Indie Music 118 (29 Apr - 5 May 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

On Saturday head to Queen's Park for the Freedom Festival. There will be a bunch of bands and musical acts of various kinds performing all day long (noon-8pm), and all for free. Full details here.

THURSDAY (29 apr)

* Thursday Night Confidential presents Hulepega Sound System @ The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar), 9pm, free.

* Ronley Teper & her Lipliners (2 sets) @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

SynthFest Showcase #3 feat. The Peace Leeches, Hunter Eves, and Hmmm @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

The Wilderness and Benefit of the Free Man @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Diemonds, Rusted Dawn, and Fog Of Leprosy @ Bovine, 9pm, $5.

WreckingBall Entertainment presents Octobres Ending, Galore, and Ofir Gal @ The Piston, 9pm, $5 w/ canned food donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Fourlines @ 12:00a, Counterpoint @ 11:00p, Everyone’s Talking @ 10:00p, and This is Bombs @9:00p. Lee's Palace, 8:30pm, $6.

The Family, Dress Rehearsal, the Bats Pajamas, Backbone Beat, and Johnny Lane @ The Silver Dollar Room, 9pm, $6?

* The Long Haul, Jadea Kelly (CD release), and Joshua Cockerill @ The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $10.

Canadian Invasion presents Amanda Mabro w/ NLX @ The Rivoli, 8pm, $10.

*Kevin Kane, Sean Macdonald, and Shelby Lamb @ Cameron House, 9pm, $10.

Groovetastic Entertainment presents Tiger Bar [Garage] Groove feat. The Tight Ship, The Ostrich Tuning, Karoshi, and WOLFCOW @ Tiger Bar, 9pm, $10 for one person, $11 for two, $7/$8 for Groovetastic members. Download a sampler including all the artists playing the show here.

FRIDAY (30 apr)

Kat Rogers @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 7:30pm, pwyc.

Ian Blurton's Happy Endings, Reverse Mount Rushmore, and DJ Vania @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Revolution Love, Danger! Danger!, Chang-A-Lang, and The Quiet Revolution @ The Silver Dollar, 9pm, $6?

Smack feat. Coko Galore, Adolf Glitter, and Pinup Saints, w/ DJ Triple-X @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 10:30pm, $7 (b4 11pm, $10 after).

* Donlands & Mortimer (EP release), Wax Mannequin, Sean Nicholas Savage, Blue Hawaii (Braids sideproject), and Tonka Puma @ Kapisanan (167 Augusta Ave), 6:30pm, $8. All ages. Followed by...

Snakes & Ladders / Dap Duo Afterparty feat. John Milner You're So Boss, Moscow Moscow Moscow, and Hut, w/ DJ Peter Project @ 286 Lisgar St. (side door), 11:30pm.

State of Mind @ 12:00a, Stagehands @ 11:00p, and tba @ 10:00p. Lee's Palace, 9pm, $8. If anyone wants to buy a Stagehands' CD, just mention "historyjen" and you'll get it for $5 instead of $8.

Shatter The Hotel: A Dub Inspired Tribute to Joe Strummer - Official Canadian Launch Event feat. Dubmatix (live), Prince Blanco & the Clash Assassins (live), Citizen Sound (DJ set), Nate Wize (DJ set), and special guests @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $8 or $15 incl. CD. Proceeds to Strummerville: The Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music.

* Young Rival (CD release) w/ Make Your Exit, Songs From A Room, and People in Grey @ The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $10 (or $8 adv).

Dearly Beloved @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-11pm, $10.

* Run With the Kittens (CD release) w/ Friendly Rich and BA Johnston @ The Great Hall, 8pm, $10 (adv, or $12 door incl. CD).

SATURDAY (1 may)

ARLT (from Paris) and Eric Chenaux @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 8pm, pwyc.

Fred Spek's CaMp CoMbO @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Charge of the Light Brigade (feat. Luke Sneyd) w/ Clockwise @ The Velvet Underground, 8:45pm, $5. The headliners have a new EP, freely available here.

Frailfragment, Bella Clava, and Broken Suns @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 7pm, $5.

* English Words, the Love Machine, and Davey Parker Radio Sound @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6. Download English Words' EP for free here.

* Late Night Live feat. Action Makes, Luau Or Die, and VOWLS @ Silver Dollar, 10:15pm, $5.

Courtesy Blush, This Is An Empire, and Elos Arma @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $6.

Mr. Something Something w/ guests @ The Rivoli, 8pm, $10.

SUNDAY (2 may)

* Gather Round feat. Hamilton Trading Co., Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum, and Towns & Cities @ The Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

* Steamboat (Sundays in May and June) @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5.

MONDAY (3 may)

Elvis Monday feat. The Caraways, Kuru, Caramel, the People Of Canada, Radio Belle, and Jilted Lovers Club @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, free.

TUESDAY (4 may)

* Tomboyfriend @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10:30pm, free. The band has a new album, Don't Go To School. I like what I've heard!

* The Edge 102.1 Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. Paint @12:00a, The Joy Formidable @11:00p, The Digs @10:00p, and Ten Kens @9:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free. Get a free download by entering your email address in the widget below:

* Mixylodian, Gregory Pepper & His Problems @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

WEDNESDAY (5 may)

PWYC Wednesdays feat. Blood Rexdale & the Walls Are Blonde, Grounders (ex Our History of Cowboys), and Towns & Cities @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, pwyc.

Free Boat Rentals, Drumheller, and Mimo @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Paquin Music presents Wil and guests @ The Rivoli, 8pm, $10.

Indie Music 117 (22-28 April 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

THURSDAY (22 apr)

Blocks Recording Club presents Thursday Night Confidential feat. Animal Monster, Shadow Self, and Hoover Party, w/ DJ Rob Gordon @ The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar), 9pm, free.

Massey Harris, Mona Dhanjal, and Yawn Temiseva @ The Imperial Pub, 9pm, pwyc.

WreckingBall Entertainment presents HeartCore, the Dress Whites, and Whosarmy @ The Piston, 9pm, $5 w/ canned food donation. The Dress Whites are on at 11pm.

Paint, The Black Fever, and In Support of Living @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Earth Day Show feat. Young Doctors In Love, recordbreaker, Volenska @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.

Devil Eyes, The Soupcans, Potions, Dildoniks @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

* The Untold City presents Robots////US III feat. PDF Format, Put the Rifle Down, Green Splat, OPOPO Rmx, and DJ Matt Weed @ Wrongbar, 9pm, $7.

Regression (Wolf Eyes), Spykes, Dog Lady, Drainolith @ Teranga, 9pm, $7.

Paper Bag Acoustic Sessions feat. Adam Green, the Music Project, and Kiersey Rand @ Supermarket, 7:30pm, $8.

Unknown Funk Hero Presents The Beat Lounge feat. Circle Research (CD release) @ The Rivoli, 9pm, $5.

Download: Circle Research, "Out of This World" (Single).

FRIDAY (23 apr)

Cousins, Jon McKiel, Duzheknew, and Wolfcow @ Whippersnapper Gallery, 8:30-11:30pm, $?

Vesper Hours, Tommy & The Tall Girls, Gentlemen...The King!, and Nitty Gritty @ The Piston, 9pm, pwyc.

Missing Matter, Space With Air, Macro Fiesta @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Drunk Woman, The Hunting Horns, and Turantula @ The Silver Dollar, 10pm, $5.

APE (CD release) @ 12;30p, Tenth Planet @ 11:30p, Volitionaire @ 10:30p, and Wentworth @ 9:30p. Lee's Palace, 9pm, $7.

* Yukon Blonde, Sports: the Band, and Fox Jaws @ The Garrison, 9pm, $8 adv.

Wild East 2 feat. Jumple, Wordly Savages, and DJs Gypsy Viking and Medicineman @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, $10. You could get in for $5. Details here.

SATURDAY (24 apr)

* Heavy Trash (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 2pm, free. All ages. Bring a canned food donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Sarah Greene and Abigail Lapell @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 7-9pm, pwyc.

Mantler, the Soundtastics, and DJ Jeremy Finkelstein @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Turdfest feat. John Milner You're So Boss, Birth Defelt, Hell Hell, Snake Pit, and Induced Labour @ Creole Ballet School, 375 Dovercourt Rd, 9pm, $3. All ages.

* City Mouse Records presents Ryan Masters & the Pinnacle People, Secret Connection (Rajiv Thavanathan), and Kira Sheppard @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-11pm, $5.

WreckingBall Entertainment presents The Ninja Funk Orchestra, Slave to the Squarewave, and Dream Jefferson (formerly Owel Five and Corboe) @ The Piston, 9pm, $5.

Canadian Indie Movement (9pm), Tia Brazda, Carly Manley, and Beth Moore (6pm) @ The Central, 9pm, pwyc/$5.

* The Holy Cobras w/ Tundra Fun, and the Mutters @ Silver Dollar, 10:15pm, $6.

The Crazy Dreams Band (Mouthus), Cousins Of Reggae, Karaoke, and Dentata @ Teranga, 9pm, $7.

The Dyadics, The Standstills, Cure Gravity, and Bangladesh @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $10.

The Cliks @ 12:00a, The Framework @ 11:00p, and tba @ 10:00p. Lee's Palace, 9pm, $10.

SUNDAY (25 apr)

* Gather Round w/ Hamilton Trading Co, the Strumbellas, Laura Peek, and Irene Chu @ The Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

* The Weather Station w/ Lisa Conway and Arkana Music @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10:30pm, pwyc.

BBtBB4 presents The Roman Line, Streetcore, The Honkies, and Brooklyn Fletcher @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.

Heavy Vessel presents Rouge and the Cry Break @ Teranga, 8-11pm, $5.

MONDAY (26 apr)

* Daniel, Fred and Julie (in-store) @ Soundscapes, 7:30pm, free. All ages.

Elvis Monday feat. Drunk Hussy, the Whole Entire Universe, Broken Bricks, Little City, and Rob Moir @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, free.

Shoeless Monday feat. Tedd @11:15p, Manic 27 @10:15p, and Coldjack Band @9:15p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

* An Horse and Hannah Georgas @ The Garrison, 9pm, $10.

