Halifax's Dog Day will be playing Dave Bookman of 102.1 THe Edge's Nu Music Nite at the Horseshoe at 9:10 pm on August 19. The Horseshoe Tavern site lists 'special guests' at 10:20 pm. Dog Day are currently tracking a new record which should be out in the new year. The band directs readers to Zune who recorded the band playing 'Great Pains'live at The Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax during the VICE...
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concert review: Rogers Picnic @ Historic Fort York (Toronto, Ontario), July 20, 2008Dallas Green (of City and Colour) @ Rogers Picnic (Historic Fort York - July 20, 2008)The good things about having missed the first three acts of Rogers Picnic this past Sunday at Historic Fort York - 1) I missed the worst of the torrential downpour of rain for the day, and 2) I have less to write up about! I wa...
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Stephen Malkmus at Phoenix Concert Theatre (July 16, 2008)It's taking me a little longer than expected to get up a review of the Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks show at Phoenix on July 16 (and I might just abandon it altogether). But having attended a wedding/reception on Saturday and Rogers Picnic on Sunday, I am pooped.Photos from the show over at Flickr.MySpace: Still Life StillMySpace: Stephe...
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If you didn't already know, the schedule for this year's Hillside Festival in Guelph is now up. Only Sunday evening tickets remain at $45 a pop, which would give you the opportunity to see Broken Social Scene, Hayden, Bell Orchestre, and The Acorn, among others so decide quickly and act fast.Only a handful of tour dates remain in the coming months for Snailhouse in promotion for his current alb...
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Well I was looking forward to seeing five-piece Sub Pop outfit Fleet Foxes tonight at the Phoenix (opening for Stephen Malkmus) but it appears they've cancelled due to 'exhaustion'. Oh well. No sense in complaining about it, I guess. I picked up their debut full-length over the weekend in anticipation of their show and have grown really fond of it. It's a great blend of vocal harmonies, melanch...
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I'm not quite up on the musical efforts of ex-Death From Above 1979 drummer Sebastian Grainger except that he has his own solo project with his band The Mountains, but he just got signed to Saddle Creek Records in the US. Saddle Creek just released his digital EP "American Names", which you can stream here. Or check out his MySpace.Adding more twang to the proceedings, Chicago's Freakwater will...
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concert review: Beats, Breaks and Culture @ Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, Ontario), July 4-5, 2008If this past weekend's fifth annual Beats, Breaks and Culture festival down at Harbourfront proved only one thing it was that its main stage (Sirius Stage) is the antithesis of the physical environment that it really requires. In other words, dance(able) music requires floor space to dance which me...
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concert review: Orchestra Baobab @ Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, Ontario), July 3, 2008Whether planned or not, a pair of Harbourfront shows this past week, Sean Kuti and Fela's Egypt 80 (from Lagos, Nigeria), and collective Orchestra Baobab (from Senegal) nicely coincide with Toronto's Afrofest happening this weekend down at Queen's Park. I didn't make it to the Sean kuti show afterall (though ...
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concert review: Martha Wainwright, Basia Bulat @ Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, Ontario), July 1, 2008Martha Wainwright @ Harbourfront (Canada Day 2008)It was a more low-key Canada Day party down at Harbourfront this year, and not just because it fell on a Tuesday. With past Canada Day Festivities at Harbourfront featuring such exciting headliners as Final Fantasy, The Dears and Feist, the excit...
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concert review: Lee 'Scratch' Perry @ Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, Ontario), June 30, 2008Lee 'Scratch' Perry @ Harbourfront (June 30, 2008)It seems like all of Toronto was out at Harbourfront yesterday evening to see a free show by legendary Jamaican dub reggae master Lee 'Scratch' Perry. It's possible that the large crowd was partially due to it being a holiday(Canada Day) the next day but I...
