Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something you think I should list, or you have any comments, let me know. I star (*) shows that most interest me.
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THURSDAY (23 july)
* Diamond Rings and Kat Burns (Forest City Lovers) @ Delaware House, 7pm, pwyc. All ages. Bring BBQables to put on the grill. Afterward, a group will head over to the Wooden Sky rooftop show.
Michael Holt and friends @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.
The Rosewoods, Gavin Slate, and more @ Holy Joe's, 9pm, $5.
Final Thought, Fire Life, Credible Witness, and My October @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $5.
Devil Eyes w/ Ancestors and Hurry Hard @ Velvet Underground, 8:45pm, $5.
Jeff the Brotherhood, Bathurst Queens, Teenage X, and Overpower @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $6.
* Burn Down The Capital presents The Shalabi Effect, Cousins Of Reggae, Normal Love, Broken Tree Fort, and Thrashed Genes @ The Boat, 9pm, $8.
* Shelby Lamb (CD release) w/ Sean Macdonald and Ian Woodhouse @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 9pm, $10 (includes CD).
Download: Shelby Lamb, "Roam" (Tudro, 2009).
The Official Cutting Edge Music Festial Pre-Party feat. William the Conqueror, tba, Monday's Fiction, Awakening State, and Ray Melana @ Supermarket, 8:30pm, $10.
* C. R. Avery, The Undesirables, and Leif Vollebekk @ The Rivoli, 9pm, $10.
FRIDAY (24 july)
* Delhi 2 Dublin @ Yonge & Dundas Square, 8pm, free. All ages.
* Jenn Grant (9:30pm) and Hey Rosetta! (8pm) @ Harbourfront Centre (Sirius Stage), 8pm, free. All ages. Excellent.
The Wet Spots @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-11pm, $5.
* TWM 45 feat. Wordburglar (CD release), Toolshed, Jesse Dangerously, Peter Project, More or Les, and Fresh Kils (The Les Kils EP release) @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5 (before 10:30pm, $8 after).
* The Paint Movement, Michou, and Andrew Devillers @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $6.
Download: The Paint Movement, "Faults" (Our Eurythmy, 2009).
* Toronto SynthFest 09 Day 1 feat. Cobra Cut (DJ set), Golden Girls, Silly Kissers, Adolf Glitter, and Digits @ The Tranzac, 7:30pm, $7 for one day, $12 for both.
* WreckingBall Entertainment presents Bella Clava, La Casa Muerte, StereoGoesStellar, and The Dress Whites @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, $7.
Download: La Casa Muerte, "All The Wrong Moves" (La Casa Muerte, 2009).
* Clues w/ The Hoa Hoa's, Witchies, Gambletron, and Great Lenin's Ghost @ Silver Dollar, 9pm, $7.
Download: Clues, "Remember Severed Head" (Clues, 2009).
* Jon-Rae Fletcher w/ Ryan Driver @ the Imperial Pub, 9pm, $7.
No Borders (dance party) feat. The Superpowers (NYC Afrobeat) w/ Joanna Boromeo @ Supermarket, 10pm, $8.
James Finnerty (CD release) w/ Makita Hack & the Log Rollers @ Cameron House (Back Room), 9pm, $10.
SATURDAY (25 july)
* Amy Milan (9:30pm) and Gentleman Reg (8pm) @ Harbourfront Centre (Sirius Stage), 8pm, free. All ages. Amazing.
Broken Bricks (CD release) w/ guests @ The Monarch Lounge, 9pm, free. (The band wants you to dress up for this "black tie" event.)
Dog Is Blue w/ Edo @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.
Download: Dog Is Blue, "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (Bob Dylan cover; unreleased).
The Calzirians @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5.
Your Heart and Their Shallow Valley @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $5.
A Horse & His Boy, Matt Henderson, and E-Video @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-11pm, $5. A Horse & His Boy had to cancel their appearance.
Career Suicide, Brutal Knights, Social Circkle, Acid Refluc, and Molested Youth @ The Poor Alex (772 Dundas St. W.), 9pm, $10.
* The Parkas (CD release, final show) w/ Whitebelt Octopus @ The Silver Dollar, 10:30pm, $6.
Download: The Parkas, "Don't Say No" (You Should've Killed Us When You Had The Chance, 2009).
* Toronto SynthFest 09 Day 2 feat. OPOPO, PDF Format, Henrietta Lacks, Guy Dallas, and Alpine Continuum (members of Vowls) @ The Tranzac, 7:30pm, $7 for one day, $12 for both.
Download: PDF Format, "We Shall Eat Krill" (This Is What It Feels Like, 2009).
TWM presents Leonids, Wildlife, and Recordbreaker @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.
* No Shame presents The Burning Hell, Sports: The Band, and The Pining @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.
Download: The Burning Hell, "The Berlin Conference" (Baby, 2009).
Download: Sports: The Band, "Cast Lots" (s/t EP, 2008).
* Quest for Fire, Chylde, Saffron Sect, and Wyrd Visions @ Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $8.