Van Noise Promotions presents The Go Time w/ Grand Scale, Night of The Snake, and Illuminate the Sky @ Sneaky Dee's, 7pm (early show), $10. All ages.

TUESDAY (27 apr)

* Hannah Georgas (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6pm, free. All ages.

The Edge 102.1 Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nites feat. The Red Boy @11:40p, The Mississippi Kings @10:50p, Lifestory @10:00p, The Scenario @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

Toonie Tuesdays feat. Nightmares, City Sweethearts, Chang-A-Lang, and the Get Nuns @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $2.

Locomotive 8, Tribulations, Nate Siegler & the Gentiles @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, $5.

Freebie, Laura Peek, and Pkew Pkew Pkew @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Stephen Staley (Lowest Of The Low) @ C'est What, 10pm, $6.

WEDNESDAY (28 apr)

Fat as Fuck, BF Soul, and Juice @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $2.

Canyon City and MJ Cyr @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Sunbear @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $5?

The PiNG presents SPACE TOURiSM feat. Pholde, dreamSTATE, BETA Beta Cloud, and General Chaos Visuals @ Supermarket, 8pm, $6.

* Horse Feathers w/ the Wilderness of Manitoba @ The Drake, 8pm, $10 ($8.50 adv).

Harlem @11:00p, Teenanger @10:00p, Tropics @9:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, $10 (or $9 adv).

Indie Music 116 (15-21 Apr 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

This past week I took in the Low Anthem and the Barr Brothers on Saturday (review here) and then Krupke on Tuesday night. The latter was just as bizarre as I expected, but I found myself enjoying their quirky pop tunes more and would like to see what comes next for them. Loved the clarinet player!

THURSDAY (15 apr)

5th Projekt and Peter James Project @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Dubbs w/ Serb Superb and The Dirty Nil @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

WreckingBall Entertainment presents People in Grey and Amber Long @ The Piston, 9pm, $5 w/ canned food or nonperishable food item donation.

Mia Sheard w/ the Low Notes @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8pm, $5.

TMW presents The Working Title, The Bulletproof Tiger, Life in Vacuum, The Charming Ruins @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6.

Queen Licorice @ 12:00a, Retro Radio @ 11:00p, Electric Karma @ 10:00p, and Opendoor @ 9:00p. Lee's Palace, 8:30pm, $6.

* Parks & Rec, Luke Nares, and Kate Rogers Band @ Supermarket, 9pm, $7.

Supersoulsound Funk Review presents the Main Thing w/ friends and DJ General Electric @ Wrongbar, 10pm, $10 (or $5 before 11pm).

* Jeremy Greenspan (Junior Boys) and Mantler @ The Garrison, 9pm, $10. (?!)

Fred Spek's CaMp CoMbO @ Dominion on Queen, 9pm, $10.

FRIDAY (16 apr)

Nathan Cyprys, Ian Docherty, and Our Little Hourglass @ Rearview Mirror, 8pm, pwyc.

Anagram, Tropics, Doldrums, and Of A Pony And A VCR @ 64 Augusta (enter through back door), 10pm, $5.

Frantic City presents The Flying Bordelos, Shbti, and Hut @ Mitzi's Sister, 10pm, $5.

Thousand Cures @12:30p, The Waxmen (CD release) @11:30p, Rollin Jack Dandies @10:30p, Datura @9:30p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $7.

* TWM presents The Cheap Speakers (EP release), Mark Berube & the Patriotic Few, Lordy Lordy, and Big Crimes @ El Mocambo, 9pm, $8.

Download: The Cheap Speakers, "Tongue" (EP, 2010).

Lullabye Arkestra w/Burning Love, Brave/Deeds, and Reverse Mount Rushmore @ The Garrison, 9pm, $10 (adv). Go get yourself a free EP from the headliners.

Friendlyness & The Human Rights w/ Samba Elegua @ Hard Luck Bar, 10pm, $10.

D-Sisive and Okay City @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8pm, $10.

SATURDAY (17 apr)

Afternoon

* International Record Store Day! Deals at Sonic Boom, Criminal Records, Sunrise Records, Soundscapes, Vortex, Slinky, Penguin, Neurotica, Hits And Misses, Song & Script, and Rotate This. Sonic Boom has bands---really good bands---from 3pm until late. And Sunrise has bands, too. Fun!

No Apathy! presents All Ages DIY-Punk Matinee feat. Ancestors, Kale, and !Attention! @ Kapisanan Philippines Cultural Centre (167 Augusta Ave.), 4:30-9pm, $5/pwyc. This is a dry event. All ages.

Evening

* Bidiniband and Laura Peek @ Holy Oak, 10pm, pwyc.

Cadre @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

The Book of Gnomes @ The Local, 10pm, pwyc.

* MJ Cyr, Lara Martin, and Farideh @ The Cameron House, 9pm, $5.

Jojeto w/ Stereokid @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8pm, $5.

The Effens, Noble Rogues, and Davey Parker Radio Sound @ Silver Dollar, 10pm, $5.

TWM presents LSD Spider, Cursed Arrows, Black Magick Fox, and The Bat's Pajamas @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6.

Dustin Bentall @12:15p, The Coast @10:45p, and tba @9:30p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $8.

* WreckingBall Entertainment presents Queen tribute night feat. Hamilton Trading Co., Luau Or Die, MJ Cyr, StereoGoesStellar w/ Luke McMaster, Mittenz, The Danger Bees, Stagehands, The Johnson Report @ The Piston, 8:30pm, $8 w/ canned food donation.

The MuseBox presents Living Room pt II feat Meaghan Smith and Zoe Sky Jordan & Colleen Dauncey @ 507 Queen Street West, 8-11pm, $10. Proceeds to the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation.

The Gay Blades, the Press, Julia Set Generator, and Monster Truck @ Sneaky Dee’s, 9pm, $10.

* The Junction, Amos the Transparent, and the Darcys @ Lee's Palace, 9pm, $10.

* P.S. I Love You, Nich Worby, and Madam Raz @ 102 Ossington Ave. (enter through back), 9:30pm, $10.

SUNDAY (18 apr)

MONDAY (19 apr)

Celebrating Steve Reich feat. Professor Fingers (ProF) and TorQ Percussion Quartet @ Salon 21, Gardiner Museum, 3rd floor, 7pm, free. "Space is limited so please register here to guarantee a spot."

Elvis Monday feat. The Lovely Killbots, Julie C, the Whole Entire Universe, Adam Downey, The Wild Core, Adam Sullivan, and Eric Miinch @ The Drake Hotel, 9pm, free.

TUESDAY (20 apr)

* Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. Plants & Animals (CD release) @ 10:40p, The Barr Brothers @9:50p, and Mike O'Brien @9:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free!!

Toonie Tuesday feat. Sons of the Moon, Jeb Bush 2012, Seven Joint Ride, The Good Times, and more @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $2.

* No Shame presents Rich Aucoin, Bent By Elephants, and Lisa Bozikovic @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.

Burn Down the Capital presents Sightings w/ Young Mother, Roman Pilates, and The Swyves @ The Boat, 9pm, $8.

WEDNESDAY (21 apr)

PWYC Weds w/ Courtesy Blush, Radio Belle, and AVH Colour Team @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, pwyc.

Wednesdays Go Pop! feat. The Autumn Stones (debut), more @ Supermarket, 9pm, pwyc.

Indie Music 115 (8-14 April 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest ofmy blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

Lots of good shows happening over the next 7 days no matter what your particular tastes. I've highlighted a few that I'm most interested in over at Sticky Magazine. I can't believe I have to miss Old Man Luedecke's free in-store performance this evening!

THURSDAY (8 apr)

* Old Man Luedecke (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6:30pm, free.

Reverse Mount Rushmore, Crop Failure, Sleep for the Nightlife, and Whipping Boy @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, pwyc.

Doug Tielli @ Holy Oak, 10pm-midnight, pwyc.

WreckingBall Entertainment presents Broken Bricks, Worldly Savages, and the Lemon Bucket Orchestra @ The Piston (937 Bloor St. W.), 9pm, $5 w/ canned food donation.

Let There Be Art (art exhibits & live music) feat. The Dank, The Vicious Guns, No Brigade, Revolution Love, more @ Neutral, $5

AfterpartY (CD release) w/ You Vs Me @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.

Burn Down the Capital presents Man Made Hill (LP release), Pants & Tie, Daniel Francis Doyle, and J FM, w/ DJ Sylvermaybe @ The Boat, 9pm, $7.

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mily Brown, Steve Brockley, and Christine Bougie @ The Rivoli, 9pm, $8.

FRIDAY (9 apr)

Fake Date, Mindbender, and Andrew Masuda @ NACO Gallery (1665 Dundas St. W.), 8:30pm, pwyc.

Soft Copy, Super Repeater, and Hybrid Moments (debut) @ Teranga, 9pm, pwyc.

Bend Sinister w/ Darlings Of Chelsea and Voodoo Bunny @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Clothes Make The Man, The Dirty Tricks, and Solitary Sun @ The Garrison, 9pm, $5.

All Night Long, Commandeer, and DJs Lazy Ray, Pooyan, and guests @ Wrongbar, 10pm, $5.

* Beth in Battle Mode (final show) w/ the Speaking Tongues and Make Me Young @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

* BikeSauce Bicycle Resource Centre fundraiser feat. Abdominal & the Obliques, Hooded Fang, Entire Cities, and Bike Jazz w/ dancers @ Blue Moon (725 Queen St. E.), 9pm, $5-$10.

Sara Kamin, Meaghan Tonjes, and Katey Morley @ the Rivoli, 8:30pm, $10.

SATURDAY (10 apr)

Afternoon

Lovely Picnic 005 feat. Pat LePoidevin, Sarah Keshen, and Nathan Cyprys @ Project 165 (165 Augusta), 3pm, $5/pwyc.

* Daps Duo All-Ages V feat. Grang Analog, $100, Maylee Todd & Pegwee Power, and Doldrums @ Kapisanan Philippine Centre (167 Augusta), 2:30-6:30pm, $7. All ages. Free for kids 12 and under.

Night

* The Golden Dogs, Sports: the Band, and the Modern Superstitions @ El Mocambo, 9pm, pwyc.

Orang Pendek, Holy Mount, and the City Above @ Rearview Mirror, 9pm, $5/pwyc.

