tonight in Toronto - TRUTH/DARE: A Satire

TRUTH/DARE: A Satire WorldPride 2014. June 25th-29th / 9pm "...A RIOTOUS REENACTMENT OF MADONNA'S DOC 'TRUTH OR DARE'" (XTRA) Created by / Salvatore Antonio & Adamo Ruggiero A live staged reading performed by a cast of notable Toronto artists, combining memorable text from the film, original video, choreographed dance and the infectious music from the Blond Ambition Tour.

WHAT: A satirical staged-reading (with dance) of the Material Girl’s 1991 cult-classic popumentary. Also on closing night (June 29th) THE GUY WHO CHOREOGRAPHED VOGUE // IS IN TRUTH OR DARE AND PARIS IS BURNING AND THE VIDEO VOGUE IS COMING! So yeah. It's gonna be a thing. World Pride yo! 

WHEN: June 25 - 29 at 9 PM (it opens tonight bbs)
WHERE: The Citadel - 304 Parliament St, Toronto
TICKETS: $20 advance / $25 door - buy em here

music video of the day: "Murmurs" by Hundread Waters

Hundred Waters - Murmurs| http://smarturl.it/hundredwaters Directed by BANGS | http://hellobangs.com Vinyl & CD: http://smarturl.it/TMRLABPreAmzn Tour Dates: http://showsnear.by/hundredwaterslive http://facebook.com/100waters http://twitter.com/100waters http://instagram.com/hundredwaters http://Hundred-Waters.com Director: Allie Avital Tsypin Cinematography: Owen Donovan Production Design: Emma Mead Edited by Allie Avital Tsypin

They're set to play the Drake Hotel Wednesday July 9th and I'm so excited. Was lucky enough to catch them at the Pitchfork church showcase this past SXSW - chill inducing stuff. Check out the live clip of "Out Alee" below from their sophomore album The Moon Rang Like A Bell (perfect Monday music by the way).

Hundred Waters - Out Alee | smarturl.it/TMRLAB Directed by YoursTruly: http://yourstru.ly/ Tour Dates: http://showsnear.by/hundredwaterslive http://facebook.com/100waters http://twitter.com/100waters http://instagram.com/hundredwaters http://Hundred-Waters.com Director & Editor: Alex Warren Cinematography: Robby Piantanida & Jordan Grant Executive Producer: William Abramson Associate Producer: Andrew Sales

music video of the day: "The Weather Song" by Ought

Ought "The Weather Song" / More Than Any Other Day Video by Louise Burns, Izaak Branderhorst, Tim Keen & Ought ... "The Weather Song" from More Than Any Other Day The debut full-length album by Ought Out 29 April 2014 Constellation cstrecords.com/cst103 http://oughtontheinternet.tumblr.com/

Yo! You have one hour to get your butt to Tattoo (567 Queen St. W) for NICE (Nifty Innovations for Cultural Enhancement). All for a mere $10 you can see Ought (who's new album is incredible), pHoenix Pagliacci, Most People (saw them at ALL CAPS!!! 2013, they rule) and Complaints Department. I'm getting on my bike right now. See you in a few! Woohooo!

music video of the day: "Be Mean" by Tweens

Directed and edited by: Perry Shall and Eddie Austin http://perryshall.tumblr.com/ Tweens' self-titled debut album out April 7 (UK) / 8 (US) Preorder: http://georiot.co/tweens https://tweensband.com http://tweens.bandcamp.com/ https://facebook.com/tweencity https://twitter.com/tweensband http://tweensband.tumblr.com/ https://instagram.com/tweensband

Because they play the Silver Dollar tonight with King Creep & Moves.
Be there. Hold me. Be mean to me. Let's have a time. 

The Cincinnati trash-pop outfit's debut album comes out today on FrenchKiss. 

music video of the day: "I'm Not Part of Me" by Cloud Nothings.

Cloud Nothings "Here and Nowhere Else" is out now on Carpark/Mom+Pop (US).

Because they just caused a little rumble at the Horseshoe. Dudes just played a sold out show.
And because I'm long over due for a sleepover party like the one in this vid. Who's down?

