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<strong>NXNE</strong> festivAl guide<br />
Where the critics will be saturday<br />
Essential<br />
shows<br />
MATHEMAgIC at the Gladstone (1214<br />
Queen West), Friday (June 18), 8 pm. $15<br />
or <strong>NXNE</strong> wristband/pass. nxne.com.<br />
In the last year, Guelph’s Mathemagic<br />
have gone from an unknown<br />
bedroom recording project by<br />
brothers Evan and Dylan Euteneier<br />
to a group with a<br />
debut self- titled EP released<br />
on Paper Bag who are getting<br />
written about on hip<br />
music blogs and being tagged as<br />
canada’s answer to the chillwave fad.<br />
Funnily, it was only recently that<br />
they learned of blogs and chillwave.<br />
“We made a Myspace page for the<br />
first song we did, and some guy from<br />
transparentblog in the Uk asked us if<br />
he could post it,” says Evan. “We didn’t<br />
even have a single friend on Myspace. I<br />
don’t know how he found us.<br />
gHOST BEES at the Gladstone (1214<br />
Queen West), Friday (June 18), 9 pm. $15<br />
or <strong>NXNE</strong> wristband/pass. and at c’est<br />
What (67 Front East), Friday (June 18),<br />
midnight. $10 or <strong>NXNE</strong> wristband/pass.<br />
nxne.com.<br />
ambient<br />
pop<br />
Identical twins Sari and<br />
Romy Lightman, aka Ghost<br />
Bees, are polite, soft-spoken<br />
and quite charming in person.<br />
But there’s something<br />
strangely disconcerting about<br />
the way they communicate wordlessly,<br />
as if they’re having a private conversation.<br />
Good thing the pair relish reactions<br />
to their twin weirdness.<br />
“I don’t think we creep each other<br />
out, but I do think we creep other people<br />
out,” says sari as she shares a sandwich<br />
with her sister. “We can definitely<br />
be creepy at times.”<br />
indie<br />
pop<br />
“hell, I didn’t even know what a<br />
music blog was. I went to his site and<br />
was blown away by all this music I’d<br />
never heard before. Now that’s where I<br />
get all my new music.”<br />
While the instant blog love may<br />
have been a flukey accident, the<br />
brothers’ shimmering ambient<br />
pop soundscapes fit perfectly<br />
with the sudden surge of bands<br />
exploring similarly tripped- out<br />
tangents.<br />
But whereas most of their competition<br />
use 80s pop as reference<br />
points, Mathe magic have a subtle<br />
tropical vibe that makes you think they<br />
live closer to the equator than north of<br />
the 49th parallel.<br />
“We recorded the EP just as the<br />
summer was ending and it was starting<br />
to get cold,” says Evan. “I guess we<br />
were trying to make it feel like it was<br />
still summer.” BENJAMIN BOLES<br />
their music pits ethereal melodies<br />
against dark, gory subject matter. Parents,<br />
be warned: this might be what<br />
happens when you expose sweet<br />
young girls to horror movies at an early<br />
age, as the lightmans’ father did.<br />
on Through A Glass Darkly, their<br />
just-finished follow-up to 2008’s<br />
tasseomancy, they tone down<br />
the folk influences and beef up<br />
the atmospherics. It was produced<br />
by timber timbre’s taylor<br />
kirk and simon trottier, who will<br />
back them up at the Gladstone.<br />
they’re also about to change their<br />
name to tasseomancy, a word for the<br />
art of reading tea leaves.<br />
“Ghost Bees was a childhood inside<br />
joke for us and kind of a secret,” explains<br />
Romy. “It feels like we’ve outgrown<br />
that name. this album is just so<br />
much heavier and darker than what<br />
we’ve previously done.” BENJAMIN BOLES<br />
MICHAEL HOLLETT<br />
BENJAMIN BOLES<br />
JORDAN BIMM<br />
CARLA gILLIS<br />
JASON KELLER<br />
ANDREW RENNIE<br />
RICHARD<br />
TRAPUNSKI<br />
8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm 12 am 1 am 2 am 3 am<br />
Hollerado<br />
Mod club<br />
