Upcoming Shows: Windsor, Toronto

Windsor: Myles Deck and The Fuzz (Halifax) w/ TBA Phog Lounge on Tuesday, June 30 at 10:30am.

Windsor: Arctic (Vancouver) w/ Language Arts (Vancouver) w/ A Welcome Breeze Phog Lounge June 13 at 11:00pm

Toronto: Alterna Queer Sunday, June 28 at Noon, Alexander Parkette Toronto

Toronto: Megan Hamilton and the Volunteer Canola w/ Olenka & the Autumn Lovers + Ghost Bees & More Saturday June 20 @ Bread and Circus 299 Agusta 8 pm

Toronto: Hut @ drake w/ young flux, deastro "good freaking times" June 16 Drake Underground, Tuesday, June 16 8pm

Toronto: The Craft Economy+Golden Triangle+The Ghost Is Dancing+People You Know Friday, June 19 8 pm @ the Velvet Underground

Windsor: Said the Whale w/ Will Currie and the Country French @ Phog Lounge - Tuesday, June 23 @ 9 pm.

Zunior 5th Anniversary Lineup

Zunior, 'the little (totally artist and fan focused, music site is turning 5! And how would such a thing celebrate it's birthday but with music? So here's the commercial for it again (I know I posted it the other day but what the hell...) Full linup is below:



When: Saturday, June 27
Where: The Tranzac - 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto

Lineup and ticket info: tickets.zunior.com (see below as well)

A monumental concert, birthday celebration and all around event not to be missed, the evening is sponsored by Exclaim Magazine and will also mark the induction of the first two bands into Zunior.com's Independent Music Hall of Fame.  More details about the Independent Music Hall of Fame can be found here: http://halloffame.zunior.com/

As for the concert itself, it features a hand-picked selection of amazing bands divided into three rooms. The main room will also feature video art projections by Montreal's Mere Phantoms and a DJ set by The Straggler. This will be a show to remember. Here's the lineup:

Main Room:

9:00 - The Violet Archers
9:40 - Forest City Lovers
10:15 - Mike O'Neill
11:00 - Andrew Vincent

Front Room:

9:00 - Murmurers
9:45 - Culture Reject
10:30 - Entire Cities
11:15 - Wax Mannequin
12:00 - Ben Gunning

Acoustic Room:

9:15 - Dog Is Blue
9:45 - Selina Martin
10:30 - Megan Hamilton
11:15 - My Divine Light (By Divine Right's José Miguel Contreras)

Fans of Canadian independent music can get their $10 tickets here:

tickets.zunior.com

Each ticket comes with a free compilation of b-sides and rarities from all 13 bands involved!

Upcoming Shows

Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum CD Release Show with Nich Worby and Hamilton Trading Company at the Music Gallery (197 John Street) Toronto on June 6.

The Most Serene Republic at the Casbah in Hamilton, June 14

PINK MOUNTAINTOPS w/ Great Aunt Ida & Megan Hamilton Toronto, June 14 at the Horseshoe

D'urbervilles, Shotgun Jimmie, Knock Knock Ginger, Evening Hymns, the Great Orbax Canary Island Finaly, Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough June 6

The Last show in the Tranzac Residency series w/Megan Hamilton and special guest Matthew de Zoete on Wednesday, June 10 at 7:30pm

POP AT NXNE II (Everything All The Time, Final Flash, Young Galaxy & +) at the Drake, 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 20

Zunior's 5th Anniversary Extravaganza Commercial

"A tease of all the great bands performing in celebration of Zunior's 5th Anniversary. The show is on Saturday, June 27 at the Tranzac in Toronto and tickets can be purchased (with a free rarities compilation) here:

http://www.zunior.com/product_info.php?roducts_id=2333"

New Free Sampler from Zunior - Maybe Smith, Metric, MSTRKRFT & More

Once a month(ish) Zunior puts up a free sampler that you can download. This months sampler is amazing! Have a look...

1 Bloopers - Maybe Smith Another Murder in the Morning Maybe Smith
2 Happiness - Dog Day Concentration Outside Music
3 Help I'm Alive - Metric Fantasies Last Gang Records
4 Apples & Allergies - The Rest Everyone All At Once Auteur Recordings
5 Battles On - The Ghost Is Dancing Battles On Sonic Unyon
6 Bounce (feat. Nore + Isis) - MSTRKRFT Fist of God Last Gang Records
7 Young Hearts Make Fire - Japandroids Post-Nothing Unfamiliar Records
8 Big Bird in a Small Cage - Patrick Watson Wooden Arms Secret City
9 Cat Tail Legs - Megan Hamilton See Your Midnight Breath in the Shipyard Familiar Music
10 Welcome to the Heart - Eamon McGrath 13 Songs of Whiskey and Light

Grab it here Even if you only like a few of songs, you can't beat free and with a list like that I don't know how you would only like a few.

Megan Hamilton: Tonight at the Rivoli (and tour dates for later)

If you listened to the CD Release Episode of the Zygiella podcast earlier this week you heard Jen pour some love on Megan Hamilton & the Volunteer Canola. If you didn't hear the podcast then um ... Jen really digs them. So do a whole lot of people, if you like to read reviews check out Megan's Myspace Blog for a whole slew of recent flattery. She even recorded her own introduction to the new CD which she is unveiling with the help of Kathleen Phillips and Olenka and the Autumn Lovers at the Rivoli in Toronto tonight.

See Your Midnight Breath in the Shipyard - An Introduction



If you can't make tonight's show in Toronto (I can't, company coming) there are a ton of chances coming up:

April 9 Toronto, ONRIVOLI - CD Release Party
April 23 Kitchener, ONMAXWELL'S MUSIC HOUSE w/guests
April 24 Guelph, ONWALLY'S TAVERN w/guests
April 25 St. Catharines, ONSEVENTY-THREE w/Whale Tooth and more!
April 30 Toronto, ONTRANZAC (Residency) w/Eric Welton
May 1 London, ONOpen House presents @ THE BLACK SHIRE w/Eric Welton and Fleece Elves
May 2 Windsor, ONPHOG w/Eric Welton and guests!
May 7 Wakefield, QCTHE BLACK SHEEP INN w/Lindsay Ferguson and Maggie Meyer
May 8 Montreal, QCPop Montreal presents @ LE CAGIBI w/Leif Vollebekk and Fall Horsie w/etc.
May 9 Kingston, ONKPP presents @ BarNone w/many others!
May 27 Toronto, ONCENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS - Alli's Journey Fundraiser with very special guests to be announced soon!
May 28 Toronto, ONTRANZAC (Residency) w/Rhiannon Thomas
May 28-31 Toronto, ONTBA - Pitter Patter Fest!
June 10 Toronto, ONTRANZAC (Residency) w/Matthew de Zoete and Kae Sun
June 17-21T oronto, ONTBA NXNE
June 27 Toronto, ONTRANZAC, Zunior 5th Anniversary show w/Wax Mannequin, By Divine Light and many more!

Megan Hamilton - Sleeping on the Floor