A Quickie

- I purchased a brand spankin' new SWR Working Pro 700 bass head today. "Google it" if you care to read reviews or whatever. Jammed with it tonight and it sounded fantastic, definitely looking forward to having the fucker paid off so I can move on to a new cabinet. This purchase doesn't really fit in to my financial health plan, but I don't really care about too much these days so why not go all in?

- Checked out the Haggatha show at the Rudolph Rocker Cultural Centre the other night. I haven't been disappointed by a show in a really long time. GRIMHORSE solidified themselves as one of my favourite bands. They do such a great job of setting an atmosphere - there is an artistic element to their sets that I really enjoy. Its subtle, but really hits home. Killer DOOM, I can't wait to play with them again. Next up was PRAGUE... haven't had a chance to see them play in a really long time, mind you, I don't think they have played in a really long time. In any event, they were impressive as always, and I am pretty certain played an entirely new set from the last time I had the pleasure of seeing them. Extremely proficient, technically sound, and a handful to comprehend. I'm bad at this.. whatever, they were fucking good. Darcy and Craig strike again. Third on the bill was WOLBACHIA. Another band I haven't checked out in a number of months.. well worth the fucking wait. I was crushed by their set and I don't think I stopped smiling once. Blasting drums, weirdo timings from the strings, and gruff as fuck vocals. They added a number of slower more brutal parts to their set that really got the crowds head a bobbin'.. I don't know how bands do what they do... it sounds too hard. hah.

HAGGATHA closed out the show with an absolutely crushing set, I was in total mouth breather mode as I couldn't seem to get my jaw up off the ground. Nothing overtly technical, it is doom after all, but very precise changes, creative tempo changes, but more than anything else just a really dense sound creating a lot of tension. Mike summed it up best by saying, "thats one way to tell the world to fuck right off". 

I have photos from the show posted in the photos section. Just some shots of GRIMHORSE so far, I'll try to get the rest posted by mid-next week.

-Deaden along with 10 or more other great Winnipeg acts are heading to Foul Copse fest tomorrow. We're going on around 10:00 p.m I believe. I'm really fucking thrilled to be playing this show, so many good bands, so many wonderful people, a lake, camping... fuck. Just what the doctor ordered. Go relax, adster.. you're allowed to.

-Still not sleeping as well as I would like to be. Cue the 2:25am posting.