Canadian Music Week

This is a lazy post for the most part, but the following are my picks for shows to check out during Canadian Music Week. I bought my wristband yesterday and I've booked Thursday and Friday off from work so I get to sleep in both of those days. Beautiful. So if I'm lucky I'll be catching some(definitely not all) of the bands below. And if you thought I'd be hyperlinking to all of the bands' websites, well it ain't gonna happen. Links to most(if not all) of the bands' websites can be found here. If not, get ready to Google. I'll be winding down the weekend with an appropriately intimate show with Keren Ann and A Girl Called Eddy at the Horseshoe Tavern on Sunday(March 6th).

WED MARCH 2nd Phoenix $15 ADV eye Weekly and SympaticoMSN Presents 5th Annual Canadian Independent Music Awards Featuring Live Performances by: Esthero controller.controller The Trews Thornley Martha And The Muffins Great Lake Swimmers

THURS MARCH 3rd CLUB Rockit $8 Door Eric Warner / CMW Presents Post Math Rock wristbands/passes accepted pm 7:30 - Doors 8:00 - Sing That Yell That Spell 9:00 - Better Than Everyone 10:00 - Wintersleep 11:00 - The Vermicious Knid 12:00 - The Sour Keys am 1:00 - From Fiction

THURS MARCH 3rd El Mocambo Downstairs $6 Advance $8 Door CMW Presents Sonic Unyon Showcase wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - The Beautiful Losers 10:00 - Sleeper Set Sail 11:00 - A Northern Chorus 12:00 - Raising The Fawn am 1:00 - Damon and Naomi

THURS MARCH 3rd Horseshoe Tavern $8 Door Chart Magazine Showcase wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - Canned Hamm 10:00 - Shawn Hewitt 11:00 - Uncut 12:00 - The Illuminati am 1:00 - Jersey

THURS MARCH 3rd Lee's Palace $10 Adv $12 Door Emerge / CMW Presents wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - Lullabye Arkestra 10:00 - The Downbelows 11:00 - Cuff The Duke 12:00 - Guitar Wolf

THURS MARCH 3rd Silver Dollar $10 Door Dan Burke & RollingStone.com & STA Travel & CMW Presents wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 10:00 - The Ladies and Gentlemen 11:00 - Brutal Knights 12:00 - Les Six am 1:00 - The Zoobombs

FRIDAY MARCH 4th El Mocambo Downstairs $10 Door CMW Presents Outside Music Showcase wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - Great Lake Swimmers 10:00 - The Weekend 11:00 - Holy Fuck 12:00 - Sixtoo am 1:00 - LAL

FRIDAY MARCH 4th Horseshoe Tavern $8 Door Chart Magazine Showcase wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - The Flairs 10:00 - Money Money 11:00 - Tricky Woo 12:00 - C'Mon am 1:00 - Magneta Lane

FRIDAY MARCH 4th Rancho Relaxo $8 Door CMW Presents Rock Pop Brit wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - Hill 10:00 - Jeen O'Brien 11:00 - The Bicycles 12:00 - Clothes Make The Man am 1:00 - Radius & Helena

FRIDAY MARCH 4th Reverb $10 Door CMW Presents Music Export France & Austrade - Australian Trade Commission Showcase wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - Mark Seymore 10:00 - Ben Lee 11:00 - NUD 12:00 - Sebastien Tellier am 1:00 - Vegomatic

FRIDAY MARCH 4th Silver Dollar $10 Door Dan Burke & CMW Presents wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - The Diableros 10:00 - Anagram 11:00 - Snowy Owl 12:00 - Creeping Nobodies am 1:00 - The Zoobombs

SATURDAY MARCH 5th Cameron House $8 Door CMW Break Thru Series Presents Folk Pop Roots wristbands/passes accepted pm 8:30 - Doors 9:00 - Anne Heaton 10:00 - Rachel Sage 11:00 - Bonnie Pink 12:00 - Russell Leon Band am 1:00 - Jason Mitchell

SATURDAY MARCH 5th Comfort Zone $10 Door Dan Burke & CMW Presents wristbands/passes accepted pm 7:30 - Doors 8:00 - Femme Generation 9:00 - Shikasta 10:00 - Two Koreas 11:00 - Gentleman Reg 12:00 - Boy Ballz am 1:00 - The Zoobombs