Just a quick reflection...

As I am sure many of you know, the great pop legend Michael Jackson has passed away. Since this story has been scooped up by almost ALL of the media outlets, I am going to refrain from writing much about it. But I would like to acknowledge the fact that Michael Jackson broke down barriers throughout his career and inspired so many people. His music WILL live on forever and he will always remain an icon in the history of music. Rest in Peace Michael.

Concert/ Event Listings

Saturday June 27, 2009

Camera Obscura
@ Lee's Palace
$23.50 9pm

Tuesday June 30, 2009

Sonic Youth
@ Massey Hall
$36.50 - $48.50 7pm All Ages

Zoobombs
@ The Silver Dollar
9pm

Wednesday July 1, 2009

Queen's Park Canada Day
Celebrating Canada's 142nd Birthday
FREE
At Queen's Park, the partying starts at noon, with a 21-gun salute, free performances by Kobo Town, Bollywood Dance and Russian Acrobats, along with performances by Dubblebag Theatre for the kids. The festivities keep going with inflatable and carnival games, face painting, rock climbing and sporting challenges.

Current Events:

Pride Week 2009
www.pridetoronto.com

TD Canada Trust Jazz Festival
www.torontojazz.com

Playlist - Thursday June 25, 2009

1. Bike For Three! - Always I Will Miss You
2. Doves - The Greatest Denier
3. Depeche Mode - In Sympathy
4. Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
5. Dinosaur Jr. - Pieces
6. Symphony of Nine - The Ending
7. Cancel Winter - The Silence
8. The Stables - What's A Man Gotta Do?
9. Def 3 & Factor - Take Me Higher
10. Eels - Prizefighter
11. The Jing Bang Show - I Need Better Friends
12. God Help The Girl - Funny Little Frog
13. Dala - Alive
14. The Streets - I Love You More (Than You Like Me)
15. Grand Analog ft. Shad - Electric City
16. Spoon - Don't Make Me A Target
17. Jason Plumb & The Willing - Middle of Nowhere
18. Ohbijou - The Otherside
19. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
20. The Vines - Take Me Back
21. Ben Harper & The Relentless 7 - Fly One Time
22. Sloan - Believe In Me
23. Sonic Youth - What We Know
24. The Novaks - Destroyer
25. Death Cab For Cutie - My Mirror Speaks
26. The Aggrolites - Wild Time
27. Mother Mother - O My Heart

Playlist - June 18, 2009

1. Film Noir - Real, Purple, Black, & Blue
2. Grand Analogue - Take It Slow
3. Grand Theft Bus - Automatic
4. Hooded Fang - Land Of Giants
5. Arkells - Oh, The Boss Is Comin!
6. Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
7. You Say Party! We Say Die! - Monster
8. The Bravery - Split Me Wide Open
9. Cut Off Your Hands - Turn Cold
10. The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Deathbridge In Leathbridge
11. Shad - The Kids Are Again
12. The Rosebuds - Life Like
13. The New Cities - Hypertonic
14. Mardeen - Telephones
15. The Violent Archers - You and I
16. Jason Collett - Not Over You
17. Great Bloomers - Last of My Faith
18. Immaculate Machine - Sound the Alarms
19. King Khan & The Shrines - (How can I keep you) Outta Harms Way
20. Eels - That Look You Give That Guy
21. Pilot Speed - Light You Up
22. Placedo - Bright Lights
23. Death Cab For Cutie - My Mirror Speaks
24. Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls
25. The Novaks - Billy The Kid
26. The View - Same Jeans

News June 17 2009

The White Stripes
According to the Canadian Press, Jack and Meg White are to document their 2007 summer adventure when they toured some of Canada’s most unlikely spots. "When we started, we just didn't know what we were doing, so we just [said]: 'Film everything, see what happens,'" Jack said while visiting Toronto over the weekend with his new band the Dead Weather. "I don't think we would wanna film ourselves like this. I'm pretty anti-reality television and all that ridiculous peeking behind the curtain sort of aspect of entertainment these days," he added. "But in this case, I don't think it really has that ridiculousness to it. It does have an insight into some of the things that got created and how we went about making a tour like this. The White Stripes play 18 dates across Canada most notable were stops in Winnipeg where they played on a bus, rocked out to some kiddies at a Toronto summer camp, partied on a boat in Charlottetown and ate some caribou in Iqaluit. No final date of release yet but should be a great dvd.

