Secret Sessions @ TARA.

All summer long there have been some not-to-secret "Secret Sessions" happening on Saturdays at The Audio Recording Academy (554 Queen St. East). Filmed by AUX.tv, and recorded by TARA students, the series has so far featured such notable Toronto acts as The Ghost is Dancing, Great Bloomers, Oh No Forest Fires, Josh Reichmann, Barzin, and Black Hat Brigade. All these acoustic/stripped down sessions are freely downloadable at this website, where you can also watch the AUX footage. There's one more band this month: The Artist Life on 18 July. In August, part two of the series brings two bands to the studio each Saturday afternoon. All sessions (except 29 August) are free, start at 5pm, and are all ages.

August 1
THE FRAMEWORK
CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN

August 8
FINAL THOUGHT
MICHOU

August 15
THE JUNCTION
THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC

August 22
GRAVITY WAVE
ARIETTA

August 29 (8pm. 19+)
THE BOOKS ELUSIVE
THE BALCONIES
MODERNBOYS MODERNGIRLS

As Lowell Sostomi from Great Bloomers noted in an interview during their session, the series afforded them the "opportunity to showcase our songs in a different way." And if you're at all interested in seeing these bands in a rather different setting than they would usually perform in this big city of ours, here's your chance.