Yamantaka // Sonic Titan & Boyhood @ Zaphod Beeblebrox [January 11, 2013]

I was really excited for this show at Zaphod Beeblebrox on January 11th.
Sort of Déjà vu from last year but in a different venue and early show time.
It was also a packed show thanks to the buzz and being on the Polaris Music Prize Shortlistfrom the headlining band they had from 2012.
Talking about the show with:
• Yamantaka // Sonic Titan

• Boyhood

Who says Ottawa is a boring city?

The show started off with Ottawa’s Boyhood.
I was glad to see them play live considering I missed out on their tape-release show on December 6th.
They were just amazing with their experimental alternative pop music.
Definitely Caylie didn’t bleed on her guitar this time. 😛
Amazing rocking set to say the least!
Don’t forget to vote for Boyhood on this poll.

Finally it was YT//ST!!
Can you believe this is my sixth time?!! (First time was in 2010 at Pop Montreal)
I was very excited since the last time they were in Ottawa was last year.
Of course they enter in style with the Dragon.
Always amazing to see that!

You got to give props to the Ottawa Explosion crew in making this YT//ST totally crazy and wild.
Things got pretty wild once they played.
People moshing left, right and centre and even crowd surfing until the security put a kabosh on it!! (Glad I didn’t get clobbered)
Even on the new song Atalanta//Whale Song which is a epic piano prog-rock ballad, people were still going at it.
When they played Hoshi Neko, the audience sang along to the Japanese lyrical prog-rock song! (It is a easy song to sing!)
I have to say it’s been awhile where Zaphods was this packed and wild.
Despite being a early I was really happy to see them live no matter how big or small the venue is.
Favorite moment was when Alaska quoted in part of #IdleNoMore:
“We wanna dedicate this set to Prime Minister Penis Harbor”
The show was visually entertaining!

Here are the rest of the photos.