Photos by: Stephen McGill –
With their former At The Drive-In band-mate Omar Rodríguez-López performing with his new band Bosnian Rainbows a few blocks away at the MOD Club, former guitarist Jim Ward and drummer Tony Hajjar and their band Sparta invaded Toronto’s Lee’s Palace last night with support from Toronto-based rockers The Dirty Nil and Seas, which featured .moneen’s. Chris Hughes, Erik Hughes, and Peter Krpan.
Jim Ward of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Luke Bentham of The Dirty Nil in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Jim Ward of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Chris Hughes of Seas in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Peter Krpan of Seas in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Luke Bentham of The Dirty Nil in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Dave Nardi of The Dirty Nil in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Luke Bentham of The Dirty Nil in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Keeley Davis of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Kyle Fisher of The Dirty Nil in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Keeley Davis of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Matt Miller of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Jim Ward of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Tony Hajjar of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Jim Ward of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Keeley Davis of Sparta in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Chris Hughes of Seas in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
Erik Hughes of Seas in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)
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the opener was SEAS, not “the seas”.
http://seasmusic.bandcamp.com/
Posted by bsideniagara | February 24, 2013, 5:00 pmThanks for clarifying! Sorry about getting the band name wrong. SongKick said “The Seas,” which lead us to an Austin, Texas-based band called The Seas and since Sparta is from Texas we were under the impression that we had the right band.
Posted by Aesthetic Magazine Toronto | February 24, 2013, 6:12 pm