Early in August, Wax Mannequin played Lethbridge’s Slice Bar and Grill, and was a treat as always! I saw him earlier that weekend in Calgary, but his Lethbridge show was by far the better of the two. We really love him here, and you can tell how much he feels that in his performance.

A gift from a fan:

I hadn’t heard of Maria in the Shower until catching them open for Lily Fawn at the Slice a few weeks ago, but they impressed me in a huge way and were luckily playing their own show at Slice again the week after! Their music is a fun ecclectic blend of all kinds of delightful things and fantastic for dancing to. Not only is their music amazing, but they are top notch performers, never letting their energy wane for a moment; I’m sure the pictures speak volumes of that.

Check out their MySpace page!

Yes, he plays them at the same time :)

It’s been a while since they were last here, so Lethbridge was stoked Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollz had finally returned to the city for one of their awesome rockabilly/burlesque shows. This was their first time playing at Henotic (which is unfortunately ending operations in two weeks), and it was a fantastic venue for this show. As usual I enjoyed every moment of their performance, and wish they could have played for several more hours!

Disclaimer: Some of these photos come pretty close to being topless (but in true burlesque style, the girls are wearing pasties!), so if side-boob offends you or if you are at work you better not click through the rest ;)

Lethbridge’s own psychobilly band The Phantom Creeps opened the show, fresh back from touring!

As you can see, I am still catching up on a few things! Back in December the JPS Trio invited all their fans out to Henotic to take part in the filming of their first music video, done by the multi-talented Dan Berdusco of Lethbridge Link. The cameras stayed rolling all night while the crowd danced to to the band’s energetic set of originals and a few funky covers. The band is hoping to get this video onto MuchMusic, so wish them luck!

Dan Berdusco opened the show…

Planet Telex followed Dan

And then the JPS Trio

Even as someone who can do the “Elvis-snarl”, I can’t comprehend how Johnpaul does this with his lips…

This October was Lethbridge’s 3rd Annual Zombie Walk, and we had a great turnout despite the cold. Many people brought along their little zombies this year, so our efforts to stress it was a family event were definitely not in vain! This may be surprising since I love photographing zombies, but I’m not a big fan of zombie movies – I’ve only seen several! I just thrive on photographing unusual things, and zombies are so full of textures and character and a hunger for brains…

Cassandra did my makeup again this year. I met her at the first zombie walk because she had my favorite makeup, and we have become great friends (and her one of my favorite models) since then! When she answered her door this year, I was a little scared to come in…

Jeremy carved his face piece out of a full Styrofoam skull from Walmart, and also make Cassandra’s “guts” you see above. These two are missing their calling by not being in movie or stage makeup!

The parents taught their little zombies to attack anyone who wasn’t a zombie. I think they all got their daily servings of brains, which are really important for growing zombies.

This baby’s parents exclaimed, “Ah, zombies!” and thrust the stroller at us. This photo is misleading, because most of the time she was giggling like crazy when the zombies came at her!

Lethbridge’s The Phantom Creeps started out the after party at Slice.

John from the Brains and his wife Danielle working the merch table – they are one of my favorite couples. I have been online friends with Danielle for a very long time, but since she lives in Montreal and rarely tours with the guys, this was the first time I got to meet her!

The Grave Mistakes

We were so lucky to have the Brains play for us a third year in a row!

Even though I was there taking photos, I had to dress up too! I went as Zombie Gaga, since I’m a little obsessed with Lady Gaga these days! You will only ever see me as a blonde if I have this wig on…
(makeup by Cassandra, photos by Dino)

We also got media coverage from CityTV:

Pilot Speed (formerly Pilate) recently returned to Lethbridge to play at Henotic and played an absolutely breathtaking show, as they always do. The crowd was unfortunately small, but completely wrapped up in the gorgeous music these guys made. I usually forget how great their music is until I hear them live, and then I get really addicted to them for a few weeks after. This is another band you should definitely check out!