Playlist May 28 2009

1. The Junction- Deception
2. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip- The Beat That My Heart Skipped
3. Metric- Help I'm Alive
4. The Jing Bang Show- I Need Better Friends
5. The Rural Albertan Advantage- Dethbridge in Lethbridge
6. Keane- Spiralling
7. The Hoosiers- Worried about Ray
8. Snow Patrol- Take Back The City
9. Hot Hot Heat- Harmonicas and Tamborines
10. Arctic Monkeys- Balaclava
11. Sam Roberts- Up Sister
12. The Paint Movement- Faults
13. The Kooks- Ooh La
14. The Coral- Who's Gonna Find Me
15. The Go Team- Grip Like a Vice
16. Wheels of Fire- I'm Turning Into You
17. Peter Bjorn and John- Amsterdam
18. Sneaky Sound System- It's not My Problem
19. People in Planes- Pretty Buildings
20. Sloan- Everybody
21. Death Cab for Cutie- Little Bribes
22. Jason Collett- Reunion
23. The Wooden Birds- False Alarm
24. The Reason- All I've Ever Wanted
25. Paper Airplane- Missing

Event/Concert Listings

Thursday May 28, 2009 to Saturday May 30, 2009

Pitter Patter Music Festival
w/ Dog Day, The Diableros, The Darcys, more...
Various Venues
www.pitterpatterfest.com

Friday May 29, 2009

Apostle of Hustle CD Release Party
@ Music Gallery
$22 9pm

Saturday May 30, 2009

Still Life Still w/ Dinosaur Bones, La Casa Muerte
@ Velvet Underground
$10 5:30pm

Monday June 1, 2009

Doves
@ Kool Hause
$26.50 9pm


Here are a few of the events and concerts coming up in the next few weeks... Stay tuned for updates!!

Pheonix... Eagles of Death Metal... Maximo Park... Fleet Foxes... Incubus... Friendly Fires... Miike Snow... AND MANY MANY MANY MORE!!!

News Thursday May 28 2009

Important for Musicians Going to The UK
B.C.-born musician Alison Crowe is back in Europe after getting kicked out of the United Kingdom last week. Crowe was scheduled to perform with her band in Edinburgh, but fell afoul of new U.K. laws that require musicians to get special permits to play there. When their plane landed in Gatwick airport, security officers locked them in a holding cell, Crowe told CBC News."Then they fingerprinted and photographed us and three hours later, roughly, trucked us over in a paddywagon to another building. And that's where we were kept for the remainder of the day, where we were interrogated and searched," she said. Crowe said her passport was stamped "barred from entry" by U.K. officials. The U.K. has introduced a Certificate of Sponsorship, required by anyone who works in the creative sector, from musicians to actors to technicians
cbc.ca

Muse
Muse announced via Twitter that their fifth album will be titled 'The Resistance’. The album is said to includes the band’s most orchestral work to date which Matt Bellamy has said is more suited to 'Classic FM'. The Matthew leadsinger of Muse says "There's a new song in three parts, which I have been working on sporadically for many years. As a large percentage of the composition is orchestral... I've been arranging the orchestral elements myself, which is taking a long time."

Incubus News
Incubus' "Monuments and Melodies" started out as "a contractual obligation," according to guitarist Michael Einziger, who tells Billboard.com that he and his bandmates "weren't really excited at first" about putting together a best-of collection. But they eventually changed their tune."It was almost like we were trying to come up with an excuse to go on tour for the summer," Einziger explains, "and we started really thinking about the idea of putting out a greatest hits album and having that as the excuse to accompany the tour we were planning. And then as we started planning it, it became really obvious that greatest hits records are really important to the legacy of any band. I was introduced to most of the groups I grew up listening to -- artists like Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley and the Doors -- through their greatest hits records
from Billboard.com

Modernboys Moderngirls
Have a final version of "I Might As Well Break It" streaming online at their website and will be released in August BUT this is only part one the band says although they've been simultaneously writing music for part two it won't be released until next year.

