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Live music in Toronto
28 FebUpcoming shows…
TONIGHT
Delta Rae & ZZ Ward at The Mod Club 6pm $14
TOMORROW Friday March 1
Ben Harper @ The Danforth Music Hall 8pm $50
Caveman, Computer Magic, Paradise Animals @ Lee’s Palace $10 9pm
Deftones @ Koolhaus $40
Steven Page, Great Bloomers (Fundraiser) @ 9pm $55
SATURDAY March 2
Whitehorse, Daniel Romano @ Massey Hall $20
Lookie…
13 SepFREE EVENT!
MAGAZINE LAUNCH!
@ Handlebar 159 Augusta Ave
8pm Friday September 14, 2012
Music by: ATTAGIRL http://www.attagirlsounds.com/
Video screening of Super Spin + a chance to win a Bobbin Bike! and more…
Check out: http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/ for more information
We have a winner!!
8 JunCongrats to Andy Lee who has won two wristbands to NXNE 2012!
To find out more information on the festival or to purchase wristbands, check out the website www.nxne.com
Don’t forget about the FREE shows (I’m all for the free stuff):
Bad Religion, Matthew Good, Plants and Animals, Of Montreal, Flaming Lips, Ghostface Killah… to name a few… More info: http://nxne.com/2012/nxne-yonge-dundas-sq/
NXNE Wristbands
7 JunWould you like to win 2 NXNE wristbands?
Well, you have come to the right place! Just send me your top 3 picks for must-see bands/artists at the festival this year and I will enter you into the draw. The deadline is MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!
You can send them via:
Titter @blissfulthunder
Facebook /blissfulthunder
EMAIL: blissfulthunder895@gmail.com
Thanks for participating and good luck!!
Beatlemania in Toronto!
31 MayI will definitely be checking this out… <3 the Beatles! Click the image for a link to The Piston website.
Some great upcoming T.O events!
31 MayNXNE
Of course the big one is NXNE coming up in just a couple of weeks! There will be FREE performances at Yonge and Dundas Square by some big names: The Flaming Lips, Bad Religion, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah,and others… The festival includes hundreds of bands performing all over the city over 7 days. If you have yet to experience NXNE, this year you really must! So much information can be found at http://www.nxne.com
Sublime Summer
This is a must! How often does Sublime With Rome come to town? Check them out at the Sublime Summer Concert with performances from The Wailers, Pepper, and others. It all goes down on August 18 at Fort York: Garrison Commons. For details and tickets click HERE
Cadence Weapon
After what seems like a super-long hiatus, Cadence Weapon is back! His new album is Hope In Dirt City (released May 29). I haven’t heard the whole thing but I love love love the first single ‘Conditioning’. Check out the video HERE. I saw Cadence Weapon perform back in 2006 with DJ Weezl and it was a super fun time. I’m not sure if Cadence Weapon still tours with DJ Weezl but I have no doubt his show will be just as great, if not better! So try to catch him in town at Lee’s Palace on June 23rd. Also performing are The Japandroids (yesssss!). Tickets and info is HERE.
Tycho
@ The Hoxton, July 10th, tickets are only $15!
Zeus
@ Phoenix, July 9th, tickets are only $16!
My Morning Jacket
With Band of Horses at Echo Beach on Wednesday August 15th
More listings to come… Stay tuned!!
We be fundraising peeps!
3 AprThat’s right!
Another membership drive is approaching…
What does this mean?
It means CIUT 89.5 FM, your favourite community radio station (which is also a non-profit registered charitable organization) would appreciate any support you can offer to help us continue another year of broadcasting. The money raised goes towards programming and facility upgrades.
All of the programmers on the air are VOLUNTEERS, we don’t get paid for the time we put into preparing the shows, updating online content, or our time at the station doing programming. In fact, most of us pay to be members ourselves!
So, if you would like to support free, independent, community radio, please click the link below:
http://ciut.fm/index.php/about/membership/
DONT FORGET TO MENTION BLISSFUL THUNDER AS YOUR FAVOURITE SHOW!!
