Sunday, September 28, 2014

Girls will be girls

My work schedule gets me up early theses days (4:30 a.m., that is) so I keep my eyes peeled for weekend matinees like the one last Sunday at Gabba Hey featuring touring Calgarians Catholic Girls and local combo Nightshades. Catholic Girls take a few pages from 1980s synth music and punk rock - something we're hearing more of these days as the synthesizer is rescued from ignominy - and were in these parts en route to Pop Montreal.

Those Girls! Erin on guitar, Cian on synth and vocals, Ted on Moog and Mathieu on drums.

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

Erin sings!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

Keyboard action!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

The other side of Ted!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

Mathieu hits!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

Extra Erin!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

Cian adjusts.

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

Cian sings!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

More guitar!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

Hairy action!

Catholic Girls at Gabba Hey

On to Nightshades. I had to split early for a dinner date so I only caught the first couple of songs.

Nightshades at Gabba Hey

You'll see a familiar face, Mallory Giles, playing guitar. It's a bit of a change from the synth-loving Politique. She's also appeared on the blog with Loose Ties, and singing with Sadie Hell.

Nightshades at Gabba Hey

Sarah Grant sings and handles bass duties.

Nightshades at Gabba Hey

Geoff Clark hits!

Nightshades at Gabba Hey

The whole lot!

Nightshades at Gabba Hey

Extra Mallory!

Nightshades at Gabba Hey

Rhythm section action!

Nightshades at Gabba Hey

Then I had to leg it, just in time to miss getting soaked by a torrential downpour.

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