Upcoming Shows

There's a lot of shows coming up to look forward to. I won't be going to(nor am I necessarily interested in) every one of these but it's nice to have options:

To follow-up on my post from last Tuesday, the MySpace Secret Show with Billy Talent has been confirmed to take place at The Mod Club on May 14 with openeres Uncut - it's free, and all you need to do is line up. It's first-come, first-serve. Otherwise if you can't make it or don't get in, you can go to the MySpace Secret Show website on the day of the show to watch the streaming broadcast.

As Chromewaves mentioned[and also verified by promoters Emerge], the Fields show that had originally been scheduled for Amp'd Studio on May 14 has been moved to The Drake Underground.

A little confusion but Ladytron's Reuben Wu and Mira Aroyo's DJ tour scheduled to come to Toronto on May 19 is either at Spin Gallery or The Drake Hotel depending on whether you believe promoter The Windish Agency or Ladytron's MySpace.

Toronto pop softies The Bicycles have a whack of shows coming up according to their MySpace. They're at Sneaky Dee's with The Old Soul on May 31. Next, they(along with Laura Barrett) perform as part of the Bloor Street Festival on June 10. They open for Japan's The Moist Towelettes and Toronto's Sunriser at Lee's Palace on June 26. They end off June on the 30th with a show at Tranzac, but billed as The Unicycles which will feature members of the band performing solo. A few more scattered Ontario dates can be seen over at their MySpace.

Toronto's Republic of Safety posted yesterday in a MySpace post that they're coming out of hibernation with a lot of shows planned for the future. Their first scheduled show is May 25 at Stones Place - $8 will get you in.

An interesting show is coming up at The Boat on May 30 with, Ohbijou's Casey Mecija along with Gentleman Reg, Paul Aucoin ( of Hylozoists) and Laura Barrett performing in a song circle - all in support of The New Pollution. [via Ohbijou's MySpace]

East-coast folkie Jill Barber plays an instore at Chapters(John and Richmond St) in Toronto on June 2 around 7 pm according to her MySpace. She's at The Mod Club on June 1.

A Northern Chorus' MySpace is listing an upcoming show at Horseshoe Tavern on June 15 with Jenn Grant. ANC's somewhat a strange addition to the bill since according to Jenn Grant's MySpace the lineup is a more of singer-songwriter evening with Jenn, fellow east coaster Tanya Davis, and Toronto's Royal Wood.

Not that I care one way or another, but what's the deal with Maroon 5 playing Lee's Palace on June 15. Tickets are $40.00 - that makes sense. Didn't Maroon 5 last play Air Canada Centre?

Mix 99.9 FM's Steve Anthony interviewed Feist. Hit up the radio station link to listen to the interview.

And as long as we're mentioning radio stations that I don't ever listen to, The New Country 95.3 website has details of its annual Canada Day Jam coming up at Sunnyside Park on July 1 - the lineup will include The Road Hammers, Aaron Pritchett, Corb Lund, Jason Blaine and Prairie Oyster. Not entirely my thing(and don't get me wrong, I like some country), but Corb Lund was a hoot when I saw him open for Neko Case at Harbourfront Centre a few years ago.

According to their MySpace, Toronto's The Russian Futurists will be back home to take part in the Beats, Breaks, and Culture festival at Harbourfront on July 7 with fellow Upper Class Recordings artist Cadence Weapon.

Way into the future, promoter The Windish Agency lists Ninja Tunes' The Cinematic Orchestra at the Phoenix Concert Theatre on September 23 and Toronto's Do Make Say Think at the same venue on October 20. Funny that the promoter's website doesn't list an exact date yet for The Cinematic Orchestra's scheduled appearance for the upcoming Beats, Breaks, and Culture festival at Harbourfront Centre which takes place between July 6-8. And just to back track to Do Make Say Think, the Harboufront Centre World Routes 2007 webpage now lists Do Make Say Think as part of the Beats, Breaks and Culture festival NOT as part of the Canada Day festivities as I and others had originally said.