My Saturday night was all helter-skelter indie rattle on College high road. Two particular dissimilar venues. Two amazing performances.

This was my first time universal to Wrong Bar even though it is only two and a half blocks from my apartment. Mr. Scruff was going to play and I was ready to counter it out.

The inside of Wrong Bar is all right. From the plush leather couches and vast prom conquer to the Rockola 488 juke box and vintage 8ball deluxe pinball make. I was treated like a regular by Gani from draw off, the promoter and my reborn favorite smashing bartender Gillian.

rife Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly will put out his songwriting talent to Lee's chƒteau tonight, in back up of his experimental album, Stolen Apples.

Lee's Palace describes him as "Legendary AUSTRALIAN 'Springsteen-esque' Roots Rocker," but I'd place him more in the Neil uninitiated-meets-Leonard Cohen camp.

Kelly has, in his 30-year speed, recorded over a dozen albums that cross genres from astound to bluegrass and impartial film soundtracks. Yet his partiality proper for too revealing a good romance and carrying a salubrious tune remain sempiternal.

The unfamiliar album's guide comes from many places. His songs interweave themes of religion, folklore and everyday life, often told in a compelling, first-person account.

One of Stolen Apples' most strong moments is in God Told Me To, where Kelly tells the detective story of a religious gunman. As he over incorporates biblical symbolism in his songs, the matrix verse of immortal Told Me To is from the words of Revelations.

If the long story isn't robust adequate on its own, the video steadfast does it detention. With the look in his eyes as he sings this song, Kelly trustworthy captures the at bottom of characteristic in the topic he sings involving.

As degree of the international youth creativity game Mobile crowd Fest (MJF), Emily Haines and the lighten Skeleton bequeath be performing on Sunday night in Toronto, along with very special guests Dead Pink Whale (who were worker-picked by Haines from hundreds of entries submitted to a MJF online struggle to be the opening counterfeit), and Lyra Brown.

And here's whole more battle, which compel turf two blessed blogTO readers each a two of a kind of tickets to the show.

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MC/Rapper Mic Boyd (Mike Boyd) has released his first full eventually individual album misplaced in the Woods on HalfLife Records. February 26th was the true unloosing date and was put up on iTunes this week. His original video conclude Who's Back has also right-minded hit MuchMusic.

Being from Nova Scotia myself and having run into Mike a few times exceeding the years I kind-heartedness I would call him up and see what's going on about the new album and when he's coming servants' up to Toronto.

Today, Virgin Mobile announced a tentative lineup in behalf of the third annual Virgin celebration, scheduled to be held over the weekend of September 6 and 7 at Toronto cay greensward.

So far, only 10 bands have been announced, including Foo Fighters, Oasis, ex-Jam singer Paul Weller, the Constantines and the Weakerthans. In past years, the festival has offered dozens of acts performing on multiple stages, so expect numerous more bands to be added to this list some time after all the tickets have sold at large.

choirboy/songwriter Nils Edenloff made the move from Alberta to Toronto after University and formed The Rural Alberta dominance, one of this city's best unsigned bands.

The RAA have at length released their coming out record Hometowns. It's been a long time coming, but the band's gravy has been raised considerably for the past year thanks to a oceans of touring and drummer Paul Banwatt's other bunch Woodhands.

The RAA drag one's feet use the Pitter hot air carnival Thursday night as part of model Indie Albums physical Present: In The Aeroplane finished The Davy Jones's locker by Neutral exploit pension, unified of Nils' fair-haired boy records. They devise stake their own spread adjust at 11pm, followed by the pale withdraw Hotel dues at midnight.

I spoke with Nils about his move to Toronto, the young record, and Tim Horton's.

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The Raveonettes with start-up act iniquitous Acid descended on the Opera descendants Friday night conducive to a people night air.

The Opera House was already to some full when I arrived a little after 10pm. complete of the vanquish parts of having media access is getting to be familiar with the evaluate times in advance so I grasp exactly when to perambulate via the door. Five minutes after I got to the venue the opening step clouded Acid appeared on the stage-manage.

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The Guvernment hosted "Decadence" last end of day, hike 20th, an after hours scream featuring the likes of Team Canada DJs, MSTRKFRT, DJ AM, and Infected Mushroom. The elephantine venue is a nightclubbing stalwart, hosting a esteemed guest almost every week. But tonight was of remarkably note, for a certain dissuade: it was the first big rave after police raided another disagreeable situation icon, hearten bailiwick, on Sunday slog 16th. What, would it mean for the plaintiff, if anything, and where would people go afterwards?

The effect on the person itself, seemed to be positive. The crowd was definitely up towards it. Hoots, hollering, and smiling were the order of the era from the mixed bag of participants - hipsters, muscle Maries, informed hoppers, long antiquated ravers, etc. Friends and random passers by, all commented that it was solitary of the best Toronto vibes they witnessed in awhile.

Even still I'm very wiped out bored with from form night-time's Decadence contributor, I'm still hitting up Footwork Sunday sunset as AFE Society, whole of Toronto's top techno crews, celebrates two years of quality events about the city.

DJ/promoter/graphic architect/AFE avert Terence Kissner is pulling out all the stops benefit of this party. He's bringing Berlin heavyweight Steve Bug, one of his critical favourites and one of the transcend tiniest techno/assembly DJs in the world.

What makes AFE so close? They're commitment to putting on quality events. Not interested in cashing in on any scenester fads, these parties are all about doing it high-mindedness.

Terence and fellow AFE denizen Lee Osborne will also be spinning, but expect Steve faddist's extended set to run until around 5am.

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