* A Pitter Patter Fest fundraiser feat. Maylee Todd, Cigarettes, and Mooseblood @ Bread & Circus, 10pm, $5/pwyc.

Trinket Trance Presents Tripping Hazard, Clara Engel, Little Silver Tabby, and Stripping Buzzard @ The Cameron House, 9:30pm, $6/pwyc.

Life Sized Dream, Picture Me Free, and the Get Nuns @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

* Whale Tooth, Ten Kens, and the Elwins @ Silver Dollar, 9:30pm, $5.

TWM presents Volcano Playground, Indian Handcrafts, Hands & Teeth,and In Plain View @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6.

* The Flowers Of Hell, the Hoa Hoas, and Ostrich Tuning @ The Garrison, 9pm, $8.

Sleigh Bells, Young Empires, and DJs the Frandiscos and guests @ Wrongbar, 10pm, $10.

SUNDAY (11 apr)

Marcel Aucoin and Michael Holt presents the Piano Salon feat. Katey Morley, Dave Meslin (talk), Amy Medvick, and Catherine Brown @ 592 Palmerston Ave., 7pm, pwyc ($5-10 sugg). Snacks and drinks provided, and feel free to bring your own contributions.

* Gather Round feat. Hamilton Trading Co., the Strumbellas, Pat LePoidevin, and Giant Hand @ The Boat, pwyc/$5.

Burn Down the Capital presents Peace,Loving, No White God, The Dead Are Those Who Have Died, Quartetto Graphica, and DJ Random @ Teranga, 9pm, $6.

MONDAY (12 apr)

* Elvis Monday feat. the Royal So and So's, John Milner,You're So Boss, the Whole Entire Universe, the Champion Heartache, the Peace Leeches, and Scarlet Coppins @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, free.

TUESDAY (13 apr)

The Pink & Black Attack presents The Daily Times and Romeo Liquor Store, 9pm, free.

* MV+EE, Chris Corsano & Mick Flower, and Spiritual Sky Blues Band @ The Boat, 10pm, $10 or $5 w/ Josephine Foster/Baby Dee ticket.

WEDNESDAY (14 apr)

Lisa Marie Kruchak, Micheil Gray, and David Solomon @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, pwyc.

Wednesdays Go Pop! feat. Wildlife, the Archives, and Steve Gleason @ Supermarket, 8:30pm, pwyc.

Bellewoods, Eve & the Ocean, and David Juliet @ The Garrison, 9pm, pwyc.

Low Down Dirt and Graydon James & the Young Novelists @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Indie Music 114 (1-7 April 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest ofmy blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

I'm running late with things this week, so here's tonight, Friday, and Saturday. More to come! Check back later this week.

THURSDAY (1 apr)

* Gravity Wave presents Spin Cycle feat. Henri Faberge, Almonds,Cohen, Sarah Green, More or Les, and lots more @ various locations, free. Details here. This April Fool's romp" should be great!

Jennifer LFO w/ Colleen and Paul @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

* Mantler & Steamboat, Nick Zubeck, and Alex Lukashevsky @ The Piston (937 Bloor St W), 9:30pm, pwyc/$5.

Lisa Bozikovic, Jessica Moore, and Abigail Lapell @ Holy Oak, 9pm, pwyc.

Burning the Day, Russian Roulette, Hallows Die @ Hard Luck Bar, 8pm, $5.

Hot Soup feat. The Swyves, Brilliant Corners, Anthony Bergamin, and Dawne Carleton & D. Alex Meeks @ Labspace Studio, 8pm, $5.

Tempest Thursday feat. Old World Vulture, The Stormalongs, and Adam Weir (comedy) @ Clinton's, 9pm, $5.

* Nightwood, The Details, Murder Ford Monument, and Brave/Deeds @ The Boat, 9pm, $6. I don't know what the order of bands is. A couple of Montreal bands, a Winnipeg group, and Toronto-based openers.

TWM presents The People, Wild Fireworks (Kevin Kralik), the Big Deal, and Ryan Warner @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6.

Holy Holy Holy Records doublt 7" release party for DJ Dog Dick and Sean Leather @ The White House, 9pm, $?

We Are Busy Bodies presents Past Lives, Doldrums, and Heartbeat Hotel @ The Garrison, 9pm, $10.

Caravan of Hope, Sun Sattelite, KC Roberts & The Live Revolution @ Mitzi's Sister, $10.

FRIDAY (2 apr)

* OOTS presents I Am Robot And Proud w/ Kite Hill @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

* A Soul @ Holy Oak, 10pm, pwyc.

Voodoo Bunny, Teenage X @ Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Douglas September, Stephen Keeping @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Magnolious, Fresh Kils, DJ Irrate, Perilelle, Lee Reed @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

The Roman Line, The Video Dead, Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, The Hunters @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $6.

Play Deaf, Wentworth @ The Velvet Underground, 8:30pm, $5.

Abyss w/ Illegal, Sakhalin, Molested Youth, and Reality Terror @ Hard Luck Bar, $5.

Honest I's, Bootley Glory, and Orange Fuzz @ Silver Dollar, 10pm, $6.

Download: Honest I's, "Farmer."

Cool Man Cool, Eating For The Eighties, Tpops & The Revolutions, Mad Collab @ Smiling Buddha, $7.

Horses, Prevenge, Fellow Project, Atlas @ Siesta Nouveaux, 9pm, $8. BYOB. All ages.

Vedette, Myke Mazzei & the Mod Villains @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, $10.

Microbunny (CD release) w/ Mean Red Spiders, Huelepega Sound System, DJ David Dacks, and General Chaos visuals @ Rivoli, 9pm, $10.

Download: Microbunny, "Blue September Blues" (49 Swans, 2010).

Crued, Thunderstruck, Yankee Rose @ Lee's Palace, 9pm, $10.

Useless ID, Unbelievers, Crookedhook, Old School Politics, and IVS @ Soybomb HQ (156 Bathurst), 8pm, $10. "As usual, there will be refreshments sold in the kitchen, and as this is also our home, I expect you all to be the best guests that we have become accustomed to!"

SATURDAY (3 apr)

Whippoorwill and Stacy Burke @ Not My Dog, 9pm, pwyc.

5th Annual New Grunge Unplugged fundraiser feat. Keith Hamilton, Matt Madill, Switzer / Hudson / Garner / Granados, Testrogen, Julian Petti, Nidhan Grewal, Junzi, Reuben O'dell-barkow, Violent Phlegm aka Ian Strung & Roberto Granados, and Jon Sohn @ The Boat, 9pm, $5/food donation. Proceeds to the Daily Bread Food Bank.

High Heels Lo Fi, Truth Panel @ Velvet Underground, 9pm, $5.

Sword Heaven w/ Little Women, Induced Labour, and Yukon @ Teranga, 9pm, $8.

KapisananCentre.com Relaunch feat. Maylee Todd, Tonka Puma, Jeremy Glenn and Rod Skimmins (DJ set) @ 167 Augusta Ave., 7pm, $?'

SUNDAY (4 apr)

Gather Round feat. Hamilton Trading Co., Girl & The Machine, Grady Mutzel, and Kira Sheppard @ The Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

MONDAY (5 apr)

TUESDAY (6 apr)

Sarah Greene and Ben Veneer @ Not My Dog, 9pm, pwyc.

Steamboat (every Tuesday) @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $5.

WEDNESDAY (7 apr)

Wednesdays Go Pop! feat. Stephanie Braganza, Laurell, and Karina Es @ Supermarket, 8:30pm, pwyc.

Bradley (album release) w/ Amber Long @ The Rivoli, 9pm, $5.

Indie Music 113 (25-31 Mar 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest ofmy blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

There's some good stuff on over the next few nights. Thursday (tonight) is especially jam packed. I'm sick as a dog right now, but I'm hoping to be healthy enough to take in some shows later this weekend and early next week.

THURSDAY (25 mar)

* Building Blocks Vol. 1 Record Release Party feat. Emma McKenna, PDF Format, the Pining, the Torrent, and DJ Shadow Self @ The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar), 9pm, free.

The Hey Now, Picturesound, and the General Staff @ The Cameron House (Back Room), 9pm.

The Woodchoppers Association, Michael Louis Johnson & the Red Rhythm, and Karaoke (Derek Westerholm & Michelle Breslin) @ The Piston (937 Bloor St W), 9:30pm, pwyc/$5.

Adaptive Reaction, Orphan Grinder @ The Velvet Underground, 9pm, $5.

Professor Fingers, Steptone, David Papajanisz, Masaki Konagai, and Lybido @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Greenshades presents The Dildoniks and more @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

These 3 Cities, Afraid of Humans, and Jodi King @ Supermarket, 9pm, $5.

* No Shame presents the Wave Pictures, Maylee Todd & Pegwee Power, and White Suede @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, $7.

* Octoberman, the Priddle Concern, and Andrew Penner (of Sunparlour Players) @ Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $8.

* Out of this Spark presents Snailhouse (full band) w/ Evening Hymns @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 8pm, $10.

Brains @11:40p, Koffin Kats @10:40p, Dreadnaughts @9:50p, and Unbelievers @9:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, $10.

Capitol H, Red Roses Black, Loveshot, and Jefferson Deathstar @ Lee's Palace, 9pm, $10.

* Bruce Peninsula, catl, and Pat Jordache @ The Garrison, 9pm, $10 (adv)/ $12 (door).

FRIDAY (26 mar)

BBQ (Mark Sultan), Teen Anger, and DJ Daniel Vila @ Double Double Land, 10pm, $10. Adv tix only. Sold out.

Lisa Marie Kruchak and Brooke Gray Harris @ Teasers and Pleasers, 8:30pm, pwyc.

The Crooked Brothers (2 sets) @ The Cameron House, 9:30pm.

Kate Rogers @ Southern Cross Lounge, 7:30-9:30pm, pwyc.

Chang-A-Lang, The Black Fever, & Sparkling White @ Aspetta Cafe (207 Augusta Ave), 9pm, pwyc.

Pop With Brains feat. Fantasy Defender, Cut Throat Britva, Sounds like BS, Krupke, and Volcano Playground @ The Rivoli, 9pm, $5.

The Cosmic Eye and New Teeth @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Little Jackie Wright and Stereo Goes Stellar @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5?