Canadian Music Fest 2012! Recommendations…
22 MarHey Everyone,
If you are a music fan you will most likely be attending some Canadian Music Fest events. As you know, there are hundreds of artists in town and it is often hard to pick a venue or an act to go see since so many great performances are happening at the same time. I am going to offer some suggestions here, but I encourage you to do some of your own research or maybe just go out to a venue you like and wait to see who hits the stage. But whatever you do, discover something. See bands you didn’t know existed, explore different venues, speak to people you come into contact with. Have fun, be safe, and enjoy!
Also, just a quick tip: Popular venues (Horseshoe, Rivoli, Wrongbar, etc.) will fill up fast! So get there early and plan to stay. If you are showing up for a later performance, expect to wait in line for a bit.
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SO! Here is my “I really want to see these bands/groups” list:
Okay, lets start with TONIGHT!
Young Rival – Mod Club – 8:15pm
A-Game – Annex Wreck Room – 10pm
(side note: totally thought it was one guy, turns out its two! haha)
Makeshift Innocence – Tranzac – 11pm
Wildlife – Lee’s Palace – 12am
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Friday March 23
Publish The Quest – Mod Club – 7:30pm
Dragonette – Hoxton – 9pm
Gold & Youth – Horseshoe – 10pm
The Belle Game – Rivoli – 10pm
FRED – Rivoli – 11pm
The Stone Sparrows – Horseshoe – 12am
Zeus – Horseshoe – 1am
The British Columbians – Rivoli – 2am
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Saturday March 24
Ewert And The Two Dragons – Cabin 5 – 9pm
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The Indies – featuring performances from The Sheepdogs, Young Empires, Passion Pit and more!! – In the Canadian Room at The Royal York hotel – 8pm, tickets are $40 + taxes and are available via: http://indies.ca/buy-tickets/
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Wintersleep – Horseshoe – 12:40am
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Sunday, March 25
Temper Trap – Phoenix – 9:30pm
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And that’s it! Have fun everyone! Let me know about all the great music you discover!
And the nominees are…
22 FebThats right folks! The nominees for the 2012 Independent Music Awards have been announced… and here they are…
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Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2012 Independent Music Awards – The SiriusXM Indies. The winners will be presented on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the legendary Canadian Ballroom of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, beginning at 8:00pm. Now in their 12th year, The Siriux XM Indiesacknowledge, promote and honour achievements of Canadian and international artists in the independent music sector. In total, 140 nominees have been shortlisted for this year’s ceremony; the full list of nominees and award categories can be found below.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Austra - Feel It Break (Paper Bag)
City and Colour - Little Hell (Dine Alone)
Feist - Metals (Arts & Crafts)
Fucked Up - David Comes To Life (Matador/Beggars Canada)
Mother Mother - Eureka (Last Gang)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Alyssa Reid - Alone Again (Wax)
Crystal Castles - Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) (Last Gang)
Kristina Maria - Let’s Play (MapleMusic)
Raghav - Fire (Cordova Bay)
The Sheepdogs - I Don’t Know (Dine Alone)
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
City and Colour (Dine Alone)
Hey Rosetta! (Sonic)
Mother Mother (Last Gang)
The Pack A.D. (Mint)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)
SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Coeur de Pirate (Grosse Boîte)
Dan Mangan (Arts & Crafts)
Feist (Arts & Crafts)
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)
The Weeknd (Independent)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Coeur de Pirate - Adieu (Grosse Boîte)
Danny Fernandes - Hit Me Up (CP)
Marianas Trench - Haven’t Had Enough (604)
Neverending White Lights - Falling Apart (feat. Bed of Stars) (MapleMusic)
Timber Timbre - Woman (Arts & Crafts)
LIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Deadmau5 (Mau5trap Recordings/Ultra)
Hollerado (Arts & Crafts)
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)
Timber Timbre (Arts & Crafts)
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Braids (Flemish Eye)
Destroyer (Merge)
Grimes (Arbutus)
Library Voices (Nevado)
Sandro Perri (Constellation)
BLUES ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
David Gogo (Cordova Bay)
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit (Stony Plain)
MonkeyJunk (Stony Plain)
Suzie Vinnick (Independent)
The 24th Street Wailers (Independent)
CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Jack Grunsky (Casablanca Kids Inc.)
