Ketamines and Play Guitar give a taste of Sled Island

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A busy week started on Tuesday, June 21 with the Ketamines, Play Guitar, babysitter and Fist City playing a pre-Sled Island show at the Slice.Play Guitar at the Slice, June 21. Photo by Richard Amery
 The Ketamines started off a night of extreme volume with extreme volume and sounded like the MC5 and The Stooges tossed into a blender with a handful of rusty bolts and frayed electrical wires, but you could hears some neat guitar riffs.

This time loud organ was replaced by loud guitars which drowned out Paul Lawton’s vocals. They had a fantastic Tuesday night crowd of about 50 on their feet and cheering for their tight set of noisy garage rock.


 The band I came out to see was Play Guitar who came out from Halifax for their first Lethbridge show. And while the name makes you expect some sort of Eddie Van Halen style fretboard pyrotechnics, they were in fact the exact opposite.


 They laid down intense layers of effects drenched guitar lines mixed with keyboard riffs and a solid groove.


 The vocals and the soundscapes along with a strong pop feel gave them a Talking Heads/ ’80s new wave sound.


I was impressed with the whole package and was actually hoping they’d play longer especially when the lead singer brought out an ancient electric 12 string and created weird sounds with it.

 — By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor

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