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the summer solstice with a planting in public spaces. 7 pm. Free. Secret location. guerillagardening.ca. FEMALE EyE FILM FESTIvAL The fest of movies directed by women opens tonight with a screening of Billy Bishop Goes To War, followed by a Q&A with director Barbara Willis Sweete. 7 pm. Carlton. femaleeyefilmfestival.com.
stice celebration with the eco philosopher. 7:30 pm. $20-$25. OISE. activehope.info. FIRE(CRoTCH) SALE Shawn Hitchins bids adieu to the cabaret genre in this show also starring Jonathan CG Bright, Matthew James Hines and Chris Tsujiuchi. 8 pm. $20. Buddies in Bad Times. 416-975-8555.
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brings his new book, Canada, to Luminato. $20. 7 pm. TIFF Bell Lightbox. luminato.com. RuSSELL pETERS The pride of Brampton returns home for his Notorious World Tour, at the Air Canada Centre. 8 pm. $52.75-$125. 416-815-5500. WEST T.o. RAILpATH Cycle and celebrate during an afternoon of riding, music and exhibits. Noon-4 pm. Free. West Toronto Rail Path at Wallace. railpath.wordpress.com.
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twenty thousand years ago, we were hunter-gatherers and had to find multitudes of ways to survive and adapt on the run. In the present, some people can’t figure out how to go to the store with a recyclable bag (NOW June 7-13). Ireland made bags [cost] 50¢ 10 years ago and reduced that country’s use by 99 per cent. Somehow, they managed. Stop whining, Toronto, and adapt. It’s not that hard. Dog poop scoopers can try using milk bags. I am actually proud of our city council for the first time for banning plastic bags. Next: coffee cups and bottled water. Scotty Robinson Toronto
Resisters not dodgers in deport “war resisters,” letterwriter Alex Banks would have us follow his narrow definition of what constitutes legal, moral and ethical behaviour by U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq (June 7-13). American soldier Dale Landry served in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan but refused to serve in Iraq after observing, among other things, the unethical behaviour of the U.S. military toward Afghan civilians. Corey Glass did serve in Iraq, and the experience tormented him as he came to understand the immorality of the U.S. invasion/occupation of that country. Both men commented on false claims made by their military recruiters in order to entice them and others to sign up. Like scores of disenchanted U.S. troops who recently tossed their medals during the Memorial Day weekend in Washington, Glass and Landry had to go to Iraq and Afghanistan to gain firsthand knowledge as to the degree of criminal, illegal and immoral activity. The real criminals are the instigators of these ruinous wars. Ken Taylor Toronto NOW welcomes reader mail. Address letters to: NOW, Letters to the Editor, 189 Church, Toronto, ON M5B 1Y7. Send e-mail to letters@nowtoronto.com and faxes to 416-364-1166. All correspondence must include your name, address and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length.
[Frontlines] Ellie Kirzner on Libs’
lopsided prosperity caucus The provincial Libs unveiled their Jobs and Prosperity Council last week, but are these chosen prosperity seekers going to spread the wealth or just continue to suck it up? Start with chair Gordon Nixon, CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada, 2007 winner of the Outstanding CEO of the Year Award and a big number nine on the list of the country’s top-earning (shall we say over-earning?) CEOs. He pulled in over $10 mil last year, counting stock and bonuses. His bank, besides being one of the big five chronically accused of small business loan stinginess, was, according to the Centre for Policy Alternatives, among the largest recipients of bailout cash – an estimated $25 billion. Prosperity via charity. Who else is appointed to juice the economy so everyone gets a share? That would be Kevin Lynch, vice-chair of BMO Financial Group, and Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., whose company (leaving aside the business incompetence that cost 22 lives in Canada’s worst listeriosis outbreak) is restructuring and ditching 1,500 jobs. Add Mike Lazaridis, the Research In Motion founder whose company is having its own plenitude problem. The co-CEO resigned under investor pressure, and rumours now abound that RIM’s prosperity may rest on the traditional remedy for struggling Canuck
firms, the U.S. takeover. Then there’s George Cope, prez and CEO of competition-killing BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, and Nitin Kawale, president of Cisco Systems Canada, whose firm laid off 6,500 globally last year. Sure, this lopsided caucus of the 1 per cent has a few bright lights like the ever fabulous CAW economist Jim Stanford. But its solutions are likely to be shaped by the preconceptions of its leading personnel.
If the Libs had smarts they’d call Macrowiki nomics author. If the Libs had any economic imagination, they might call in Macrowikinomics author Don Tapscott, who knows dinosaur corporations can’t innovate and open-source sharing can. Or Local Food Plus founder Lori Stahlbrand to grow the job-rich sustainable eats market. Or appoint an expert not in withholding financing but in sprinkling it around, like Alterna micro-loan officer Susan Henry. Perhaps economist Marc Lee, author of A Green Industrial Revolution, or social capital aficionado Bill Young or an Ontario Cooperative Association entrepreneur. Let’s get real; the council will not engineer a people’s prosperity; it’s real business is business as usual. news@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews
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TRANS FOLK The Ontario Human Rights Code turns 50. And NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo’s private member’s bill to enshrine gender identity and gender expression for trans people in the code wins Grit support.
River Run for clean water and justice in Grassy Narrows First Nation territory sets out from Grange Park Friday, June 8, 12:51 pm. More pictures at nowtoronto.com.
TORONTO BEACHES Eight of the city’s 14 waterfront swimming spots win the Blue Flag designation from the Denmarkbased Foundation for Environmental Education. Hogtown accounts for half of Canada’s 16 beaches currently awarded Blue Flags.
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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the folks pushing a waterfront casino in Toronto that nobody wants, hosted the Canadian Gaming Summit in Niagara Falls this week. Besides the opportunity to hobnob with a who’s who of gambling, the summit gave those pushing a casino face time with OLG higher-ups. Indeed, OLG’s request for information sent out last month to canvas interest in a T.O. casino invited potential suitors who want to brief OLG on their plans to register for the summit. Sponsorships of the event, advertised as “networking opportunities,” were being sold for as much as $27,500.
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THE PLASTIC BAG BAN WRAP-UP
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As NOW launched the first North By Northeast music festival, we interviewed Sarah Harmer, lead singer and songwriter for roots-raunchers Weeping Tile, one of the highlight bands (page 28 of the issue). Seventeen years later, Harmer is one of Canada’s premier performers – with a cool activist resumé – and NXNE has blown up, too. In 1995, over 300 bands were on the roster. This year the festival has film, comedy and an interactive component, and more than 700 bands are playing all over town. Happy birthday, NXNE. Travel back in time with NOW’s online archives. View online at nowtoronto.com/archives
INDUSTRY CLAIM Plastic bags have a combined 82 per cent reuse and recycling rate. REALITY Plastic bags don’t fully break down. Many “biodegradable” bags aren’t actually eco-friendly. CLAIM Plastic bags can be used to make new products like lawn furniture. REALITY While they can be recycled, that process consumes a huge amount of resources. CLAIM The plastic bags ban will lead to more paper packaging in our waste stream. REALITY Paper bags are often made of recycled paper. And less energy and processing are required to make them.
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WHAT Improvised open-air museum, part of the first-ever Wallpeople Toronto project WHEN Saturday, June 9, Bellevue Park, Kensington Market WHY The expression of ideas in public space through art
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CLAIM Council moved to ban plastic bags on a whim. REALITY Many cities all over the world have bag bans. The plastics industry knew something was coming. The lobbyist hired by the Canadian Plastic Industry Association made email or phone contact with councillors and staff on 63 different occasions in the days before the vote.
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HOUSING ADVOCACY After 14 years of advocacy, activism and action, the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, so instrumental in framing the housing debate, passes the torch. Read the full story at nowtoronto.com.
TTC ASSAULTS Two more convictions and jail sentences this week for riders who assaulted TTC operators: one for 88 days on a charge of threatening death, the other for 23 days for an assault. On average, two TTC employees are attacked every day.
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CLAIM Bacteria that can grow in reusable bags pose a health risk. REALITY Reusable bags simply need to be washed. In fact, coins in your pocket likely carry more bacteria.
The interim Grit leader makes his best move yet, announcing he won’t be seeking the top job permanently after all. He was never going to be PM. Now he can resign himself to being the party’s elder statesman.
Cyclists can be forgiven for being paranoid, but, no, Toronto’s lone contra-flow lane on Strathcona is not being painted over. The city’s bike guy, Daniel Egan, assures us it will be repainted soon. He was kind enough to send this pic of the bike lane stop bar to prove it.
Government Services Minister Harinder Takhar shuts down Service Ontario kiosks after Toronto and Peel police uncover debit and credit card skimming operations at a number of the GTA-area machines.
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takE on tagging This artist says squiggly lines are vandalizing his home By ELDON GARNET the sound of voices and spraypainting below my bedroom window awakens me at 3:3o am. I know instantly, from experience – I live in a downtown lane – that these are graffiti vandals tagging the light gray brick of my home, a turnof-the century stable. Half-naked, I throw open the second-storey window and yell, “What are you doing?” My aerial view is of a can of spray paint, a long-haired, bearded 20-something man looking up at me in stupefaction.. “What the fuck,” I think. Dressing quickly, I grab a small child’s baseball bat and run down the stairs, out the front door and down the lane in their direction. Four of them are sauntering down the street. These are taggers, vandals who leave a logo code of themselves in spray paint. Taggers are like pissing animals marking their territory with their toxic paint, adolescents acting out their undirected opposition to almost everything. The streets are deserted. I’m thinking, “What good is this small bat? I don’t think I can hit someone with it, but it does make me feel safer.” I stop running when one of them turns. He’s the largest of the gang, and he’s telling me not to go any farther. The actual tagger walks toward me. “You asshole,” I yell, “what do you think you’re doing?” The burly guy answers for his friend, “It’s art – get your head around it.” Here are taggers who think they are graffiti artists, but they haven’t figured it out. They’re ego-driven primitives who have hardly reached the first stage of artistic development. Graffiti art is a subcategory of interventionist art, itself a category of public art. If you want to be a graffiti painter, you buy one of those glossy graffiti magazines full of images of murals. You look at some alley walls around
town and learn the style, the curves, the colours, the shapes, the template of painting techniques for the spray can. Perhaps you find a hidden wall and experiment, try a few cans and develop your technique. But here’s where it begins to matter: Where are you going to paint your masterpiece? Are you going to ask permission to paint, or are you going to intervene in the night? As you develop as a graffiti artist, you begin to understand. Perhaps you’ve watched the Occupy movement and now realize what “political” means. Yes, that spray paint is all about you, your empowerment, but there’s also an us, and action to be effective has to be directed. For maximum self-fulfillment, you don’t just piss anywhere, but, rather, on the leg of someone who deserves to be targeted, exposed or censured. The mark you make is always symbolic and political. To leave it on a residence means something different than leaving it on a courthouse. To spray unauthorized paint on a wall, a door or a sidewalk is an act of violation, whether it’s directed against a private citizen or an institution. If you are not consciously aware of the violation inherent in your activity, you are not a graffiti artist, but a graffiti moron. The interventionist artist is conscious of the power of his or her activity and its ability to critique impossibly strong institutions on the level of the street. The interventionist artist, the graffiti artist, does not tag, does not paint pretty pictures, but intervenes in the social, political dialogue through a visual introjection in the urban fabric. Graffiti artists make a mark not to inflate and inflict their own ego, but like all true artists, to engage in a cultural exchange. And I can’t give it up. I follow the four. As they approach Ossington, they get into a cab as I frantically try to memorize the licence plate. They’re getting away. Falling into bed later, I consider how even in my Duchampian, inclusive definition of art – anything done by an artist – these boring curved lines of spray paint, in their total lack of inventiveness and dexterity, are anything but. 3 Eldon Garnet is an internationally known artist and creator of many public works in Toronto. His most recent is Equal Before The Law. news@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews
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STORIES THAT END IN GUN VIOLENCE ARE SELDOM AS CUT-ANDDRIED AS POLITICIANS WANT THEM TO BE By ENZO DiMATTEO
moral outrage is the last thing a city trying to decipher the meaning of traumatic events like the Eaton Centre shooting needs from its political leaders. But there was plenty of indignation over revelations last week that the lone accused in that horror, Christopher Husbands, was employed in an after-school program with the Parks and Rec department until just a few weeks before the shooting. The mayor was “very disturbed” by the information. City manager Joe Pennachetti described the news as “deeply troubling.” Parks head Jim Hart vowed to get to the bottom of the problem. Defending an alleged perpetrator of a brazen daylight shooting is a perilous move for politicos – at least if they want to keep their jobs. But let’s
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not confuse raw emotion with the truth. Some who jumped into the orgy of shock and horror included a few progressives who should know better – though they did choose their words more carefully. Is it worth noting that Husbands hasn’t been convicted of anything, or does “innocent until proven guilty” not apply here? No. Let’s not let that fact get in the way of a little political opportunism. Not that we should feel sorry for Husbands. Certainly, few do – least of all the mayor, who in the wake of the Husbands job outcry let loose that he thinks all city employees should undergo criminal background checks. Rob Ford shouldn’t talk, of course. His rap sheet isn’t exactly squeaky clean, and unlike Husbands, he’s had all the advantages a millionaire daddy can afford, including summer football camps south of the border. Yes, it’s true Husbands was supposed to be under house arrest on a sexual assault charge while he was in the city’s employ, which we’ll get to in a minute. But the fact that he had a job – actually, he’s held a few – doesn’t jibe
with the portrait some want to paint of hardened thug from the projects. Before his Parks and Rec gig, Husbands worked at the Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club – for a few years running, in fact – and as a restaurant kitchen assistant. Go figure. Public enemy number one had a job. And a LinkedIn profile that says he was Rob Ford’s rap sheet taking a business isn’t exactly management squeaky course at George clean. Brown College and was expected to graduate in April of this year. It lists his interests as “getting into the workforce.” Not exactly the rap sheet of your typical gangbanger. If you didn’t know better, you might think young master Husbands was a stand-up guy, despite the challenges of growing up in Regent Park, where the allure of gangs and drugs is pervasive. But back to that sexual assault charge muddying the waters, the one that seemingly got Husbands fired
by Parks and Rec after he failed to provide the needed police background check. The city has a policy on hiring people with criminal records. Some discretion is built into the system, so, for example, a pot possession conviction for a kid from a disadvantaged neighbourhood can be overlooked. There are good reasons for that. Getting troubled kids into jobs is an important step out of poverty. But there’s no latitude when it comes to violent crimes. Apparently, in Husbands’s case a sexual assault charge was enough to exclude him from employment, even though he had yet to be tried on the matter. The details of the November 2010 incident that led to his arrest on that charge are protected by a publication ban. What we know is that Husbands entered a plea of not guilty. And the Crown elected to proceed summarily
instead of by indictment, the latter being the route taken in the most serious sexual assault cases. Court documents reveal that Husbands was granted bail about two weeks after he was charged, but the conditions imposed on his release were unusually strict. He was to remain in the confines of the St. Clair East apartment listed as the residence of one of his two sureties “at all times, seven days a week.” He could leave only to go to school or in the direct company of one of his sureties. He wasn’t allowed to carry a cellphone or pager. The bail conditions mention nothing about work. It’s unclear how Husbands supported himself. Or what precipitated his being bound and gagged and left for dead with multiple stab wounds in February 2012 in a Gerrard East apartment listed as the address of the second of his sureties. Husbands, from some of the facts now known, seemed headed in the right direction before June 2’s wrong turn brought him face to face with Ahmed Hassan. Was it payback for the Gerrard stabbing, in which Hassan was reportedly involved? Police aren’t getting into his alleged motive, except to say it was “personal.” Is it possible Husbands was acting in self-defence? For Husbands, life has just gotten more complicated. On June 11, the second of his two alleged targets died in hospital from gunshot wounds, so he now faces a second murder charge along with five of attempted murder for his unintended victims. For the cops, too, the death of the second victim, Nixon Nirmalendran, is bad news. Presumably, he would have been a key Crown witness giving important testimony against Husbands in the shooting death of Hassan. Stories that end in gun violence are seldom cut-and-dried. You’d hardly know that, though, from all the moralizing. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews
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City wastes breath on bags and Olympic bids
Instead of focusing on small symbolic victories, we need a conversation about goals By ADAM GIAMBRONE
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nbelievably, with all the chal l enges Toronto faces, City Hal l is wasting its breath tal king about pl astic bags and Expo/Ol ympic City bids, another sign of the haphazard approach to governing we’re getting used to. On the pl astic front, instead of tackl ing l arge-scal e issues, council l ast week ended up re-debating a successful program that at most deal s with considerabl y l ess than 1 per cent of our waste stream. Whil e there are a l ot of good reasons to consider a pl astic bag ban, it shoul d be part of a broader environmental pl an to cut down waste. Such a strategy exists but got short shrift in council ’s haste to smack down the mayor for his il l -considered bid to el iminate the bag tax. Many on the progressive wing wil l consider the ban a defeat for the mayor, and in one way it is, but it coul d al so backfire. It’s cl earl y the type of issue that may work up those peopl e up who don’t understand that many cities around the worl d are doing the same thing. In many ways the issue feeds into Ford’s successful depiction of council as a bunch of outof-touch peopl e preoccupied with issues that seem unconnected to major concerns.