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concert : The Hidden Cameras @ Pride (Toronto, Ontario) - June 28, 2008"the hidden cameras played a goth show with a choir of golden ghosts! it was great. think people were surprised by the screaming and ghoulishness, nice and refreshing to see the new stuff. plus a german punk song?!@#$ wtf? so fun." via Dead Cops @ Stille Post More photos over at Flickr . MySpace : The Hidden Came...
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concert review: Ohbijou @ Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, Ontario), June 28, 2008I caught a relaxing mid-afternoon set with Ohbijou down at Harbourfront Centre yesterday. They were playing as part of the A Rocky Mountain High: The Banff Centre festival. During the hour long set, they of course played tunes off their debut "Swift Feet For Troubling Times" but also played a couple of tunes they'd w...
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--- - |- As per Stille Post, The Warlocks play an instore at Sonic Boom this Thursday June 26th at 6pm prior to their proper gig at Lee's Palace that night.The Pride Toronto festival's coming up this weekend, and well the obvious thing for me is to, well perhaps, check out the music. The Wellesley stage on June 28 between 7 pm and midnight looks like a big dance party(check out the official si...
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Billy Bragg @ HMV [Yonge & Bloor] (June 17, 2008)Prior to his proper gig at Harbourfront, Billy Bragg performed a brief solo acoustic instore at the grand reopening of HMV's Yonge and Bloor location this past Tuesday. I missed a bit of it but did catch full performances of 'Waiting For The Great Leap Forward' (with some timely, biting lyrical changes which ponder the next music format that's fo...
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concert review: NXNE @ various venues (Toronto, Ontario), June 14, 2008Jeff McDonald (Redd Kross) @ Lee's Palace (June 14, 2008)Julie Doiron [MySpace] / Calm Down It's Monday @ Sonic Boom (6 pm)It was serendipitous that Sonic Boom added Sackville's Julie Doiron for an early evening instore set which I was able to attend since I missed Julie's set at the Horseshoe the previous night (due to choo...
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concert review : NXNE @ various venues (Toronto, Ontario), June 13, 2008 The Pack A.D. @ Sneaky Dee's (June 13, 2008) Ted Leo and The Pharmacists [MySpace ] @ Yonge Dundas Square (9 pm) It was a dream come true for me that NXNE got Ted Leo and The Pharmacists to play a free set in the heart of downtown Toronto. Ted and the group played mostly old faves plus several new tunes with the ince...
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concert review : NXNE @ various venues (Toronto, Ontario), June 12, 2008 Olenka and The Autumn Lovers @ C'est What (June 12, 2008) Let's get right to it. Two Hours Traffic [MySpace ] @ Sonic Boom (7 pm) After a little snafu with getting my media pass at NXNE headquarters at the Holiday Inn on King St., I figured I'd start the night out early and check out Charlottetown powerpop four-piec...
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--- - |- concert review: Lightspeed Champion, Flowers Forever @ Lee's Palace (Toronto, Ontario), June 11, 2008I can't speak firsthand about first openers Charleston, North Carolina's The Explorers Club, although I heard they were all sorts of Brian Wilson-esque goodness, but second openers Omaha, Nebraska's Flowers Forever and headliners UK's Lightspeed Champion were as opposites as two could ...
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A lot to still catch up on including the Lightspeed Champion show at Lee's Palace this past Wednesday, and my NXNE experiences yesterday evening[best act I caught yesterday evening was Olenka and The Autumn Lovers at C'est What - look out for them]. Don't count on me posting any NXNE recaps until at least after Saturday.I didn't get around to posting my NXNE picks for Thursday prior to the fest...
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concert review: Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone @ El Mocambo (Toronto, Ontario), June 6, 2008The much recently balleyhooed Seattles' Grand Archives apparently played a mere five songs at its debut show which got them a contract with Sub Pop who released recently their self-titled debut album. Of course, there's the Band of Horses connection as Grand Archives frontman Mat Brooke was once a BoH guit...
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