JET The MOD Club in Toronto, Ontario on July 6, 2009 Full Photo Set (10 photos) Even if you have seen the business cards I hand out sometimes, what you might not know is that the image I use on the front of the card is of Nic Cester (vocals, guitar) from JET . Their 2003 album Get Born was played heavily in my household, and even though their second album [...]
Deleted Scenes Circus School Sneaky Dee's in Toronto, Ontario on July 5, 2009 Full Photo Set (10 photos) Wavelength is a weekly live music series that is run every Sunday night at Sneaky Dee's. It showcases independent bands ( Broken Social Scene , The Constantines , Tokyo Police Club have all played Wavelength in the past), but in my experience, it also includes some of the more [...]
Theory Of A Deadman, The Parlor Mob Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario on June 25, 2009 Full Photo Set (14 photos) It was really only by chance that I ended up at the Theory Of A Deadman concert. As I mentioned in my Sunday article about The Artist Sanctuary , I noticed one of the guys from Theory Of A Deadman was wearing a shirt from The Parlor Mob , and when I spoke [...]
The Artist Sanctuary - Sunday Hotel Le Germain Toronto, Ontario on June 21, 2009 Full Photo Set (24 photos) Sometimes I wake up on Monday and wonder how I managed to get through the past few days without forgetting who I am. I was out on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday for NXNE, and then spent some of Saturday at The Artist Sanctuary. I had to leave early on Saturday, but for a [...]
The Artist Sanctuary - Saturday Hotel Le Germain Toronto, Ontario on June 20, 2009 Full Photo Set (12 photos) Although I had just spent three late nights out during NXNE, the MuchMusic Video Awards were coming up on Sunday night, and that meant getting to spend time at The Artist Sanctuary, an event that ran on both Saturday and Sunday. On the first day, I was only able to stay for a few hours, but during that time I saw [...]
NXNE '09 Friday Night Songs From A Room, Burning Brides, Melissa Auf der Maur The Sadies, Mark Berube and The Patriotic Few Toronto, Ontario on June 19, 2009 Full Photo Set (32 photos) As is almost always the case for me with festivals, I tend to be overly ambitious on the first night and then pare it back significantly for the next (and remaining) nights, and NXNE [...]
NXNE '09 Thursday Night Zeus, Mardeen, The Details, Rah Rah, Amos The Transparent, Grand Theft Bus, Modernboys Moderngirls, We Are The Take Toronto, Ontario on June 18, 2009 Full Photo Set (46 photos) Although I posted Pete's NXNE '09 Picks , I didn't intend that to be my schedule. But for Thursday, I ended up following my picks list fairly closely, with some help from another [...]
Jets Overhead The Last True Gentlemen, The Evelyn Room The Horseshoe in Toronto, Ontario on June 9, 2009 Full Photo Set (21 photos) Before I climbed onto the White Cowbell Oklahoma mobile party bus and got lost in the fun that was NXNE, I went out on a Tuesday to The Horseshoe to catch Jets Overhead , but also to see what The Last True Gentlemen were [...]
NXNE '09 Opening Night w/ White Cowbell Oklahoma All over Toronto, Ontario on June 17, 2009 Full Photo Set (15 photos) NXNE '09 kicked off with an Opening Party at The Berkeley Church, but the event of the night, the one that everyone was talking about the next day, was the Arts & Crafts opening night showcase at The Courthouse. The Special Guest turned out to be (fairly predictably) Broken Social Scene , but the unpredictable part was that Feist [...]
Inward Eye Tattoo Rock Parlour in Toronto, Ontario on June 4, 2009 Full Photo Set (10 photos) "When was the last time you saw a band like that?!?" was the question that was posed to me immediately after Inward Eye left the stage. My response? "They're amazing." But what I should've said was "April 9th" because that was the date I last saw Inward Eye perform, when they opened for Thornley [...]
Here it is, the week of NXNE , where Toronto is host to an amazing variety of independent music and music-related films from both Canada and abroad. I've been trying to find time to do some rough planning, but still haven't figured out where I'm going to end up. Despite that, here are picks that I hope provide you with enough incentive to get out and see some great independent music. If you're thinking of getting out more than one night, or planning on hopping from venue to venue, the NXNE wristband is [...]
Revival Dear The Undesirables Rivoli in Toronto, Ontario on June 4, 2009 Full Photo Set (12 photos) I had so many different options for the night of June 4th, it was almost like being out at a restaurant and wanting to order everything on the menu. But when the wait staff finally showed up and asked for my order, I suddenly knew what I wanted; I decided on an appetizer of [...]
The Reason Songs From A Room Amos The Transparent Bovine Sex Club in Toronto, Ontario on June 3, 2009 Full Photo Set (32 photos) I wasn't planning on going out on Wednesday night, so I didn't really look around to see what was on. But around 5pm that night I checked my Facebook and saw a status update talking about the line-up at the [...]
Cage The Elephant / Cage The Elephant 11 Track CD Released: May 19, 2009 Cage The Elephant was recommended to me from three different people in the course of four days. The music isn't quite what I expected, but I have to admit that every single one of them was right when they said "You'll like it". Although the band hails from Kentucky, they play happy, British-inspired, vigorous indie-rock, laced with slide guitars and backed [...]
Dog Day Lee's Palace in Toronto, Ontario on May 28, 2009 Full Photo Set (9 photos) Halifax-based Dog Day was in Toronto as part of a May/June tour to promote their new album, Concentration , that was released on April 28th. The tour started with a hometown CD release party on May 1st and takes them across the country ending up in Vancouver, BC on June 14th, followed by another show in Moncton, [...]
Amos The Transparent Make Your Exit The Horseshoe in Toronto, Ontario on May 22, 2009 Full Photo Set (20 photos) There have been some good shows this month, but the show I was looking forward to the most was Amos The Transparent at The Horseshoe, especially after seeing them play an incredible set during Canadian Music Week at the Rancho Relaxo. Amos The Transparent Ottawa-based Amos [...]
Blue October Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, Ontario on May 19, 2009 Full Photo Set (12 photos) When it comes to movies, I'm pretty good at avoiding spoilers. I don't really pay attention to reviews, at least not reviews that give away the story. But when it comes to music, I spend a fair amount of time listening to CDs, investigating bands, reading reviews, and spending time out at concerts. But somehow I managed to accidentally avoid images or reviews [...]
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