Eddie Orso and King Roller @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $5.

The Decade Of Sleep w/ Menew, The Clearning, and 9 Yrs @ Hard Luck Bar, 8pm, $5.

Courtesy Blush and the Details @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5. Early show, done by 11:30pm. I like the Details. They are from Winnipeg. They are fun and nice and play good music. I want to have nachos with them.

Download: The Details, "Always, Always, Always, Never" (Draw A Distance, Draw A Border, 2007).

Elvyn (CD release) w/ the Champion Heartache and Bangladesh @ The Silver Dollar Room, 9:45pm, $6.

Download: Elvyn, "I Guess I Was Wrong" (The Decline, 2010).

TWM presents Jesse Dangerously, and Wordburglar & Dream Jefferson (Owel + Boe) @ Rancho Relaxo, 9:30pm, $7.

Dirty Penny, Diemonds, and Monster Truck @ Wrongbar, 10pm, $10.



* Heartbeat Hotel (7" release) w/ La Casa Muerte, Doldrums, Blood Rexdale & the Walls are Blonde @ Tiger Bar, 9pm, $10 w/ album download included. $12 gets you the 7", too.

* Jim Guthrie & the Litter Big Band, Culture Reject, and PS I Love You @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $?

Magik Markers, Rattail, and THe Guest Bedroom @ The Garrison, 9pm, $8 (adv)/$10 (door).

SATURDAY (27 mar)

The Key Frames w/ Pete Vandyk @ The Cameron House (Back Room), 9pm.

Ultraviolence @ The Bovine, 9pm.

Swamp Ward Orchestra w/ Ian Reid @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Guy Dallas, Chang-A-Lang, Arman's Frozen Peas, Teen Tits Wild Wives, John Milner You're So Boss, more @ 225 Sterling Ave., #23, 10:30pm, $5.

* Young Doctors in Love (EP release), the Phonemes, Charms @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Download: Young Doctors in Love, "Eloise and Her Sister Marta" (5 Golden Greats EP, 2010).

Late Night Live feat. Teenage X, Desert Owls, and the Weirdies @ The Silver Dollar Room, 10:15pm, $6.

Wild East, Worldly Savages, DJ Medicineman, DJ Gypsy Viking @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, $10.

SUNDAY (28 mar)

Gather Round feat. Anna Denova and Hamilton Trading Co. @ The Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

* Black Lips (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 4pm, free. Bring a donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank.

* Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum, Basket of Figs, and Maggie Claire Cross, w/ screening of "Pretty Little Bits" (Maria Saroja-Ponnambalam) @ Heart Beat (960 Queen St. W.), 7pm, pwyc/$5 donation.

Muskox and Clara Engel @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

* Brasstronaut, Bass Lions, and Megan Bonnell @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $8. Exciting!

MONDAY (29 mar)

Elvis Monday feat. City Streets, Actors & Architects, the Davey Parker Radio Sound, Reno Jack, Ophelia Syndrome, Universal Moment, and the People of Canada @ The Drake Hotel (Underground, 9pm, free.

Shoeless Monday feat. Prince Caspian @11:15p, Silence In Stereo @10:15p, and Spitting Adam @9:15p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

* Teen Anger (record release), the Bitters, and more @ Rancho Relaxo, 10pm, $5.

TUESDAY (30 mar)

Pink & Black Attack presents Corporation, Skunx, and Ghetto Blaster @ The Bovine, 9pm, free.

Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. Pelt @11:40p, Flatland @10:50p, Kuba Oms @10:00p, and The Ascot Royals @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

The Sure Things (3 sets) @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $5. And thus ends the band's Tuesdays-in-March residency. April brings us Steamboat!

DCT, Miesha & the Spanks, The Nightmares, Black Magick Fox, and Caiiro Foster @ The Silver Dollar Room, 9, $5.

Jordan Leech, Rochelle, and more @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

* Primary Colors presents Art Is Four Ugly People feat. These Are Powers, Javelin, DJ Mark Brown, and MC @ And And And Space (530 Richmond), 9pm, $10. Adv tix avail.

Download: These Are Powers, "Easy Answers" (All Aboard Future, 2009).

WEDNESDAY (31 mar)

Marianne Turner @ The Cameron House (Back Room), 9pm.

Wednesdays Go Pop! feat. Hunting Horns, Future History, and Theo Tams @ Supermarket, 8:30pm, pwyc.

TWM presents Little Insects, Steve Gleason, and the Heavies @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Download: Little Insects, "Losing (My Self Confidence)" (Almost Ghost, 2010).

Johnny Major w/ The Black Little Dress, Dale Luarca, and DJ Adverb @ The Rivoli, 8:30pm, $5.

* Burn Down the Capital presents Normal Love, Romo Roto, Barnyard Drama, and the Battleship Ethel @ The Boat, 9pm, $7.

Toronto Independent Music Awards Best Live Showcase feat. Soul Jah Ras, Just Gita, Michala Todd, Joel Gelynse, and the Peace Leeches @ The Central, 7pm, $7.

Indie Music 112 (18-24 Mar 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest ofmy blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

THURSDAY (18 mar)

Kimberley Sedore & the Collect Callers w/ Jessie Kussin @ Holy Oak, 10pm, pwyc.

The Runaway Catholics w/ Winnebegos Of Death @ The Cloak & Dagger, 9:30pm, pwyc.

Jennifer LFO and Dirtfarmer @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Brett Caswell, Jean-Paul De Roover, and Nick Sherman @ C'est What, 9pm, $5.

Esprit D'escalier and Mirror @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Diana Catherin & the Thrusty Tweeters, the Strip, and Kirby @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

The Hunting Horns, Nick Taylor & Friends, Jay Baird @ The Piston (937 Bloor St W), 9:30pm, pwyc/$5.

Burn Down the Capital presents Nutsak w/ Thrashed Genes, Frek Spek's Camp Combo, and the Soupcans @ Teranga, 9pm, $6.

SUPERSOULSOUND Funk Revue Dance Party feat. Spandex Effect, Ninja Funk Orchestra, and DJs Circle Research @ Wrongbar, 10pm, $10 (or $5 before 11pm).

Groovetastic Entertainment presents Tiger Bar Groove: More Indie Rock feat. the Effens, Cedar, Belleau Woods, and Two Zebras @ Tiger Bar, 8:30pm, $10 (or two people for $11).

Download: The Effens, "St. Vitus' Dance" (Ditch Ditch EP, 2009).

Sara Kamin, Andrew Hyatt, the Piggott @ The Rivoli, 8:30pm, $10.

FRIDAY (19 mar)

SAKS fundraiser feat. Ghost Bees @ Double Double Land, 9pm, pwyc. "There will be free desert and DJs and a silent auction of donated art."

* Mugison w/ Viviv @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-11pm, $5.

Dance Electric, The Great Sabatini, Vilipend, and Authors @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

ESRB, One Flew West, and Macro Fiesta @ Clintons, 9pm, $5.

Awaking State and December Flood @ The Velvet Underground, 8:30pm, $5.

Jane’s Party w/ Rucksack Willies and DJ Hemingway @ The Rivoli, 9:30pm, $5.

Portrait, Madison Park, and Beekeepers Society @ Silver Dollar, 10pm, $5.

The Class Assassins (CD release), Outbred Inlaws, and the Lucky Ones @ Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Morning Fame and the Aviators @ The Central, 9pm, $5.

* catl and Snow Heel Slim @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5.

* Danger Bay, Gay, Magic Cheezies, John Milner You're So Boss, and Induced Labour @ Teranga, 9pm, $5.

Grasshopper w/ Brave/Deeds and Dutch @ The Garrison, 9pm, $6.

* Tripping Hazard, Great Dane, Flotilla, and Radius & Helena @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, $7.

* The Speaking Tongues, the Polymorphines, and Terror Lake @ Mitzis Sister, 10pm, $5.

SATURDAY (20 mar)

Mugison w/ Tundra Fun @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-11pm, $5.

Skull Fist (CD release), Aggressor, Sonic Shock @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Loon Choir, Buffalo (debut), and Crown Land (debut) @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5. The debuting bands are projects of former members of Black Hat Brigade.

a mountain far and Soybomb present Le Kraken, the Expectorated Sequence, Creeper, and Bottomfeeder @ Soybomb HQ, 9pm, $5.

The Cautioneers, Michael Holt, and The Benefit of the Free Man @ The Cameron House (Back Room), 10pm (start), pwyc.

deadindie.com presents Hot Shots feat. Attacships (DJ set), Commandeers, and Sports: the Band @ Tiger Bar, $7 (or $10 for two).

Stuck in the City presents Duress, Urban Blight, Purity Control, and Total Trash @ Siesta Nouveaux, 8pm, $8.

SUNDAY (21 mar)

Gather Round feat. Hamilton Trading Co., Aaron Wallace, and Daveed @ the Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

Shelby Lamb (2 sets) w/ Rhiannon Thomas / James Simpson @ The Cloak & Dagger, 8-11pm, pwyc.

Bring Back the Boombox presents Ladyboxx, Mz. Chawls, Diaz, and Nilla, w/ MC Mouthpiece @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.

Old Witch w/ Autovoice @ The Garrison, 9pm, $5. (Bands 10 and 11pm.) Heavy + industrial.

MONDAY (22 mar)

Shoeless Monday feat. Joyful Sinners @11:15p, the Wrong Crowd @10:15p, and the Bufords @9:15p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

* Murder Folk Night 9 feat. Marianne Girard & Kathleen McDonnell @ 2531 Dundas St. W, 7-10pm, pwyc.

MC Homeless, Riddlore?, richardbenjamin, and Backburner (Wordburglar, Toolshed, and guests) @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $8.

TUESDAY (23 mar)

Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. Owl Farm @11:40p, Huron (CD release) @10:50p, Pumps @10:00p, and the Counter Point @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

Gurgling Burbles feat. Hair Gel Burrito, Parkade, and Doc Pickles @ Somewhere There, 7:30-10pm, $5/pwyc.

The Sure Things @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5.

* Innes Wilson and His Opposition w/ the Natural Shocks @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

The AMBiENT PiNG presents "GEMiNi 3" feat. Urm, the Devil in the Design, Subduction Current, and General Chaos Visuals @ Supermarket, 8pm, $6.