The bids for Expo 2025 and the 2024 Ol ympics seem another symptom of a council not watching the bal l . International sporting events can be a great way for cities to showcase themsel ves. But whil e Toronto has a l ot to cel ebrate, it’s a weird time to compete for the “opportunity” to spend bil l ions of dol l ars. The Ol ympic price tag woul d be way over $10 bil l ion at a time when the city and province, and to a l esser extent Ottawa, are deal ing with budget deficits. Ol ympic Games and Expos never make money when al l is said and done, especial l y with the rising costs of security (remember the G20). And they rarel y meet the visitor counts hoped for because many peopl e assume these events wil l be crowded and expensive. Sometimes Ol ympics have even been known to drive down the number of traditional tourists, who avoid a city in the midst of a major spectacl e. It’s unl ikel y that Toronto’s bid wil l be given serious consideration, because our transportation system isn’t up to the job of accommodating Ol ympics-size crowds. Even London woul d probabl y have been unabl e to win this year’s Games had the major Crossrail project not been under way prior to the bid. To-
Progressives think the plastic bag ban is a defeat for the mayor, but it can backfire – it’s the kind of issue that allows Ford to say council’s out of touch. ronto’s equival ent is the Downtown Rel ief Line, at l east an $8 bil l ion project for the south-of-Bl oor section. In addition, we’d have to commit to many of the Transit City l ines and GO improvements. Transit needs al one coul d run in the $15 bil l ion range, and al l the other costs l ike stadiums and athl etes’ housing woul d add bil l ions more. Whil e the athl etes’ housing woul d become affordabl e housing, the new sports facil ities coul d become underused white el ephants, l eading to high operating
costs in the future. We shoul d be worried about initial financial projections. The London bid original l y had a £2 bil l ion budget; it’s now expected to be cl oser to £9 bil l ion and wil l l ikel y grow l arger. The bid there was based on the fact that over 60 per cent of venues were al ready in pl ace and onl y needed refurbishment, whil e Toronto woul d need to buil d many more units from scratch. One reason cited for hosting a major sporting event is that we’d final l y get some investment in infrastructure paid for by the Ontario and federal governments. This is an appeal ing argument, but we’re probabl y onl y tal king about one major transit l ine and one or two extensions. At the end of the day, if we want infrastructure buil t, council has to devel op a campaign to get other orders of governments to pitch in. Instead of focusing on bread and circuses, and smal l symbol ic battl es, there needs to be a practical conver-
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sation – cal l it a visioning session – about what areas the majority of council woul d l ike to focus on. Council shoul d set about working with staff to bring forward ideas and refine and rework them, a process that must al so invol ve consul tation with the publ ic. This is why committees exist, and it’s the rol e of the mayor to initiate these conversations. It can al so be the rol e of the city manager to insure that a comprehensive suite of new programs or program adjustments is brought before council . After al l , the city manager reports to council , not the mayor. If the mayor is unabl e or unwil l ing and the city manager is bl ocked, then a few council l ors must step up and hel p the process. Toronto needs to focus on buttressing many of the positive trends from the l ast decade. We can’t al l ow a progressive agenda to be sidetracked by fl ashpoint issues l ike the bag ban or unreal istic sports bids. Important city-buil ding needs to be done. 3 news@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews
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Community leaders seek apology from PM after his ministers tear into UN food rep By WAYNE ROBERTS
UN rappor teur Olivier de Schutter says Canada has the social assistance cash to eliminate the need for food banks
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a long list of community leaders, legal experts and academics are waiting for a heartfelt “I’m sorry” from the prime minister. Fat chance. Their issue is the insulting behaviour of senior cabinet ministers who seriously attempted to discredit the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier de Schutter, when he ventured into Canada last month. As the Conservatives’ nation-altering omnibus bill moves into full debate this week, the de Schutter affair is a reminder of the vastness of the HarperCon mission. The mild-mannered and unfailingly polite Belgium-based law professor toured nine countries before coming to Canada, the first wealthy nation he’s investigated. Following two weeks of meetings with senior civil servants and visits to organizations and aboriginal communities, he issued a May 16 report calling for a food policy in keeping with Canada’s UN commitments. Recent tax cuts of $48 billion to wealthy people, he argued, indicate that money is at hand to fund social assistance and up minimum wages so 900,000 people a month wouldn’t rely on food banks, and 15 per cent of First Nations peoples wouldn’t suffer chronic hunger. And then the barrage began. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney charged that De Schutter was discrediting the UN and wasting taxpayers’ money. “It would be our hope that the contributions we make to the United Nations are used to help starving people in developing coun-
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tries, not to give lectures to wealthy and developed countries like Canada,” he said. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq called De Schutter “ill-informed” and “patronizing.” Canada’s northern people hunt for food every day, she said, but De Schutter neglected to target “environmentalists that try to put a stop to our way of life.” The ministers got all their facts wrong. Thanks to his day job as a human rights law professor and his ability to work 16-hour days, De Schutter donates his time to the UN
Conservative attacks on rapporteur’s report showing many in Canada are food insecure suggest they think human rights only apply to poor countries. and raises funds for his expenses, so the Canadian government will have to look elsewhere to cut budgets of international civil servants. Moreover, he has a standing invite to visit Canada, a courtesy this country has long extended in keeping with its signing of the 1993 Vienna Declaration on the universality of human rights (which makes no exceptions for wealthy nations, by the way). De Schutter’s meetings with government officials were all arranged by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The rapporteur released his re-
just logged a year of significant growth, would you fire them? Probably not. But that’s in essence what the federal Canadian Heritage Department has done to the Literary Press Group, an association representing small but influential English-language publishers across the country, with its recent denial of the outfit’s annual Canadian Book Fund grant. The expected $200,000 would have supported promotion of 224 books released by 47 publishers like Insomniac Press, ECW and Coach House. But now they’ve been left scrambling to make up the shortfall, which turns out to be retroactive to April. “Throughout the previous 20-plus years of our existence,” LPG head Jack Illingworth tells me, “there has always been a process of consultation well ahead of time with the government. But in the past year and a half, that’s changed. It’s very troubling.” David Carron, co-publisher at ECW Press, one of my publishers, puts it differently. “You need six months as a publisher to redeploy new sales representation [for a new book], and
port in the presence of Inuit national leader Mary Simon, who referred to surveys documenting 70-per-cent levels of food insecurity among Inuit peoples. Such information makes the PM’s duty to apologize unequivocal. A protest letter, organized by Amnesty International’s Alex Neve and Food Secure Canada’s Diana Bronson and signed by 100 notables, reminds the PM that “if the UN failed to hold Canada accountable in the same way as other governments, the entire UN human rights protection system would be discredited.” A long-time human rights specialist, Bronson introduced me to the power of the human rights perspective on food when she presented a brief to De Schutter at a meeting I chaired on school food issues at FoodShare. When children go to school without food in their stomachs, it’s not just a health or education problem, she said; it’s a violation of those children’s human rights, which are protected by international treaties. Remember, it was Harper appointees who opposed an emergency UN meeting on the right to food in the midst of the 2008 food price crisis, and today Canada resists recognition of access to water as a right. Conservatives respect rights, but they’re always “negative rights” that keep the state from interfering in an individual’s right to freedom of speech, religion, security or property – as opposed to positive rights to food, water, health or information that the state must protect. The Conservatives’ parliamentary majority doesn’t mean never having to say they’re sorry. This country has signed on to a web of international human and civil rights obligations – and they remain in force. 3 news@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews
to be told that you have minus two months to do that just doesn’t work.” So what’s going on? For some, it’s very tempting to see the rearing of the Stephen Harper agenda. Last year, for instance, when the ministry pulled its grant to the SummerWorks theatre festival, many believed a controversial play was the cause. (The festival recently had its funding restored.) But if the LPG has committed some “offence,” it’s not at all obvious what it might be. If there’s any logic behind this, no one at Heritage is forthcoming. Maybe it’s just a random way of making Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s point that arts organizations shouldn’t set their budgets on the assumption that they’ll get government funds. Who knows? Repeated queries to the ministry have gone unanswered. Whatever the reasoning, one thing seems certain: without heroic fiscal efforts by the LPG this year, considerably fewer titles will find their way into Canadian homes.
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WEIRD SCENE
Sizing up Rob FoRd’S land gRab The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) executive voted June 1 to oppose selling Mayor Rob Ford a piece of parkland adjacent to his home, following the mayor’s highly publicized encounter with Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale. But questions remain. Here are five that haven’t been answered. 1. Who at the TRCA determined that the proposed purchase was so unimportant that the normal rules of public notice didn’t have to be followed? Not a simple one to answer. The land in question is 250 metres square (about 2,700 square feet). For the spatially challenged, that’s roughly the size of the space currently occupied by the Fords’ ranch-style bungalow next door. Hardly the “sliver” referred to in most press reports. Under a TRCA policy adopted in 1991, the sale of land of any significance must be “duly publicized… at least one public open house information session held (and) the general public be invited to make submissions.” That should have happened in advance of the Authority’s decision, especially when the interested party is a very powerful public figure. 2. Who at City Hall had the idea that the TRCA could make the land available to the Fords under a “short-term lease” after the shit hit the fan and the proposed sale became public? On this there’s little clarity. The park is designated as parks and open space (POS) in the Official Plan, which means its sale is strictly prohibited. But there’s a loophole. The TRCA is only “discouraged” rather than prohibited from selling land designated POS. The city’s report to the TRCA said it would “not object” to TRCA making the parkland available for a short-term lease if it was returned to the city in the same condition once the lease expires. The identity of the person behind that idea is a mystery. Wynna Brown, manager of corporate relations for the city, isn’t naming names. But apparently that advice came without input from division head Richard Ubbens. He tells NOW the parkland sale was not something he dealt with. 3. Who spilled the beans on Ford? The mayor would no doubt like to know. Had the Star not broken the story, who knows if his offer might have been approved under the radar? More than a few members of the TRCA executive were caught off guard by the
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proposed sale when a letter from the mayor was added late to the agenda. But the publicity generated by the mayor’s over-the-top freakout on Dale changed everything. All of a sudden, a TRCA meeting scheduled to take place on the northern fringes of the city, far from the prying eyes of the City Hall press corps, became a matter of extreme public interest. The media spotlight was so intense that even Ford ally Frances Nunziata’s appointee to the TRCA board, Mike Mattos, who was reportedly intensely lobbied to support the sale, ended up voting against it. 4. Can the mayor be believed when he says his reason for the purchase is to erect a fence so his two young kids have “a secure place to play”? Not totally. In the past, the mayor has talked about tearing his house down and expanding it, but more to the point, the land is zoned R1, which would permit construction of a single-family dwelling.
5. How did a former real estate agent with an online limo reservation biz end up representing the mayor on this file at the TRCA? Ross Vaughan hasn’t been a realtor since 2008. He says he was only doing the mayor “a favour.” But it also looks like Ross may be angling to be the mayor’s candidate in Ward 3 in the next municipal election. He was on the ticket in 2010 against Ford’s buddy and current deputy, Doug Holyday, when he said Holyday “was giving every indication he was going to hang it up” but decided at the last minute to run. The matter of the sale of the parkland may not be over just yet. Ross says he hasn’t received direction from the mayor on whether to make representation at the meeting of the TRCA’s full board in the coming weeks. 3
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How much sushi is safe to eat? You can’t walk 3 feet in this town without tripping over a salmon roll or a slab of sashimi. But how much actual sushieating is safe for our bodies and the oceans? For those of you not in the know, June 18 is International Sushi Day. (Yes, every food seems to have a day these days.) So there’s no better time than now to take a second look at your sushi habits. You may be muttering, “It’s just a little sushi – how bad can it be?” The problem is, we’re collectively eating a hell of a lot of little bites. Our taste for bluefin tuna, for in stance, has pushed Atlantic blue fin to the brink (populations have plummeted 68 per cent since the 70s). Our insatiable love for eco logically destructive liceridden farmed salmon is wreaking havoc on both coasts. (Fluviruslaced sal mon is also turning up in grocery stores; sign the change.org petition to stop it.) And I’ve had to give up un agi/BBQ eel rolls in recent years be cause they, too, are under threat (sigh). The problem for our bodies, mean while, is that many of these morsels of sushi are also loaded with pollu tants. It’s the inescapable result of the world being our oyster and the ocean our collective industrial toilet. The neurotoxin methylmercury in
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Benefits
Funny girls and dynamic divas (Sistering) Performances by Sandra Shamas, Jane Bunnett, Shakura S’Aida and others. 6 pm. $75. St Lawrence Centre, 27 Front E. sistering.org. koFFler gala 2012 (Koffler Centre of the Arts) Performance by Batsheva Dance Co. $250 and up. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen’s Park. kofflerarts.org. power Ball: Quarter-liFe crisis (Power Plant) Gala art fundraiser, with visuals by Philippe Blanchard, Sarah Febbraro, Jesse Harris and others. 8:30 pm. $165. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4018. rat race (United Way) 5K run through the city’s financial district. 6 pm. $70-$79. Scotia Plaza, 40 King W. unitedwaytoronto.com/ ratrace/main.php. rescue me (Snooters Farm Animal Sanctuary/ Story Book Farms Primate Sanctuary/Toronto Animal Svs) Music with Cheryl Ockrant and others, an art exhibit, silent auction and more. 7 pm. $40. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. stand up to end the cycle oF Bullying
(ubREAL2 Stand Up Campaign) Concert featuring musicians, poets and comedians including the ubREAL2 Band, DJ Demers and Thomas Scott. 7 pm. Donation. Spirits, 642 Church. standupcampaign.com. toronto FireFighter show (Princess Margaret Hospital) Firefighters strut their stuff on the catwalk. 7 pm. $25. XS Nightclub, 261 Richmond. torontoffc.ca.