Polaris Music Prize

The long list of 2009 nominess has been announced the list includes the 40 top Canadian albums released between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009, selected by a jury of music journalists across the country. The List includes Hey Rosetta! Handsome Furs, K-Os, Land of Talk, Malajube, and Metric. For the full list Click Here

A Bit of a Slip Up
Organizers of Calgary's Sled Island festival are reprinting their promotional posters after allowing an obscenity to slip through the first time."I looked at the poster and thought, 'Oh gee,' " festival director Zakary Pashak said, referring to the words Holy Fuck. Holy Fuck is one of the 250-plus bands scheduled to perform at Sled Island next month. The band made headlines last summer when the Harper government used its name to justify cuts to arts funding. Bright, pink posters including the name of the band have been plastered all over the inner city. Ali Clark, manager at Kane's Harley Diner in Inglewood, said no one asked for permission to put up a poster in her restaurant. "One of the kids pointed out to me there are swear words on a poster," she said. "That's appalling to find in a family resturant". Needless to say the bands name continues to cause contraversy

Event/Concert Listings

There are so many great things happening in the city this time of year (Pride, Harbourfront Centre free events, nxne, etc.). I will try to list as many as possible, so please keep checking back on a regular basis.

It’s that time of year again for all the music lovers in Toronto - NXNE is here! I have placed a couple of my personal picks, but I suggest you check out the NXNE website and plan your own schedule. Do it soon though, planning ahead is essential to making your NXNE experience a good one.

TONIGHT - Thursday June 18, 2009 -
CIUT Presents NXNE showcase @ The Rivoli
Featuring:
Mardeen
The Details
Kittens Ablaze
Violent Archers
Noah’s Arkweld
Starts at 9pm – if you can’t make it down to the show, it will be broadcast live on CIUT 89.5FM until 2am.
Check www.nxne.com for wristbands, you can pay at the door as well (probably $10 or less).

Friday June 19, 2009

Starting Tomorrow:
Pride Week 2009
With performances by Deborah Cox, Divine Brown, The Cliks, Gentleman Reg, more at various venues around the city throughout the entire week of festivities
Go to www.pridetoronto,com for more information.


NXNE showcase at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
With: Dinosaur Bones, The Novaks, Black Diamond Bay, Change of Heart, more
9pm check www.nxne.com for wristbands, you can pay at the door as well (probably $10 or less).

If you don’t have a wristband for NXNE, I suggest checking out Wintersleep at Yonge & Dundas Square. Their free performance is at 9:45pm.

Saturday June 20

NXNE: MySpace presents...
Pteradactyl; The Mark Inside; Wooden Sky; In Flight Safety; Band of Skulls; Noverillo; Young Rival; British Columbians
@ El Mocambo
9pm, check www.nxne.com for wristbands, you can pay at the door as well (probably $10 or less).

Edgefest
w/ Arkells, The Stills, Alexisonfire, K’OS, Billy Talent, Dinosaur Bones, and MORE!
@ Downsview Park, doors at 11am
$49.50

Sunday June 21

Wavelength 468
w/ Wax Mannequin, La Casa Muerte, Innes Wilson & His Opposition
@ Sneaky Dee’s
as always, PWYC starts @ 9pm

Also...


For all you peeps out in Mississauga, Rock the Coliseum is Back!
Starting Fri 19 Jun 2009 and running Sat 20 Jun 2009 and
Sun 21 Jun 2009
Featuring performances by DD/MM/YYYY, Meligrove Band, Lords, more
It all takes place at Mississauga Civic Centre. Each night starts at 7pm, and the best part about all of this is its FREE!