Mike Whitla (Independent)
Splash’N Boots (Splash Records)
The Kerplunks (Independent)
Will Stroet (Independent)
COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Dean Brody (Open Road)
Doc Walker (Open Road)
High Valley (Open Road)
Jason McCoy (Open Road)
Tara Oram (Open Road)
ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Austra (Paper Bag)
Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
Deadmau5 (Mau5trap Recordings/Ultra)
Junior Boys (Domino)
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)
FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings (File Under: Music)
Bruce Cockburn (True North)
Elliott Brood (Paper Bag)
One Hundred Dollars (Outside)
The Deep Dark Woods (Six Shooter)
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Coeur de Pirate (Grosse Boîte)
Galaxie (C4)
Jimmy Hunt (Dare To Care)
Les Breastfeeders (Blow The Fuse)
Malajube (Dare To Care)
JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Colin Stetson (Constellation)
Cory Weeds (Cellar Live)
Diana Panton (eOne)
Jill Barber (Outside)
Sophie Milman (eOne)
METAL ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Devin Townsend (Inside Out/eOne)
Fuck The Facts (eOne)
KEN Mode (Profound Lore)
Protest The Hero (Underground Operations)
Untimely Demise (Sonic Unyon)
POP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Alyssa Reid (Wax)
Danny Fernandes (CP)
Kristina Maria (MapleMusic)
Mia Martina (CP)
Neverest (VicPark Group/Fontana North)
PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Abandon All Ships (Underground Operations)
Cancer Bats (Distort)
Chixdiggit (Fat Wreck Chords)
Fucked Up (Matador/Beggars Canada)
Living With Lions (Black Box)
ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Sloan (Outside)
The Pack A.D. (Mint)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)
The Trews (Bumstead)
Theory of a Deadman (604)
URBAN ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
D-Sisive (Urbnet)
Danny Fernandes (CP)
JRDN (Kuya/Fontana North)
Swollen Members (eOne)
The Weeknd (Independent)
WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Aline Morales (Independent)
Kiran Ahluwalia (Independent)
Massiel Yanira (MapleMusic)
Minor Empire (Independent)
Pavlo (Fontana North)
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Adele - 21 (XL)
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Naïve)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Big Machine/Open Road)
INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Adele - Rolling In The Deep (XL)
AWOLNATION - Sail (Red Bull)
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Eleven)
Seether - Country Song (Wind-Up)
Young The Giant - My Body (Roadrunner)
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Beirut (Pompeii)
Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
M83 (Naïve)
Metronomy (Because)
Wilco (dBpm/Anti)
INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST OF THEYEAR
Adele (XL)
Anna Calvi (Domino)
Taylor Swift (Big Machine/Open Road)
Tom Waits (Anti)
tUnE-yArDs (4AD)
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
AWOLNATION - Sail (Red Bull)
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Eleven)
Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Independent)
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (Nonesuch)
Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers (XL)
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
AWOLNATION (Red Bull)
SBTRKT (Young Turks/XL)
The Jezabels (Dine Alone)
The Naked and Famous (Somewhat Damaged)
Young The Giant (Roadrunner)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adrian Glynn
Dinosaur Bones
Imaginary Cities
Indian Handcrafts
Low Level Flight
Nash
Rich Aucoin
The Pack A.D.
Timber Timbre
Wildlife
The 2012 SiriusXM Indies will feature performances by Passion Pit, The Sheepdogs, Dan Mangan, Rich Aucoin, The Pack A.D. and Young Empires, along with a special reunion by this year’s Hall of Fame inductees Treble Charger. The show will be broadcast live to air on “The Verge” (XM 151) and “Iceberg” (Sirius 151). Tickets for the Sirius XM Indies are available for purchase for$39.50 at Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.ca, www.canadianmusicfest.com, www.indies.ca, Rotate This and Soundscapes.
An initiative of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Music & the Arts (CAAMA), the awards are limited to independent artists and cover 14 genres of music. Both a public and an industry vote decide the winners. Voting is now open at www.indies.ca. For additional details and voting information, please visit the website.