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anti-muslim violence Forum on the experiences of Muslim communities in Toronto and Ottawa. 6:30 pm. Free. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca. Bernie Finkelstein NXNE presents the music industry insider discussing how he earned his iconic status. 4:30 pm. Hyatt Regency, 370 King W. nxne.com. LceleBrating citizenship at luminato
Reaffirm your citizenship at a ceremony. 10 am. Free. David Pecaut Square, beside Metro Hall (55 John). luminato.com.
children oF gaza: an eyewitness account
Talk by photographer Eva Bartlett. 7 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. Ldan Bergeron The artist discusses art, architecture and public installations with architect Donald Schmitt. Noon. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. luminato.com. Pget out: gay Bowlerama The LGBT outdoor club hosts bowling. 7 pm. $20. Thorncliffe Bowlerama, 45 Overlea. Pre-register getoutcanada.com.
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take a hike: an evening with david suzuki and richard louv The scientist and author discuss the urgent need to connect kids with nature. 7 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. davidsuzuki.org/ suzuki-louv.
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rBeach BBQ & Brews Festival Live
music, a children’s area, grilling demos, barbecue competitions, beer and more. Free. Woodbine Park, Lake Shore E at Coxwell. beachbbqandbrews.com. Jun 15 to 17 rcooking Fire theatre Festival Performance extravaganza celebrating theatre, food and public space, with plays, puppetry, choral singing, clown, wood-fired cooking and more. Pwyc. Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor. dufferinpark.ca/cookingfire. Jun 20 to 24 Female eye Film Festival Provocative shorts, documentaries and feature films seen through the eyes of women directors. $10, stu/srs $5. Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton. femaleeyefilmfestival.com. Jun 20 to 24
live in Bellwoods: great heart Festival
Music by Enjoy Your Pumas, Husky, Donovan Woods, Julie Doiron and many others. 2 to 5 pm. Free. Trinity Bellwoods Park, Queen and Strachan. paperlions.com/top-secret. Jun 14 to 17 rtaste oF little italy Celebrate life in the piazza with music, food sampling, wine and more at venues and on street corners throughout Little Italy. Free, food samples $2-$7. College from Bathurst to Shaw. tasteoflittleitaly.ca. Jun 15 to 17
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ride from East York to destinations within easy cycling distance. Free. East York Community Centre, 1081 1/2 Pape. 29bikes.ca. when disaster strikes ShelterBox Canada open house on disaster relief. Noon-8 pm. Free. 159 Jane. shelterboxcanada.org.
Friday, June 15
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ride the wave Boat cruise (Griffin Centre) Boat cruise aboard the Empress of Canada. 6:30 pm. $90-$99. Docks, 11 Polson. griffin-centre.org.
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rBio Blitz! Natural history specialists and
members of the public try to identify as many plants as possible over a 24-hour period. 9:30 am. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadow vale N of 401. 416-392-5929. conFerence oF the Birds Sufi storytelling with Ariel Balevi plus classical Persian music. 7:30 pm. Pwyc ($15 sugg). EBA Studio, 224 Wallace. bergottemorel@hotmail.com. BFriday night ice cream ride Bike ride to enjoy ice cream at the Taste Of Little Italy festival. 6:30 pm. Free. Bridgepoint Health, 14 St Matthews. 416-691-9415, tbn.ca. Friday night live @ rom See the unveiling of the 110-ft-long Futulognkosaurus and the signature foot-long hot dog. 6 pm. $9, stu $8. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca/fridays. next steps JoB Fair Employers on site hiring security officers, school bus drivers, RNs, cleaners and more. 10 am-1 pm. Free. S Walter Stewart Memorial Library, 170 Memorial Park. Pre-register 416-396-2313. northern ink xposure art show Body art convention, with tattoo artist Joe Capobianco, reality star Sabina Kelley and others, a collaborative painting project, seminars and more. Today 2-11 pm; tomorrow noon-11 pm; Jun 17 noon-7 pm. $25, pass $60. Toronto Hilton, 145 Richmond W. tattoos.com/nix.
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The pianist discusses the challenge of playing all 32 Beethoven sonatas in a day with professor Bowman. Noon. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. luminato.com.
rwar oF 1812 Bicentennial launch weekend Live music, storytelling, performances, craft workshops, food, art and more. To Jun 17, 10 am. Free. Historic Fort York, 250 Fort York. toronto.ca/museum-events.
toronto wine & spirit Festival Tastings, seminars, vendors and more. $30, adv $25. Sugar Beach, foot of Jarvis. 416-751-5555, wineandspiritfestival.ca. Jun 14 to Jul 16
continuing the edward Bond Festival Events include readings, a symposium, student plays and more. Pwyc-$20. Various locations. edwardbondfestival.wordpress.com. To Jun 20 ideacity Panel discussions, workshops, presentations and more. RCM Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor W. ideacityonline.com. To Jun 15 Japanese Film Festival Best of Japanese contemporary cinema. $10, child $5; passes $27$85. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. 416-441-2345, torontojff.com. To Jun 21 rluminato Theatre, music, films, dance, visual art, cabaret, readings, installations, lectures, kids’ entertainment and more at venues across the city. Various prices, many events free. luminato.com. To Jun 17 north By northeast Film Festival Musicthemed features, shorts and indie docs. $10, wristband $25. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. 416-973-3012, nxne.com. To Jun 17 north By northeast music Festival and conFerence Performances by 600-plus bands at 50 venues, plus an
Saturday, June 16
Benefits
Fashion as art: exposed! (McMichael Can-
adian Art Collection) Gala celebrating the fusion of art and fashion, with entertainment by DJ Bellosound and Dr Draw. 6:30 pm. $250. McMichael Gallery, 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). mcmichael.com. Filhos de BimBa roda (Capoerê Project) Fundraiser to provide free capoeira classes to children in Salvador, Brazil. 10 am. Donation. HUB 14, 14 Markham. toronto.capoere. project@gmail.com. hope charity volleyBall Bash (Fort York Food Bank/MLSE Team Up Fdn) Volleyball games and live music on the island. Centre Island. hopevolleyball.com. youth day Fundraiser Pool competition, live performances, a silent auction and more with YD participants. 8 pm. Chalker’s Pub, 247 Marlee. youthdayglobal.com.
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art & perFormance tour Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of contemporary buildings related to art. 10 am. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com. the art deco towers oF Bay street Heritage Toronto walk. 10 am. Free. Prudential House, 55 York. 416-338-3886, heritagetoronto.org. Beyond the Blue Box Fashion and art show A fashion and art show, night market
and music. 7-11 pm. $15-$20. CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst. irbe.org/events/fashionandart. Blocks t.o. Explore architecture, design and urban navigation using only your bike or the TTC. 11 am. $30/team of 2. John Street Roundhouse, 255 Bremner. Pre-register 416897-3872, rafi.projects@gmail.com. Bloom on the Beach(es) Moveable celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses, with music and readings at various venues. 8:30 amnoon. Free. Assemble at Neville Park TTC Terminal. pathcom.com/~livia. Bloomsday Brunch Readings, music, a singalong and Ulysses quiz celebrate the work of James Joyce. Noon. Free. Whitlock’s Restaurant, 1961 Queen E. pathcom.com/~livia. culture & campus tour Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of musuems and cultural centres. 1:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com.
Brcycle and celeBrate the west toronto railpath Bike ride, exhibits, music, a bike rodeo and more. 1-4 pm. Free. West Toronto
interactive conference and music biz conference. $50/5 days; single day $25. nxne. com. To Jun 17 Queer pride 2012 Queer comedy, a queer hip-hop showcase, burlesque, DJ parties, a performance by Carole Pope and more. Various prices. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. To Jul 1
Free. OISE, rm 3311, 252 Bloor W. iamrev. wordpress.com. Bworld naked Bike ride Cycle bare as you dare against oil dependency and car obscenity. 1 pm. Free. Coronation Park, Lake Shore W of Bathurst. worldnakedbikeride.org. world’s largest Qr code Youth Unlimited attempts to create the world’s largest QR code. 1 pm. Free. Esther Shiner Stadium, 5754 Bathurst. yu@youthunlimitedgta.com.
Sunday, June 17
Benefits
Braids ride For aFrica (CAP/AIDS) Family bike ride through the park to overcome AIDS in Africa. 10 am-2 pm. Donation. High Park. aidsride4africa.ca. rautism walk (Autism Speaks Canada) A 3K walk, musical entertainment, kids’ activities and more. 8:30 am. Donation. Nathan Phillips Square, Queen and Bay. autismspeaks.ca. the Brewer’s Backyard (Evergreen) Beerand food-tasting event. 11 am-4 pm. Free (pay for food and beer). Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. brewersbackyard.com. perez hilton’s “one night in toronto”
JulieDoiron playsthe LiveIn Bellwoods fest. Railpath at Wallace. railpath.wordpress.com.
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interactive workshop on the basics of finding a campsite. 1 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5660. Beco-wheels show Check out the latest in eco-friendly transportation. Today and tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. Free. Distillery District, 55 Mill. eco-wheelsshow.com. Lgaga dance movement workshop Explore the Batsheva Dance Company’s dynamic movement language. 2 pm. Free. Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W. Pre-register 416-3937686. rhighland creek heritge Festival A parade, karaoke, entertainment, dog show, craft market and more. 9 am-6 pm. Free. Highland Creek Village, Old Kingston and Morrish. fleur.com.on.ca/heritage.
i am a revolutionary – organizing and Building resistance wherever you are
Day of skills-building workshops for activists. 12:30 pm. OISE, rm 3311, 252 Bloor W. torontosocialists@gmailcom.
is austerity the devil’s poison pill For humankind? Talk by former MP Paul Helly-
er. 10:30 am. Free. Richview Library, 1806 Islington. torontopubliclibrary.ca. John st Farmers market Organic, local produce, fair trade coffee and more. 9 am-1 pm. Free. Courtyard at 197 John, facebook.com/ JohnStreetFarmersMarket.
message oF peace: countering islamophoBia Forum with Jews Against Islamo-
phobia’s Jon Moscow, Jamal Badawi and others. 2-8 pm. Free. Medical Sciences Bldg, 1 King’s College Circle. gainpeacecanada.ca. rpollinator week Garden tours, honeytasting, hands-on workshops and more. 8 am-2 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. evergreen.ca.
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Annual general meeting. 1-5 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. 416-661-9975. Queen west walking art tour Walk led by Betty Ann Jordan. Noon. $25. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. rroncy rocks Street festival celebrating art, music and culture with films, installations, live music and more. 10 am-6 pm. Free. Roncesvalles Village. roncyrocks.com. up n’ atom GTA Rollergirls ATOM Skate Camp exhibition bout. 6 pm. $10, children free. Ted Reeve Arena, 175 Main. gtarollergirls.com.
what does it mean to Be a revolutionary? International Socialists conference. 1:30 pm.
(Musicounts) Performers curated by the blogger, an interactive photo booth, Miami pop-up lounge and more. 8:30 pm. $20. Club XS, 261 Richmond W. musicounts.ca. rput the Boot in (Right to Play) Charity soccer match with musicians including Nick Greaves and Stephanie Bosch vs journalists Dalton Higgins, Robert Benson and others, plus a kids’ game. 12:30 pm. Donation, kids free (kids register to play). Lamport Stadium, 1151 King W. kidssoccer@nxne.com. Bride the ravines (local charities) Experience Toronto’s ravines like never before with Evergreen and Toronto Cyclists Union. 9 am-4 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. evergreen.ca.
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dance dance party party Women’s alcoholfree dance party. 3:30 pm. $8. Mad for Dance, 263 Adelaide W. ddpptoronto@gmail.com. day oF delight Clay and Paper Theatre 10thanniversary celebration of love, courtship and desire, with theatre, music, dance, installation and participatory works. 2 to 5 pm. Pwyc. Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin, S of Bloor. clayandpapertheatre.org. rFather’s day Brunch cruise Brunch and harbour cruise. Noon. $49, child $25. E side of Queens Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay W. mariposacruises.com. rFather’s day sweets tour Stroll through Kensington Market and sweets sampling. 11:30 am. $30, child $10. 321 Spadina. tastytourstoronto.com. historic toronto Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. Free. In front of Post Office, Adelaide E of George. 416-586-8000, rom.on.ca. rlittle city Festival A wild rumpus for Maurice Sendak with a story tent, performance by Zero Gravity Circus, music by Andy Kim, Mystic Drumz and more. 2-5 pm. Free. Sorauren Park, 50 Wabash. smallprinttoronto.org. Ltecumseh and Brock Heritage Toronto talk by James Laxer on the two greatest heroes of the War of 1812. 2 pm. Free. Bloor/ Gladstone Library, 1101 Bloor W. torontopubliclibrary.ca. towers tour Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of tall buildings. 1:30 PM. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com.
Monday, June 18
Benefits
loveworks (Seeds of Hope Fdn/Good News
Toronto) Music, speakers, a silent auction and more support community organizations. 6 pm. $50-$100. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. howloveworks.ca.
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giving great head Women-only workshop. 7-9:30 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900. in nayman’s terms: the Films oF stanley kuBrick Screening of clips from Full Metal
Jacket and lecture by film critic Adam Nayman. 7 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Bloor W. 416-924-6211 ext 606.
Open drawing sessiOn Life drawing from the model. 6:30 pm. $9. Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E. donriverdwgsessions@ hotmail.ca.
Tuesday, June 19
Benefits
rOpe FOr HOpe (Make-A-Wish Canada) Participants rappel off the east tower of City Hall. 9 am-5 pm. $20 + min $1,500 in pledges. 100 Queen W, at Bay. ropeforhope.ca.