Raveonettes<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Digits<br />
Whippersnapper<br />
Gallery<br />
Raveonettes<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Raveonettes<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Raveonettes<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Hollerado<br />
Mod club<br />
garage<br />
punk<br />
Iggy & the<br />
Stooges (9:30)<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Iggy & the<br />
Stooges (9:30)<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Uncut<br />
sneaky Dee’s<br />
Iggy & the<br />
Stooges (9:30)<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Iggy & the<br />
Stooges (9:30)<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Iggy & the<br />
Stooges (9:30)<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
Iggy & the<br />
Stooges (9:30)<br />
yonge-Dundas<br />
square<br />
TEENANgER at the silver Dollar (486 spadina),<br />
saturday (June 19), midnight. $15 or<br />
<strong>NXNE</strong> wristband/pass. nxne.com.<br />
toronto garage punk outfit Teenanger<br />
have no problem getting vulgar. take<br />
their grotesque poster art or the title<br />
of their sophomore album, Give Me<br />
Pink, out on Telephone Explosion.<br />
“We were in a hotel in Montreal,<br />
pretty fucked up, watching free French<br />
porn because we’re too broke to pay<br />
for the regular kind,” says guitarist G.C.<br />
Gary from a couch in toronto.<br />
“all of a sudden, the words ‘Give me<br />
pink!’ started flashing across the<br />
screen, interspersed with a giant<br />
dildo.”<br />
teenager members Gary, vocalist<br />
Alex Lekay, bassist/backup vocalist<br />
Sharon Needles and a drummer<br />
known as Salvatore use aliases for<br />
practical reasons.<br />
“We don’t exactly cross borders<br />
legally,” says Gary cryptically, “which<br />
makes touring especially difficult.”<br />
there’s a sort of last- minute urgency<br />
to everything they do, and it’s<br />
evident in the songs themselves.<br />
“We basically recorded the whole<br />
album in the span of a day,” Gary says.<br />
“It was a daunting task, but that’s how<br />
we’ve always worked.” ANDREW RENNIE<br />
The<br />
Paperbacks<br />
c’est What<br />
The grates<br />
Wrongbar<br />
Small Sins<br />
lee’s Palace<br />
The<br />
Paperbacks<br />
c’est What<br />
Hannah<br />
georgas<br />
horseshoe<br />
tavern<br />
Small Sins<br />
lee’s Palace<br />
Hannah<br />
georgas<br />
horseshoe<br />
tavern<br />
The Soft Pack<br />
lee’s Palace<br />
The Strange<br />
Boys<br />
the Garrison<br />
Spaceships Are<br />
Cool<br />
cameron<br />
house<br />
The Soft Pack<br />
lee’s Palace<br />
The Soft Pack<br />
lee’s Palace<br />
Comanechi<br />
comfort zone<br />
The Magic<br />
sneaky Dee’s<br />
The zeros<br />
El Mocambo<br />
Main<br />
Jeff the<br />
Brotherhood<br />
the Garrison<br />
The<br />
D’Ubervilles<br />
Drake hotel<br />
Jeff the<br />
Brotherhood<br />
the Garrison<br />
Surfer Blood<br />
Wrongbar<br />
Teenager<br />
silver Dollar<br />
Room<br />
Jeff the<br />
Brotherhood<br />
the Garrison<br />
KID SISTER at yonge- Dundas square, sunday<br />
(June 20), 8 pm. Free. and at Wrongbar<br />
(1279 Queen West), sunday (June 20),<br />
midnight. $10 or <strong>NXNE</strong> wristband/pass.<br />
nxne.com.<br />
If there was any question about Kid<br />
Sister’s sincerity on Pro Nails, her<br />
break out kanye- featured manicure<br />
anthem, I can confirm that her enthusiasm<br />
is very real.<br />
From the start of our interview, she<br />
talks excitedly about how she just did<br />
her own nails, listing her favourite<br />
salons and explaining her manicure<br />
contingency plan when<br />
she’s in remote places like australia.<br />
the electro- rapper only<br />
cools down a bit when I mention<br />
that Pro Nails was my jam a<br />
couple of years ago.<br />
“I’m glad you liked the song,” she<br />
says dryly from her place in chicago. “It<br />
