We are doing Golden Bloggen Nights Part 2 at the Mandrake this Sunday. If you couldn't make it out last week don't worry. This week will be bigger and better. We have live performances from some Up-and-Coming L.A. Hip-Hop groups and of course I will be on the Wheels of Steel. I know none of y'all hot work on Monday cuz of Martin Luther King Day so come party with your boy Keyvon aka Kool Ethan. We'll be there from 9PM-Midnight. And enjoy this mash-up and mix in the meantime. Kool Ethan - Grindin 4 Pleasure [...]
[UPDATED] Remember 2009? Good times, right? We remember it fondly. In particular, Monday night we remembered that we had promised to give away a copy of the mighty Nosferatu D2 's sole release We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise . And then it sort of slipped our minds. Well, the giveaway did, but the record certainly did not. After singing its praises here , we named it one of the 10 best records of 2009 right here . The very good news is that -- in [...]
meine mir liebsten songs in 2009 sind kaum mehr an fünf händen abzuzählen. aber eine auswahl wollte getroffen sein. nachfolgend also 50, die mir ohne groß nachzudenken untergekommen sind. dass yo la tengo und laura gibson das glück hatten, gleich mit zweien dabei zu sein, hängt nur mit meiner mangelnden gedächtnisleistung zusammen. es gäbe unzählig mehr, aber die zeit ist zu knapp und das neue jahr will fortan besungen sein. ein letzter blick zurück: 1. scott matthew – for dick 2. josephine foster - she sweeps with [...]
So here we are at Day 2 of the "Best of 20093 Blogger Crew and today is a monster post from E. over at Das Klienicum . It's a monster because he is posting on his top 50 albums of the year and he even has ratings broken out by number of stars (ranked out of 5 as best)....ummm, top 50 people!! There isn't gushing, there isn't microscopic dissection of each album in order to create some sort of reasoning, there is simply that feeling when you just know that this album is good and [...]
The polka-less Grammys shortlist has been been birthed out . Beyonce is leading on the most nominations front, which we think is the music industry's way of telling her she's looking old now. Here - as is now traditional - is the full shortlist. It's bloody long, so if you're not interested in the detail, click here to leap to the bottom . THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. Final Nominations List 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2008 through [...]
Last year , EAR FARM featured 43 bands in our Band of the Week feature... ranging from relative unknowns (such as The Laughing and Bombadil ) to interviews with indie-rock legends (see The Wedding Present and Silver Jews ) to everything else in between. In 2009 we set out to one-up ourselves, and as it turns out we've done just that. This year EAR FARM featured 45 bands as Band of the Week, again flexing our genre chops across the entire spectrum of what we consider to be the best music being [...]
Last year , EAR FARM featured 43 bands in our Band of the Week feature... ranging from relative unknowns (such as The Laughing and Bombadil ) to interviews with indie-rock legends (see The Wedding Present and Silver Jews ) to everything else in between. In 2009 we set out to one-up ourselves, and as it turns out we've done just that. This year EAR FARM featured 45 bands as Band of the Week, again flexing our genre chops across the entire spectrum of what we consider to be the best music being [...]
And chop it, did they ever. Junior Boys , from Toronto and the electronic blue abyss, put on a deft display of chilled electro ballads and thumping dance inducers Saturday night. This was my second time in their presence and they didn't disappoint. Lack of disappointment is inherent to their impassioned synthetic craft . Chop Suey, on the other hand, I've kind of come to loathe attending shows at given how headliners rarely take the stage before midnight. Which, fine, it's [...]
Artoutside.org's 3 Day Show in between Houston, Austin, and Dallas showcases art, film, media, and performance acts from around the State - Okay this looks pretty awesome Scroll For complete details, visit http://www.artoutside.org Tentative Schedule for Art Outside, 2009 Visual Artists and Roving/Off Stage Performances Roving/Off Stage Performances Austin Enchanted Forest Interactive Area [...]
( I'm posting what I've got before I run off to catch more Summerworks shows; the update will be completed late tonight - all the picks for this weekend, save for Sunday Night Live , are Summerworks related, anyway. - Steve ) The update's back! I took a week off to prep for the Summerworks Festival - you can read my special posts on the Theatre and Music Series on the site - so this here's the first weekly update since July. Let's dive right in, shall we? [...]
(photo via christheobscure's Flickr ) I no longer want to fuck Emily Haines. Metric - Gimme Sympathy (mp3) ( buy Fantasies ) The Beatles or the Rolling Stones? Oh Emily come on . Who are you now? My dad (*)? The Grammy Awards? You and me, Em, we've gotten old and maybe a little wise and oh so dull. Metric ( myspace ) released its fourth album Fantasies [...]
Ok, so I've got nothing I want to post, in terms of music, at the moment. And all sorts of rants and ideas rattling around in my head instead. If I hurry and finish this before 3 a.m. when I know I go a bit crazy I think we'll be o.k.! Over on Matthew's blog we've been discussing/arguing about taste... musical taste. It all started out innocently enough with Himself musing over the focus of his music gaze, has it become more tunnel-visioned than it used to be due to listening to so much [...]
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 [...]
The fine folks at KCRW are offering up a free 20 song download for members and non-members alike, and it's a nice offering (which they usually sell for about $20). All you have to do is sign up HERE and KCRW will send you a code to redeem on ITunes. Enjoy. QUOTE Andrew Bird - "Fitz and the Dizzyspells" (from Noble Beast) Holly Conlan - "OK" (from Bird EP (self release) Deadmau5 - "I Remember" (from Random Album Title) [...]
Her Space Holiday and City Light will spend the month of May on tour with one another, beginning May 6 at Bottom of the Hill. The two bands are also releasing a split 7" to commemorate the tour where they cover each-other. City Light take on "New Kid Revival" which originally appeared on XOXO, Panda and the New Kid Revival . Her Space Holiday tackle "All You Demons" from City Lights' 2008 debut, Down the Pacific . You can pick up the record from Banter Records . If [...]
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from this week's music releases : Bill Callahan: Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle "Eid Ma Clack Shaw" [mp3] Black Eyed Dog: Rhaianuledada (Songs To Sissy [...]
Every week we team up with our good friends at Hypeful to bring you the best new music releases. Much like every week this year there are loads of great stuff hitting the shelves. If you're anything like me you're going to have a difficult time making a decision at the record store. I this is a good problem to have. A lot of great music is better than no great music. Feel free to share what you will be picking up today. Check out the new releases, album art, streams, and [...]
( I'm thinking it's only fair to begin randomizing which topic starts off the week's update, so they all get a chance to be "above the fold". of course, that means you have to click "More" to read about "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot", "Bonnie & Clyde", "Appetite", and.. well, more! - Steve) Electro-pop duo Woodhands and a bevy of other sweat-inducing bands play the Phoenix Nightclub next Friday Apr. 17th. In Music , This [...]
CircleSquare is the music project fronted by former local boy Jeremy Shaw . Shaw has recently fled Vancouver's insanely high cost of living for the artist-affordable haven of Berlin, like many other Canadian performers such as the mighty Peaches ! I did a piece for CBC Radio 3 (featuring Jeremy Shaw and Peaches) on Canadians who move. Listen to that here. Shaw is also an accomplished visual/conceptual artist. Perhaps his most remembered piece is Jeremy Shaw: DMT , where he videotaped people on DMT and their ramblings. Great [...]
This Week's Other Releases
Essential Mix - Riva Starr (Feb)
Cover That Don't Suck
Reuse Recycle Remix - February 8