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Pget Out: gay BeacH VOlleyBall The LGBT outdoor club hosts volleyball. 7 pm. $10. Ashbridges Bay East Courts, foot of Coxwell. Preregister getoutcanada.com. Pidentity, MigratiOn, pOlicies Panel on trans migration, Bill C31 and mental health. 5:30 pm. Free. Access Alliance, 3079 Danforth. Pre-register accessalliance.ca. On tHe street and in tHe scHOOls: addressing drug use in Brazil Toronto Harm Reduc-
tion Task Force talk. 10 am. Free. 410 Sherbourne. canadianharmreduction.com. prOFusiOn 2012 Photo and video expo, with talks by photographers Greg Gorman and Seth Resnick. Today and tomorrow 9 am5:30 pm. Congress Centre, 650 Dixon. profusionexpo.com. Pu OF t pride puB DJs, dancing, a barbecue and more outdoors. 4 pm-1 am. Free, barbecue $10. Hart House Quad, 7 Hart House Circle. sgdo.utoronto.ca.
Wednesday, June 20
Benefits
BrainstOck (Brain Injury Soc of Toronto) En-
tertainment by the Jerry Stiff Band, Superfire and the Foo Circus Crew, plus CTV’s Ben Mulroney. Noon. Free. Nathan Phillips Square, Queen and Bay. bist.ca.
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BBike care wOrksHOp Learn the basics of bike maintenance. $10. Urbane Cyclist, 180 John. Pre-register 416-979-9733. Pget Out: sOFtBall skills clinic The LGBT outdoor club teaches softball skills. 7 pm. $10. Church Street Jr Public School, 83 Alexander. Pre-register getoutcanada.com. green drinks tOrOntO Share drinks and
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conversation with others interested in the GTA’s green industry. 5:30 pm. Free. Grace O’Malley’s, 14 Duncan. greendrinks.org. guerrilla gardening Celebrate the summer solstice with a planting in public spaces. 7 pm. Free. Secret location. guerillagardening.ca. Hidden treasures ii Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. $10. Call for location and to reserve. 416586-5799, rom.on.ca.
irOn cHeF – ancient egypt: cOOking FOr tHe pHaraOHs Lecture. 7 pm. $5. Earth Sci-
ences Bldg, rm 149, 5 Bancroft. 647-5204339, thessea.org. sHaring yOur stOries Workshop on creating a story from your memories. 1 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416395-5535, torontopubliclibrary.ca.
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Thursday, June 21
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seaFOOd FOr tHOugHt (Toronto Zoo) Seafood and wine tastings, entertainment and more. 6:30 pm. $85. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929.
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cHanges tO tHe iMMigratiOn systeM Rights of Non-Status Women Network forum on Bill C-31. 1 pm. Free. Friends House, 60 Lowther. rightsofnonstatuswomen@gmail.com. Pget Out: gay Mudders BOOtcaMp The LGBT outdoor club holds an eight-week training program for Tough Mudder competitors. 7 pm. $10. Riverdale Park, Broadview N of Dundas. Pre-register getoutcanada.com. is aFFOrdaBle HOusing a rigHt? Panel discussion with Habitat for Humanity CEO Neil Hetherington and others. 6:40 pm. Free. ING Café, 221 Yonge. 416-644-5929. nigHt OF tHe sacred sun Summer Solstice concert and peace flag ceremony, with guitarist Mark Battenburg and others. 6 pm. Free. Children’s Peace Theatre, 305 Dawes. 416752-1550, karen@childrenspeacetheatre.org.
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tHe page and persuasiOn: discOVeraBility in an age OF aBundance Book summit with
writers, publishing professionals, editors, booksellers and others. 8:30 am-5 pm. $166, stu $92. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. booksummit.ca. 3
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With money scarce and conservative educators pushing for more reading and less rockin’, school music programs are under threat. MusiCounts, a division of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), works hard to make sure music in the classroom doesn’t die. Every penny of Perez Hilton’s One Night In Toronto benefit, featuring performers curated by the blogger including Anjulie and Carly Rae Jepsen, a Miami pop-up lounge and more, goes to MusiCounts. Hilton hosts. Sunday (June 17), 8:30 pm, at Club XS, 261 Richmond West. $20. ticketbreak. com/event_ details/5253.
Bare it FOr tHe planet
Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride against oil dependency want you, naked or clothed, cycling along with them. Be as bare as you dare, in fancy dress, costume or whatever, and join this lighthearted ride-athon celebrated in 70 cities, calling for a shift to planetary sustainability. Gather at Coronation Park at the foot of Bathurst at noon, Saturday (June 16). Ride departs at 1 pm. Free. worldnakedbikeride.org.
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How do children process war? We get a hint from A Child’s View of Gaza, an exhibit of drawings both colourful and frightening, created in art therapy class by kids after the Israeli assault in 2008. The exhibit is accompanied by a talk by Eva Bartlett, a Canadian with the International Solidarity Movement who lived with Gaza families during the invasion. Bartlett also offers her own photos of young people and their lives in good times and bad. Tonight (Thursday, June 14), 7 pm. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. $5 minimum donation. beitzatoun.org.
Perez Hilton hosts the One Night In Toronto funder for Musicounts on June 17.
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Still stumped about a Father’s Day buy for your style-conscious dad? Check out the Drake General Store’s (1144 Queen West, 416-531-5042, and others, drakegeneralstore.ca) gift lineup, including a smart pair of summer loafers from H by Hudson ($179), Life After Denim’s distressed Boat House shirt ($99) or striped and leopard-spotted Happy Socks ($13). If the way to his heart is through his stomach, sweeten things up with Mast Brothers chocolate bars ($10) in dapper houndstooth or anchor-print wrapping. If the route is more via his liver, the store also stocks a beer tasting kit ($29) and flasks from Stanley ($29) and Izola ($36).
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Ten Toronto vintage retailers team up for a pop-up sale Saturday (June 16). From 11 am to 4 pm, find your way to Porretta Lane at Harbord and Spadina for the OTMZine and Songs & Cigarettes event featuring retro buys by Bridge & Bardot, Cambric + Lawn, Dalston Grey, Eskimeaux Vintage, Friends with Both Arms, Pretty Freedom, Tabula Rasa, Tomorrow Never Knows and White Tiger Vintage Boutique. Organizers also promise popsicles, punch and popcorn and suggest you bring your pennies, because the sale is cash only.
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The designers behind Karamea, Illyria and Desperately Different host a summer clearance sale Friday through Sunday (June 15 to 17) at Bead Junction (389 Roncesvalles, 416-5338555, bead-junction.com) featuring womenswear discounted by up to 75 per cent. At Jonathan + Olivia (49 Ossington, 416-849-5956, jonathanandolivia.com), buys are now marked down by up to 50 per cent. And Anti-Hero (113 Yorkville, 416-924-6121, antihero.ca) has spring menswear for 20 to 40 per cent off. 3
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2. Club Monaco grey, white and blue tie ($69.50, Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge, 416-977-2064, and others, clubmonaco.com). 3. Armani charcoal tie ($155, Harry Rosen, 82 Bloor West, 416-972-0556, and others, harryrosen.com). 4. Haight & Ashbury navy, yellow and blue tie ($65, GotStyle, 62 Bathurst, 416-260-9696, gsmen.com). 5. J.Crew turquoise and grey tie ($59.50, jcrew.com).
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Brooks Brothers Flatiron Shop While Brooks Brothers’ first Toronto store below Royal Bank Plaza has a distinctly distinguished Bay Street look, its new Flatiron Shop at St. George and Bloor aims to attract the preppy peeps who hang out around U of T and the Annex. That means menswear, womenswear and accessories with a more collegiate vibe (think Liberty print espadrilles stashed in a vintage galvanized metal grain bucket, or tables of rugby shirts and deck shoes styled with croquet sets and life preservers). That playful approach makes even practical picks like a wall of no-iron shirts in stripes and gingham more appealing to younger shoppers. Downstairs, find change rooms, a lounge and a locker room that was once a bank vault but now displays footwear and Toronto Maple Leaf memorabilia. Brooks Brothers Flatiron Shop picks: Men’s polo shirts come in 44 different colours, sold either individually for $75 to $80 or $148 for three; slip your summer feet into a pair of navy boat shoes, $148; no-iron shirts are cut for women, too, in crisp blue cotton, $114. Look for: A selection of pieces from the retailer’s Black Fleece collaboration with American designer Thom Browne. Hours: Monday to Wednesday 11 am to 7 pm, Thursday and Friday 11 am to 8 pm, Saturday 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday noon to 6 pm. 3
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to find out what your left hand has been doing lately, and vice versa. They’ve been attending to their separate agendas for a while, and now it would be wise to have them work together more closely. As they get reacquainted, a bit of friction would be understandable. You may have to serve as a mediator. Try to get them to play nicely with each other for a while before jumping into the negotiations about how best they can cooperate in the future. And be very firm with them: no slapping or fighting allowed.
satisfied is probably a failure. I guess he meant that if you’re not always pushing to make your life better, you must not have very high standards or passionate goals. While I can see the large grains of truth in that theory, I don’t think it applies in all cases – like for you right now, for instance. During the upcoming grace period, it will make sense for you to be perfectly content with the state of your life just as it is. To do so won’t make you lazy and complacent. Just the opposite, in fact: it will charge your psychic batteries and create a reservoir of motivational energy for the second half of 2012.
TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 Some relationships that
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GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Do you remember what you were doing between July 2000 and June 2001? Think back. Did anything happen then that felt like a wild jump-start or a series of epiphanies or a benevolent form of shock therapy? Were you forcibly dislodged from a rut by an adversary who eventually became an ally? Did you wake up from a sleepy trance you didn’t even know you’d been in? I’m guessing that at least some of those experiences will be returning in the coming months, but in a higher octave this time. CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 Author Steven Covey describes your “circle of concern” as everything you’re concerned with or worried about. Your “circle of influence,” on the other hand, is anything that’s within your ability to change right now. For example, you may have general long-term questions or anxieties about the future of your health. That’s your circle of concern. But your circle of influence contains specific actions you can take to affect your health today, like eating good food, getting enough sleep and doing exercise. What I’m seeing for you, Cancerian, is that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to spend less time in your circle of concern and more in your circle of influence. Stop fantasizing about what may or may not happen, and simply take charge of the details that will make a difference. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 There’s a wild zoo about two
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you call “friendships” may be little more than useful connections or status boosters or affiliations that enhance your power and influence. There’s no shame in that. But it’s also a smart idea to make sure that at least some of your alliances are rooted primarily in pure affection. You need to exchange energy with people who don’t serve your ambitions so much as they feed your soul. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to cultivate friendships like that. Take good care of those you have, and be alert for the possibility of starting a new one.
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hours northwest of Seattle. After paying your fee, you can drive your car through acres of land where large animals are allowed to roam free. When I took the tour, I stopped my rented Dodge Stratus by the side of the road to get a better look at a humongous buffalo with a humped back and a long woolly beard. It lumbered over to where I was parked and for the next five minutes thoroughly licked my windshield with its enormous purple tongue. My head was just inches away from its primal power, and yet I was safe and relaxed and perfectly amused. I wouldn’t be surprised if you had a comparable experience sometime soon, Leo.
VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 In the Biblical book of Gen-
esis, Jacob had a dream of angels ascending and descending a ladder that went up to heaven. I recommend that you try to incubate a similar dream, or else do some meditations in which you visualize that scene. It would help prime your psyche for one of this week’s top assignments, which is to be adaptable as you go back and forth between very high places and very low places. Heaven and earth need to be better connected. So do the faraway and the close-at-hand, as well as the ideal and the practical. And you’re the right person for the job.
LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 Thomas Edison said something to the effect that a person who is thoroughly
tress Annalynne McCord has risen up in rebellion against what she calls “Hollywood’s perfection requirement.” Lately, she’s been brazenly appearing in public without any makeup on. She has even encouraged paparazzi to snap photos of her in her natural state. “I’m not perfect,” she says, “and that’s okay with me.” I nominate her to be your role model in the coming weeks, Scorpio. You will be able to stir up useful blessings for yourself by being loyal to the raw truth. You can gain power by not hiding anything. (And, yes, I realize that last statement is in conflict with the core Scorpionic philosophy.) Here’s my guarantee: it’ll be fun to be free of unrealistic images and showy deceptions.
sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Nineteenth-century
Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev once called his fellow novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky a “pimple on the face of literature.” But more than 100 years after that crude dismissal, Dostoyevsky is a much more highly regarded and influential writer than Turgenev. Use this as inspiration, Sagittarius, if you have to deal with anyone’s judgmental appraisals of you in the coming days. Their opinions will say more about them than about you. Refresh your understanding of the phenomenon of “projection,” in which people superimpose their fantasies and delusions on realities they don’t see clearly.
CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Take a few deep
breaths. It’s important not to get overly worked up about your recent diversion from the Truth and the Way. I mean, it’s not like you sold heroin to high school students or dumped toxic waste into a mountain stream, right? It’s true that you’ve incurred a minor karmic debt that will ultimately have to be repaid. And, yes, you’ve been reminded that you can’t allow yourself to lower your standards even slightly. But I doubt any of it will matter in five years – especially if you atone now. So please go ahead and give yourself a spanking, make a definitive plan to correct your error and start cruising in the direction of the next chapter of your life story.
AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Have you ever tried to
drink from a fire hose? The sheer volume and force of the water shooting out the end makes it hard to actually get any moisture in your mouth, let alone enjoy the process. On the other hand, it is kind of entertaining and it does provide a lot of material to tell funny stories about later on. But are those good enough reasons to go ahead and do it? I say no. That’s why I advise you, metaphorically speaking, to draw your sustenance from a more contained flow in the coming week. Cultivate a relationship with a resource that gives you what you really need.
pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 The coming week will be an excellent time to declare your independence from anything that depresses you, obsesses you or oppresses you. You will attract help from unexpected sources if you take that brave action. At the same time, it’ll be a perfect moment to declare your interdependence with anything that fires up your imagination, stirs up smart hope or fills you with a desire to create masterpieces. Be adventurous as you dream about blending your energies with the very best influences. Homework: What do you know or do that no one else in the world has a clue about? Tell all! Go to FreeWillAstrology.com and click on “Email Rob.”
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Head off the ache Throbbin’ noggins need magnesium and meditation By elizaBeth Bromstein ow! my achin’ noggin! Could it be a migraine? The difference between a garden-variety headache and the more intense ailment isn’t as clear as many of us think. That hangover, for example? Likely a migraine. A throbbing noodle might
also be a sign of something more ominous, so get it checked out. Sure, pop an ibuprofen, but it might not always be effective, and not everyone wants to be pill-happy. So what else can you do to quell the ache?