was a pretty good song.”<br />
Maybe her change in tone comes<br />
from the fact that she hasn’t followed<br />
up the single with anything quite as big.<br />
after multiple delays, her 2009 debut<br />
album, Ultraviolet (Universal), was neither<br />
a commercial nor critical smash.<br />
Les Savy Fav<br />
Wrongbar<br />
Quintron &<br />
Miss Pussycat<br />
the Garrison<br />
Cold Cave<br />
lee’s Palace<br />
Comanechi<br />
silver Dollar<br />
Les Savy Fav<br />
Wrongbar<br />
Les Savy Fav<br />
Wrongbar<br />
Comanechi<br />
silver Dollar<br />
hip-hop<br />
Violent Soho<br />
sneaky Dee’s<br />
Classixx<br />
Drake hotel<br />
Special guest<br />
Wrongbar<br />
Special guest<br />
Wrongbar<br />
Classixx<br />
Drake hotel<br />
Special guest<br />
sneaky Dee’s<br />
The Strange<br />
Boys<br />
silver Dollar<br />
Static In The<br />
Stars<br />
the hideout<br />
Drunk Woman<br />
silver Dollar<br />
Hatchmatik<br />
Drake hotel<br />
AC Slater,<br />
Udachi, B. Rich<br />
the social<br />
The Peelies<br />
sneaky Dee’s<br />
still, she does acknowledge that Pro<br />
Nails put her on the map.<br />
“I’m grateful for that song every day,<br />
cuz it’s really what started everything,”<br />
she says. and despite Ultraviolet not<br />
exactly taking off, kid sister is in the midst<br />
of making some power moves. shortly<br />
after our conversation, the rapper will enter<br />
a los angeles studio with a couple of<br />
the biggest names in pop music.<br />
“I’m recording with travis Barker and<br />
will.i.am,” she reveals nonchalantly.<br />
“yeah, will.i.am came to a show<br />
with apl.de.ap [also of Black Eyed Peas]<br />
about a month and a half ago. My<br />
manager was like, ‘yeah, you’re<br />
gonna go into the studio with<br />
them.’ I’m like, ‘okay. cool.<br />
awesome.’”<br />
she’s also busy prepping<br />
new collaborations for other<br />
people’s albums.<br />
“I did a song for the Jersey shore<br />
soundtrack with Nina sky, and I have a<br />
song with Bun B on Paul Wall’s album,<br />
coming out July 13.”<br />
and while much of her upcoming<br />
work will happen in l.a., kid sister<br />
balks at the idea of ever abandoning<br />
her chi- town roots.<br />
“yeah, I’m not moving. let’s not get<br />
crazy.” JASON RICHARDS<br />
Punk pioneers the Zeros play<br />
the El Mocambo main floor<br />
Saturday (June 19) at<br />
midnight.<br />
the Bands<br />
Who’s playing where, what and when<br />
Thursday,<br />
June 17<br />
The Boat<br />
Krupke art rock, progressive jazz, show tunes,<br />
post- punk and old- fashioned whimsy. 9 pm.<br />
EX~PO Blending indie rock, noise and shoegaze<br />
with strong pop sensibilities. 10 pm.<br />
autumn owls critically acclaimed Irish quartet<br />
craft finely pitched atmospheric songs. 11 pm.<br />
sleepy vikings loud country shoegaze songs<br />
about stalkers and summer. Midnight.<br />
Modernboys Moderngirls a sweat- drippin’ rock<br />
‘n’ roll show. 1 am.<br />
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Bovine Sex Club<br />
miesha & the spanks crosses crooning country-<br />
soul and gritty, in- yer- face garage rock. 9 pm.<br />
The Barrens Explosive psychedelic rock blends<br />
punky guitars and frozen melodies. 10 pm.<br />
Terracotta Pigeons sound Garden meets Muse<br />
and terracotta Pigeons. 11 pm.<br />
Mini Mansions Psych- popsters mix baroque<br />
pop, Motown and Merseyside. Midnight.<br />
222s First live performances since these Montreal<br />
punkers split up in 1981. 1 am.<br />
Walter Schreifels 2 am.<br />
TBA 3 am.<br />
Bread and Circus<br />
Rakkatak Indian classical rhythms, lustrous<br />
melodies and waves of synths. 8 pm.<br />
Brenda Macintyre Medicine Song Woman<br />
award- winning artist and healer fuses folk, reggae-<br />
soul and healing songs. 9 pm.<br />
Senaya Jazzy, soulful francophone singer/songwriter<br />
and composer is a Juno nom. 10 pm.<br />