Non-music event: The eh List Author Series
Over 20 top Canadian writers read from their latest works at public libraries across the city
Started yesterday (Wed. 17) and runs until Friday June 26
Go to http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/pro_eh_list.jsp for more information

CIUT live-to-air at NXNE

CIUT Live-to-Air at NXNE

Broadcasting live from the stage of the Rivoli on Thursday, June 18th from 9pm to 2am

CIUT will be broadcasting live from the stage of the Rivoli on Thursday, June 18th from 9pm to 2am.

We will be featuring the following bands throughout this evening that are appearing as part of NXNE:

Mardeen (Halifax)

The Details (Winnipeg)

Kittens Ablaze (Brooklyn, N. Y.)

Violet Archers (Toronto)

Noah's Arkweld (Toronto)

Playlist June 11 2009

1. Ohbijou- New Years
2. The Decemberists- Yankee Bayonet
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Berlin
4. The Black Keys- Strange Times
5. Death Cab For Cutie- My Mirror Speaks
6. Gnarls Barkley- Gone Daddy Gone
7. Hey Rosetta!- Yes! Yes! Yes!
8. Hot Hot Heat- Waiting for Nothing
9. Joel Plasket- Through and Through and Through
10. The Long Winters- Fire Island AK
11. Parka- Disco Dancer
12. The Reason- All I Ever Wanted
13. Rural Alberta Advantage- Frank, AB
14. The Pixies- Where is My Mind?
15. Arietta- Northeamed
16. Great Bloomers- Last of my Faith
17. Elephant Stone- How Long
18. All Left Out- We're Alive
19. All Left Out- Interview/Acoustic performance
20. All Left Out- The Meaning of Life
21. Def3 & Factor- Take Me Higher
22. Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks
23. The Aggrolites- Wild Time

News Update June 11 2009

V-Fest
So far we've gotten the update for dates in Nova Scotia, Montreal, and BC but no details for Torontos show yet, well nothing except for Ontario being on the list of places the festival is stopping this summer. On a more positive note the other cities seem to have something for everybody. Nova Scotia has The Tragically Hip, Metric, Hey Rosetta, and Dinosaur Jr. BC has Ben Harper, Our Lady Peace, K-OS and Mute Math. Montreal has Black Eyed Peas, Stereos,and Karl Wolf. I think that with acts like these on deck Toronto will be awesome.

Futurama
Fry, Bender and their 31st century friends will awaken next year, with Comedy Central and 20th Century Fox to bring the popular animated TV comedy Futurama back to life. Executives cited fan demand as the reason for the return of the satirical sci-fi cartoon, which has had solid ratings in re-runs and enjoyed brisk DVD sales. The revival is being likened to Fox's decision to return cancelled animated comedy Family Guy to its schedule. "When we brought back Family Guy several years ago, everyone said that it was a once-in-a lifetime thing — that cancelled series stay cancelled and cannot be revived," Fox chair Gary Newman said, according to trade paper Hollywood Reporter."But Futurama was another series that fans simply demanded we bring back."


Home Grown Talent
A young filmmaker from Quebec who was the toast of the Cannes Directors' Fortnight side event in France has apparently grabbed the attention of Brad Pitt.Xavier Dolan, who just turned 20, nabbed three trophies at the Directors' Fortnight gala on May 22 for his first film, J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother).Dolan captured the Art Cinema prize, the Regards Jeunes award and the SACD prize for best French-language film. Dolan says he recently got a call from Pitt's production company but has been busy preparing for the Montreal premiere of his film on June 5. It opens in seven theatres across Quebec that day and will expand to another seven next week."With everything, with all of this, I don't have time, so I will call them back next week," said the Montreal-based writer, director and actor.

Event/Concert Listings

Tonight! Thursday June 11, 2009

MS Benefit Concert @ El Mocambo (upstairs)
Performances by: The Afterparty, Radius and Helena, The Assistants, and 5th Projekt
7pm $10 or $7 with a canned food item.