MP3 of Show Available

Hi Everyone,

Many of you may already know this, but just in case you haven't heard, I am sending out a reminder to let you know that an MP3 of Blissful Thunder is available every week at http://ciut.fm/schedule.php

Each week the show is updated, so the latest episode is always available. Unfortunately, this is an MP3 that can only be listened to on-line. It cannot be downloaded. We are currently working on getting a podcast up, so keep tuned to hear any updates.

Cheers!

Playlist May 21 2009

Thanks again to The Jing Bang Show, who came in to the studio today to have a chat with us about what they've been up to and perform a couple of great acoustic sets for us. You can see them perform live this upcoming Wednesday May 27, 2009 8pm @ The Horseshoe Tavern for only $4. In the mean time, check out their myspace page.

1. MSTRKRFT- Heartbreaker
2. The Paper Cranes- Milkrun
3. Bloc Party- Hunting for Witches
4. Silversun Pickups- The Royal We
5. White Lies- Farewell to the Fairground
6. The Reason- Sleepyhead
7. Ohbijou- Misty Eyes
8. Death Cab for Cutie- My Mirror Speaks
9. Franz Ferdinand- Ulysses
10. Arkells- Oh the Boss in Coming
11. The Ghost is Dancing- Dream of a Failed Architect
12. Joel PLaskett- Everytime You Leave
13. One Day As a Lion- Wild International
14. Grand Theft Bus- Don't Go Say That
15. The Dead 60's- Riot Radio
16. Dan Black- Symphonies (passing Pit RMX)
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Zero (RAC RMX)
18. The Jing Bang Show- Wired (Live)
19. The Jing Bang Show- I Need Better Friends (Live)
20. The Jing Bang Show- I'm Whats Wrong With the World
21. Metric- Gold Guns Girls
22. Atmosphere- Puppets
23. Miike Snow vs Peter Bjorn and John- It Don't Move Me
24. City and Colour- I'm Coming Home
25. Pheonix- Fences
26. Pilot Speed- Bluff

News May 21 2009

ARCTIC MONKEYS
have revealed that some of their new album will be "full on" with a Black Sabbath influence. Frontman Alex Turner said they started work on the album last summer and used their trip to the Latitude Festival as inspiration. Speaking to NME.com, he said: "We went to Latitude, ripped it up, wrote on our faces and eventually wrote some songs. "We spent the first day there on the most complicated riff you've ever heard. It goes round in seven-and-a-half-time. We used it in the end, it's on an intro. It was like [Black] Sabbath."Turner also confirmed that the band are hoping to release the album before their headline performances at the Reading And Leeds Festivals in August.

LADY GAGA
During a recent visit to Russia singer Lady GaGa was mistaken as a hooker by police. Lady GaGa says The Moscow police thought she was a prostitute as she stood in the city's Red Square taking pictures. She said she stopped her driver in the middle of the world-famous landmark, but was quickly approached by officers who made gestures to her suggesting she was perhaps there for other business. This is rather odd news but something I found rather funny.

ORDER OF CANADA
Randy Bachman (you may know him from such musical efforts as The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Over drive) was awarded the Order of Canada, on Friday in a ceremony at Rideau hall Bachman says Starting out just as a kid in Winnipeg, wanting to write and play music, you never think ahead of anything except the next phone call, which hopefully has your next gig,"

Event/Concert Listings

Thursday May 21, 2009

Over The Top Festival
w/ Clues, The Ghost is Dancing, The Darcys
@ Sneaky Dee's
9pm
www.overthetopfest.com

Asher Roth, Justis, Dj Numeric
@ El Mocambo
9pm
$20

Friday May 22, 2009

Amos the Tranparent, Make Your Exit, Whales Tooth and Lovely Killbots
@ The Horseshoe Tavern
9:30pm

