Canadian Music Fest/Week 2011 Picks
Its that time of year when Canadian Music Fest/Week comes to town for 5 days and nights of shows, panels, and industry events. I always take to the schedule with the best intentions of checking out every band, but there’s never any time to really accomplish that feat. So here’s my picks based on what I know. If you like the stuff on my site, then you’ll probably like this schedule. And check out the player at the bottom, its got a playlist of a bunch of the bands I’ll mention in the post.
*listed by band / venue / showcase / time
Wednesday:
–Behind Sapphire / El Mocambo / Factor Breakthrough Series / Midnight. “Oh My What A Fine Day (video)”
–Snowblink / Painted Lady / CMF Showcase / 11pm
–Sacred Animals / Painted Lady / CMF Showcase / 1am. We posted their track “Chosen Seed” a while back.
–Alcoholic Faith Mission / Rancho Relaxo / Two Way Monologues Presents / Midnight. Check out the video for “My Eyes To See“.
Thursday:
–Emmanuel and the Fear / Drake Hotel / Galagapos and YYZ Showcase / 9pm. Check out “The Rain Becomes The Clouds“.
–Freedom Or Death / El Mocambo / Factor Breakthrough Series / 1:30am. One of our “Fave New Artist of 2010”.
-Bravestation / Hard Luck / Factor Breakthrough Series / Midnight. Another of our “Fave New Artists of 2010“.
–Sacred Animals / The Hideout / Music From Ireland Showcase / 11pm.
If you were to stay at one venue?
– Horseshoe Tavern / CHARTattack Showcase / with Zeus (12:20am), Rich Aucoin (1:30am). Get out your inflatable animals.
– Lees Palace / Young Galaxy (11:30) with Miracle Fortress (9:30), Imaginary Cities (10:30pm)
-Sneaky Dees / Audio Blood Showcase with Huron (10:30pm), Hands & Teeth (2:30am). Hands & Teeth recently did a great session for Southern Souls.
-Unfamiliar and Hand Drawn Dracula showcase at the Garrison with Mausoleum (check schedule for time), Rituals(9pm) and Brian Borcherdt (midnight).
-The Great Hall / CBC Radio 2 showcase with Young Empires (10pm), Memoryhouse (10:45pm), Yukon Blonde (11:45pm).
-Opera House for Sirius Satellite/Billions showcase, Land Of Talk (12:30am) with Little Scream (8:30pm). Check out “Cannons” by Little Scream, this weeks Track Of The Week on Aux.tv.
Friday:
–Monogrenade / El Mocambo / Quebec House / 10:30pm
–Zachary Lucky / Free Time Cafe / CMF Showcase / 10pm. Another fave new artist of 2010. Check out “Town To Town“.
–James Vincent McMorrow / The Great Hall / 9:15pm. This will be a tough one to get into, seeing as how Kurt Vile and J Masic come on stage afterwards. I’d go though to check out McMorrow just because of how good his song “If I Had A Boat” is.
If you were to stay at one venue?
–Aux VINYL Showcase at the Bait Shop with Freedom or Death (9pm) and Babe (10pm).
-Horseshoe Tavern Chartattack Showcase with The Sheepdogs (9:20), Hooded Fang (10:20pm), Winter Gloves (11:20pm). Check out the Winter Gloves track “Tooth Fairy“.
–Buzz Factor Showcase presented by Dine Alone Records and The Great Escape featuring Dinosaur Bones (11pm), The Jezabels (10pm), Bombay Bicycle Club (midnight), Parlovr (1am).
–Middle Brother at the Opera House with Deer Tick and Dawes opening
Saturday:
-Daylight Riot Showcase (afternoon) at the Baitshop with The Zoobombs (3:30pm), Dinosaur Bones (4:15pm) and the Russian Futurists (5pm).
–Barr Brothers / Czehoski / CMF Showcase / 10pm. Check out “Beggar In The Morning“.
–Drawn From Bees / Horseshoe Tavern / Aussie Bar B Que / 3:10pm.
–Hungry Kids Of Hungary / Horseshoe Tavern / Aussie Bar B Que / 4:25pm.
–Bonjay / Mod Club / Indie Awards Afterparty / 12:15am
–Neon Windbraker / Silver Dollar / Next-Pop Montreal showcase / 11pm
-Better Than the Lobby Industry/Artist Mixer with Allie Hughes (3pm) and The Lines (4pm) at The Ballroom.
If you were to stay at one venue?
Don’t Forget About The Instore Performances….
Sonic Boom (512 Bloor St West)
THURS MAR 10
4pm – LOOM
5pm – PAINT MOVEMENT
6pm – THE BALCONIES
7pm – DINOSAUR BONES
8pm – THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC
FRIDAY MAR 11
1pm – INDIAN HANDCRAFTS
2pm – HUMANS
3pm – PKEW PKEW PKEW
4pm – BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
5pm – J MASCIS
6pm – BRAVESTATION
7pm – DAVID VERTESI (Hey Ocean)
8pm – MOLLY RANKIN
9pm – LES BREASTFEEDERS
10pm – THE LINES
SATURDAY MAR 12
1pm – THE B.B. GUNS
2pm – MEGAN BONNELL
3pm – JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW
4pm – SANDMAN VIPER COMMAND
5pm – tonkapuma
6pm – SHORTWAVE
7pm – PAPER LIONS
8pm – ALLIE HUGHES
9pm – SPITFIST
10pm – UNCLE BAD TOUCH
**No official passes/wristbands necessary. These shows are free, but we ask that you please bring a non-perishable food item for the Ft York Food Bank if you can manage. Thanks! This is going to be a lot of fun!
and those Living Room shows….
Live Near Bellwoods: The CMW Daytime Living Room Series
All ages. No wrist bands required.
Each day from 2-6pm, the Toronto Institute for the Enjoyment of Music will be hosting intimate, stripped down, and super special performances by bands performing at CMW. so bring your lunches & your little brother and come out to hear some great music.
set times are approximate.
THURSDAY:
5:20 – Rich Aucoin www.richaucoin.ca
4:40 – Allie Hughes www.alliehughes.com
4:00 – Paper Lions www.myspace.com/paperlions
3:30 – Wool on Wolves www.woolonwolves.com
3:00 – Behind Sapphire www.myspace.com/behindsapphire
2:30- Hands & Teeth www.handsandteeth.com
2:00 – The Elwins www.myspace.com/theelwins
FRIDAY:
5:20 – Hooded Fang www.hoodedfang.com
4:40 – Pick a Piper www.pickapiper.com
4:00 – Olenka & the Autumn Lovers www.olenkalovers.com
3:20 – the Wilderness www.myspace.com/thewildernessmusic
2:40 – Nash http://nashmusic.bandcamp.com/
2:00 – We’re Not Popstars http://werenotpopstars.bandcamp.com/
SATURDAY:
5:20 – the Wilderness of Manitoba www.myspace.com/thewildernessofmanitoba
4:40 – Aidan Knight www.aidanknight.com
4:00 – Loom http://loommusic.ca/
3:20 – the RG Morrison http://the-rg-morrison.tumblr.com/
2:40- Ingrid Gatin www.myspace.com/ingridgatin
2:00 – Nadia Von Hahn www.myspace.com/nadiavonhahn