Friday June 12, 2009

Malajube w/ Hollerado
@ Lee's Palace
9pm FREE

$100 w/ Deep Dark Woods, Jason Benoit, more...
@ Horseshoe Tavern
9pm $10

Saturday June 13, 2009

BIF Naked
@ The Mod Club
7pm $25

Monday June 15, 2009

Pheonix
@ Pheonix Concert Theatre
9pm $22.50

Thursday June 18, 2009

CIUT Presents... NXNE Showcase at the Rivoli
Broadcasting live from 9pm-2am
Performances by:
Mardeen
The Details
Kittens Ablaze
Violent Archers
Noah's Arkweld

Festival on Bloor - Sunday June 14, 2009

This Sunday June 14, 2009 is the Bloor Street Festival and CIUT 89.5 FM will be broadcasting live from 12pm until 6pm.

Michelle will be one of the on-air hosts along with Binny Colvin (a new member of the CIUT family)

Some of the bands you will find performing at this year's festival include:

Hundred Dollars (Alt. Country)
www.myspace.com/1hundreddollars

Les Singes Bleus avec Amelie Lefebvre (French Pop)
www.myspace.com/ameliechante

Ten Ten (Japanese Folk)
www.tentencanada.com

Jenny Omnichord (Pop)
www.myspace.com/jennyomnichord

Fojeba (African Pop)

The Element Choir (Improvising Choir)
www.barnyardrecords.com


You can catch it live on CIUT 89.5 FM or come down and check out the festivities for yourself. Don't forget to stop by the CIUT tent which will be set up at Bloor & Brunswick, on the southeast corner, right beside the Tranzac stage.

Live Performances at CIUT

Hi Everyone,

Here is a list of all the upcoming outdoor live performances that will be taking place at the CIUT studios (91 St. George Street, Toronto). Everyone is welcome to come down and check them out.

Thursday, June 11 @ 1pm - Coco Love Alcorn (Vancouver/Toronto)
www.myspace.com/cocolove

Saturday, June 13 @ 1pm - Deep Dark Woods (Saskatoon)
www.myspace.com/deepdarkwoods

Monday, June 15th @ 12pm - The Wilkins
www.wilkinssongs.com

Monday, June 15th @ 1:30pm - The Lost Chord
www.youtube.com/thelostchordband

Tuesday, June 16th @ 1pm - Joanna Moon (Montreal)
www.joanna-moon.com

Wednesday, June 17th @ 12pm - Catherine MacLellan (P.E.I.) www.myspace.com/catherinemaclellan

Wednesday, June 17th @ 2pm - Madison Violet (Toronto)
www.myspace.com/madisonviolet

Thursday, June 18th @ 12pm - Jimmy Bowskill (Peterborough)
www.myspace.com/jimmybowskill

Friday, June 19th @ 12pm - T. Nile (B.C.)
www.myspace.com/tnile

Friday, June 19th @ 1:30pm - Caledonia

Friday, June 19th @ 3pm - Zoobombs (Japan)
www.myspace.com/zoobombs

Monday, June 22nd @ 12pm - Labasheeda (Holland)
www.myspace.com/labasheeda


If you are in a band who would like to perform live at CIUT, please contact our new Live Music Coordinator, Binny at binny@ciut.fm

News Thursday June 4 2009

Michael Moore
Film maker Michael Moore has written a sequel to the 1989 documentary Roger & Me, about General Motors CEO Roger Smith following the car czar’s decision to close several auto plants in Moore’s home town of Flint, Michigan, costing 30,000 people their jobs and economically devastating the city. This documentaries sequel seems to be coming at a pretty good time considering all the craziness in the auto industry.

Favorite Canadian Song
Neil Young's "Helpless" has been named the Great Canadian Tune after an online poll conducted by Toronto arts festival Luminato. "Helpless" topped nine other Canadian guitar-driven tracks, with 3,701 votes from a total of 19,217 Now, Luminato organizers are inviting the public to perform the song in unison at the city's Yonge-Dundas Square. The goal is to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest guitar ensemble, currently held by a town in Germany that saw 1,802 guitarists assemble to perform Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" in 2007. The effort will take place on June 6 at 4 p.m. ET, with registration beginning two hours earlier.

