

Eagle Tears at Pressed

Guitar action!

Eagle Tears at Pressed

And my only shot of Bob.

Eagle Tears at Pressed

On to the Sick Sick Sicks, who were sounding very sharp ... of course the evening was just starting for them: They were also playing at Dark and Stormy at Babylon later that night.

Sick Sick Sicks at Pressed

Maxim sings!

Sick Sick Sicks at Pressed

Rob frets!

Sick Sick Sicks at Pressed

Guitar action!

Sick Sick Sicks at Pressed

Rhythm section action!

Sick Sick Sicks at Pressed

The whole lot!

Sick Sick Sicks at Pressed

And so on!

Sick Sick Sicks at Pressed

A most entertaining evening.

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