Their new album Here and Nowhere Else is out now via Carpark/Mom+Pop. 

music video of the day: "Two Reasons" by Young Rival

Watch our latest video here: http://youtu.be/2AKtp3XHn38 Join our party on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/aath9u2 Featuring James Kuhn: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawhawjames Order the vinyl here: http://www.youngrival.com/merch/ The story behind this video (READ BELOW): The band discovered the blog of Michigan artist James Kuhn via reddit in the Fall of 2011.

They play The Piston tonight at 11pm sharp! Be there. 

285 memories

In honour and memory of it's closing, here's some photos I took at my first 285 Kent show.
An unofficial CMJ 2012 showcase featuring Ryan Hemsworth, Deniro Farrar and Main Attrakionz.  
Hectic stuff. Good times. 

music video of the day: "Queen Of Hearts" by Fucked Up

Because they just played The Garrison and it was sooo goooood. Fucked Up always slay. It makes my heart melt with pride for my city. A list of other awesome things that went down...

• free beer
• Odonis Odonis opened 
• giant S.H.I.T. mosh pit
• mosh pit security helping up everyone who fell
• "Toronto is the only city I want to live in, not to get all Drake on you..."- Damian Abraham 

music video of the day: "Fantasy" by MS MR

Because vomit glitter and blue hair envy. 
MS MR play the Phoenix tonight.  

music video of the day: "It's Summer" by Gay

Because it is summer! Island adventures and nautical nonsense ahoy!

Gay and Halifax based bonfire indie rock outfit Cousins both play the Detroit Bike Launch today alongside DJ Brendan Canning. It's a free show at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern tonight. 4pm-8pm. Do it up. 

Osheaga 2013: Day 3

A few thoughts... 

Bad Things: Did you know that Shaun White has a band? He totally has a band dude. The flying tomato shreds on guitar. That being said, it was frontman/leadsinger Davis LeDuken who stole the limelight covering himself in mud.  
Jackmaster: BBC Radio 1 DJ does good with sunny grooves and while the crowd may have been small we were all dancing. 
Kendrick Lamar: KENDRICK HAD A DREEEEEAAAAAAAM! Very hazy times with the homies. Bitch don't kill my vibe. 
Disclosure: Honestly? They were good but they're totally fake. But I'm okay with that! Settle  is a great album - live or not. Oh and Jessie Ware joined em on stage so that was rad. 

For more words check out my full post at Sidewalk Hustle. 
Check out my photos above and vines of Osheaga: Day 3 below. 

music video of the day: "Reaction II" by Blue Hawaii

This track is off their new album Untogether, which is dreamy dance deliciousness.
They play Wrongbar tonight with Phedre and a DJ set by Moon King. See you there? 

ps. If you missed it, check out my interview Blue Hawaii for NXNE 

Live: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Echo Beach in Toronto

Monday night. Canada day. Outside, lakeside at Echo Beach. Already that’s a good set up. Now throw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs into the mix and you’ve got one good night.

It’d been too long since the NY art rock trio graced Toronto but luckily the release of their fourth album Mosquitocalls for tour time. Even having just seen them this past March at SXSW, we missed the YYYs already and were stoked to find out that they’d be providing the party on our national day off. Surprisingly the show didn’t sell out. Perhaps the steep ticket price was to blame? Upside: More room to dance. And dance we did.

With a jam packed set list of certifiable JAMS the Yeah Yeah Yeahs delivered like a good pizza: fast, hot and tasty. A mix of all the hits and fan favs from the Is Is EP’s “Down Boy” to debut album Fever To Tell‘s “Y Control”. Did we cry as soon as we realized they were going to treat us to “Maps”? You bet.

Karen O was something like a phenomenon, crawling on the stage, jumping around, screaming and shaking with every fiber in her beautiful being. With 3 outfit changes (fringe + headlamp / black studded leather / streamer cape), blue eyeshadow and some inverted cross eyeliner painted under her eyes, she looked as wild as she sounded, like a true iconic rock star. Somewhere between her passing around the mic in the audience during “Cheated Hearts” for some sweet heartwarming sing-alongs, and her closing up the two encores of the night by unzipping her white sequin capris for a feel, our brains melted. Just insane amazingness.

For more of my show reviews and photos check out Sidewalk Hustle.