New Music
Adele has revealed that she is halfway through writing material for her second album. The singer said she was "almost halfway there" and had five songs for the as-yet-untitled follow-up to her 2008 debut, 19, expected to be released next year. And she said the inspiration for the new album was just the same as the last – men.Speaking at the Glamour magazine awards in London she said: "Boys, I've still got the same problems. They get worse because I'm away all the time. It gets a bit harder."The littlest things I can write about, it doesn't have to be some drama. The littlest things about not putting a cup in the dishwasher. I can write a song about that as well."The 21-year-old Grammy award winner also admitted she is going to avoid playing at any of this summer's festivals.

Playlist June 4 2009

1. White Lies- Fairwell to the Fairground
2. Alexionfire- We are The Sound
3. The Arcade Fire- Keep The Car Running
4. Chucky Danger- Strawberry Man
5. City and Colour- Save Your Scissors
6. The Enemy- This Song
7. Joel Plaskett- Everytime You Leave
8. Josh Ritter- Right Moves
9. The Kills- Black Balloon
10. The Kooks- Sway
11. Malajube- Montreal -40
12. Metric- Blindness
13. Moby- Pale Horses (Apparat RMX)
14. Woodhands- Can't See Straight
15. The Dandy Warhols- Now You Love My Remix
16. The Strokes- You Only Live Once
17. Spoon- My Mathematical Mind
18. Peter Elkas- Wall Of Fire
19. Winter Gloves- Invisible
20. Savoir Adore- Bodies
21. Lights- Drive my Soul
22. K-Os- Exit (Call Me)
23. A Fine Frenzy- Near To You
24. Fleet Foxes- My Konos
25. Hope and Social- Mr. M

Event/Concert Listings

Friday June 5, 2009

Grizzly Bear
w/ Here We Go Magic
@ Pheonix Concert Theatre
$18 9pm

Miike Snow
w/ Madrid
@ Supermarket
$10.50 9pm

Saturday June 6, 2009

The Ghost Is Dancing
@ TARA (544 Queen St E)
FREE 5pm

Sunriser CD Release Party
w/ Tusks, Give Us The Daggers
@ El Mocambo
9pm

Sunday June 7, 2009

Element
w/ The Jing Band Show
@ The Opera House
$15 8pm

June 5 - June 13, 2009
Luminato
@ various venues across the GTA
www.luminato.com

Next Thursday (June 11th)

Shelbie (CIUT Programmer and host of Bang!) is holding a benefit concert at the El Mocambo - 2nd floor with live performances by The Afterparty, Radius and
Helena, The Assistants and 5th Projekt.

All proceeds go directly to funding Multiple Sclerosis Research. Doors open at 7pm and tickets are only $10 or $7 with a canned food item.

This show is part of a fundraising initiative called MS Climb, our goal is to raise $1 Million over five years through adventure travel. This October my team will be climbing Mt.Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in support of Multiple Sclerosis Research.


Information coming soon for:

Cutting Edge Music Festival www.cemf.com, NXNE Music Festival, and many many more!

Grand Prize Draw!

Tune in this Thursday June 4th at 12:15pm during the show to hear the CIUT Fundraising Grand Prize Draw!

We will be drawing the names of 3 people who donated to CIUT 89.5 FM during the 2009 Spring Friends of 89.5 Fundraising Drive to win:

1. Norco-Scorcher Bike from Bikes on Wheels

2. Arts and Culture prize-pack which includes VIP passes to Fringe Festival, VIP passes to the Bloor Cinema, dinner for 2 at Southern Accent, one night stay at the Madison Boutique hotel, and pair of tickets to see Pink Martini at Massey Hall.

3. One year membership to Hart House Athletics Club

Don't miss it... You could end up a winner!!