What the experts say “Magnesium relaxes muscles and opens the blood vessels. Forty per cent of people with cluster [on one side] headaches and about 50 per cent with migraines have low magnesium levels. Small amounts of caffeine help; big amounts make headaches worse. Magnesium is good for prevention of migraines. Also coenzyme Q10, butterbur, feverfew, riboflavin (vitamin B2). Take these daily to prevent headaches. The best preventive treatment for migraine is Botox injections. We think it works by affecting sensory nerve endings that feed information back to the brain. Acupuncture works. Biofeedback and relaxation techniques are scientifically proven. The number-one cure for headaches is regular aerobic exercise, 30 to 40 minutes, three or four days a week.” ALEXANDER MAUSKOP, director, New York Headache Center, Manhattan “We use behavioural therapy – relaxation therapy – and teach our patients meditation. Biofeedback technology assesses whether they are relaxed. We ask our patients to meditate twice a day for 15 minutes. Meditation gets the autonomic nervous system functioning at a lower, more stable level. Behavioural therapy reduces the frequency and duration of headaches, tension types as well as migraines. We used to think there were two types of headaches, but we now realize it’s messier than that. Everybody who has headaches has a unique equation. They can have as many as 15 [symptoms] or as few as two. The two always present are muscular-skeletal tension and autonomic nervous system dysfunction.” JOSHUA WOOTTON, professor of anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston “There’s a study showing that most patients who come to a doctor bothered by headache have migraines. Migraines have many triggers, like nitrates in cured meats. Alcohol is the other big trigger. The majority of people who have headaches with their hangovers have migraines. There’s a popular idea that if only you can identify which food triggers your migraine, everything will be fine and dandy. There’s no evidence to support that. Migrainers need regularity:
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He elevates something as mundane as beans on toast ($7) into culinary art, the usual canned Heinz suspects replaced by a clever mix of white navy and kidney beans in a sweetly stewed tomato sauce on thick whole-wheat toast. A final crumble of Stilton sends the plate sky high. And what plates they be, each more a platter large enough for a 30-pound turkey. We pity the staff who carry them two at a time. They come groaning with the likes of the Full Monty ($14), a traditionally massive fry-up consisting of two eggs any style – we go scrambled, obviously – sided with meaty rashers of artisanal bacon, jus-bursting sausage, sautéed mushrooms, more baked beans and home fries made with spuds that have been both smoked and roasted. Did we mention it comes with the fried bread, too? Perhaps that’s why the menu cau-
John Mostyn serves up Eggs St. George at Bristol yard (top), where Eggs Maradona features garlicky chimichurri.
tions, “Not for the faint-hearted.” Eggs St. George ($12) turns eggs Benedict on its ear, a pair of housebaked crumpets piled with poached eggs, bacon and Bristol sauce, Love’s lemony update on what he calls “tired old Hollandaise.” Red crosses of hot sauce “made for us by our good friend’s mom” give the incendiary dish its name. An homage to a certain South American soccer superstar, the Maradona ($13) finds a round of tortas fritas (aka fried bread) and the inevitable poached eggs heaped with strips of medium-rare grilled steak in garlicky chimichurri. Goal!
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Late-Nite Food Big Fat Burrito
529 Bloor W, at Albany, 416-792-4244. Mission-style wraps stuffed with steak, pulled pork or mashed yams where the Red Hot Chili Peppers (86) and Nirvana (91) made their local debuts. Open Thursday 11 am to 2 am, Friday 11 am to 3:30 am, Saturday noon to 3:30 am, Sunday noon to midnight. Unlicensed. Unlicensed. Access: barrier-free, no washrooms.
Fran’s
20 College, at Yonge, 416-923-9867, fransrestaurant.com. Superstar classical pianist Glenn Gould – who shocked Hogtown back in the day by wearing mismatched socks and sitting on a phonebook while he played – used to eat here all the time, his order: plain omelette, white toast, glass of milk. Also: 200 Victoria, at Shuter, 416-304-0085, and others. Open 24/7. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Booth seating.
6623, shanghaicowgirl.com. Sister to the Bovine Sex Club next door, this rockin’ roadhouse keeps it traditional with a comfort card – all-day/all-night breakfast, chicken-fried steak – served with a side of classic rock. Open Thursday 10:30 am to 1 am, Friday and Saturday 10:30 am to 4 am, Sunday 10:30 am to midnight. Licensed. Access: short step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: nnn✺
sneaKy Dee’s
431 College, at Bathurst, 416-603-3090, sneaky-dees.com. Long-running Tex-Mex cantina beloved for its King Nachos, an Elvis-inspired pile of tortilla chips, lumpy refried beans, diced sweet peppers and volacanic melted cheese. Open Thursday and Friday 11 am to 5 am, Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 5 am. Licensed. Access: short step at door, washroom on same floor.✺
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Part marketing exercise and part social media experiment, heavily hyped pop-up taqueria La Carnita (501 College, at Palmerston, 416-964-1555, lacarnita.com) has finally put down permanent roots, not so secretly opening its doors Tuesday to an instant mob scene. Andrew Richmond’s self-described “celebration of street art and street food” promises a short snacking card of multiculti tacos ’n’ tostados and a bar stocked with 40s of high-octane malt liquor. The soundtrack? We’re guessing Sir Mixa-Lot.
aprile in warehouse Poutini’s House of Poutine’s Nick Laliberte (left) and Fred Laliberte are set for NXNE.
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661 College, at Beatrice, 416-534-7441, ghazale.ca. Dirt-cheap Middle Eastern mezes and falafel. Also: 78 Wellesley E, at Church, 416-922-4417; 504 Bloor W, at Bathurst, 416-537-4417. Open Thursday to Saturday 9 am to 4 am, Sunday 10 am to 4 am. Unlicensed. Cash only. Access: one step at door, no washrooms.✺
King Palace
820 Church, at Asquith, 416-515-8188. Low-rent Indo-Pakistani diner next to a car wash popular with cab drivers, so you know it’s got to be good. Ignore the advertised combos and dig into that steam table for the truly good stuff. Open daily 11 am to 6 am year round. Unlicensed. Access: one step at curb, washrooms on same floor.
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1132 Dundas W, at Ossington, 416-8508886, thelakeviewrestaurant.ca. Art deco diner with vintage jukebox rocks around the clock to an extensive burger, poutine and 24-hour breakfast menu. NXNE trivia: co-owner Danny Greaves was the singer in the Watchmen. Open 24/7. Licensed. Access: two steps at door, washrooms on same floor.✺
into Origin Liberty (171 East Liberty, at Hannah, 416-603-8009, originliberty.com), a clone of the original Origin at King and Church. Expect an 80-seat patio and a tapas-style menu with a preponderance of chef’s signature beets.
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Deep in the Junction Triangle, former La Société manager Darcy MacDonnell’s Farmhouse Tavern (1627 Dupont, at Edwin, 416-561-9114, farmhousetavern.tumblr.com) is the latest local bistro to jump aboard the farm-to-table bandwagon (an actual bandwagon with horses and bales of hay – it runs down Dundas West every Saturday afternoon). The former June Harlow Foods features a requisite locavore comfort food sD carte and weekend brunch. Got some insider dish to share? Contact stevend@nowtoronto.com
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Soak up the suds at upcoming beer fests By GRAHAM DUNCAN
hether you’re looking for notes W of treacle in an Imperial stout or the lineup for the Bud Girl dunk tank, there’s an event this summer for everyone who enjoys the sun, food and the full gamut of beer culture.
STOP BEER GARDEN Most Sundays starting July 8, Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie, thestop.org Continuing last year’s popular program, the stop Community Food Centre hosts different local brewers and food vendors.
BREWERS BACKYARD Sunday (June 17), and monthly until October, Evergreen Brick Works, brewersbackyard.com
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The Morning After BLack MeTaL Brunch @ graffiTi’s
170 Baldwin, at Kensington, 416-506-6699. Don’t let this fearlessly grungy kensington Market watering hole’s decor scare you away from one of the most accomplished sunday brunches around. Besides, where else can you rub shoulders with hungover headbangers scarfing down steak ’n’ eggs poutine to the sound of classic Venom. Open for brunch Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. No reservations. Licensed. Access: one step at door, small washrooms on same floor.
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TORONTO FESTIVAL OF BEER July 27 to 29, CNE Bandshell Park, beerfestival.ca With over 200 brands on site, this is the big one. Great Lakes’ Caskapalooza is back, Mill street hosts a carnival, and there are lots of tasting opportunities for fans of mainstream brands. Barbecue guru Ted Reader demonstrates at the grilling tent for those who demand ’cue with their brew, and the old-timey bandshell will be rocking with name acts. Geek out with Niagara College’s Brewmaster’s series or visit Quebec at the World of Beer Pavilion. Beer here or be square.
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ONTARIO CRAFT BEER WEEK Sunday (June 17) to June 23, various locations, ontariocraftbrewers.com This association of independent Ontario breweries holds an annual week of local beer hijinks. Numerous fluid Father’s Day events get things started. Preview the taste with the OCB six-pack available at the LCBO.
SESSION 99 CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL June 23, 99 Sudbury, sessiontoronto.ca Craft taps galore, with a laudable emphasis on the newest brews. One ticket price gets you three hours of all you can drink and eat.
SUMMER FESTIVAL OF CRAFT BREWERIES June 22-23, C’est What, 67 Front East, cestwhat.ca/music/ summerfestival.asp One of Toronto’s best beer bars hosts a huge weekend of sampling featuring numerous one-offs and specials by independent breweries. No admission, all samples $1. This year features an 1812 sub-theme: “Halt, who drinks there?”
QUEER BEER FESTIVAL July 26, CNE Bandshell Park, queerbeerfestival.ca Basically, the Festival Of Beer, one day early for the LGBT scene. Last year’s band lineup was solid, so be sure to keep tabs on the entertainment for 2012.
500 Queen E, at Sumach, 416-368-6893, dominiononqueen.com. Rockabilly brunch in a historic Corktown pub. Open for brunch Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. Licensed.z
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713 College, at Montrose, 416-535-2222, easyrestaurant.ca. Parkdale’s favourite allday breakfast and lunch spot opens a second location in old Little Italy. Open daily 9 am to 5 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at foor, washrooms in basement.z
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320 College, at Robert, 416-967-1078, freetimescafe.com. Home of the all-you-can eat $19.95 klezmer brunch buffet. Open for brunch Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.z
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640 Queen W, at Palmerston, 416-7033377, lahacienda.ca. Furnished in funky Goodwill castoffs, this dimly lit cow-punk café has been slinging no-nonsense TexMex vittles for a clientele of musicians and artists since the mid-80s, among them Brian Eno, Jello Biafra and Joey Ramone. Open for brunch Saturday and Sunday 11
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Live BLuegrass Brunch @ The DakoTa Tavern
249 Ossington, at Dundas W, 416-8504579, thedakotatavern.com. For $14, the happening honky-tonk dishes up substantial all-you-can-eat platters of flapjacks, scrambled eggs and bottomless cups of joe at communal tables to the obligato of a live bluegrass combo. Open for brunch Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. No reservations. Licensed. Access: 15 steps at door, washrooms on same floor.
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189 Church, at Shuter, 416-364-1301, nowlounge.com. Three-course Grand slam breakfast served up saturday with live country ’n’ western combo Big Tobacco & the Pickers and on sunday with cool piano jazz. Open for brunch Saturday and Sunday 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Licensed.
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1566 Queen W, at Fuller, 416-588-7750, partsandlabour.ca. Punk chef Matty Matheson takes rustic barnyard chic to the next level. Fancy fried eggs topped with seared pork belly in maple trotter sauce sided with potato hash and pancakes? Open for brunch Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.
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w/ Julie Doiron, Dwayne Gretsky, Army Girls, Octoberman, Husky, Paper Lions, Julie Fader and many more Trinity Bellwoods Park (Queen West, at Strachan), Thursday to Sunday (June 14 to 17) Unofficial NXNE park party.
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Summer Concert Molson Amphitheatre doors 4 pm, $19.50-$39.50. TM. August 26.
ALAN BRAXE The Hoxton. July 6. JUICY J, SMOKE DZA, CHIP THA RIPPER, FAT TREL, JOEY BADA$$, PRO ERA The Smoker’s Club: One Hazy
GLEN HANSARD The Danforth Music Hall doors 7:15 pm, all ages, $25.50-$35. TM. collectiveconcerts.com. September 16.
Summer Tour Phoenix Concert Theatre thesmokersclub.com/tour. July 15.
THE TWELVES The Hoxton. July 20. JONNY CORNDAWG Lee’s Palace doors
ED SHEERAN Kool Haus doors 7 pm, all ages, $25. RT, SS, TW. September 17.
ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI, PHEDRE & FERRARO Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $20. RT, SS, TM, UE. September 19.
TEDDY GEIGER Virgin Mobile Mod Club
STEVE VAI Sony Centre for the Performing Arts all ages, $29.50-$59.50. SC, TM. September 20.
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all ages, $35. PDR, RT, SS, TM, UE. July 31.
GRIZZLY BEAR Massey Hall doors 7 pm, ELIZABETH SHEPHERD CD release
Hugh’s Room $29.50-$32.50. September 29.
THE RAVEONETTES Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8:30 pm, $18.50. RT, SS, TM. October 2. FINK The Garrison doors 8:30 pm, $13.50. RT, SS, TM. October 3.
BEACH HOUSE Kool Haus. October 13. STRAWBS Hugh’s Room $55-$60. October
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SOCIAL DISTORTION, LINDI ORTEGA, THE BITERS Sound Academy
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NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, LOS LOBOS Air Canada Centre $tba. LN. November 19.
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clubs&concerts
this week How to find a listing
Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See the Veue Index, page 48, for addresses and phone numbers. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night
L = Luminato event N = NXNE event
hAbits GAstropub Ellie Anderson (singer/ songwriter) 8:30 pm. holy oAk cAFe Lost Girl (old time music) 7 pm. huGh’s room CD release Carol Welsman 8:30 pm. the locAl Steve Gleason Band, Dear Sister. lolA Brian Cober Double Slide 9 pm. lou DAwG’s Mike C (acoustic blues/rock/ funk/reggae) 10 pm. monArchs pub Mark Crissinger 9 pm. nAwlins JAzz bAr Nothin’ but the Blues 8 pm. pioneer princess cruise line Blues Cruise Johnny Max Band 7-11 pm. press club Bryce Jardine (roots/rock/folk/ country) 10 pm. the rusty nAil Open Jam Steph Armstrong,
reposADo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Steve Koven’s Project Rex 9:30 pm, Ross Wooldridge Trio 6:30 pm.
roy thomson hAll Mahler Symphony Of A
Thousand Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Amadeus Choir, Elmer Iseler Singers and vocal soloists 8 pm. somewhere there stuDio Avesta Nakhaei (jazz/improv) 8 pm. trAne stuDio Sharron McLeod’s Trilogy Remixed 3.1 8 pm.
dance muSic/dJ/lounge
chevAl Brand’d DJ PG-13 (house/hip-hop/
club anthems). DAnce cAve Transvision DJ Shannon (alt indie/electro/retro).
the bAllroom Nights & Weekends (pop/
tic blues/rock) 10 pm.
bAr itAliA upstAirs Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm. cAmeron house Front room Jane’s Party
hAll Luminato: Love Over & Over – The Songs Of Kate McGarrigle ñ Rufus Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Em-
(Canadian roots) 2 am.
the cAve Sortilegia, Malaria, Into Oblivion,
Necrodios (black metal/grindcore). cherry colA’s rock n’ rollA A Primitive Evolution, Savanah (rock) 11 pm. DAve’s... on st clAir George Meanwell & Eric St Laurent (roots/pop) 9:30 pm.