Jaffa Road Juno noms mix ancient and original<br />
poetry with belly dance and dub. 11 pm.<br />
Kobo Town calypso- injected trinidadian sounds<br />
infused with reggae and dub. Midnight.<br />
All Star Mash Up cutting- edge artists from the<br />
night’s lineup collaborate live onstage. 1 am.<br />
Cadillac Lounge<br />
The JD Edwards Band Raspy voiced alt- country<br />
rock with bits of funk- folk and ballads. 8 pm.<br />
Daniel Sky Band open- road roots rock sound of<br />
the Band and Blue Rodeo. 9 pm.<br />
Brett Caswell & the Marquee Rose soaring<br />
piano ballads and sardonic rock songs. 10 pm.<br />
Sons of an Illustrious Father Roots- driven rock<br />
for fans of tom Waits and Patti smith. 11 pm.<br />
Kasey Anderson Evokes steve Earle, townes van<br />
zandt and Paul Westerberg. Midnight.<br />
Derek James Tilley country rock music with<br />
wide appeal for fans of Rascal Flatts . 1 am.<br />
TBA 2 am.<br />
Cameron House<br />
The Eatons Passionate rock music to remedy<br />
suburban living. 9 pm.<br />
Crazy Diamond organic vocals and guitar, deep<br />
punk rock roots in brutally honest pop. 10 pm.<br />
StereogoesStellar Bitchin’ power- piano- pop<br />
combo from Windsor. 11 pm.<br />
Jody glenham sex, drugs and grand pianos in<br />
highly addictive coffee shop pop . Midnight.<br />
Karyn Ellis Welch, Waits, amos, Brickell and<br />
Peyroux all rolled up into one tiny body . 1 am.<br />
C’est What<br />
Sara Kamin compared to Jann arden, India.arie,<br />
Nina simone and Bessie smith. 8 pm.<br />
Mark Mandeville with Raianne Richards F o lk-<br />
and country- styled indie trio. 9 pm.<br />
Kathryn Rose artful, cerebral, cinematic pop. 10<br />
pm.<br />
Sunbear a Parkdale- based country/folk trio<br />
fronted by kate Boothman. 11 pm.<br />
Praise the Twilight Sparrow Dreamy music reminiscent<br />
of moonlit southern woods. Midnight.<br />
hopeful monster think Banana splits taking<br />
over from post- meltdown Brian Wilson. 1 am.<br />
Clinton’s<br />
Jennifer LFO Ex- Pursuit of happiness member<br />
goes solo with smart, catchy rock tunes. 8 pm.<br />
Chris Page crosses Billy Bragg’s levi stubbs’<br />
tears and the shins’ kissing the lipless. 9 pm.<br />
Andy Swan country pop sounds piped in by<br />
heartbroken Nashville session players. 10 pm.<br />
Camp Radio heavily influenced by the Nils and<br />
slow, camp Radio crank can- rock to 11. 11 pm.<br />
The Michael Parks Featuring andy swan, Greg<br />
smith , shayne cox and sandro Perry. Midnight.<br />
Andrew Vincent vintage- sounding songs are<br />
pure heart- on- sleeve nuggets.. 1 am.<br />
Comfort zone<br />
VIVIV subdued vocals, fingerpicked guitar over<br />
cello, violin and electronic beats . 8 pm.<br />
eElvyn catchy tunes influenced by the Replacements<br />
and the Flying Burrito Brothers. 9 pm.<br />
The Champion Heartache subdued, melan cholic<br />
rock with a touch of alt- country. 10 pm.<br />
Another Blue Door a vulnerable sound similar<br />
to Pavement and the Replacements. 11 pm.<br />
The Diableros an intense sound full of brooding<br />
post- punk, honestly delivered. Midnight.<br />
The Stables traditional country three- part harmonies<br />
delivered with electric energy. 1 am.<br />
Crown & Tiger<br />
Rebecca Kohler this stand- up comic says she is<br />
not offensive, life is. 8:30- 8:40 pm.<br />
Nick Flanagan stand- up comedian and Brutal<br />
knights singer hosts a showcase. 8:40- 8:50 pm.<br />
Christina Walkinshaw<br />
Crazy Diamonds<br />
Upstart t.o. stand- up<br />
comic is on ctv’s comedy Now! 8:50- 9 pm.<br />
Barry Taylor telling jokes or dominating at<br />
Mario kart, he makes girls horny. 9- 9:10 pm.<br />
claire brosseau comedian and writer wrapped a<br />
film with aidan Quinn. 9:10- 9:20 pm.<br />
gavin Stephens Balances playful irony and morbid<br />
silliness. 9:20- 9:30 pm.<br />
Czehoski<br />
HOTCHA! high- energy swing duo blends bluegrass,<br />
early swing and country gospel. 9 pm.<br />
