I made my way over to the Tran­zac last Fri­day to catch my friend Stuart’s monthly “Out of this Spark presents” con­cert. Stu’s been doing these shows for a while now and I’ve yet to miss one. They’re always nice, laid-back affairs, where you’re sure to see unique sets from both fresh tal­ent and more estab­lished acts. The lineup for the night was The Youngest, whose short, wist­ful set left me truly impressed, VIVIV, the lat­est project from Ken Reaume, and finally, Casey Mecija of Ohbi­jou. I’ll be hon­est, it was pretty late by the time Casey went on and I’d had a few drinks, so I col­lapsed into a seat right up front and tried film­ing to the best of my ine­bri­ated abil­i­ties. So please, watch this video of Casey play­ing a song that I’d never heard before – her sis­ter Jenny is singing back­ups and really nails it. Love ‘em.

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I just uncov­ered this gem that I shot last month dur­ing NXNE.  I wasn’t able to take in too many shows that week due to my work sched­ule, but Casey and Jonas we’re play­ing right across the street at Whip­per­snap­per so I ducked out and caught a few tunes, includ­ing this one — a bois­ter­ous take of the track “Thun­derlove” from Ohbijou’s new album Bea­cons. It was a lot of fun see­ing them play together, they should do it more often. Evening Hymns have an album called Spirit Guides pretty much in the can, so hope­fully we’ll have it in our hands by the end of the year. I’ve heard a bit of it, sounds pretty epic.

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