LDAviD pecAut squAre FestivAl stAGe Luminato Telmary, Jovanotti (rap) 8 pm.
echo beAch At molson cAnADiAn AmphitheAtre The Outlaw Roadshow Counting
Crows, Good Old War, Foreign Fields, Filligar 8 pm, all ages. el GorDo bAckyArD NXNExperiment II The Men, Doldrums, Bass Drum of
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How to place a listing
All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.
Thursday, June 14 For complete NXNe listiNgs, see page 81 to Bonfire Sessions Smith Westerns, ñ Dusted doors at 5:30 pm. blumA Appel theAtre Funny Girls & Dynamic Divas Comedy & Music Cabañ ret Jane Bunnett, Shakura S’Aida, Laura Fer-
nandez, Luanda Jones, Liberty Silver, Amanda Martinez 6 pm. brooklynn bAr William Rottman, 19 Red doors 9 pm. the centrAl upstAirs Artistic Anarchy 10 pm. clinton’s TNG, the Hollowbodies, Pat Martini doors 9 pm.
pecAut squAre luminAto FestivAl hub Luminato Michael Franti ñ & Spearhead, Quique Escamilla 8 pm. Double Double lAnD WXWC: Wyrd X Weird Canada Man Forever, Mass ñ Horns, Wolfcow 9 pm, all ages. LDAviD
Knives (rock) doors 11 pm.
emmet rAy bAr Box Full of Cash 9 pm. GrossmAn’s Rock’n Robin Harp 10 pm. Nhorseshoe NXNE Day Party Cai.ro,
the Tins, Elk, Allosaurus, the Waxbills, ñ Son of the Sun, Serene Pryne & the Man-
tral Gunk, John Milner You’re So Boss, Man Made Hill, the Soupcans, Indigenous Nudes 7 pm, all ages. smilinG buDDhA CD release party The Flashbulb, Babyshaker, Raxyor, 0=0, C64, Amen Fury, the First Seed, Laf-O (live breakcore/jungle/hardcore) 9 pm. southsiDe Johnny’s Handsome Dan 10 pm. trinity bellwooDs pArk Live In Bellwoods: Great Heart Festival Enjoy your Pumas, Husky, Julie Doiron, Paper Lions, Nicholas Doubleyou & the B Squad, Inlet Sound, the Belle Game, Michael Rault, Donovan Woods, Julie Fader, Ben Caplan, Dwayne Gretzky, White Buffalo, Ryan O’Reilly, Gregory Pepper & His Problems, Army Girls, Octoberman 2 to 5 pm, all ages. the vue Rupee, DJ Soca Sweetness, Marxman, Lindo P doors 10:30 pm. zobel Peter Verity (rootsy pop) 8 pm.
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devilles noon to 6 pm.
inter steer Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 8 to 11 pm.
JAnGbAnG Cold Warps (pop-punk). ñ lou DAwG’s ryerson Jeff Eager (acoustic
Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental
benAres historic house On The Verandah
Concert Mississauga Children’s Choir 7:30 pm.
DAve’s... on st clAir Happy Hour Jazz The
Jordan Saull Quartette 5 to 8 pm. Double Double lAnD Christoph Heemann, In Camera, VioSac (electro experimental) 10:30 pm. hAbits GAstropub Mario & Brebard (jazz/ Latin jazz) 8:30 pm. hArlem Zim Zum (jazz/funk) 7:30 pm. hArlem unDerGrounD Carl Bray Trio (jazz) 8:30 pm. music GAllery David Arcus Ensemble, Bernice doors 7 pm. nAwlins JAzz bAr The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke Blackburn (jazz/blues) 9:30 pm. olD mill inn Fridays To Sing About Brenda Earle, Ted Quinlan, Mike Downes, Anthony Michelli 7:30 pm. quotes Fridays At Five Fred Duligal & the Canadian Jazz Quartet 5 to 8 pm. rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. somewhere there stuDio Ken Aldcroft 8 pm. trAne stuDio Ilana Waldston 8 pm.
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pm, Greg Cockerill (folk rock/roots) 6 pm. cAstro’s lounGe Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm. DAve’s... on st clAir Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (country/folk/rock/blues) 9 pm. eton house Keith Jolie (blues/roots) 7 pm. GrAFFiti’s The After Work Market Soiree Tim Bradford & Bright Blue Motels (country) 5 to 7 pm.
polyhAus WXWC: Wyrd X Weird Canada Sexy Merlin, Drainolith, Young ñ Truck, Pon De Replay, Energetic Action, As-
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DrAke hotel lounGe Weekend Startup Boot
AspettA cAFFe Open Mic 8 pm. cAmeron house Fedora Upside Down 10
mylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn, Jane McGarrigle, Lily and Sylvan Lanken, Peggy Seeger, Dane Lanken and others 7:30 pm.
AspettA cAFFe Sabrina Fallah, Ivy James, Daniel Stern 7 to 11 pm. cAmeron house Kayla Howran 10 pm, Patrick Brealey (folk rock/roots) 9 pm, Big Rude Jake 6 pm. Dominion on queen The White Buffalo (country/rock) 8 pm. ebA stuDio Conference Of The Birds: An Evening Of Classical Persian Music And Sufi Storytelling Sarv Ensemble (Shahin Fayaz, Kousha Nakhaei, Sardar Mohammadjani) 7:30 pm. GlADstone hotel meloDy bAr Country Saturdays Tin Roof Rusted (country) 9 pm. GrAFFiti’s Bill Wood n’ the Woodies 8:30 pm. GrossmAn’s The Don River Blues Band. hiGhwAy 61 southern bArbeque The Little Naturals 8 pm. holy oAk cAFe Square Peg (old time) 7 pm. huGh’s room A Celebration Of The Music Of Oliver Schroer Nuala Kennedy & members of the Stewed Tomatoes 8:30 pm. lulA lounGe Jorge Lopez Trio (Latin American music) 8 pm. lulA lounGe Yani Borrell & the Clave Kings, DJ Suave (salsa) 10:30 pm. the mAnchester Arms Elana Harte (folk rock) 8 pm. queen elizAbeth theAtre The Tallest Man on Earth (alt acoustic folk) doors 7:15 pm. reposADo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex CD release Chuck Jackson (blues) 9:45 pm, The Jivebombers (jump-blues) 6:30 pm. trAnzAc Devon Sproule, Mantler 7:30 pm. wooDbine pArk Beach BBQ & Brews Festival Raoul & the Bigtime, the Robin Bank$ Blues Band 5:30 pm.
AlleycAtz Lady Kane. ArtscApe GibrAltAr point The Toron-
Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld
LmAssey
Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld
PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
soul/funk/Motown) 10 pm. lulA lounGe Jay Martin, Kim Davis, Shoolie, Jef Kearns, Omar Lunan, Dwayne Morgan, Quisha Wint, E-Man (R&B/spoken word) 8:30 pm. not my DoG The Donefors. the pAinteD lADy Little Creatures (rock) 9 pm. sAzerAc GAstro lounGe The Capitol Beat (funk/soul/R&B) 10 pm. southsiDe Johnny’s Skip Tracer (rock) 10 pm. trinity bellwooDs pArk Live In Bellwoods: Great Heart Festival Enjoy Your Pumas, the Belle Game, Husky, Julie Doiron, Inlet Sound, Nicholas Doubleyou & the B Squad, Michael Rault, Paper Lions, Ryan O’Reilly, Ben Caplan, Donovan Woods, White Buffalo, Julie Fader, Dwayne Gretzky, Gregory Pepper & His Problems, Army Girls, Octoberman 2 to 5 pm, all ages. the wilson 96 Jeff Beadle (roots/rock) 9 pm.
lou DAwG’s ryerson Don Campbell (acous-
rock) 10 pm.
Tommy Flanagan & Brian Law 10 pm. spirits Stand Up Campaign To End Bullying benefit concert ubREAL2 Band 7 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Abigail Lapell 9:30 pm, Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm.
Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental
GlADstone hotel meloDy bAr Drumhand
(percussion-heavy dance jazz/West African rhythms) 9 pm. hArlem unDerGrounD Carl Bray Trio (jazz) 8:30 pm. mélAnGe Normal Marshall Villeneuve, Lucian Gray, Aaron Carter 7 pm. olD mill inn home smith bAr Jazz Party Barbra Lica, Stacie McGregor, Sam Broverman 7:30 pm.
GooDhAnDy’s Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5
insomniA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). the power plAnt Power Ball: Quarter-Life
Crisis DJ Alex Merrell, DJ Mark Luv, Brendan Fallis 8:30 pm. unit bAr Rap Traxx DJ Numeric (hip-hop on wax) 10 pm.
for art only Friday, June this will be15a text wrap For complete NXNe listiNgs, see page 81 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
AlleycAtz Groove Marmalade.
Death, Mac Demarco, Prince Innocence, Ell V Gore, Idiot Glee, Walter TV, DJ Tarantula X 1 to 11 pm. GlADstone hotel meloDy bAr We Walk The Line – Johnny Cash Tribute 9 pm. hArD luck bAr Vesperia, Valfreya, Protokult, Nordheim doors 8 pm. holy oAk cAFe Alex Lukashevsky Band (rock) 10 pm. the loADeD DoG Cece Pastor & the Word (rock/R&B) 8:30 pm. lou DAwG’s Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/ Motown) 10 pm.
dance muSic/dJ/lounge
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Saturday, June 16 For complete NXNe listiNgs, see page 81 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
AlleycAtz Luscious (R&B/soul/funk). BAr itAliA uPstAirs Al Webster (funk/soul/ R&B) 10:30 pm.
mAttheW FlinDers NXNE: Bruise Cruise Festival Bleached, Mac ñ Demarco, Teenanger, Hooded Fang, DJ NcAPtAin
Jonathan Toubin 1:30 to 4:30 pm, boarding at 1 pm. the centrAl Alana O’Loughlin 6 pm. DAve’s... on st clAir Garrison Creek & the Bad Sons (funk/pop/rock) 8:30 pm. LDAviD PecAut squAre Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Shantel & the Bucovina Club Orkestar 8 pm, Luminato: Canadian Titans Of Roots Tune-Craft Dan Mangan, Kathleen Edwards 2 pm. Dominion on queen Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 4 to 7:30 pm. DoWnsvieW PArk Radiohead, Caribou doors 5 pm. grAFFiti’s Taxi Chain (roots/Celtic) 4 to 7 pm.
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Queen, Jerome Godboo Band, Matty Powell Band and others 11 am-7 pm. souTHside JoHnny’s The Bear Band (rock/ blues) 4 to 8 pm. sPorTsTer’s Nicola Vaughan 10 pm. TimoTHy’s PuB Open Jam The Meteors 4 to 8 pm. Trane sTudio Aria Tesolin (pop/jazz) 8 pm.
Tranzac souTHern cross The Autumn
Portrait 10 pm.
TriniTy BeLLwoods Park ñ Live In Bellwoods:
cameron House Devin Cuddy 2 am, Taran-
tuela 11 pm, Pistol George Warren 10 pm, Whitney Rose (country) 8 pm, Whoa Nelli 6 pm. dave’s... on sT cLair Mark Martyre (folk/ rock) 10 pm, Mark Ripp (folk/rock) 4 to 7 pm. gLenn gouLd sTudio Good Lovelies (folk/roots) 8 pm. graffiTi’s Russell Leon’s SSW Night evening. grossman’s The Fried Angels (blues) 9:30 pm, The Happy Pal 4:30 to 8 pm.
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See page 81
Folk/Blues/Country/World
asPeTTa caffe The DGB, Quinton Bradford 5
to 10 pm.
THe assemBLy HaLL Lakeshore Arts’ Showcase Of The Arts Suzie Vinnick, Sonia Tavares, Briar Boake 7:30 pm.
HigHway 61 souTHern BarBeque Mr
Rick & the Biscuits (country) 8 pm.
HiruT fine eTHioPian cuisine Country
Jam Murray Powell 2 to 6 pm.
JoHn candy Box THeaTre
Tucker Green (Americana) doors 7:30 pm. THe LocaL Little Birdy, Jeff Oussoren 10 pm, Arthur Renwick (blues) 5 pm. LoLa Jeff and the Four Heads 8 pm. Lou dawg’s Southern Brunch Mark Bird Duo (traditional blues) noon to 3 pm. Lou dawg’s ryerson Mike C, Matt Morgan 10 pm. LuLa Lounge Orquesta Fantasia, DJ Gio (salsa) 10:30 pm. moLson amPHiTHeaTre Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Thompson Square doors 5:30 pm. reBas café & gaLLery Open Mic David Crighton 1-4 pm. rex Summer Blues Jerome Godboo, Chris Burgess, Stan Miczek, Gary Craig (blues) 3:30 pm.
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Yanni (New Age) 8 pm. souTHside JoHnny’s Kat House (blues) 10 pm.
Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental
BeerBisTro The Gene Pool Boys (soulful swinging jazz) 8:15 pm. BLuma aPPeL THeaTre Mamaloshen Mandy Patinkin (Jewish musical theatre concert) 8 pm. cHaLkers PuB The David Occhipinti Quartet 6 to 9 pm. edward Levesque’s kiTcHen Mike Skinner Trio (jazz) 7 pm. THe fLying Beaver PuBareT Tim Boyle 9 pm. HarLem underground Carl Bray Trio (jazz) 8:30 pm. infiniTe LiBrary WXWC: Wyrd X Weird Canada Sean Nicholas Savage, Doom Tickler, Moonwood, TOPS, New Age DJ Aaron Levin (new age/mellow/meditation music) 4 pm, all ages. Jane maLLeTT THeaTre Jazz Concert Michelle E White 2 pm. nawLins Jazz Bar The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke and Duane Blackburn (jazz/ blues) 8:30 pm. oLd miLL inn Home smiTH Bar Jazz Masters David Restivo, Vaughan Misener 7:30 pm. rex Ted Quinlan Quartet 9:45 pm, Sara Dell (vox/solo piano) 7 pm, Layla Zoe noon. somewHere THere sTudio Spl@T, Lost Trail, Arte Povera 8 pm. sT aidan’s angLican cHurcH My Spirit Sang All Day Cantemus Singers 7:30 pm. Tranzac souTHern cross Mackenzie Longpre (jazz) 7:30 pm.
