Upcoming Shows - October 25 - 30

It's a great week to see some live music in Toronto. Here are some of the shows we're excited about!

Wednesday, October 26

Hinds (w/ Cold Fronts and Goodbye Honolulu)
Adelaide Hall
Doors: 8 PM
Tickets: $18.50
19+

Garage rock from Madrid.

Cass McCombs (w/ Delicate Steve)

The Horseshoe Tavern

Doors: 8:30 PM

Tickets: $15.50

19+

Mellow folk rock with a psychedelic twist.

Thursday. October 27

Buzz Records Presents...

Duchess Says, Ice Cream, Bad Channels, and Plasmalab

The Garrison

Doors: 9 PM

Tickets: $10

19+

Local punk, dance, electro-pop presented by Toronto record label Buzz Records.

Matt Cooke & Grand Marquis, Pete Casey & The Vikkies, Weatherstone

The Dakota Tavern

Doors: 8 PM

Local country/folk.

Friday, October 28

La Sera w/ Springtime Carnivore and Stefanie McCaroll (from Brave Shores)

The Silver Dollar Room

Doors: 9 PM

Tickets: $12.50

19+

Dream pop, noise pop from California.

Death to T.O. 6(66)

Lee's Palace/Dance Cave

Doors: 8 PM

Tickets: $25

Get spooky with local bands and musicians as they perform live tribute sets from artists including Prince, David Bowie, Nirvana, The Smiths, The Velvet Underground, and more. Don't forget your costume!

Tegan and Sara w/ Too Attached and Torres

Massey Hall

Doors: 7 PM

Tickets: $49.50 - $56.00

All Ages

Flock of Dimes (from Wye Oak) w/ Your Friend

The Drake Hotel

Doors: 7:30 PM

Tickets: $13.50

19+

Dreamy rock/pop.

Kero Kero Bonito  w/ Youngblood and Planet Pop

The Velvet Underground

Doors: 9 PM

Tickets: $13.50

19+

Electronic pop with influences from dancehall and J-pop.

Frankie Cosmos w/ Big Thief

Adelaide Hall

Doors: 7 PM

Tickets: $15.50

19+

Low-fi indie rock/anti-folk from New York inspired by Frank O'Hara and K Records.

Saturday, October 29

Weyes Blood w/ Sahara and Ducks Limited

The Baby G

Doors: 9 PM

Tickets: $10

19+

Experimental future folk.

July Talk

The Danforth Music Hall

Doors: 7 PM

Tickets: $29.50

All Ages

Alternative indie rock meets Americana from Toronto.

Sunday, October 30

Grouplove w/ Dilly Dally, MUNA

The Danforth Music Hall

Doors: 7 PM

Tickets: $30.50 - $36.00

All Ages

Indie rock/pop.

LANY w/ Transviolet
The Mod Club
Doors: 7 PM
Tickets: $18.50 - $23 (SOLD OUT)
All Ages

Upbeat dream pop from LA.






All tickets also available at Rotate This and Soundscapes.

Foxygen Post Teaser Video

It's been a while since we've heard anything from Foxygen. The California band surprised everyone when they announced that last year's tour supporting '...And Star Power' would be a "farewell tour." There had long been gossip about some tension between core band members Jonathan Rado and Sam France, and with Rado and drummer Shaun Fleming (Diane Coffee) each working on their own solo projects, it seemed like the breakup was really happening. They've been pretty quiet since then, releasing just one chaotic single '24-Hour Lover Man' in the spring of 2015. Earlier today, they posted a teaser video on Twitter, which features new music and Sam France walking down a street and into a venue. There's not a lot to go on just yet, but maybe we can expect a new album or even a tour sometime in the future. The band will play at Desert Daze in Joshua Tree this weekend (October 16th). There were no Canadian dates on their farewell tour but hopefully we can see them back in Toronto someday. Until then, you can check out the video below.

A video from Foxygen pic.twitter.com/T0aKfgQf4F

— Foxygen (@foxygentheband) October 10, 2016

Stream: Springtime Carnivore's 'Midnight Room'

Springtime Carnivore’s sophomore album Midnight Room is coming out this Friday (Oct. 7) on Autumn Tone Records. The first single ‘Face in the Moon’ was released earlier this summer and the title track dropped just a few weeks ago. The album has the same exuberant pop style of their eponymous debut, but the songs delve a little further into dream-pop this time around. It makes sense since most of Midnight Room was written in the fuzzy stages between sleep and waking, often in the middle of the night. According to a press release, Morgan began working on songs for the album after a shattering break-up and a “jagged sleep schedule." She often felt like she was “space cadeting through the weird space between sleeping and dreaming and waking and reality”. The dreamier vibe on Midnight Room could also have something to do with bringing on producer Chris Coady, who worked with dream-pop darlings Beach House on their last four albums. This one is definitely worth a listen and you can stream it right now or preorder the album from their website.

       Morgan also recently collaborated with La Sera’s Katy Goodman on an album of punk covers called Take It, It’s Yours. If you missed it, the album came out on August 26th and they take on classics from The Replacements, Bad Brains and Blondie. My personal favourite is an amazing cover of The Stooges ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ which they have turned into a haunting and beautiful pop song. Springtime Carnivore are currently on tour with La Sera and will hit Toronto later this month for a show at The Silver Dollar Room on October 28th. I caught them during their first ever Toronto show in March of 2015 when they opened for The Dodos at the Horseshoe Tavern. Check out a video of Morgan performing a solo number during the set below. Tickets are available at Rotate This, Soundscapes and Ticketfly. You do not want to miss this one!