Here is a list of shows at the most badassssss venue in town here - 558kb PDF file
| Tuesday May 17 | |
Livenation presents: The Low Anthem with guests Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:00 Tickets $23.50 in advance at www.livenation.com Charge by Phone 1-888-222-6608 Tickets also available at Red Cat Records and Rogers Wireless Box Office - is a NO SERVICE FEE mobile ticketing service available exclusively to Rogers Wireless customers. Visit www.urmusic.ca/tickets or text TICKETS to 4849 for full event listings and special offers |  The Low Anthem |
“The building didn’t hold heat at all. It was too cold for fast chops and too cold to relax,” recalls Ben Knox Miller, who, with the rest of The Low Anthem, hunkered down in December of 2009 for a winter of recording in a cavernous, derelict pasta sauce factory in Central Falls, RI. Miller, with band-mates Jeff Prystowsky, Jocie Adams, and newest member, Mat Davidson, teamed up with engineer Jesse Lauter to construct a studio in the disused space. They played a wide variety of often unusual instruments, combining folk with blues, hymnals, barn-stompers and whispered meditations to create Smart Flesh, their third record. It will be released on February 22, 2011 by Nonesuch and Bella Union (UK, Europe). Smart Flesh was self-produced by the band, mixed largely by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk), and mastered by Bob Ludwig. The record features recordings of older tour staples “Ghost Woman Blues” and “Golden Cattle,” along with new songs such as “Love and Altar” and “Boeing 737.” Having toured for two years since their last album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, the band had plenty of time to write songs, experiment with arrangements, and day-dream the scope of this recording project. What they had in mind was a massive undertaking. Ten days were spent hauling furniture, gear, carpet scraps, and cabling to prepare the 40,000 square feet of vacant factory to be both a home and a recording instrument for Smart Flesh—all that before a single note was played. Paranormal hitchhikers, taught highwires, aircraft, swelling tumors, whirring machinery, deserted highways, mannequins, cremation, and formaldehyde make up the language of Smart Flesh. The album’s heroes, if there be heroes, are wiremen and lovers—reckless dreamers turning vain contortions in the swill of death. Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, the band’s previous album, was recorded in January of 2008 in an empty summer cabin on Block Island, RI, and originally self-released by the band that September in true DIY style (the band handpainted and silkscreened all 2,000 of the first run of the CD packages). Despite having no distribution, booking agent, or publicist, Charlie Darwin was received enthusiastically and the band toured steadily on the strength of word of mouth. The independent success of this album led to record deals in the UK with Bella Union and in the US with Nonesuch, which re-released Oh My God, Charlie Darwin in June 2009. Growing steadily over the past two years, the band has toured with artists ranging from Iron & Wine to Emmylou Harris and The National to The Avett Brothers and Ray Lamontagne. They also played numerous festivals including Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Newport Folk, Lollapalloza, and Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn. At the end of 2009, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin was listed in the top of many music publications’ best of year lists and the band picked up MOJO’s Breakthrough Artist Honours award. | |
| Wednesday May 18 | |
Jill + Friends Present Rock and Roll Pizza Party featuring: Chains of Love, Slow Learners and The Radii Doors at 9:00pm Tickets $7.00 at the door FREE PIZZA! THANKS DALLAS PIZZA! |  |
| Thursday May 19 | |
The Manvils with Rich Hope & His Evil Doers and guests A Name Unheard Doors at 8:00pm $10.00 in advance at The Biltmore Offsales counter $12.00 at the door |  |
| Friday May 20 | ||
Kathryn Calder of New Pornographers with Himalayan Bear and guest and Louise Burns **Early Show** - curfew 10:30pm Doors at 7:00pm - Show at 8:00pm Tickets $12.00 in advance at Red Cat, Zulu, Biltmore Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca |  Kathryn Calder |  |
Some things are worth waiting for, and this couldn't be more true of Kathryn Calder’s debut solo project ‘Are You My Mother?’ – a recording jam-packed with contributions from her amazing friends Neko Case, Kurt Dahle and Todd Fancey of The New Pornographers and members of Ladyhawk. After playing keyboards and singing for ImmaculateMachine and The New Pornographers for the past several years, a little voice in Kathryn Calder’s head started to ask her, ‘What would it be like to put out your own record?’When she couldn’t wait any longer to find out, she and her producer, Colin Stewart, took over her childhood homein Victoria, BC and set up an impromptu recording studio. With little in the way of props or technology, the pairstarted to cobble together the songs that would become ‘Are you my Mother?’ | ||
Ice Cream Social You will dance. You won't be able to stop. I'm telling you. For real. The ice Cream social is a weekly dance party that has Happened every monday since Autumn 2006. Featuring music from the 50's and 60's. Mostly the 60's. With resident Disc Jockeys Cam Dales, Trevor Risk & Tyler Fedchuk http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10310528929 Doors at 10:45pm Tickets $8.00 at the door |  | |
| Saturday May 21 | |
Livenation presents: Hayes Carll with guests **Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm Doors at 7:00pm Show at 7:30 Tickets $18.50 in advance at www.livenation.com Charge by Phone 1-888-222-6608 Tickets also available at Highlife Records and Rogers Wireless Box Office - is a NO SERVICE FEE mobile ticketing service available exclusively to Rogers Wireless customers. Visit www.urmusic.ca/tickets or text TICKETS to 4849 for full event listings and special offers | |
Hayes Carll hasn’t been resting on his laurels since topping critics polls and winning awards for his 2008 album, Trouble in Mind. Instead, he’s been on the road nearly nonstop with his band, "The Poor Choices" blasting through honky tonks and rock clubs across the U.S. and beyond. Along the way, he’s been inspired to write a crop of new tunes that the acclaimed songwriter says are “a layman’s take on our country – a snapshot of America in some small way.” The result: the sharply drawn collection KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories), his second release from Lost Highway. KMAG YOYO is pronounced “kay-mag, yo-yo.” A military acronym that stands for “Kiss My Ass Guys, You’re on Your Own,” the title track is one of a dozen songs that brings to life such rich characters as its protagonist, a young Army foot soldier in Afghanistan who becomes a Pentagon guinea pig. The scorching guitars of “KMAG YOYO” equate to musical adrenaline, while the hallucinatory tale of military intrigue unfolds. Fiery rock, twangy country, pensive folk and even a touch of gospel comprise KMAG YOYO’s sonic palette, produced by Brad Jones (also at the helm for Trouble in Mind). Rather than enter the studio with a batch of completed material, Carll and his band picked up where they’d left off onstage – jamming on riffs they’d developed on the road. “I wanted to challenge myself musically,” says Carll, “and see if I could capture that live dynamic. A lot of the songs came with the music first, with the music calling the lyrics.” After completing the instrumental tracks with the band, Carll set to work, his witty wordplay matching the temper of the instrumentation. The honky-tonkin’ “Hard Out Here,” with its raucous sing-along chorus, and the full-on rocker “Stomp and Holler” document denizens making the best of the economic downturn, including one frustrated performer in “Stomp” who claims, “I’m like James Brown, only white and taller.” | |
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