Emma Hill and Her gentlemen Callers Folkie<br />
offers pedal steel and cool harmonies 10 pm.<br />
Samantha Savage Smith Pretty melodies and<br />
personal lyrics tinged by blues and rock. 11 pm.<br />
Julia and her Piano singer/songwriter reminds<br />
us of Regina spektor and tori amos. Midnight.<br />
Anais Mitchell Intimate folk delivered with<br />
punk rock passion. 1 am.<br />
TBA 2 am.<br />
Dakota Tavern<br />
The Sheepdogs old-school rock and roll, faithful<br />
to its classic 70s influences. 9 pm.<br />
First Rate People Part folk rock, part soul, part<br />
dance group. 10 pm.<br />
ghostkeeper a raw and colourful mix of heartfelt<br />
blues and noisy pop out of calgary. 11 pm.<br />
The Pack A.D. a two- woman demolition squad<br />
specializing in bombastic blues rock. Midnight.<br />
yOUNg EMPIRES Well- manicured dance tracks<br />
full of swagger, sexuality and angst . 1 am.<br />
Special guest 2 am.<br />
TBA 3 am.<br />
The Drake Hotel Underground<br />
Rituals three- piece, psychedelic, post- punk pop<br />
band that cranks their casios up to 11. 8 pm.<br />
Fields of Fur Garage rock from holy Fuck’s Brian<br />
Borcherdt, with Foxfire’s anna Edwards. 9 pm.<br />
Bad Tits Josh Reichmann and sebastien Grainger<br />
proggy/krauty/synthy garage rock. 10 pm.<br />
Bishop Morocco Reverby dream pop, Roy orbison<br />
meets New order and the smiths. 11 pm.<br />
Little girls lo- fi pop takes its melodies from<br />
post- punk and goth’s glory days. Midnight.<br />
Mymanhenri local fave entertains west- end<br />
crowds with his own tasty, sweet beats. 1 am.<br />
FaltyDL catchy garage- fuelled beats, insistent<br />
2- step infused 12- inches and remixes. 2 am.<br />
TBA 3 am.<br />
El Mocambo (Main Floor)<br />
Final Flash lo- fo indie psychedelia, part Wolf<br />
Parade, part spaceman3 or Neil young. 9 pm.<br />
little foot long foot aggressive blues rock by a<br />
girl and a seth Rogen look alike. 10 pm.<br />
The Warped 45s Blends melancholy, joy, anger<br />
and honesty. 11 pm.<br />
Fox Jaws affable indie rock featuring carleigh<br />
aikins’s belt- it- out voice. Midnight.<br />
great Bloomers Roots rock with delicious hooks<br />
and stunning harmonies. 1 am.<br />
TapeDeckBros French- inspired electronic dance<br />
music with disco, pop and rock elements. 2 am.<br />
TBA 3 am.<br />
El Mocambo (Upstairs)<br />
Mille Monarques young indie rock sounds like a<br />
mix of arcade Fire and Malajube. 9 pm.<br />
Times Neue Roman Nintendo rap- punk with a<br />
white- hot live show. 10 pm.<br />
MADRID Pitchfork- approved toronto “psych-<br />
tronic” duo marry shoegaze and electro. 11 pm.<br />
The Russian Futurists Preserves its punchy pop<br />
sound but ups the dance quotient. Midnight.<br />
DVAS a dangerous and sexy journey through<br />
disco, funk and souls. 1 am.<br />
TBA 2 am.<br />
Free Times Cafe<br />
Abigail Lapell combines the intimacy of folk<br />
with fiery, punk rock passion. 9 pm.<br />
Chloe Charles Reaching back into sultry jazz and<br />
forward to Portishead and Feist. 10 pm.<br />
Allison Lickley her haunting vocal work and<br />
lyrics have captured fans across canada. 11 pm.<br />
Nicola Watson Jazz parlour chic with a contemporary<br />
indie folk twist. Midnight.<br />
Hayley Stark Pop/rock duo play like their acoustic<br />
guitars are electrified. 1 am.<br />
The garrison<br />
Neon Windbreaker Noise/chillwave/pop/rock<br />
has critics buzzing. 8 pm.<br />
Iroquois Falls Priya thomas’s new band is way<br />
outside, dirgelike, noisy and explosive. 9 pm.<br />
The Racoon Wedding country, punk and Dylanesque<br />
lyrics anchor these five guys. 10 pm.<br />
METz channelling early 90s sludge rock via sub<br />
Pop and touch and Go’s catalogues. 11 pm.<br />
DD/MM/yyyy a mess of spastic art rock with<br />
80s video game synthesizers. Midnight.<br />
Burning Love hardcore that’s keenly restrained<br />
enough to be melodic but still abrasive. 1 am.<br />