Saturday May 23, 2009

Joel Plaskett with The Emergency, Friends and Family
@ Massey Hall
8pm
tickets between $30-$40

Saturday May 23 - Sunday May 24, 2009

Doors Open Toronto (Saturday and Sunday)
175 buildings, including historical, cultural, and socially significant bulidings.
www.toronto.ca/doorsopen

Monday May 25 + Tuesday May 26 + Wednesday May 27, 2009

City & Colour
@ Massey Hall
$30-$40

Playlist May 14 2009

1. The Kooks- Ooh La
2. Franz Ferdinand- Ulysses
3. Dragonette- I Get Around
4. Metric- Collect Calls
5. Five Blank Pages- She Sleeps Soundly
6. The Decemberists- Los Angeles I'm Yours
7. The Hoosiers- Worried About Ray
8. Parka- Disco Dancer
9. Grand Theft Bus- Automatic
10. A Fine Frenzy- You Picked Me
11. Pilot Speed- Light You Up
12. Classified- Used To Be
13. Cadence Weapon- Roll with The Winners
14. MSTRKRFT- Heartbreaker
15. Dan le Sac vs Scooribus Pip- The Beat that My Heart Skipped
16. The Black Keys- Strange Times
17. The Ghost is Dancing- Dream of a Failed Architect
18. The Bravery- Every Word is a Knife In My Ear
19. Hey Ocean- Fifteen Words
20. Silversun Pickups- The Royal We
21. Boats!- Scenic Gorges
22. The Junction- Deceptions
23. Cancel Winter- How Long
24. Regina Spektor- Fidelity
25. The Reason- We're So Beyond This
26. Joel Plaskett- Through & Through & Through
27. The Annuals- Around Your Neck
28. Sam Roberts- Up Sister
29. Land Of Talk- Some Are Lakes

News May 14 2009

Jack White
Country music stars Emmylou Harris and Kix Brooks, along with guitarist Jack White, will soon be giving advice to Nashville's mayor.The three have joined the 46-member Music Business Council, which the mayor says will help protect Nashville's brand name as "Music City.""There are a lot of good people in this community, with lots of good ideas," Harris said in the Sunday edition of The Tennessean. "I'm just saying to the mayor, 'Put me in, coach.'" The panel is expected to advise on initiatives including the construction of a downtown amphitheater, the expansion of the CMA Music Festival, the creation of a new, non-country festival and the enhancement of music education.

Anothony Kiedis Does good deeds

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis was honoured over the weekend for helping out other artists who are addicts. Kiedis himself struggled with drug addition for years, and dedicates time and money to the MusiCares MAP Fund which provides treatment for musicians. The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Iggy Pop performed at the event Friday.

V-Fest
Nova Scotia is set to have its first V Fest starting on July 4 so far Metric, The Tragically Hip and Hey Rosetta among many other awesome bands have been added to the line up although not to much mention of the Toronto line up, or even the starting date at virginfestival.ca I think we should be getting great bands too.

Events

Thursday May 14
The Junction with The Imports
Marcello's (In Streetsville) 9pm FREE

Down With Webster
The Opera House 9pm

Friday May 15
Classified
The Pheonix 9pm (19+)