WEDNESDAY (24 mar)

* The Weakerthans (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 5pm, free. All ages. Bring a donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Uh... awesome!

PWYC Weds feat. Queen Licorice, Charge of Light Brigade, and the Effens @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra, Chris Warren, and Alex McLeod @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 8:30pm, $5.

Gardening, Not Architecture and Crazy Diamond @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, $5.

Toronto Independent Music Awards Best Live Showcase feat. Selena Evangeline, Carly & Mark, Lynzie Kent, and Justin Plet @ The Central, 7pm, $7 (will get you into all TIMA showcases until June).

Indie Music 111 (11-17 Mar 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest ofmy blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

I am busy with Canadian Music Fest, but there's lots going on if you're shunning it or just don't have the $$ to go to any of the shows. For example . . .

THURSDAY (11 mar)

Doctor Ew (Drew from the Bicycles), Simon Borer and others from Entire Cities, and more @ Cloak & Dagger, 10pm, pwyc.

Steers & Queers presents Miss Fluffy Souffle, The Pining, and Shane McKinnon, w/ DJ's Sigourney Beaver and Joe Blow @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $5.

* The Owle Bird (video release) w/ Skeletones Four, the Dead Elm Society of Canada, and Lisa Bozikovic @ Cinecycle, 8:30pm, $8.

* We Are Busy Bodies presents Japanther (performing in a fort), Boys Who Say No, Rich Aucoin, Quiet Hooves, and Doldrums (feat. members of Spiral Beach) @ Wippersnapper Gallery, 8pm, $10. All ages. (But not dry.) Tickets at the door, only, so go early because this will sell out.

Download: Japanther, "Spread So Thin" (Rock 'n' Roll Ice Cream, 2010).

FRIDAY (12 mar)

Ghostkeeper (7pm) and the Balconies (6pm) @ Criminal Records, free. All ages.

Not the Wing Not the Flag w/ Plant Songs @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

* Donlands & Mortimer, Doldrums (feat. members of Spiral Beach), Alanna J. Brown, and the People of Canada @ C'est What, 9pm, $5.

Looks Linear (CD release), Ryan Masters Band, and Ex~Po @ El Mocambo (Upstairs), 9pm, $10 (incl. CD). "Please bring a canned good to the show and it will be donated to 'Serving Charity.'"

SATURDAY (13 mar)

* Hollerado (7pm), Dan Mangan (6pm), and Aidan Knight (5pm) @ Criminal Records, free. All ages.

Lovely Picnic 004 feat. Kind Heights, Cosmic Neanderthals, and Simon Frank @ Palace Flophouse (1183 Dovercourt Rd), 8pm, $5/pwyc. All ages.

The Sure Things @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5.

Matt James, MJ Cyr, and the Baymen @ The Cameron House (Back Room), 9pm, $5?

The Stables, the Old Youths, the Get Nuns, and Magicforce @ The Press Club, 9pm. Birthday bash for Dany Laj.

Mark Pesci presents White Wires, Sonic Avenues, First Base, and Chang-A-Lang @ Siesta Nouveaux (15 Lower Sherbourne St.), 9pm, $8. All ages, BYOB.

Alejandra Ribera, Jay Pollack, Darrelle London, and Dan Mclean Jr. @ C'est What, 9pm, $10. Fundraiser for CAMH.

SUNDAY (14 mar)

* Gather Round feat. Hamilton Trading Co., Owen Steel, and hyperpotamus (Spain) @ The Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

* The Beauties @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5. Every Sunday.

MONDAY (15 mar)

Elvis Monday feat. Drunk Hussy, Ah! La Lettre, In Plain View, Loryn Taggart, People of Canada, and Matt Holtby @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, free. Free food, too.

TUESDAY (16 mar)

* Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. A Friend In London @11:40p, Dead Letter Chorus @10:50p, Southern Death Threat @10:00p, Slip Of The Tongue @9:20p, and Hellsongs @8:40p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free. Depending on how things go during CMW, I might want to go check out Hellsongs (from Sweden), and Ireland's Dead Letter Chorus, both of whom sound lovely. (I don't know the others.)

TGT Inc. presents Toonie Tuesdays feat. the Sidewalks, the Box Tiger, King Solomon, Seven Joint Ride, and more @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $2.

Adverteyes, Jon McKiel, and Jon Epworth @ The Boat, $5.

The Sure Things @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $5.

OCAD fundraiser feat. Alphabot, First Rate People, The Naive, and DJs Vice and Fuck Death @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, $5.

Kev Corbett and Shawna Caspi @ C'est What, 9pm, $6.

WEDNESDAY (17 mar)

St. Patrick's Day Party feat. The Stanfield and Alert the Medic @ The Bovine, 9pm, free.

St. Patrick's Day Party feat. The Sure Things @ The Dakota Tavern.

Kurt Russell's Birthday / St. Patrick's Day Party feat. Dysfunct, the Vaudeville Whores, the Dreamboats, and DJ Mr. Shitshow @ Rancho Relaxo, $5.

Indie Music 110 (5-10 Mar 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

This list doesn't include any CMW events. Those are well-publicized on the festival's website. This weekend Friday (tonight!) is pretty great, with a few different should-be-awesome band nights.

FRIDAY

* Out of This Spark presents Casey Mecija (Ohbijou), VIVIV (feat. Ken Reaume), and the Youngest @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Free Drawings #7 w/ Man Made Hill, Opera Arcana (GB Jones, Minus Smile and Bink), Karaoke, visuals by Philippe Blanchard, and DJs @ Double Double Land, 9pm, $3.

* Steam Whistle Unsigned 13 feat. Dinosaur Bones, Everything All the Time, and Make Your Exit @ Steam Whistle Brewing (the Roundhouse, 255 Bremner Bldv), 8pm, $5. All proceeds to charity.

* Unfamiliar Records 5 Year Anniversary feat. Makeout Videotape, Rat Tail, Stop Die Resuscitate, and the Two Koreas, w/ DJ Mickey Apples @ The Cryptic Canvas (8 Waterloo Terrace, near King and Bathurst), 9pm, $5.

You Handsome Devil (3 sets) @ The Hideout, 9pm, $5.

Free Kisses, Mathemagic, and Cloud Nothings @ Smiling Buddha Bar, 9pm, $5.

Darrren Eedens, Ania Ziemirska, Neth Moore, and Dress Rehearsal @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Max Woolaver Band w/ Alistair Christl @ Free Times Cafe, 8:30pm, pwyc.

Like Animals w/ Ruckus, Esoteric Doctrine, Bloodvine, Vintage King @ Hard Luck Bar, 9pm, $5.

Sugarfoot, The Dishes, and the Jilted Lovers Club @ Cameron House (Back Room), 9pm, $5.

The Android Meme, Mary & the Black Lamb, and Myxomatosis @ The Velvet Underground, 8pm, $5.

Braincell Graveyard, The Daily Times, and No Right Turns @ Bovine, 9pm, $5.

HotBoxxx presents Andrea Gal, Michael David Wolf, Ben Kunder, Meredith Shaw, The Box Tiger, more @ Rivoli, 8pm, $5.

Sun Sattelite, Blind Race, All But Over, The Targets UK, and Official Awesome @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $6.

The Dank, Ashley, and Cut Throat Kids @ The Silver Dollar, 10pm, $6.

* No Shame presents Language-Arts, the Pinecones, and Allie Hughes @ The Garrison, 9pm, $6.

* B.A. Johnston, the Racoon Wedding, and Andrew Vincent @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $7.

Amnesia Vivace, Icarus Has Wings, Strawman, Breakaway @ El Mocambo (Upstairs), 9pm, $5 w/ canned good, $7 w/o.

* United Steelworkers of Montreal @12:00p, The Warped 45’s @11:00p, and Joshua Cockerill @10:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $8.

This Is A Standoff, Junior Battles (7" release), the Roman Line, and Hands of the Few @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $10.

SATURDAY

Cadre @ Grafittis, 4-7pm, pwyc.

* Zeus (in-store) @ Soundscapes, 6pm, free.

* Chang-A-Lang and Terror Lake @ Hard Luck Club (downstairs, 812 dundas), 10pm, free.

At Odds With Even and Kosher Dill Spears @ Aspetta Cafe, 9pm, pwyc.

In Support of Living, Buddy Black, Jordopia @ Silver Dollar, 10pm, $5.

fleeceelves w/ Sit Down Tracy (Winnipeg) and The Great Dane @ The Poor Alex, 9pm, $5?

Permanent Bastards, Currents, and the Balance @ Bovine, 9pm, $5.

The Hot Flashes and Bryan Ransome Band @ The Drake, 8-11pm, $5.

Anniversary Party feat. Jack Breakfast and Laura Hubert @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Age of the Enemy, Special Ops @ The Velvet Underground, 8pm, $5.

Repercussions w/ TerraArdor and My Hollow @ Hard Luck Bar, 9pm, $5.

Orange Fuzz, The Gospel (from Montreal), and lightsweetcrude @ Teranga, 9pm, $6.

Hi-Hat Records Compilation 5 Release Party feat. The Peace Leeches, the Rival Boys, the Archives, and the Cosmic Eye @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $7 (incl. comp. download).

Quest for Fire, Chylde, and Holy Mount @ Garrison, 9pm, $8.

Julia Set Generator (CD release) @12:30p, Daniel Wesley @11:30p, The Rosewoods @10:30p, and Cold Dead Hands @9:30p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $10.

Operation Haiti feat. Mean Tangerine, Suspect, Thundermonks, more @ El Mocambo (Upstairs), 9pm, $10.

Peter James Project (CD release) w/ Darrelle London @ Bread & Circus, 9pm, $5 (or $20 incl. CD).

SUNDAY

Hamilton Trading Co. w/ Gloria Song & the Classy Rags @ the Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

SugarFightMusic presents The Sitcom, Heartcore, The Little Black Dress, City of Glass @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Burn Down the Capital presents Zevious and The Swyves @ Somewhere There, 8-11pm, $8.