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annex wreckroom Saturday Nights At The Wreckroom DJ Rick Toxic 10 pm. THe greaT HaLL BLack Box THeaTre Vogue Zebra Katz, Njena Redd Foxx, ñ MikeQ, Blackcat 10 pm. cLinTon’s Shake, Rattle & Roll 60s Dance Party (60s pop/soul/R&R) doors 10 pm. dance cave Full On DJ Mr Pete (alternative). drake HoTeL Lounge Dougie Boom doors 10 pm. fLy DJ Eddie Elias, DJ Jermey Khamkeo doors 10 pm.5 fooTwork Ahmet Sendil, Joee Cons, Anthony D;Amico, Tommy D doors 10 pm. goodHandy’s Sodom Is Burning DJ Blackcat (R&B/reggae/house/hip-hop/soca/old&new school) doors 10 pm.5 HaBiTs gasTroPuB City Of Glass 9 pm. HoLy oak cafe DJ Dunsmuir (funk/R&B) 10 pm. THe HoxTon DJ Destructo. continued on page 42 œ
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Convoys (9 pm), Vistavision (8 pm). Nsneaky Dee’s NXNE Crosss (midnight), Cartoons (11 pm), Peter Kernel (10 pm), UN (9 pm). sorauren Park Little City Festival (formerly Totstock) Andy Kim, Little Horton & His Ten Cent Wings, Mystic Drumz and others 2 to 5 pm. NsounD aCaDemy Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, Suburban Legends, Big D & the Kids Table (ska/punk) doors 6:30 pm, all ages. TranzaC souTHern Cross Bad Breath (indie experimental) 10 pm. TriniTy bellwooDs Park Live In Bellwoods: Great Heart Festival Enjoy your Pumas, the Belle Game, Husky, Julie Doiron, Inlet Sound, Paper Lions, Nicholas Doubleyou & the B Squad, Michael Rault, Ryan O’Reilly, Donovan Woods, White Buffalo, Julie Fader, Dwayne Gretzky, Ben Caplan, Gregory Pepper & His Problems, Army Girls, Octoberman 2 to 5 pm, all ages. Nyonge-DunDas square NXNE Raekwon & Ghostface Killah (9 to 11 pm), Killer Mike (8 pm), Action Bronson (7 pm), Tre Mission (6 pm), Tasha the Amazon (5 pm), Marie Hines (4 pm). xs nigHTClub Perez Hilton’s One Night In
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insomnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep
house). maro The Red Carpet DJ Undercover 10 pm. ParTs & labour P&L 2nd Anniversary Party DJs Scott Cudmore & Scott Wade (open format) 10 pm. PeriDoT lounge Good Saturdays DJs Glew & R2 (hip-hop/R&B/old school) 10:30 pm. THe PisTon Hot Blooded (disco) 10 pm. revival Hip-Hop Vs House DJs Tony Touch, Tony Toca, Dirty Dale, Grouch, Big Jacks & Riccachet. saviari Tea + CoCkTail lounge Step N Groove Undergroundvibe, Curtis Smith (soul/disco/boogie/funk/rare groove) doors 10 pm. sTella borealis Refresh Annual Boat Cruise DJ J-Class, DJ Mensa, DJ Kariz (hip-hop/R&B/ reggae/soca/house) 4:30-9 pm. sTella CaFe Crunchy Nuggets Radio Fuzz Duppy (electro dancehall/bass) 9:30 pm. suPermarkeT Do Right Saturdays! DJ John Kong, MC Abs. suTra Tiki bar The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hip-hop). NToika NXNE: The Locale Cesar Caballero, Dustin Nantais 10 pm. velveT unDergrounD S.O.S. Saturdays DJ D’eezNuts, DJ SpecsOne (hard rock/ alt/90s/punk/dub/retro) doors 11 pm. virgin mobile moD Club UK Underground MRK, Tigerblood (indie/electro/ dubstep/rock).
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THe ballroom MMVA After Party
Down with Webster, DJ Diggy 8 pm.
NTHe CrawForD NXNE Invasions (2
am), Troubadour (1:15 pm), Rad Habits (12:30 pm), Pink Wine (11:45 pm), the BB Guns (11 pm), Hate Gang (10:15 pm), Tight Nuns (9:30 pm), the Pussypops (8:45 pm).
PeCauT square luminaTo FesTival Hub Luminñ ato Kevin Fox, Ohbijou 3 pm. LDaviD
Dominion on queen Rockabilly Brunch
11 am-3 pm.
Nel moCambo NXNE Peachcake (midnight), the Stanleys (11 pm), Jumple (10 pm), Ocasan (9 pm). emmeT ray bar Tiger Suits 9 pm. NTHe garrison NXNE Nadja (midnight), Picastro (10 pm), Black Paradise (9 pm), graFFiTi’s Michael Brennan’s Roots Roundup 4 to 7 pm.
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NXNE Wannabe (Spice Girls tribute band, 5 pm), Motion Device (4 pm), Lyric Dubee (3 pm), the Unemployed (2 pm). magPie CaFe Heavy Generator (ska/dub/ reggae) 9 pm. NranCHo relaxo NXNE Miss Elizabeth (2 am), Soi Disant (1 am), Dream Jefferson (midnight), Amos the Transparent (11 pm), Goodnight, Sunrise (10 pm), Crowns for
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Open Mic 8 pm.
Folk/Blues/Country/World
THirsTy Fox Pub Fera (acoustic jam) 6 to
Mackell (folk) 6 pm.
TranzaC souTHern Cross Québecois
Cameron House Kevin Quain 9 pm, Joanne Cloak & Dagger Pub Pretty Archie (folk/
pop) 9 pm.
Free Times CaFe Gordon’s
10 pm.
Jam noon.
Jazz/ClassiCal/exPerimental asPeTTa CaFFe Strange Speci-
mens (indie rock) 3 to 5 pm.
Acoustic Living Room.
glaDsTone HoTel meloDy bar Sunday Acoustic Family Brunch 9 am to 4 pm.
grossman’s
Blues Jam Brian Cober Band 10 pm, New Orlean Connection Allstars 4:30 to 8 pm.
HiruT Fine eTHioPian Cuisine Open
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Stage With Gary 17 3 to 6 pm. Holy oak CaFe Dan Livingstone (folk) 9 pm. labyrinTH lounge Open Mic Joy Thompson 5 to 9 pm. THe lisH Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 10:30 pm. THe loCal Hank Holly & the Del Fi’s 10 pm, Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. lola Nick Picking 3 pm. lula lounge Cuban Son Duo (salsa/son) noon.
mCgraDies TaP anD grill Open Jam Dan
Walek (R&B) 6 to 10 pm.
Mamaloshen Mandy Patinkin (Jewish musical theatre concert) 2 pm.
CasTro’s lounge
Gypsy Rebels (Gypsy jazz) 4 pm.
CHurCH oF THe Holy TriniTy My
Spirit Sang All Day Cantemus Singers 3 pm.
LDaviD PeCauT square FesTival sTage Luminato Finale
Toronto Symphony Orchestra 7 pm. Dominion on queen Jazz Jam Noah Leibel 4-7 pm. monTgomery’s inn Musical Matinee Christina Campsall (mezzo soprano) 3 pm. nawlins Jazz bar Brooke Blackburn (solo guitar) 7 to 10 pm. rex Hildegunn Gjardem 9:30 pm, Jamie Ruben Trio 7 pm, Club Django (gypsy-swing) 3:30 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. somewHere THere sTuDio Dan Goldman, Daniela Gesundheit, Isla Craig evening, Jason Steidman, Michael Kaler 5 pm. TranzaC souTHern Cross Monk’s Music (jazz) 5 pm.
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oPTiCianaDo Bernice 1 to 4 ñ danCe musiC/dJ/lounge pm. Nbovine sex Club NXNE DJ Dave PHoenix Fathom (3 am), DJ Matt Tasc (2 am), ñ ConCerT ñ Douglas Carter (1 am), Alixander iii (midTHeaTre Laura Marling, Willy Mason (singer/ songwriter) doors 7 pm.
Pogue maHone
Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic ceilidh) 4 to 8 pm. Press Club Kristine Schmitt and her Special Powers, Virgil Shockley (honky-tonk swinghonky-tonk swing) 10 pm.
rebas CaFé & gallery
Philomene Hoffman, Alex Chueng, Rugh Jenkins 1-4 pm. rose & THorne The Lil’ Steve Band 3:30 to 7:30 pm. saraH’s CaFe Open Stage Dan McLean Jr 3 to 6 pm.
sony CenTre For THe PerForming arTs Yanni (New Age) 8 pm.
suPermarkeT
Freefall Sundays
night), the Motorleague (10 pm).
CasTro’s lounge Watch This Sound (rare/ vintage ska/reggae/dub on vinyl) 9 pm.
ClinTon’s FronT bar Clinton’s Unplugged
Sam Clayton, Katie DuTemple & Li-on Grevier 9 pm. Cube Hot Stepper Sundays DJs Mike Tull & Paul E Lopes 3 to 10 pm. ePiPHany resTauranT & lounge Father’s Day Brunch DJ Tidal Wave 1 to 6 pm. graFFiTi’s Blackmetal Brunch 11 am to 5 pm. Harlem unDergrounD Live At The BBQ Carl Allen, Corey Dawkins, Ty Hale (old skool/ house/R&B/reggae/Latin) 8 pm. insomnia Sunday Mass DJ TvT (old school hip-hop/disco/funk). lou Dawg’s Dirty South Sundays (soul/ funk/Motown/old school) 10 pm. lou Dawg’s ryerson Dirty South Sundays DJ Ksmooth (soul/Motown/old school) 10 pm. Toika Code:D Sundays (drum & bass) doors 9 pm.
Monday, June 18 PoP/roCk/HiP-HoP/soul
asCari enoTeCa Hard Count Mondays The Wine Killas (hip-hop) 9:30 pm. THe CenTral Jam Night 10 pm.
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Advance Tickets @ TickeTmAsTer.cA or 1-855-985-5000 HorsesHoe FronT BAr • soundscApes • roTATe THis fri june 29
big d & the kids table
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saturday june 16 @ phoenix • $24.50 advance • 19+
rocket archers of loaf
mod club • $ 19.00 advance
summer
hot chip
the maGic THursdAy july 12 sat july 21 @ opera house with
metz
monday june 18 @ the phoenix • $29.50 advance
phoenix • $ 18.50 advance
youth best lagoon coast 15.50 advance • fat possum
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mon august 20 @ horseshoe •
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those darlins
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van etten
tuesday september 11 @ lee’s palace • $22.50 adv
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fri june 22 @ garriSon • $10.50 adv
tuesday $june 26
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these united states death by loney bear hands Stereo dear hard luck • 13.50 advance
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Wed july 25 @ the drake • $12.50 adv
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jc brooks & the uptown sound 60s soul
and so i watch you from afar
w/ Zechs
marquise
dave hause
tuesday july 24
saturday july 28
friday july 27
the garrison • $13.50 advance
girl in a coma
horseshoe • $ 10.00 advance
dan vapid and the cheatS ScREEchiNG wEASEl
of loved ones
mod club • $ 13.50 adv • all-ages
teddy geiger loVe monkey / the rocker
sat june 30 @ lee’s palace • $21.50 advance
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AthENS GA R.E.M. MEEtS DRivE By tRuckERS
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fishbone futurebirds
king khan
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thurs june 14 $ 20.00
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saturday august 11 @ silVer dollar • $11.50 advance
magic tricK
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sunday august 5 @ lee’s palace • $16.50 advance
mon july 30 @ drake hotel • $10.00 adv
the aggrolites loS ANGElES SkA StAx Soul
Wed auguSt 1 @ horSeShoe • $11.50 adv
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august 8 great hall $ 15.00
advance
thursday june 14
i blame yoko nxne day party
free • 12:30pm - 7:30pm
alternative rock dance club
original live muSic @ 8:30pm weekdayS & 9:00pm weekendS front bar 12:00pm - 2:00am
2nd floor of lee’s palace 10:00pm - 2:30am
saturday june 16 $ 17.50
lee’s palace • 16.50 advance
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8:00pm (Sun-wed) 8:30pm (thurSday) 9:00pm (friday & Sat)
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thursday june 14
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bran van 3000
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the reigning sound catl andre williams & his sadies young empires nO sinner
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obey the brave a sight for sewn eyes dance laurie dance
Zulu winter john mauSe oberhofer friends diiv + 2:54
swamp yanKees @ 1:30am gentlemen husbands july talk
bright light social hour hooded fang • ben caplan
the black belles the coppertone bidini band
poor young things + special guests
wednesday june 20
thursday june 21
friday june 22
monday june 18 • shoeless • no cover
wednesday june 20 • $8.00
thursday june 21 • $ 12.50 advance • 8:30pm doors
$ 17.50
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mishka
anuhea
w/ micah brown
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music city toronto warner showcase
saturday june 23 • VancouVer
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cadence weapon
korean
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thursday june 28
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talk information south of bloor band david paige + the skyline friday june 22 horseshoe • 15.00 advance $
hannibal
orgone buress (SNl & 30 Rock)
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lumineers mad ones • fast romantics
tuesday june 19
the masses rebel rebel the real the steadies the toWne heroes
groopies • king beez mip poWer trio poison arroWs
kim churchill
saturday june 23
sunday june 24
concert for courtney fundraiser
local alt rock • $ 7.00 @ door
fallen heirS witch ever tin Star orphanS inlet Sound
$ 25.00 advance • td Jazz fest
mike stern band 2 seTs @9:00 + 10:30pm
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monday june 25 $ 25.00 advance • td Jazz fest
los amigos invisibles 2 seTs @9:30 + 11:00pm
june 28 • sun parlour players june 30 • nellie macKay (jazz) july 8 • loney dear
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Drake HoteL unDerGrounD Elvis Monday doors 9 pm.
Drake HoteL Ride the Tiger (60s & 70s soul/
Motown/stax/R&B) doors 11 pm. Grossman’s Open Jam Mondays No Band Required 10 pm. HarLem Open Jam Night Carolyn T (R&B/soul/jazz/Motown/ Latin) 8 pm.
pHoenix concert tHeatre
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Graffiti’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge 5:30 to 8:30 pm. HiGHway 61 soutHern BarBeque Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm. tHe LocaL The Hamstring Stringband (bluegrass/oldtime/honky-tonk) 9:30 pm. Lou DawG’s ryerson Open Mic Night Don Campbell 7 pm. supermarket Case Of The Folkin’ Mondays Darren Eedens, Old Salts, Most Loyals 9 pm. tranzac soutHern cross Open Mic Mondays 10 pm.
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Tuesday, June 19
.com 722 COLLEGE STREET (416) 588-4MOD (663)
FRIDAY June 15 /12
COME OUT AND PLAY
ANTHEMS,DANCE,90s/2012
Matt Medley
doors @ ten
SATURDAY June 16 /12 NXNE Official Climax Party Djs
till 4am
live: PLATINUM BLONDE KOVAK (UK)
A Friend From London
JUNE
PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
Bovine Sex CluB Deadmouth, Gag Reflex. Cameron HouSe Friendly Rich & the Lollipop People 10 pm.
THe CenTral Dylan & Reed
9:30 pm.
DownSview Park Foster the People, Tokyo Police Club, Kimbra doors 5 pm, all ages. Glenn GoulD STuñ Dio Down And
Out In Upalong Travis Good, Greg Keelor, Gordon Pinsent (music inspired by Pinsent’s poetry) 8 pm. GraffiTi’S Jeff Oussoren Band 5 to 8 pm. GroSSman’S Tall Grass, Murder of Crows.
(country) doors 9 pmf. free TimeS Cafe Russel Leon Student Concert 8:30 pm. HuGH’S room From The Titanic To The Speak-Easy Patricia Hammond & Her Ragtime Parlour Band 8:30 pm. THe loCal Mark Crissinger 8 pm. lola The Sheryl Show 8 pm. olD niCk Jennifer Brewer 9:30 pm. PaSSion lounGe Open Stage & Jam Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 9 pm. PreSS CluB Toast N’ Jam Open Mic 10 pm. revival Peña: Alameda’s Annual Fundraiser Son Ache (salsa) 7 pm.
