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Flying Lotus's celestial landing at the Opera House
"No ins and outs" is what I heard the security guard say as I entered the Opera House on Friday night to check out Flying Lotus' triumphant return to Toronto. That was perfectly fine with me, since I did not want to miss a single moment of musical genius that I was about to witness.As soon as I bought a beer at the bar, mymanhenri and Ultragamma started their tag team routine of hip hop jams and dubstep bangers. The two Toronto natives went back and fourth spewing out bass-heavy tracks that smashed into my skeleton and made me move involuntarily.
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Remembering Toronto (the band!)
In the process of doing research for another post yesterday, I stumbled upon some information about a band that I'd never heard of. Clueless as this may be, until last night I was unaware of the existence of Toronto (the band that is). Now, to be fair, I wasn't old enough to be listening to music when Toronto were at the height of their popularity -- but, nevertheless, for someone who has a thing for 80s nostalgia, this discovery came as a pleasant little surprise. Music
Ra Ra Riot celebrate the release of The Orchard with a free show at The Mod Club
If you purchased The Orchard last week, you were most likely at the Mod Club on Monday night to catch Ra Ra Riot, seeing as the band gave away tickets to their Canadian release show with the purchase of their sophomore album from GalleryAC or select independent record stores in Toronto.The Syracuse natives performed at the College street venue to an eager and fresh-faced crowd. Armed with an array of lenses, a sea of photographers lined the front of the stage to capture the indie baroque pop sextet.
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Hot Ticket: Flying Lotus, Cactus's & The Archives, Vampire Weekend with Beach House & Dum Dum Girls, The Hoa Hoa's, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin & Telekinesis, Krupke, & more...
Live music picks for WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 through TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2010.WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 / LABOUR DAY, KRUPKE & SUNCAPADES / RANCHO RELAXO / 300 COLLEGE ST / PWYC / 19+
PWYC Weds kick off September with a great line-up at Rancho Relaxo tonight, featuring performances from The Suncapades, indie pop experimentalists Krupke and Labour Day, a relatively new band with a live reputation that precedes them.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2 / CACTUS'S & THE ARCHIVES / SNEAKY DEE'S / 431 COLLEGE ST / $11.50 / 19+
Nashville trio Cactus's play Sneaks on Thursday night to celebrate the release of their debut album New Bones, where they'll be joined by The Archives, Mad Ones and Indian Handcrafts. Cactus's play tenacious, balls-out southern rock'n'roll in the vein of Glassjaw, At the Drive-In or ETID and their live show is not to be missed.
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Audio & Video: Caribou remixes Hot Chip, D-Sisive Loves A Girl, Attack of The Meligrove Band, plus videos from Boys Who Say No, Woodhands, Isla Craig, The Elwins, Bellewoods & Ivy Mairi
In this week's audio and video round-up I feature Caribou's killer remix of "Brothers" by Hot Chip; MP3 downloads from The Meligrove Band and D-Sisive; Southern Souls sessions featuring The Elwins, Isla Craig and Ivy Mairi; and video footage of Boys Who Say No, Bellewoods and Woodhands. Music
Ghosts, Goblins, and Guttermouth at Sneaky Dee's
Apparently weekdays are when punks come out to play. At least they do when Guttermouth come to town.As I sauntered up the blood and vomit soaked steps of Sneaky Dee's Tuesday night, I could hear the muffled sounds of metal on metal as The Swabs started their set. Virtuosic rhythms pumped out of buzzing amps while incomprehensible screams penetrated the eardrums of the by-standers.
