Built to Spill
Show Announcements:
A Place to Bury Strangers, Dead Confederate, All The Saints @ Mod Club (October 27th)
Atlas Sound, Broadcast, Selmanaires @ Lee’s (October 24th)
Love @ Lee’s (August 14th, $25.00, 19+)
Busdriver, Abstract Rude @ El Mocambo (September 12th)
Titus Andronicus, The So So Glos @ Horseshoe (September 25th, $10.50, 19+)
A Wilhelm Scream, The Riot Before @ Reverb (September 25th, $13.50, ALL-AGES)
She Wants Revenge, Kill Hannah @ Phoenix (September 28th, $20.00, 19+)
Teenage Bottlerocket @ Kathedral (October 27th, $10.50, ALL-AGES)
Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop (of Travis) @ Mod Club (October 30th, $29.50, 19+)
Monsters of Folk (feat. Conor Oberst, Jim James, M Ward, Mike Mogis) @ Massey Hall (November 2nd, $36.50-49.50, ALL-AGES)
Wavves, Ganglians @ El Mocambo (September 22nd)
The Cool Kids @ Lee’s (August 27th, $20.00, 19+)
An Horse @ Drake (September 11th, $10.00, 19+)
Telefon Tel Aviv @ El Mocambo (September 9th, $10.00, 19+)
Os Mutantes @ Opera House (October 2nd, $25.00, 19+)
Kid Koala, Adira @ Mod Club (October 3rd)
Nosaj Thing @ Wrongbar (August 30th)
Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Buff 1 @ Drake (September 27th, $12.00, 19+)
Sea Wolf, Port O’Brien, Sara Lov @ Sneaky Dee’s (October 9th)
Bishop Morocco, The Two Koreas, Metz @ Silver Dollar (August 14th, $6.00, 19+)
Monotonix @ Velvet Underground (October 7th, 19+)
Golden Triangle @ Silver Dollar (October 2nd, 19+)
Zeroes @ Silver Dollar (September 18th, 19+)
For those dying to find details for the Built To Spill shows, Against the Grain has finally released show info! The band will be in town on October 6th and 7th at Lee’s for the price of $26.50 and this is a 19+ event. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning!
Islands will be in Toronto promoting their upcoming album Vapours on October 14th!! Vapours will be out on September 22nd and you can hear a new song entitled “No You Don’t” here now!
Do Make Say Think will play the opening party for the Bicycle Film Festival on August 19th at the Polish Combatants Hall; tickets are $22.00 and this is an all-ages event!
Toronto’s Everything All The Time will be opening for Amazing Baby at the Drake on August 4th. Tickets are still on sale for $13.00!
Metz have been added to the Japandroids/Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band bill at the Horseshoe on September 19th.
Arietta will open for Cursive this Saturday at the Horseshoe!
For those attending the Yeah Yeah Yeahs shows at the Kool Haus this coming Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Amanda Blank will be opening! Don’t know her? Start listening here.
In addition to his upcoming show at the Opera House on September 10th, Caribou will have a DJ set at Wrongbar on September 17th.
El Perro Del Mar will be opening for Peter Bjorn and John at the Phoenix on November 11th. Tickets are still on sale for $20.00!
Wavelength’s August schedule has just been announced! Check it out here! Personal suggestion: August 30th featuring the Wilderness of Manitoba, The Weather Station and Maylee & Pegwee Power!
Unfortunately I wasn’t at Hillside this past weekend but the talk of the fest? From what I hear, Final Fantasy(and why wouldn’t it be? Owen Pallett’s a fucking genius) and here’s video proof!
The Hidden Cameras have a new video out for their new single “In The NA” - watch here.
Flight of the Conchords have finally announced details on their new album, I Told You I Was Freaky! Read more here
And speaking of announcing albums, FINALLY - Tegan and Sara reveal the name of their new record: Sainthood. Not “Thainthood” (watch this video to understand why it may be Thainthood)
Happy listening!
Musically,
Melody
