photo of Jason Collett at the Grad Club on 26 November 2005 by Tamingnoise . Imagine this: you are sitting in a field on a beautiful summer day, perhaps leaning back on a blanket. There are a few hundred people, hair tussled from a gorgeous ferry ride, along with kids and dogs. It is relaxed and relaxing. You have a cold beer in your hand because being ghettoized in a "beer tent" is for lame festivals. In the late afternoon/early evening, following on from Plants & Animals (whom I talked about last week), Jason Collett [...]
Howdy folks. We are just four short weeks away until the small town of Marysville on Wolfe Island (not to be confused with the other Marysville, which is located just east of Belleville) is invaded with some of the best bands around as the Wolfe Island Music Fest rocks and rolls for two days of awesomeness. Last year, my first, was stellar. With another great lineup, this year should be no different. Need a reminder of who is going to be there? ok, here it is: August 8th (8:30pm) The Town Hall Hootenanny [...]
photo from the show by Rebecca Carter at Relix. Lean in close. Sam Beam speaks in whispers and gentle strums so you have to give him your full attention. Iron & Wine is perfect for these humid summer nights. The music evokes mangrove, cicada, condensation on your drink leaving a dark ring on the table, & [...]
photo taken at the Gladstone by Marc Hodges. Hey everyone. I hope you all had a smashing Canada Day. To celebrate I'm going to give a quick shout out to a great, Canadian band, The Rural Alberta Advantage, who shared the bill with Entire Cities at The Artel. Going into this show I had a passing [...]
photo by Jenny Charlon, taken at at the Alex P. Keaton in London, ON, from the Entire Cities FB album. Well my friends, it is time for the Skeleton Park Music Festival. It starts tonight and there is an action packed lineup of great bands from near and far - over twenty acts in all - [...]
It has! and its great! Featuring Entire Cities, Jenny Omnichord, The Burning Hell, The Mahones, and many more bands along with dancers, crafts, puppet shows, its gonna be a weekend full of awesome. Oh, and its free. So, so good. For the full line up and more details check out their website. [...]
photo Howdy from the east coast, folks. This is gonna be a short one but a good, nay great, one. The Ghost Bees are from Halifax but they sound like they are from a place far away both geographically and temporally. They are not from around these parts, you might say, but that's ok, because while [...]
Great Lake Swimmers photo by DoneWaiting, taken at HighFive, Columbus, OH, 7 April 2006 The last time I talked about Old Man Leudecke I was featuring Great Lake Swimmers, who were coming through town the next day and the last Time Tony Dekker came to the Grad Club he was accompanied by Julie Fader who [...]
photo courtesy of The Artel. Man-oh-man am I behind on this. TONIGHT, May 21st, Old Man Luedecke is going to be at the Grad Club and you should go see him. It's an Apple Crisp show celebrating the release of The Gertrudes' new record and a Skeleton Park Music Festival fundraiser (no word on the [...]
Photo from 9 April 2008 at the Phoenix by Chromewaves. For some great photos of the night I'm talking about, also by Frank, click here. One of my favourite albums of last year was the New Pornographers' Challengers. I don't get why so many people were so down on this record - so what if it's [...]
the gorgeous show poster is by Benjamin Nelson. I don't know how this escaped the attention of my Show Listing editor (that's going to be one fired webmonkey, that's all I have to say) but what is undoubtedly going to be the most raucous, amazing, bewildering, sweaty, dancey show of the year is happening this Saturday. [...]
photo of Stars at the Bronson Centre, Ottawa on April 3, 2008 by Lenny W. When you see Stars perform you should expect the following things: dreamy eye-d songs of booze, sex, death, etc.; intimacy no matter how large the room is; some political commentary mixed with personal and often amusing stories; great harmonies & lushness [...]
Hey folks, Its official. The line up for the 2008 Wolfe Island Music Fest has been announced. Mark your calendar, grab a hat and a blanket, and get ready to have your socks rocked off. Here it is - the lineup: August 9th (8:30pm) The Town Hall Hootenanny featuring Carolyn Mark, Jenny Whiteley, Joey Wright, Luther Wright and [...]
photo from WM's myspace by Stephanie Bell, 6 January 2006 Hey there b(oot)log fans. I've been neglecting you a bit, I know, but I haven't forgotten about you an will still be trying to sate your need for wonderful live music. As the students are heading out of town the frequency of shows tends to lessen [...]
photo from The Coast's myspace by Jess Baumung. This Saturday (26 April) Julie Doiron is gracing the Grad Club stage. You know and love her and I'm not going to be talking about her today. What I want to do is suggest that you get to the show early to check out the opening band, The [...]
You may know that Born Ruffians are making a name for themselves with their romping & rollicking songs filled with stops, starts, hairpin turns, and a general herky-jerkyness. You may know that they had an excellent ep which was bursting with ideas. And you may know, if you've heard their debut full-length, "Red, Yellow, & [...]
Photo by Jalapeno, taken at South Street Seaport, New York City, 20 July 2007 Since I was impatient and already posted my Rock Plaza Central set from the last time they were in town, I thought I'd give you a bit of a taste of a bunch of different live RPC that I've collected from here [...]
Okay folks, I know I'm running a few days behind on this (last) week's post but here is something that I think is pretty cool. If you want to know why I love the Ceeb (although, no more Air Farce? That's kinda sad) and why you should too, here is just one example of the [...]
photo from Stars' studio session with Gideon Coe, BBC6, 9Dec2005 which can be heard here. I hope the Easter Bunny was kind to everyone this weekend. On this sunny, lazy Easter Monday morning, evening, I have one more treat for you which, while not chocolatey is certainly sweet. On April 4th Stars will return to Kingston [...]
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