Saturday May 16
Keepin'6
The Kathedral @ 9pm

Thursday May 21
The National
Kool Haus

Playlist May 7th 2009

1. Death Cab for Cutie- I Was Once a Loyal Lover
2. Pilot Speed-Light You Up
3. Cancel Winter- The Starting Block
4. Hey Ocean- Too Soon
5. Metric- Collect Call
6. MSTRKRFT- Heartbreaker
7. Keane- Spiraling
8. Hot Hot Heat- Harmonicas and Tambourines
9. Jason Collett- Paper Cut Hearts
10. Matt Costa- Mr Pitiful
11. Chucky Danger- Strawberry Man
12. Grand Theft Bus- Automatic
13. Jack Mannequin- Swim
14. Bloc Party- Hunting For Witches
15. Rural Alberta Advantage- The Dethbridge in Lethbridge
16. Peter Doherty- Arcady
17. Maximo Park- Let's Get Clinical
18. Wintergloves- Let Me Drive
19. Arctic Monkeys- If You Get There Beware
20. The Dandy Warhols- Now you Love Me (Remix)
21. Joel Plaskett- Heartless Heartless Heartless
22. Fleet Foxes- Mykonos
23. Kasabian- Fire
24. Great Bloomers Honey Blanket
25. The Black Keys- I Got Mine
26. Great Northern- Houses
27. Santogold- Shove it (Remix)
28. Klaxons- Atlantis to Interzone
29. Friendly Fired- Jump In the Pool

News May 7th 2009

Interpol
Interpol's lead singer, and guitarist Paul Banks is set to release a solo album under the name Julian Plenti, according to the Matador Records blog. his new project called "Skyscraper," will be released on August 4th. Julian Plenti isn't a new alter ego, Banks has written and performed under the name for several years, according to a source close to the situation. While the album was recorded recently, some of the songs were written more than ten years ago. The album is described as having a "cocky, sexy" feel, with tracks that sound similar to Interpol, as well as some straight-ahead guitar rock songs.

Virgin Fest
Virgin festivals are rolling out across Canada this summer with concerts planned in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. The two-day summer music festivals, the idea of Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson, made their debut in Canada with a Toronto concert in 2006. Last year, a festival planned for Vancouver was cancelled because organizers couldn't secure top acts. Concerts went ahead in Toronto and Calgary. It's the first time Virgin festivals have been planned for Nova Scotia and Quebec.

TIFF's head to Cannes
Canadian arts administrator Piers Handling, the longtime director of the Toronto International Film Festival, has been named a juror for the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes organizers unveiled on Monday the jurors for its Un Certain Regard program, which celebrates younger filmmakers and innovative works, as well as the jury for the Caméra d'Or, which honours the best work by a first-time filmmaker.

Event/ Concert Listings

Tonight - Thursday May 7, 2009

Kid Koala
@ Lee's Palace
$18.50 9pm

Plants and Animals
@ The Mod Club
$15 9pm

Saturday May 9, 2009

Attack in Black
w/ Shotgun Jimmie, Hunter & Angles, more..
@ The Horseshoe Tavern
$10 9pm

Festivals:

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
running until May 10th @ various venues
www.hotdocs.ca

Playlist - Thursday April 30, 2009

1. Death Cab for Cutie - I was once a Loyal Lover
2. Attack In Black - Blood (In the Tracks)
3. Classified - Used To Be
4. Clinic - The Witch (Made to Measure)
5. Film Noir - Red, Purple, Black, & Blue
6. The Weakerthans - Hymn of the Medical Oddity
7. Metric - Collect Call
8. Silversun Pickups - The Royal We
9. The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet
10. Flobots - Handlebars
11. The Fratellis - Henrietta
12. Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces
13. Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly - Waiting for the Monster to Drown
14. The Hoosiers - Cops and Robbers
15. The Junction - In Recall
16. Kid Cudi - Day 'n' Night (Crookers Remix)
17. The Dandy Warhols - Now You Love My Remix (Zia McCabe & Jeremy Sherrer Rmx)
18. Lady Sovereign - Bang Bang
19. Barcelona - Falling Out of Trees
20. Adele - Chasing Pavements
21. The Most Serene Republic - Heavens to Purgatory
22. The Vines - Take Me Back
23. The Sounds - Dorchester Hotel
24. Girl Nobody - I'll Shake It
25. The Pragmatic - Circles
26. Apostle of Hustle - Whistle In The Fog
27. Kings of Leon - Crawl
28. Depeche Mode - In Sympathy
29. Pete Doherty - Arcady