Toronto Unplugged

Here’s a great plan for tomorrow night.  Call up a date, head to the Cameron House, order a couple craft beers and make your way to the back room.
There is a very cool, high quality acoustic line-up at the Cam House tomorrow night.
408 Queen Street West…
Here’s who’s playing…
Troy Western w Rayna – bit more upbeat acoustic folk rock.
Mandippal Jandue – comes off very soft and soulful, yet his lyrics carry the weight of a great songwriter and musician.  If you’re going to go tomorrow night, don’t miss Mandippal’s set at roughly 10:30.

Warren Owen – his MySpace page lists …read more

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Musician and songwriter, Kevin Drew – who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene – played the Kool Haus on Saturday night. Drew, along with many BSS’ers, were playing a solid repertoire of Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew’s Spirit If…
Our man Joe Manocchio was at the gig and had this to say:
“The opening band was great. Kevin Drew was great and he played for over 2 hours straight, sans encore. I had to leave the show at around 12:10 and they were still on stage. The show was pretty …read more

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We’re helping to spread the word on a band in need for an opening act at a very cool venue.
The Fitzroy Terrors are playing the Cameron House on Friday Jan 18th. They need an opening act. The Fitzroy Terrors are seeking an upbeat band that isn’t excessively loud.
Do you jive with the Fitzroy Terrors? Check out their sound here.
Interested? Post a comment.

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Run with the Kittens are an original take on all that is rock, folk, funk n’ country. Their weekly Tuesday night residency at the historic Cameron House has become a must see event, promising a fresh, entertaining night of great music, week after week. The stories of them rolling into towns throughout Ontario in their big black bus are becoming more commonplace. Winning new fans with each gig is a testament to the contagious energy of the band.
The band was voted Toronto’s best live electric band by the 2006 Toronto Independent Music Awards
With the purchase of an old …read more

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Halifax’s own Wintersleep, is coming to town on January 31st to play The Phoenix Concert Theatre. This will likely be the last time you’ll be able to catch this band in such an intimate venue.
Tickets for this show go on sale on Saturday, December 8th at 10am.
Sign up for the Inside Edge and you can jump in on the pre-sale – starting Thursday, December 6th at 10:00am.
Thanks to Adam for the head’s up…
Set your alarm…10am will come quick.

Wintersleep – Weightly Ghost

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Gig: November 29th – During opening acts, St. Alvia Cartel and Matt Costa’s sets I was extremely curious about the back drop that was chosen. It was ‘Miss Saigon’ inspired, and although looked kinda cool, it seemed dull and needed something.
Then three piece Bedouin Soundclash walked on stage. Frontman Jay Malinowski calmly leaned into the mic and shouted, “Until We Burn!” which echoed throughout the small and intimate Cowboy’s in London and the band cranked in to ‘Until We Burn in the Sun‘.
From the first skin hit by drummer Pat Pengelly, the Miss Saigon/Tropical backdrop exploded with …read more

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Broken Social Scene’s Jason Collett is playing the Dakota Tavern on Tuesday night.
Most singer/songwriters are lonely souls with only a stool, an acoustic guitar and a heart-worn sleeve. Not Jason Collett. Oh sure, the Broken Social Scene guitarist has his instrument and a stack of intimate tales to tell-but his new solo album, Idols of Exile, sounds more like a house party.
What’s going on at the Dakota for the rest of the week?
Wednesday the 5th:
David Myles early show @ 8:00. Tickets $10 @ door
Flash Lightnin’ plays some lowdown southern boogie @ 10:00
Thursday the 6th:
Andy Swan early show @ 8:00. Tickets …read more

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Every Tuesday is Nu Music Nite at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern – so if you’re looking to check out a new, credible, rockin’ band…this is the time and place.
Here’s the line-up for Tue Nov 27
Zuku @12:00
Julia Set Generator @11:10
THE WAKING EYES @10:20
Bury The Bully @9:30

(The Waking Eyes)

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I was lucky enough to catch Matt Costa live on November 29th at Cowboys in London.
Costa is currently supporting Bedouin Soundclash on their cross Canada tour and he adds a great acoustic feel to the bill, which also features Burlington, Ontario punk rockers The St. Alvia Cartel.
After St. Alvia finished their short set, Costa took to the stage with bandmates Mitchell Townsend (guitar), Jacob Sahagen (keyboards), Harris Pittman (bass) and James Fletcher (drums) to provide a folksy vibe with songs from his 2006 release Songs We Sing and to crank out a few tracks from his recent Oct 2007 release …read more

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In The Good Musician’s post – 19 Great Music Sites – Arjun features Music IP as the second best Music site on the web. Music IP has been a partner of b5media for quite some time, but I have to admit, I hadn’t been to the site in quite some time. After checking it out again, I instantly remember why it occupied so much of my time when I first discovered it.
“The fresh way to discover music” – Music IP
Music discovery is a wonderful way to spend/waste time. Music IP – among their many other functions – …read more

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