MONDAY

Shoeless Monday feat. City Sirens @12:00p, The Fury @11:00p, Slocomotion @10:00p, and The Foreign Films @9:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

TUESDAY

* The Edge 102.1 Nu Music Nite feat. Medallions @12:30p, Ian Blurton's Happy Endings @11:00p, Yukon Blonde @10:00, and Sixteen Layers (Ireland) @9:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

* Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum, the Weather Station, and Lisa Conway @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Toonie Tuesday feat. Texas, Armed to the Teeth; Caiiro Foster; Dog Tooth Violent; and Please Stand By; w/ DJ Deadlines @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $2.

* The Sure Things (every Tuesday in March) w/ The Strumbellas @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5.

WEDNESDAY

* The Besnard Lakes (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6:30pm, free.

Wonbat Wednesdays feat. The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra, The Book of Gnomes, and Fred Spek's Camb Combo @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 8:30pm, $7.

Indie Music 109 (25 Feb - 3 Mar 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

Apologies for not doing this list for the past few weeks. Here are suggestions for the next seven days. Lots happening, as usual.

THURSDAY (25 feb)

Thursday Night Confidential feat. Hank, Mantler, and The Phonemes @ The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar), 10pm, free.

Rah Rah, The Grammercy Riffs, and Best Man @ The Garrison, 9pm, $5.

Download: Rah Rah, "Duet for Emmylou and the Grevious Angel" (Going Steady, 2008).

Groovetastic presents Tiger Bar Groove feat. Volcano Playground, Bitter City, and Charge of the Light Brigade @ Tiger Bar, 9pm, $10 (or $11 for two people).

Download: Volcano Playground, "Waiting" (Waiting EP, 2009).

* Extra Life w/ Tropics, LAN Party, and Holzkopf @ Teranga, 9pm, $8.

Let There Be Light, The Sales Department, and The Ostrich Tuning @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 8:30pm, $8.

Om Tree Folk Collective (CD release) w/ The Loneliest Monks and Dalobbi @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $10 w/ CD.

Rock For Humanity feat. Mooseblood, Rebel Emergency, Organ Thieves, Thunderhawks, and more @ The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, $10.

FRIDAY (26 feb)

Matthew Barber (in-store) @ Chapters/Indigo Festival Hall, 12:30pm, free.

* Kurt Vile (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6:30pm, free. Bring a donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Fojeba (Black History Month) @ Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar), 7-10pm, free.

Kate Rogers @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 7:30pm, pwyc.

Bill Wood and The Old Youth @ Graffiti's, 9pm, pwyc.

Ryan Driver Quartet @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Alun Piggins & the Quitters and The Stars Here @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Fucked Up afterparty feat. Molested Youth and Total Trash, w/ DJs Ben Cook, Actual Anthony, and Mark Pesci @ Blue Moon (Queen & Broadview), 11pm, $5.

* TWM 57 feat. Danger Bay, Mandeverest, and Pants & Tie @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Two Zebras, Brennan Finlay, Megan Bonnell, and Peter van Helvoort (Acoustic) @ The Imperial Pub, 9pm.

Tradition and Nif-D (split 7" release) w/ DJ Onakabazien @ Double Double Land (209 Augusta Ave.), 9pm, $6.

We Are The Take @12:30p, Michou @11:30p, The Matavaras @10:30p, and Bernadette & The North @9:30p. The Horseshoe Tavern, $8.

Parallels (live, CD release) w/ Trust and DJ sets by Holy Fuck, Jackie Phoenix, Ali Black, and Gypsy Midnight @ Wrongbar, 9pm, $10 (adv tix avail.).

* North of America (reunion) w/ Germans and Boars @ The Silver Dollar Room, 10pm, $10 (adv tix avail.).

SATURDAY (27 feb)

Roman Pilates, The Dead Are Those Who Have Died, and Ptarmigan, w/ projections by Daeve Fellows @ Heartbeat (960 Queen St. W.), 8pm, pwyc.

* Soul is Love @ Holy Oak, 10pm, pwyc. "A band has been formed for the intentions of fantastic soul renditions." The players are Christine Bougie (guitar), Blake Howard, (drums), Matt McLaren (bass & maybe voice), Jesse Levine (piano & voice), and Emilie Mover (voice).

* catl and $100 (duo) @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5.

Download: $100, "Fourteen Hour Day" (Forest of Tears, 2008).

Outbred Inlaws and Evil Farm Children @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Revolvers, Elk, and Sacred Balance @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $6.

Joel Geleynse @12:30p, Voodoo Bunny @11:30p, Shotgun Wedding @10:50p, Jackfish River @10:00p, and Mass Assembly @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, $7.

Cap Guns, Three Seasons & The Move, and Maneli Jamal & Myles Kennedy @ The Cameron House (Back Room), 9pm, $5.

Sun Ra Ra Ra, Magic Cheezies, Queen Licorice, Holy Mount, and Ghost Trees, w/ DJ Tim Perlich @ The Silver Dollar Room, 8:30pm, $6

Quarry Records/Down by the Point Records Showcase feat. Matt Paxton, Kensington Prairie, Ben Somer, Paul Anderson, Cowlick, Before the Flood, and The Abbreviations @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $10.

SUNDAY (28 feb)

Shawn Clarke w/ the Strip @ Cloak & Dagger, 8pm, pwyc.

* Muskox w/ Lisa Conway @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

MONDAY (1 mar)

This is Awesome (every Monday) @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 7pm, pwyc.

gangLion comics presents Whistlestop, LUM (members of First Rate People), Ghost Trees, and Grandmother Willow @ The Boat, 9pm, $5. "The Toronto Comics Jam is lending us a few artists to provide you with on-the-spot portraits and sloppy caricatures. Portraits by donation - get one free with admission!" Admission also gets you a free comic.

TUESDAY (2 mar)

Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. The Stiff Wires @11:40p, People In Grey @10:50p, Outernational, @10:00p, and Dirty Analogue @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, free.

The Sure Things (3 sets) @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5. Every Tuesday in March!

WEDNESDAY (3 mar)

* Tinariwen (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 6:30pm, free. Bring a donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Antler and Buckets Of @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

The Weathermaking Challenge, Oral C, Saskatoon Guitar Destroyer, and Ryan Mandelbaum @ Tiger Bar, 8:30pm, $5.

SynthFest Showcase #2 feat. Deadlines (EP release), These Electric Lives, pH (Ottawa), and Alphabot @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Drunk Woman w/ Proof of Ghosts and Nathan Rekker (from Sports: The Band) @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5?

* TWM presents We are the City, Aidan Knight, and Little City @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Download: Aidan Knight, "Jasper" (Versicolour, 2010).

Wombat Wednesday feat. Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra, Arkana Music, Michael Holt, and Dane Swan (poetry) @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 8:30pm, $7.

Indie Music 108 (28 Jan - 3 Feb 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

I spent Thursday and Friday nights at the Garrison, which has become the place I go to most since it opened in the fall. It really is the new Sneaky Dee's for me, which is both unfortunate (because Sneaks is cool, damnit, and closer to home than Dundas/Oss) and really neat to see happening. But those two shows showcased more than just good bands. There were a zillion people talking and it was so distracting and, well, rude. Move to the back to have conversations! Turn down the music in the front room during Ghost Bees! Geez. This is something the venue will have to work on if they want to host good quieter shows. And no doubt they will. I'm looking forward to seeing how things shape up over the next few months for this still-new spot.

I missed so much else last week. Gah! Toronto: stop being awesome.

I started doing this list, but now I've run out of time! Check out what I've got, then go over to Stillepost for more. (Link below.)

THURSDAY (28 jan)

The Matadors, TerrorChargers, The Heatskores, more @ Kathedral, 6pm, free.

* View Points: Inside the Musician's Studio featuring The Happiness Project @ Harbourfront (Brigantine Room), 8-10pm, free. "Live Performance and Intimate Discussion with Charles Spearin," hosted by Stuart Berman from Eye Weekly, author of This Book Is Broken.

* Ronley Teper & the Lipliners @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc. Ronley's band features an ever-changing cast of great musicians. See who's playing this week.

B'MO Crazy and Owel Five & Corboe @ The New Poor Alex, 9:30pm, pwyc w/ canned food donation.

Punk Rock Party feat. The New Enemy, The Roman Line, Skullians, and Caution Inc. @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.

* SynthFest Showcase 1 feat. En Francais, Stop Die Resuscitate, and Digits @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

* Kate Maki (CD release) @ Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $5

* Steamboat @ The Dakota Tavern, 11pm, $5.

The James Clark Institute, Foreign Films, and The Legendary Dirtbikers @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Make Me Young (CD release) w/ Vowls, The Nightlife, Hugh Oliver and Rosie @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $5.

* The Untold City presents ROBOTS //// US //// VOL 2 feat. Bocce, TMDP, These Electric Lives, DJ Smack Dabb, OPOPO RMX, DJ Matt Weed @ Wrongbar, 9pm, $7.

Groovetastic presents I Told You I Was Groovy feat. Easyboy (Eric Farber of Truman Peyote), Saskatoon Guitar Destroyer, The Screamagers, and Shepherd @ Tiger Bar, 9pm, $10 (or $11 for 2 tix).

Broken Sons, Central Nervous System, The Danger Bees @ The Rivoli, $10

FRIDAY

The Volunteers and Bo Green & The New Jakes @ The Imperial Pub, 9:30pm, pwyc.

Makita Hack & the Logrollers @ Holy Oak, 10pm, pwyc.

DVAS, Kidstreet @ The Boat, $5

Clara Engel and Mekele recital concert @ Arraymusic (60 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 218), 7pm, $5.

We Take Lovers, Buckets Of, The Phonemes, and Mule Skinner @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $5.

Bella Clava w/ Revolvers, The Change, and Woodward Company @ The Cameron House, 9pm, $6.

* TWM 55 feat. Great Dane, Sunfields, and Blanc & White @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6. "Sunfields are the new project from Jason Kent . . . of the Dears."

JEFF the brotherhood, City Sweethearts (album release), Modern Superstitions, and Mutters @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $8.

Australia Day and Waitangi Day feat. The I Love You Toos, Hugh Oliver, Willow Rutherford, Uber Hussy, Hotcha, and more @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 7:30pm, pwyc (sugg $10).

Divine Inspiration feat. @ The Music Gallery, 8pm, $10 (or $6 if you dress up nice). More details here.