Arise for Order, Affinity, Easy Sleazy, and Fancy Girls Market @ Lee's Palace, 9pm, $10.
* Calvin Johnson w/ Andre Charles Theriault @ Heartbeat (960 Queen St. W.), 8-11pm, $5-$10 sliding scale. All ages.
Primary Colors presents Chinese Stars, Tinsel Teeth, Magic Cheezies, and Brides @ Bread & Circus, 9:30pm, $7.
SUNDAY (26 july)
Youth Crime and The Beestings @ The Rearview Mirror, 3pm, free.
* The Dears @ Harbourfront Centre (Sirius Stage), 3pm, free. All ages.
* Laura Barrett @ Harbourfront Centre (Redpath Stage), 4:30pm, free. All ages.
Download: Laura Barrett, "Robot Ponies" (Earth Sciences, 2008).
* Wavelength afternoon show (part of P.S. Kensington) feat. Lullabye Arkestra, The Guest Bedroom, Cloak'ed Claw, Mindbender, Danger Bay, and Isla Craig @ Augusta Ave., south of College St., 3-7pm, free (weather permitting). All ages.
Download: The Guest Bedroom, "Stranglehold" (Treading Water/Blowing Smoke, 2008).
Download: Isla Craig, "Birds In Flight" (Isla Craig & The Continental Drift, 2009).
* Wavelength 473 feat. Jon-Rae Fletcher (w/ full band), Flotilla, and Great Bloomers, hosted by Doc Pickles, and visuals by General Chaos @ Sneaky Dee’s, 9pm, pwyc ($5-$10 suggested). Great lineup!
Download: Flotilla, "A Thousand Jacobs" (One Hundred Words For Water, 2009).
Download: Great Bloomers, "Speak Of Trouble" (Speak Of Trouble, 2009).
CANCELLED * The Burning Hell, Maybe Smith @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.
* Steamboat (3 sets) feat. Andre Ethier and more @ The Dakota Tavern, 10:30pm, $5. This is the last Steamboat Sunday of the summer.
MONDAY (27 july)
* Elvis Monday feat. Kaleidoscope City, Mamabolo, Kalle Mattson, Saskatoon Guitar Destroyer, and The People of Canada @ Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, free.
Download: Kalle Mattson, "Hall Of Oats" (Whisper Bee, 2009).
TUESDAY (28 july)
* The Junction (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6pm, free. All ages.
* Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. Songs from a Room, The Grates, Library Voices, and Too Many Sisters @ The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.
Download: Library Voices, "Step Off the Map & Float" (Hunting Ghosts & Other Collected Shorts, 2008).
The Octopus Project and Modernboys Moderngirls @ Lee's Palace, 8:30pm, $10 (adv tix avail for $8.50). The bands are on at 9pm and 10:15pm.
Download: Modernboys Moderngirls, "My Baby Says Boy, Don't You Ever Go" (I Might As Well Break It, 2009).
The Sarah & Jeff Show w/ Ryan Karam @ Supermarket, 9pm, pwyc.
Shane Koyczan & the Short Story Long @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 7:30pm, $10.
WEDNESDAY (29 july)
* PWYC Weds feat. Buck Starball, The Famines, Your Pretend Boyfriend, and Jay Sparrow @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, pwyc.
Creekwater Junkies, The Change, December Flood, and Dovetail Band @ The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, $4.
Les Badguys, Vanessa Legassi, and Wolf J McFarlane @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 7pm, $5.
* Zeus w/ The Golden Dogs @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $7.
Download: Zeus, "I Know" (Something Awesome, 2009).
Treestar w/ A Science Primitive, Time Brings Change, Streetcore, and Freedom Thirty-Five @ The Kathedral, 7pm, $10. All ages.
6 comments:
Heyyyy...what happened to the Sunday show at the boat? That would have been awesome.
I dunno. It was happening as of early July, but now I can see no mention of it on either of the band's MySpaces, or in the show listings for the Boat. I don't know for sure that it's cancelled, but I'm assuming it is... I asked Keith Hamilton about it, but no answer yet. If it's not happening, it could be because Burning Hell got that Saturday night show with Lauren.
Maybe, sad though, I don't think I can make the Sat. (my daughter wants to see Reg. and Amy) but I was going to try for the Sun.
I met Colin (Maybe Smith) in Ottawa on July 1 though and there was something about tour dates getting cancelled.
I'll keep checking back - surely there is something going on on Sun. and if Mathias is going to be in town I can't see him canceling a show.
A Horse and His Boy's Toronto Debut has been postponed due to stolen gear... There's a special place in hell for those who steal from musicians.
Ryan Driver is on the Jon Rae Fletcher bill? Awesome!
That's terrible!!
And yes, Ryan Driver: http://stillepost.ca/boards/index.php?topic=126310.0.
As for Maybe Smith, looks like the band cancelled their east coast dates so Lauren put the Burning Hell on Saturday instead.
Thanks for listing the Calvin Johnson show at Heartbeat. I think you're the only list in town with this. He's the father of modern music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Johnson_(musician)
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