Toronto Unplugged

Friday July 4th @ 8pm Arizona’s Jimmy Eat World will play Toronto’s Sound Academy. Jimmy Eat World are no strangers to Toronto having toured here almost a dozen times.
From their 1994 self titled debut, through (my favorite) Clarity, to their latest offering 2007’s Chase The Light, Jimmy Eat World have grown from a stumble upon band to a mainstream favorite.
If you’re a fan of the band, this should be a solid show as they will be trying out some new material as well as falling back on some of their old (but great) stuff. As well, JEW …read more

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In an overall slumping time for record sales, Coldplay has shown that it can still be done – you just need to be a global musical power.
Since this album’s launch it seems to be available for purchase everywhere – at the cash of the pharmacy, grocery store, coffee shop…etc. This is smart, but also a luxury that only the biggest bands have. The marketing costs a fortune but…
This marks the first time since March 2005 that the Billboard 200 was led by a 700,000-plus sum in consecutive weeks. The last occasion happened when 50 Cent’s “The …read more

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Rebel Emergency is an innovative band from Toronto whose sound is an eclectic mix of Rock, Reggae and Ska that is undeniable in both its energy and originality.
Check them out tonight at Black Betty – doors at 8pm
The show is free through the Inside Edge – click here for details

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The order for the Edgefest ‘08 main stage has been announced, and it is as follows:
Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS)

Attack in Black

Ashes Divide
The Bravery

Sam Roberts Band
Stone Temple Pilots

Linkin Park
 
Edgefest will take place at Downsview Park on Saturday July 12th.
For more details, check out The Edge 

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Pre-prepped journalism…sometimes will bite you in the ass.  I was pretty pumped for the Peter Hook show, so I decided to throw two posts yesterday on the blog.  I posted them late Monday night to run Tuesday, because I knew I would be away from my computer for most of the day.  i was in the car listening to The Edge when I heard Bookie say, “it’s official, the Peter Hook show has been canceled”
Bollocks.  Sitting in my car…away from a computer…knowing that I couldn’t change the posts.  Ah well.
Bummer about the show.  I know a lot of people that …read more

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A great throw back/nostalgic show this week.  Peter Hook will be playing The Sound Academy on June 27th at 9pm.
Hook was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them throughout their career until his departure in 2007.
Hook has also recorded an album with Revenge (One True Passion) and two albums with Monaco (Music For Pleasure and Monaco) as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist.
There are some bands that simply resonate with a generation and …read more

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World Class Jazz Music is flooding the streets of Toronto
The main stage concert series within the Festival (Toronto Star Stage) at Nathan Phillips Square features top musicians this week including:
June 23rd:  Oliver Jones Trio @ 8PM
June 24th:  James Hunter | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ 8PM
June 25th:  Cyrus Chestnut Trio | Blind Boys of Alabama @ 8PM
June 26th:  Salute to Jazz at the Philharmonic w Hargrove, Gambarini, D’Rivera, Malone @ 8PM
June 27th:  John Abercrombie Organ Trio | Mike Stern Trio | John Scofield Trio @ 8PM
June 28th:  Arturo Sandoval | Hilario Duran Trio @ 8PM
June 29th:  Toby Foyeh & …read more

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The Virgin Festival has added The Kooks, Silversun Pickups, The Fratellis, Against Me!, MGMT and more to their line up. Virgin Festival Toronto will shake out on September 6th and 7th at Toronto Island Park. Tickets for all these events are on sale now.

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Said The Whale is as much a product of Vancouver’s tremendous natural beauty as it is of the city’s budding independent music scene. Electronic indie rock that captures the essence of what it means to be young, free and heartbroken.
Rivoli @ 11PM
Run With The Kittens – Ripping some musical styles from the past, some from the future, this foursome is hell bent on showing people a good time with a repertoire ranging from darkly witty Dylan-esque tunes to stompers worthy of Motorhead.
Holy Joe’s @ 11PM
The Two Koreas – Like soggy cigarette butts in melting snow banks, Toronto’s preeminent practitioners of …read more

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The El Mocambo Tavern (462-464, Spadina Ave., Toronto ON M5T 2G8) (aka “The El Mo”) is a live music Toronto institution. Located on Spadina Avenue, just south of College Street, the bar played an important role in the development of popular music in Toronto since the 1940s. It is perhaps best known for hosting two Rolling Stones shows on March 4 and 5, 1977 that were recorded for release on the band’s Love You Live album.
Throughout NXNE, The El Mocambo will be one of the hottest venues of the Festival. Toronto Unplugged profiles the gigs shaking out both upstairs …read more

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