Hyacinth presents - Who's Backstage? feat. Modernboys Moderngirls, Corduroy, Slip Of The Tongue, more @ Tattoo Rock Parlour, 9pm, $10.

More....

Indie Music 107 (21-27 Jan 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

Last week I saw Henri Faberge & the Adorables on Thursday, Basia Bulat (!!) w/ the Luyas in a church on Saturday (review), and then a stellar Wavelength programmed by No Shame on Sunday. This week I'm headed to another fantastic No Shame on Thursday, will be back at the Garrison on Friday for the OOTS anniversary party, and haven't quite decided what's what for the rest of the week. Friday is also the local release of Leif Vollebekk's album, and sees Burn Planetarium and Sandman Viper Command tear up the Boat. You might make a point to see Oh No Forest Fires, playing their last show ever on Saturday, or Rock Plaza Central, also playing their last show ever (mostly). Ian Blurton and Huron welcome Brit Frank Turner to the Dakota on Wednesday. Should be a good one.

THURSDAY (21 jan)

Kevin Kruglow, Emilio Fuentes, Kevin Mac, and Phillip Brown @ Smiling Buddha Bar, 9pm, free.

* Dinosaur Jr (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 6:30pm, canned food donation required for entry.

* Ronley Teper's Lipliners @ The Local, 9pm, pwyc.

Jennifer LFO and the Prince Brothers @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

StereoGoesStellar w/ Rikers and Dearly Beloved @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, $5.

* The Strumbellas (CD release) w/ the Sure Things @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm, $5?

* No Shame presents The Wilderness of Manitoba, Ghost Bees, and Casey Mecija (Ohbijou) @ The Garrison, 9pm, $8.



Indie Credit 1 Year Anniversary & Haiti Benefit feat. The Dreamboats, the Skirt Chasers, and Yukon Cigar @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

What Is Indie presents Blues in D, Dora Alexander, Donalyn, and First Rate People @ Clinton's Tavern, 9pm, $5 (or pwyc). All proceeds to the Canadian Red Cross for Haitian relief. I'm hearing good things about Dora Alexander, feat. drummer Bobby Bulat.

Locomotive 8, Black Beat, and Dead Messenger @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Bernadette @11:40p, Live How You Live @10:50p, Shotgun Wedding Band @10:00p, and Rosewoods @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, $5.

Cool Man Cool @ 12:00a, Mike Bultin Band @ 11:00p, Chasing Arcadia (CD release) @ 10:00p, and Chasing Sam @ 9:00p. Lee's Palace, $6.

Slutty Slutty Bang Bang (CD release) w/ wordPEOPLE, the Central Nervous System, and iNSiDEaMiND @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $7 (or $15 and you get the CD, too).

Ladies of The Canyon and Josh Cockerill @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8pm, $10.

FRIDAY (22 jan)

Skullians, Vulgar Manor, Skunx, and RIP @ 460 (460 Spadina Ave), 9pm, free.

Kyp Harness @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Alex Lukashevsky Trio @ Holy Oak, 9pm, pwyc.

* Catl w/ Bradleyboy @ The Dakota Tavern, 10pm (late doors), $5.

Cristina Taborda, Matt Henderson, and Freebie (feat. Portox & Danny Dingle) @ Smiling Buddha, 9pm, $5.

* Sandman Viper Command and Burn Planetarium @ The Boat, 9pm, $5. Two great young indie rock bands.

* Leif Vollebekk (CD release) w/ Luxury Pond @ The Cameron House, 9pm, $5. I recently featured Leif on my blog.

TWM presents the Easy Targets, Protozoans, and the Honest I’s @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $5.

Pop with Brains 24. feat. the Lovely Killbots, the Ascot Royals, Broken Bricks, the Cheap Speakers, and the Vaudeville Whores @ The Rivoli, 9pm, $5.

The Speakeasies and Cursed Arrows @ Velvet Underground, 9pm, $5.

* The Wind Up Radio Sessions and Bryan Arcand @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-11pm, $5.

Winnebagos of Death w/ Shotgun Skinner @ Free Times Cafe, 9pm, $5.

* Red Mass w/ Action Makes, Danger! Danger!, and Ostrich Tuning @ Silver Dollar, 9pm, $7 (adv tix avail).

* Out of This Spark 3rd Anniversary feat. The D'Urbervilles, Forest City Lovers, Evening Hymns, and Jenny Omnichord, w/ DJ Hurtsack @ The Garrison, 9pm, $8 (adv, or $10 door).

Career Suicide, Urban Blight, Useless Eaters @ Poor Alex Theatre (772-A Dundas St. W), 9pm, $10. All ages.

Morre @ 12:30p, Stagehands @ 11:30p, 5th Projekt @ 10:30p, and Cathartic @ 9:30p. Lee's Palace, $10. "Stagehands (Broadway-rock) will be performing their album, The Silent City, in its entirety. Download a free copy here."

Adolf Glitter, Betty Burke (acoustic), and Nolan Natasha, w/ DJ Triple-X @ Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, 10:30pm, $10.

SATURDAY (23 jan)

NLX w/ Winhara and DJ2616 @ El Mocambo (First Floor), 9pm, free. Donations for Haiti accepted.

At Odds With Even w/ Junction Box, Sergei & the Soviets @ Duffy's Tavern, 9pm, free.

The Book of Gnomes @ The Local, 9pm, pwyc.

Castlemusic @ Holy Oak, 9pm, pwyc.

Induced Labour, Women In Tragedy, Lan Party, and Nascent State @ Teranga, 9pm, $3.

Dig it Up, Prevenge, Streetcore, and Former Haunts (debut) @ Smiling Buddha Bar, 9pm, $5.

Modernboys Moderngirls @ The Mod Club, 10pm, $10 or email newsATmodernboysmoderngirlsDOTcom to get on the $5 list. The band goes on at 11pm.

Late Night Live feat. the State of Things, the Disrealis, and the Fantasy Defender @ The Silver Dollar Room, 10:30pm, $5.

The Dave & Chuck Show Party feat. Zeroscape, Cold Dead Hands, Cashmo, Northstar, Dave Sharpe, Baldini, Bacchus, Sarah Grange, Graham Borgfjord, Stu Gallagher, and Nagasaki @ The Poor Alex Theatre, 8pm, $4 w/ canned food donation, $5 w/out.

Actors & Architects, Symphony 9, and The Weeds @ The Central, 9pm, $5.

TWM presents Dead Sexy Sheila, The Outbred Inlaws, The Good Times, and afterparty w/ Owel Five & Corboe @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6

Last True Gentlemen, Those Damn Kookies, Octobres Ending, and F-Holes @ The Cameron House, 9pm, $6.

The Guest Bedroom, Terror Lake, The Meat, and Wild Bore @ Teranga, 9pm, $6.

Darlings of Chelsea @ 12:30p, Voodoo Bunny @ 11:30p, Teenage X @ 10:30p, and Mass Assembly @ 9:30p. Lee's Palace, $7.

* Oh No Forest Fires (final show), Arietta, Songs From a Room, and the Darcys @ The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $7.

* Grand Analog w/ Miles Jones@ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8pm-12am, $10.



* Rock Plaza Central (last show for a long time), Church & State, and the Pining @ The Garrison, 9pm, $10 (adv). "First 100 people with tickets at show will recieve a free RPC t-shirt."

SUNDAY (24 jan)

* Wavelength 497 feat. Lullabye Arkestra, Black Feelings, Tonstartssbandht, and Karaoke, w/ visuals at General Chaos, and hosted by Doc Pickles @ The Garrison, 9pm, pwyc ($5-$10 suggested).

* Gather Round feat. Hamilton Trading Co. and the Strumbellas @ The Boat, 9pm, pwyc.

Protocol @ The Central, 9pm, $5.

MONDAY (25 jan)

Shoeless Monday feat. tba @11:15p, Johnny Hollow @10:15p, and Pull Start Rockets @9:15p. The Horseshoe Tavern, free.

TUESDAY (26 jan)

* Elvis Monday [yes] feat. Donlands & Mortimer, The Miles, Whole Entire Universe, Yuka, and Katie Stelmanis @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 9pm, free. Go early for free food.

* Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. The Nights Below @12:00p, The Treasures @11:00p, Frank Turner @10:00p, and The Cavaliers @9:00p. The Horseshoe Tavern, free.

Diamond Rings (DJ set, video premier for "Wait & See") @ The Beaver, 10pm, free.

* Empire Lights, Lisa Bozikovic, Antler, and the Abramson Singers @ Tranzac (Tiki Room), 8-11pm, pwyc.

WEDNESDAY (27 jan)

PWYC Weds feat. The John Holmes Book Club, 'It It, and William Del Ray @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, pwyc.

Wednesdays Go Pop! feat. Low Level Flight, Good & Broken, and Sean Pinchin @ Supermarket, 9pm, pwyc.

tba @11:40p, Metro 4 @10:50p, Andrew Austin & The Fuss @10:00p, and Silver Creek @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, $4.

Wombat Wednesday presented by Thom Gill feat. Nilan’s Redwire and Allie Hughes @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 8-11pm, $5.

* GatesGatesGates, Trish Robb, and Proof of Ghosts @ Smiling Buddha Bar, 9pm, $5.

WreckingBall Entertainment presents CrackerJack Wednesday feat. Fashion Tips, Free Man On The Land, Blacklist Manifesto, and Tofu Meat @ The Poor Alex Theatre (772A Dundas St. W), $5 w/ canned food or $7 w/out.

* Ian Blurton, Huron, and Frank Turner @ The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $7.

Indie Music 106 (14-20 Jan 2010).

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.

Like this list? Join my Facebook group or subscribe to this blog. Subscribe to my podcast (or download the episodes) here, or through iTunes. The latest ones are here. Make sure to check the rest of my blog for show reviews and photos, giveaways, and downloads. You can get lots of other suggestions at Stillepost, Zoilus, the weeklies, and venue websites, etc.

I didn't get up to much this past week, but made it out to the Garrison for Wavelength where I fell in love all over again with Bahamas. This week I'm planning on going to see Henri Fabergé et al. on Thursday, Beth in Battle Mode (the Boat) and Cigarettes (Rearview Mirror) on Friday, Basia Bulat (not listed; too expensive) on Saturday, and perhaps the Weather Station following that. Wavelength on Sunday, hopefully. Maybe the book launch on Monday. Lots more to do!

