On this episode Tyler and Jen talk to Keith Hamilton, creator and organizer of the Pitter Patter Music Festival . Featuring songs by Sandman Viper Command ("Oh Yeah, It's Fusion"), Parlovr ("On the Phone"), Pick A Piper ("Yellowknife"), Two Year Touqe ("Sea Unicorns"), Golden Isles ("Zombie Heart"), and The Champion Heartache ("Emergency"). Many new, good discoveries this week! The festival is happening this weekend in many venues across 8 different cities. Tons of good bands and shows to check out. Full details here . [...]
First, I review Slim Twig's new album, Contempt! , then I tell you about the ticket + CD giveaway. Back in October I included Slim Twig (band and man) on my list of the top 10 hottest Canadian bands of 2008. The local Toronto weeklies are big fans, too. To wit: this , and this . But the success of Slim Twig was never a given. His music is . . . weird. Which is part of the point. Slim has little [...]
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The Over the Top Festival is happening this weekend in Toronto! Music and film and theatre. It's nuts, and all organized by one guy (Eric Warner, with help from his friends). Music is what most interests me, so here's what you need to know to make the best of your Thursday through Saturday. There are advance tickets for many of the shows, available at Rotate This and Soundscapes . You can also purchase a festival pass, which gets you into all the music, films, and plays (but not " The Book of Judith "). Tickets [...]
After seven years and three albums—2004's Spaces to Occupy and Abandon , 2007's full-length Last Blush , and the new Young Glow EP—Toronto-by-way-of-Brampto n band Five Blank Pages are calling it quits. The two remaining original members Noyan Hilmi and his wife Pinar Ozyetis reunite with their former drummer (Noyan's sister Chelen, helping out on the kit but mostly singing backup; Michael Reles is the band's current drummer) and bassist (Rajiv Thavanathan) to play their final show on Saturday, 23 May, at the Mod Club. Also serving as a CD release party for Young [...]
A couple Sundays from now, 24 May, is the anniversary of Bob Dylan 's birth. An annual musical celebration's been happening in Toronto for the past 8 years, and the 9th is taking place on the date in question at C'est What (67 Front St. E). The night will feature "music from 5 decades of Bob Dylan." Hard to go wrong with that, eh? Local singer-songwriters and Dylan fans Dave Borins , Amy Campbell , Sarah Loucks , "Big Daddy Z" Noah Zacharin , and host Shawn Clarke are the night's [...]
This is a special episode all about the Over the Top Festival , featuring the festival's creater and organizer, Eric Warner. Jen and Tyler have a conversation with Eric, and play songs from bands performing during the 3-day event, including Clues ("Remember Severed Head"), Think About Life ("Johanna"), The Wooden Sky ("North Dakota"), Woods ("The Dark"), Tiny Masters of Today ("Skeletons"), and Five Blank Pages ("Stem Skin & Pit"). Eric tells us about how the festival has grown over the years---he started it when he [...]
Like this list? Join my Google Group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Or, the Facebook group . Subscribe to my weekly podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . Or just listen to the latest one, and all the other ones, at Zygiella . Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm [...]
Jen and Tyler welcomed Bryan David Ward and Justin Myler from the Brampton / Toronto band Black Hat Brigade to the podcast this week. We talked about their new record; the interplay between song-writing, performance, and recording; touring and building a fan base; promotion and fundraising techniques for bands; and some other stuff. Featuring songs by Black Hat Brigade ("Kitchen Party"), The Speaking Tongues ("Run To My Door"), Mantler ("Hoped For Chance"), Radius & Helena ("Double Dragon"), The Craft Economy ("Big Purse Lil' Dawg"), and Diamond Rings [...]
This week Jen and Tyler are joined by Tyler Johnston, Shehzaad Jiwani, and Brian Craig from the band Arietta . In between the gabbering we play songs by Arietta ("Northearned"), Cancel Winter ("The Silence"), METZ ("Soft Whiteout"), Hamilton Trading Co. ("Element"), This is Picture ("Photoshop"), and Cold Dead Hands ("All the Juice"). Topics of conversation include what it's like being a DIY band, the recording process, the "tech rock" world, and how I met Tyler J. (the one in the pink hat.) All equally enthralling [...]
Like this list? Join my Google Group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Or, the Facebook group . Subscribe to my weekly podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . Or just listen to the latest one, and all the other ones, at Zygiella . Make sure to check the rest of this blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something [...]
Ponytail , a Baltimore band that plays beat-driven, primal (in terms of the wordless vocals), eminently mosh-able noise pop, hit up Toronto last Wednesday as part of their first headlining tour. The quartet joined locals(ish) Brides and Romo Roto at the Deleon White Gallery on College St. near Dufferin. The west-end space is now hosting shows thanks to promoters Primary Colors [yeah: sic], and this is a good thing. The neighbourhood, however, might not agree. A large open subterranean room with white walls and three wooden pillars, that night there was little art on display: two [...]
Tyler and Jen welcome Lowell Sostomi and Andrew Kekewich from the Toronto band Great Bloomers to the podcast. In between chatting we play songs by Ponytail ("Beg Waves"), John Doe & the Sadies ("Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?"), Green Go ("Put Your Specs on Boy"), Sports ("Warn Me"), Great Bloomers ("Speak of Trouble"), and The Rural Alberta Advantage (untitled song, WOXY [Cincinnati radio station] live recording). Great Bloomer 's new album, Speak of Trouble , is now out [...]
Like this list? Join my Google Group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Or, the Facebook group . Subscribe to my weekly podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . Or just listen to the latest one, and all the other ones, at Zygiella . Make sure to check the rest of this blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something [...]
First, I review the new album. Scroll down further for a couple song downloads for contest details. As a live music fan rather than an avid clubber, I prefer bands to DJs—no disrespect intended. But I do like dancing, and once in a while a really top-notch electro group can get me really moving. Woodhands , of course. But perhaps my second favourite is a young Guelph band called Green Go . Up to now, to take a bit of the party home with me, I've had to do with a smattering [...]
Like this list? Join my Google Group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Or, the Facebook group . Subscribe to my weekly podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . Or just listen to the latest one, and all the other ones, at Zygiella . Make sure to check the rest of this blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something [...]
Featuring Black Hat Brigad e ("Zombie City Shake"), Beth In Battle Mode ("A Little-Known Fact"), The Ghost Is Dancing ("Battles On"), Emma-Lee ("Never Just A Dream"), and T H O M A S ("Feels Delight"). Listen at Zygiella Download the podcast RSS (subscribe / download this and past podcasts) iTunes (subscribe) Next week: Special musical guest(s)! Hint . What do you think of the new intro style we've got? --- [...]
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