TBA 2 am.<br />
gladstone Hotel Ballroom<br />
Volcanoless in Canada Energetic dance jams<br />
borrowing from rock, folk and punk. 8 pm.<br />
The Mountains & The Trees too many effects<br />
pedals for folk, too many banjos for rock. 9 pm.<br />
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers tenderness, turmoil<br />
and paradoxical melancholia. 10 pm.<br />
Rock Plaza Central Rolling stone called them<br />
“stars in waiting.” 11 pm.<br />
The Coast Beautiful guitar- driven indie rock,<br />
energetically performed. Midnight.<br />
A Horse And His Boy heavy guitar, melodic bass<br />
and battling synths. 1 am.<br />
Amos The Transparent Indie pop with lush arrangements<br />
and seductive melodies. 2 am.<br />
TBA 3 am.<br />
The great Hall<br />
Friendo Inspired by 90s experimental rock, 70s<br />
punk and 60s pop. 8 pm.<br />
Demon’s Claws the Guess Who meet scat Rag<br />
Boosters meet stompin’ tom connors. 9 pm.<br />
WOMEN they toured with Deerhunter and abe<br />
vigoda and are celebrated by Pitchfork. 10 pm.<br />
Best Coast Bethany consentino seems obsessed<br />
with weed, guitars and the beach. 11 pm.<br />
CoCoComa Part garage, part psych-pop and all<br />
punk in a bash- and- crash quartet. Midnight.<br />
Thee Oh Sees “tripped- out, noisy psych- rock<br />
jams melted our brains.” – NoW. 1 am.<br />
Harlem<br />
The get By Bridging the mainstream/underground<br />
divide in urban music. 8 pm.<br />
Okay City hip- hop featuring Bill Maka’s edgy<br />
delivery and Ray Black’s smooth flow. 9 pm.<br />
iSH Blending multiple genres and influenced by<br />
hip- hop, reggae, pop and dance music. 10 pm.<br />
Illa Brown 11 pm.<br />
Cale Sampson Intricate rhymes, energetic stage<br />
presence and storytelling aptitude. Midnight.<br />
Ricca Razor Sharp stage presence, wit and three<br />
decades of hip- hop influence. 1 am.<br />
Rebel yell Riffin’, rappin’ and drumbeats in a<br />
punkster hip- hop party sound. 2 am.<br />
TBA 3 am.<br />
Hideout<br />
Bella Clava aggressive new- wavey rock and roll<br />
from the mean streets of thunder Bay. 9 pm.<br />
Isle of Thieves harmonious blend of punky alt-<br />
rock, Britpop and new wave. 10 pm.<br />
The North the North carry on the great tradition<br />
of canadian alt- country. 11 pm.<br />
De Staat the rattly, locomotive energy of the<br />
hives with a touch of funk. Midnight.<br />
Birthday Boys Raw garage rock reminiscent of<br />
Nick cave/Birthday Party. 1 am.<br />
Queen Kwong aggressive and haunting rock,<br />
toured with Nine Inch Nails. 2 am.<br />
A Primitive Evolution lye, Play dead cult and<br />
Darkside exes put groove into hard rock . 3 am.<br />
The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern<br />
Dinosaur Bones Danceable New york- inspired<br />
indie rock laced with post- rock ambience. 9 pm.<br />
Free Energy Melodic, hook- laden tunes dusted<br />
with bombastic glam and classic rock. 10 pm.<br />
WARPAINT all- girl quartet with intricate guitar,<br />
hypnotic vocals and post- punk rhythms. 11 pm.<br />
Elliott BROOD Deeply menacing roots music, an<br />
enigmatic presence. Midnight.<br />
The ghost is Dancing Flamboyant mini- symphonies<br />
with exultant harmonies. 1 am.<br />
The Junction take Beatles, add a dash of Replacements,<br />
season with experimental. 2 am.<br />
Lee’s Palace<br />
Andy Kim Golden touch behind sugar sugar<br />
and Rock Me Gently tours new album. 8 pm.<br />
Justin Rutledge, Oh Susanna, Danny Michel<br />
three takes on folk- infused balladry with songs<br />
that travel highways and history. 9 pm.<br />
Andy Maize, Amelia Curran, Royal Wood canucks’<br />
songs can mend broken hearts. 10 pm.<br />
Jim Cuddy, Hawksley Workman, Colleen Brown<br />
a city- meets- country- tinged set. 11 pm.<br />
The Beauties Filthy, whiskey- soaked, tobacco-<br />
stained rock ’n’ roll. Midnight.<br />
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