Scroll down for going-out suggestions, a bunch of song downloads, and some videos you may or may not have seen before.

THURSDAY (14 jan)

* The Ethers and Henri Fabergé & the Adorables @ The Arbor Room, Hart House (U of T), 9pm, free. All ages.

Thursday Night Confidential & Indie Love Radio presents Hibou and Abstract Random @ The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar), 10pm, free.

Mittenz, Michael O'Grady Trio (ex-Mahones), Black Cat Attack, Franky Moonlight, Rehab For Quitters, and The Groopies @ Kathedral, 8pm, free.

* Gabe Levine and Lisa Bozikovic @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Download: Lisa Bozikovic, "Take and Take" (Lost August, 2009).

* Ghost Bees @ Holy Oak, 10pm, pwyc.



You Call Yourselves Soldiers w/ Germans and The Hot Flashes @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $5.

Download: Germans, "I Am the Teacher" (Cape Fear, 2006).

Del Asher and Brendan Rivera @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Super Repeater, Husbands, Matt N-L, and Deaf Heap @ The Garrison, 9pm, $5.

Julia Set Generator @11:40p, Motion Picture Ending @10:50p, Devolver @10:00p, and Paul Disalle Band @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, $5.

Steve York Band, Johnny Righteous, Down by Riverside, and Cristina Taborda @ Supermarket, 9pm, $5.

Credit Valley Benefit show feat. Dance Electric, Gunnar Rapido, Please Stand By, and Hush Money @ The Boat, 9pm, $5.

Ethel & the Mermen, The Jimmy Byron Band, and guests @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

* Julie Fader w/ Daniel Romano (Attack in Black) & Andrew Sisk (Share) @ El Mocambo, 9pm, $7.

Download: Julie Fader, "Flights" (Outside In, 2009).

Tim Chaisson & Morning Fold w/ Nick Rose & the Magnolias @ The Drake Hotel (Underground), 8-10pm, $7.

Fem Folk feat. Andrea Ramolo, The Jadea Kelly Band, The Rucksack Willies @ The Rivoli, 9pm, $7.

* Groovestastic Entertainment presents Folk Yeah! feat. Carmen Elle, First Rate People, Broken Telephone Band, and Thin Hotel (Mark R) @ Tiger Bar, 9pm, $10 for 1 person, $11 for 2.

Download: First Rate People, "Jacob & the Ladder" (demo, 2009).

Hard Rock Tribute Night feat. Motorheadache (Motorhead) @ 11:15p, Raclones (Ramones) @ 10:15p, Facelift (Alice in Chains) @ 9:15p. Lee's Palace, $10.

FRIDAY (15 jan)

Jake Chisholm @ The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar), 8-10pm, free.

Lake Vernon Drowning, Shelby Lamb @ Holy Oak Cafe, 9pm, pwyc.

* Beth in Battle Mode (EP release) w/ The Cheap Speakers @ The Boat, 9:30pm, $5. Bands over by midnight; DJs after. BIBM's horn section will be in action for this show.

Download: Beth in Battle Mode, "Action Item" (Ordinateur de France, 2010).

You Handsome Devil @12:30p, Tenth Planet @11:30p, Volititionaire @10:30p, and The Waxmen @9:30p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $6.

Cigarettes, Wild Bore, and The Voluptuous @ Rearview Mirror, 10pm, $5.

The Pariahs @ The Bovine, 9pm, $5.

Frantic City presents The Skirt Chasers, The Lesson, and Loveshot @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

Gramercy Riffs, All Day Driver, and Flashlight Radio @ El Mocambo, 9:30 pm, $6.

LightSweetCrude w/ Rob Rush and The No Denture Adventure @ Teranga, 9pm, $6.

TWM 54 feat. The Archives, Krupke, Skip Jensen & Ginger, and Irene @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $7.

Mirrorball (final show), Opopo, and Pkew Pkew Pkew (Gunshots) @ The Garrison, 9pm, $8.

* Catl (record release), Anagram, and John Borra & Sam Ferrara, w/ DJ Anousheh @ The Silver Dollar Room, 10pm, $8.

Little Girls, Trust, Tezeta, w/ DJs Hi Mom and Dre @ Sneaky Dee's, 9pm, $8 (adv tix avail).

Download: Little Girls, "Youth Tunes," (Concepts, 2009).

Breaking the Fourth Wall, Bloodline, Breaking The Archetype, and Jane Hill @ Hard Luck Bar, 9pm, $10.

Phreak Nasty @ 12:30a, Funksway @ 11:30p, A.M. @ 10:30p, and Thundermonks @ 9:30p. Lee's Palace, $10.

Uma Nota @ The Gladstone Hotel (Ballroom), 10pm-12am, $10.

SATURDAY (16 jan)

* Catl (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 5pm, free. All ages. Bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank.

* The Weather Station, Isla Craig, and the Banjo Consortium @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Download: The Weather Station, "East" (The Line, 2009).

Fourth World @ The Central, 9pm, pwyc.

* Chang-a-lang w/ The Weirdies and Revolvers @ Silver Dollar, 10:30pm, $5.

Paint, The Vicious Guns, and Ramona @ Mitzi's Sister, 9pm, $5.

A Primitive Evolution, Voodoo Bunny, and Organ Thieves @ The Bovine, 9m, $5.

TWM presents The Ascot Royals, Pumps, Magic Hall of Mirrors (ex-Golden Hands Before God), and The Black Fever @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $6.

Lali Gurans w/ Super Repeater and Four Lines @ El Mocambo, 9pm, $6.

Clothes Make The Man, Corduroy, Wildlife, and Brett Caswell @ The Garrison, 9pm, $6.

Download: Clothes Make the Man, "Air Loom" (Distance, 2010).

Beniffer/Primary Colors present Thee Gnostics, Brian Ruryk, Archaic Women, and Man Made Hill, w/ DJ Pointy Boots, projectionsby Exploding Motor Car, and light show by Dan Zen @ House of Super Everlasting Joy, 9pm, $6.

* Daps All-Ages Concert feat. Casey Mecija & Jeff, Santa Guerrilla, Sean Nicholas Savage, The Miles, Ruzan Orkestar @ Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture (167 Augusta), 2pm, $7. All ages.

* Clues w/ Medallions, The Easy Targets, Les Mammographes, and Elissa Mielke @ Comfort Zone, 9pm, $8 (adv tix avail).

Download: Clues, "Remember Severed Head" (Clues, 2009).

* Opopo, Shortwave, These Electric Lives, and Young Empires @ The Horseshoe Tavern, 9pm, $8.

Ten Thousand Creatures (album release) w/ Romo Roto @ The Music Gallery, 8-11pm, $10.

Stuck in the City presents Another Breath, Make Do and Mend, Ambush, Wayfarer, Desperate Times @ Siesta Nouveaux, 7-10pm, $10. All ages.

SUNDAY (17 jan)

Wavelength 496 presented by No Shame feat. Whale Tooth, Tyson & the Trepids, and The Elwins, w/ visuals by General Chaos, hosted by Doc Pickles @ The Garrison, 9pm, pwyc ($5-$10 suggested).



Cristine Taborda and Chloe Charles @ The Central, 9pm, pwyc.

Scarlet Fever and Mother Murder w/ DJ Darkness Visible @ Neu+tral, 9pm, $10 or pwyc.

MONDAY (18 jan)

* This Is Awesome (2nd anniversary) performing Pet Sounds @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 7-9pm, pwyc. Christine Bougie (guitar, lap steel) and Dafydd Hughes (wurlitzer) perform together every Monday evening. Tonight they are joined by special guest Julia Hambleton (clarinet).

Shoeless Monday feat. The Wrong Crowd @11:15p, Luau Or Die @10:15p, and Chris Miller @9:15p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

* This Is Not A Reading Series (book launch) presents Liz Worth in conversation w/ Damian Abraham about her book, Treat Me Like Dirt: And Oral History of Punk In Toronto and Beyond (1977-81) @ The Gladstone Hotel (Ballroom), 7pm, $5 (or free with book purchase).

TUESDAY (19 jan)

* Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite feat. Nightwood @11:40p, Old World Vulture @10:50p, Steve Bick @10:00p, and Robert Hedge (CD release) @9:10. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, free.

The Pink & Black Attack presents Detroit and Black Faxes @ The Bovine, 9pm, free.

TGT Inc. presents Toonie Tuesday feat. Saprophyte; Texas, Armed to the Teeth; Cartilage; and Syntaqst Error @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, $2.

Ian Kelly w/ Courtney Farquhar @ The Cameron House (Back Room), 8:30pm, $7.

WEDNESDAY (20 jan)

* An Horse (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6 pm, free. All ages.

Wednesdays Go Pop! 1st Anniversary feat. The Treasures, Michou, and Low Level Flight @ Supermarket, 9pm, pwyc.

Download: Michou, "Medea" (Myshkin, 2008).

PWYC Weds feat. Azores Band, Orang Pendek, and Graydon James @ Rancho Relaxo, 9pm, pwyc.

Download: Graydon James, "Coming Down" (Goodnight, Young Novelist, 2009). Great song!

Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra @ Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10pm, pwyc.

Joey Caughey, Space Coyote, The Boys Of Reason @ The Poor Alex, 772A Dundas St. West, $5 with canned food.

Niagra Falls Music Night feat. The Blackflies @11:40p, Sea Of Gold & Burgundy @10:50p, The Anti Q's @10:00p, and Beth Moore @9:10p. The Horseshoe Tavern, 8:30pm, $5.

Wombat Wednesday presented by Thom Gill feat. Alex Lukashevsky and Taylor Knox @ Tranzac (Main Hall), 8-11pm, $5.

* Ian Blurton (CD release, w/ Huron), The Mercy Now, and HotKid @ Dakota Tavern, 9:30pm, $7. See Blurton/Huron every Wednesday in Jan and Feb.

Toronto Independent Music Awards (TIMA) presents Tomorrow's Glory, Dream of Distance, Mary Rose Obsession, The Joys, and Brane @ The Central, 7pm, $7 (pass for all TIMA Best Live Showcases until June 2010).