For complete NXNE Schedule See page 81
THe ruSTy nail
Open Stage Jam Chad Campbell 9 pm.
Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental
alleyCaTz Carlo
Berardinucci Band (swing/jazz) 8:30 pm.
CzeHoSki Suzy Wilde (alt rock/country-folk) 9 pm.
Dominion on Queen Hot Club Of Corktown Django 8:30 pm.
nawlinS Jazz Bar Stacie McGregor (piano)
6:30 to 9:30 pm. rex Classic Rex Jazz Jam Terra Hazelton 9:30 pm, Ernesto Cervini Quartet 6:30 pm. roy THomSon Hall Last Night Of The Proms Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 8 pm. SomewHere THere STuDio The Same Thing We Called Ourselves the Last Time, Build to Suit 8 pm. SuPermarkeT The Ambient Ping: The Return Of The dreamState Drone Cycle Part Six dreamSTATE, Odradek 9 pm. Ten reSTauranT & wine Bar Don Breithaupt, Chris Smith 9 pm. Trane STuDio Down The Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story Film Screening DJ Sean Sax 8:30 pm. TranzaC SouTHern CroSS The AHs, Cosmic Eye (indie rock) 10 pm, Jacob Damelin (jazz
Harlem unDerGrounD John Camp-
bell (jazz/pop/soul/ R&B) 8:30 pm. Holy oak Cafe Culture Reject (pop) 9 pm. molSon amPHiTHeaTre 50th Anniversary Tour The Beach Boys. PHoenix ConCerT THeaTre Michael Kiwanuka, Bahamas 8 pm. SounD aCaDemy Keane, Mystery Jets doors 7 pm, all ages.
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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld
Cameron HouSe Bryce Jardine (roots/rock/
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folk/country) 8 pm, Samantha Martin (folk/ rock) 6 pm. CaSTro’S lounGe blueVenus (singer/songwriter) 10 pm, Smokey Folk (bluegrass) 8 pm. Cloak & DaGGer PuB Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass/folk) 10 pm. Drake HoTel Memphis Tuesdays Daniel Sky
Gordon Pinsent (left), Travis Good and Greg Keelor play Glenn Gould Studio, Tuesday, June 19.
piano) 7:30 pm.
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
Bloke & 4th Swank DJ Tom Wrecks. Goodhandy’s Ladyplus T-Girl Lust DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5
$3.25 BREAKFAST • MON - FRI 11AM- 4PM
10 pm.
3 am les breastfeeders 2 am surprise guest 1 am HONHEEHONHEE 12 am Larry and his Flask 11 pm The Schomberg Fair 10 pm Uncle Bad touch 9 pm plaster 8 pm I.no
Wednesday, June 20 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL
asPetta Caffe Jacqueline Lovely (rock) 7 to 11 pm.
house Doug Paisley 6 pm. ñCameRon the CentRal The Raven Suns 6 pm.
ClInton’s Boogie Infection, Lying Cheats & the Two Times doors 9 pm. Cloak & daGGeR PuB Matt Cooke (pop/folk) 10 pm. danCe Cave Mishka, Anuhea (reggae/folk rock).
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DarlinGs of Chelsea
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Sunday JuLy 1 noah Leibel’s all ages Jam 4pm Murata, Quarrington, Taft & neil Swainson 8:30pm $10
Sun june 17 NXNE presents
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8pm THE WHITE BUFFALO Sat June 16 9pm SEAN ROWE 10pm HARPER BLYNN 11pm BRETT CASWELL
& THE MARQUEE ROSE
12am ELVYN 1am IRREVEREND JAMES & THE CRITICAL MASS CHOIR 2am INDIAN WARS
Sun June 17
11-3pm BLUEGRASS
BRUNCH
THE BEAUTIES Mon June 18 MARIACHI MONDAYS MILL STREET PRESENTS
dominion on Queen 500 Queen St. e. Toronto
The Pink & Black Attack Presents
DeaDmouth
DOLDRUmS
10pm
ONe OF TORONTO'S BeST DANCe NIGHTS! open til 4am
reBels
thu June 14 | 8pM | arts & Crafts presents
8:30pm $5
Bruce Cassidy’s Hotfoot orchestra 9pm $10 ronnie Hayward’s after Hours B-day 1am - 4am Late!
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NxNE 2012
Monday June 25 oxford university Jazz orchestra
5pm $10
The best tunes, start to finish
JUNE 13-17 NXNE mUSiC fESTivAl all shOWs are 19+ tiCKets available at
9pm $10
SaTurday June 30 Brian rose Little Big Band
WED 20 BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY w/DJ Wes Allen
1am Town Heroes 12 am CROSS 11 pm Cartoons 10 pm peter Kernel 9 pm UN
donna Grantis electric Band
Friday June 29 rob Christian, Quincy Bullen & Guests 8:30pm $10
TUE 19 COMEDY AT OSS w/ The Don’t Get Bored of Us & Leave players
3 am Brews Willis 2 am SURpRISE GUEST 1 am Teen Tits Wild Wives 12 am Connoisseurs of porn 11 pm Indian Wars 10 pm Bloodhouse 9 pm Bzaryn 8 pm Changing modes
SuN JuNE 17 - nXne
OUT
SUN 17 BRASS FACTS TRIVIA The best quiz night in the city, pals & prizes
SAT JuNE 16 - nXne - extended last call
4:30pm $10
THurSday June 28 allsax 4tet 8:30pm $10
SAT 16 ALL SOULED w/DJ Big Jimmy Mills 2 turntables... old school hip hop
3 am Sandman Vipercommand 2 am Times neue Roman 1 am Beta frontiers 12 am phedre 11 pm Odonis Odonis 10 pm Hellaluya 9 pm Cartoons 8 pm Hussy
Sunday June 24 Beverly Taft’s Bossa nova Project
WedneSday June 27 don Francks & Friends 8pm $15
FRI 15 SWEAT PANTS w/DJ Coolin Hip hop, dancehall, soul & reggae
FRI JuNE 15 - nXne - extended last call Dap recorDs
Late!
TueSday June 26 Hot Club of Corktown “django Jam” 8:30pm
Grimskunk
THU 14 TREAT ‘EM RIGHT w/DJ RyFi Smoothest beats... RnB, soul, hip hop
Thu JuNE 14 - nXne - extended last call m for montreal
RePosado Alien Radio DJ Gord C.
thu june 14 NXNE w/DJ Misty
THE OSSINGTON
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InsomnIa Soulful Tuesdays D-Jay. the PIston Thrillwave DJ Shemca (indie mix)
MEXICAN FOOD & DRINK SPECIALSFAMILIES ARE WELCOME!
MARIACHI FUEGO 10pm MARIA BONITA & THE BAND 8-10pm
Tue June 19 10pm TAYLOR KNOX BAND Wed June 20 10pm TOMMY YOUNGSTEEN
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MC: Chris locke FeatuRinG . . . James Hartnett, aaron eves, Bob Kerr, Sara Hennessey, tom Henry, Steph Kaliner, tim Polly, Brian Barlow, DDP, nick Flanagan, adam Christie, tim Gilbert (Headliner)
DOORS @11Pm_$10
JUSTiN RUTLEDGE DOORS @7Pm_$10
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emmet rAy bAr Alistair Christl (rockabilly)
9 pm.
the GArrison Civil Twilight 8 pm. GlAdstone hotel melody bAr Barry Lyn-
don, Philly Moves 9 pm. GrossmAn’s Bruce Domoney 10 pm. hArlem Music Is The Answer: Auditions for the IRIE Music Festival doors 9 pm. holy oAk cAfe JKutchma & the 5ths, Lisa
Bozikovic (pop) 10 pm. lee’s PAlAce Mishka & Anuhea (reggae singer/songwriter) doors 8 pm. the locAl The Crooked Beat (all Clash). lolA Jammin’ Johnny Bootz 8 pm. oPerA house Marillion, Sun Domingo doors 7 pm. rivoli Chris Valan, Ria Mae (pop) 8 pm. suPermArket Wednesdays Go Pop Music Showcase. unicorn Pub Dat Dam Jam Band 9:30 pm. White sWAn Soul Instigators 8 pm.
FOLK/BLuES/COuNTRY/WORLD
AlleycAtz Citysoul (swinging blues/vintage R&B) 8:30 pm.
blAck sWAn Open Stage & Jam Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 9:30 pm. cAmeron house Chris Weatherstone 10 pm. eton house Danforth Jam 8 pm. free times cAfe Russel Leon Student Concert 8:30 pm. GrAffiti’s Matt Badgcar 6 to 8 pm. hiGhWAy 61 southern bArbeque Sean Pinchin 7 pm. hirut fine ethioPiAn cuisine Gary 17s Acoustic Open Stage Carmen Toth 8 pm. lou dAWG’s ryerson Wycik Wednesdays Matt Morgan (acoustic blues/rock) 10 pm. rebAs cAfé & GAllery Solstice Celebration 6-9 pm.
Venue Index
AlleycAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. Andy PoolhAll 489 College. 416-923-5300. Annex Wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. ArtscAPe GibrAltAr Point 443 Lakeshore Ave, Toronto Island. 416-392-7834. AscAri enotecA 1111 Queen E. 416-792-4157. AsPettA cAffe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. the Assembly hAll 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park. 416-338-7255. the bAllroom 145 John. 416-597-2695. bAr itAliA 582 College. 416-535-3621. beerbistro 18 King E. 416-861-9872. benAres historic house 1507 Clarkson N (Mississauga). 905-615-4860. blAck eAGle 457 Church. 416-413-1219. blAck sWAn 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. bloke & 4th 401 King W. 416-477-1490. blumA APPel theAtre 27 Front E. 416-366-7723. bovine sex club 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. brAssAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. brooklynn bAr 1186 Queen W. 416-536-7700. cAmeron house 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. cAPtAin mAttheW flinders 207 Queens Quay W, Pier 6. 416-203-0178. cAstro’s lounGe 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. the cAve 860 College. the centrAl 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. c’est WhAt 67 Front E. 416-867-9499. chAlkers Pub 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. cherry colA’s rock n’ rollA 200 Bathurst. chevAl 606 King W. 416-363-4933. church of the holy trinity 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. cloAk & dAGGer Pub 394 College. 647-436-0228. cobrA lounGe 510 King W. 416-361-9004. courthouse 57 Adelaide E. 416-214-9379. the crAWford 718 College. 416-530-1633. cube 314 Queen W. 416-263-0330. czehoski 678 Queen W. 416-366-6787. dAnce cAve 529 Bloor W, 2nd floor. 416-532-1598. dAve’s... on st clAir 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283. dAvid PecAut squAre 55 John. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893. dorA keoGh 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. double double lAnd 209 Augusta. doWnsvieW PArk 35 Carl Hall. 416-954-0544. drAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. duffy’s tAvern 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330.
CAMP TAILGATE & PARTY
ebA studio 224 Wallace, ste 319. echo beAch At molson cAnAdiAn AmPhitheAtre 909 Lakeshore W. edWArd levesque’s kitchen 1290 Queen E. 416-465-3600. el Gordo 214 Augusta. 416-205-9981. el mocAmbo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet rAy bAr 924 College. 416-792-4497. ePiPhAny restAurAnt & lounGe 4000 Steeles W. 416-802-4077. eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. the flyinG beAver PubAret 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. footWork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. free times cAfe 320 College. 416-967-1078. the GArrison 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439. GlAdstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. Glenn Gould studio 250 Front W. GoodhAndy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. GrAffiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. GrossmAn’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. hAbits GAstroPub 928 College. 416-533-7272. hArbourfront centre 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. hArd luck bAr 772a Dundas W. 416-833-0302. hArlem 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920. hArlem underGround 745 Queen W. 416-366-4743. hiGhWAy 61 southern bArbeque 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. hirut fine ethioPiAn cuisine 2050 Danforth. 416-467-4915. holy oAk cAfe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. the hoxton 69 Bathurst. 416-456-7321. huGh’s room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. infinite librAry 664 Queen W, upstairs. insomniA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. inter steer 357 Roncesvalles. 416-588-8054. JAne mAllett theAtre 27 Front E. 416-366-7723. JAnGbAnG 430.5 College. 416-961-8424. John cAndy box theAtre 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. kool hAus 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. lAbyrinth lounGe 298 Brunswick. 416-925-7775. lee’s PAlAce 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. the lish 2152 Danforth. 416-425-4664. the loAded doG 1921 Lawrence E. 416-750-9009. the locAl 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. lolA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645.
lou dAWG’s 589 King W. 647-347-3294. lou dAWG’s ryerson 76 Gerrard E. 647-349-3294. lulA lounGe 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. mAGPie cAfe 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499. mAison mercer 15 Mercer. 416-341-8777. the mAnchester Arms 2760 Derry W (Mississauga). 905-858-2124. mAro 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888. mAssey hAll 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255. mcGrAdies tAP And Grill 2167 Victoria Park. 416-449-1212. mélAnGe 172 Main. 416-686-6485. milk GlAss co 1247 Dundas W. 416-536-6455. molson AmPhitheAtre 909 Lake Shore W. monArchs Pub 33 Gerrard W. 416-585-4352. montGomery’s inn 4709 Dundas W. 416-394-8113. music GAllery 197 John. 416-204-1080. nAWlins JAzz bAr 299 King W. 416-595-1958. not my doG 1510 Queen W. old mill inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. old nick 123 Danforth. 416-461-5546. oPerA house 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. oPticiAnAdo 2919 Dundas W. 416-604-2020. the PAinted lAdy 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. PArts & lAbour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. PAssion lounGe 1220 Danforth. 416-999-0654. Peridot lounGe 81 Bloor E. 416-515-7560. Phoenix concert theAtre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. Pioneer Princess cruise line 151 Queens Quay E. 416-391-1888. the Piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. PoGue mAhone 777 Bay. 416-598-3339. PolyhAus 388 Carlaw. the PoWer PlAnt 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. Press club 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. queen elizAbeth theAtre 190 Princes’ Blvd. 416-263-3293. quotes 220 King W. 416-979-7717. rAncho relAxo 300 College. 416-920-0366. rebAs cAfé & GAllery 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. rePosAdo 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. revivAl 783 College. 416-535-7888. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. river GAmbler 261 Queen Quay E, Pier 29. rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. rockWood 31 Mercer. 416-979-7373. roncesvAlles villAGe Roncesvalles and Wright. rose & thorne 264 Brown’s Line. 416-233-8827.
roy thomson hAll 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. royAl ontArio museum 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. the rusty nAil 2202 Danforth. 647-729-7254. sArAh’s cAfe 1426 Danforth. 416-406-3121. sAviAri teA + cocktAil lounGe 926 King W. 647-382-7072. sAzerAc GAstro lounGe 782 King W. 647-342-8866. silver dollAr 486 Spadina. 416-975-0909. smilinG buddhA 961 College. 416-516-2531. sneAky dee’s 431 College. 416-603-3090. someWhere there studio 227 Sterling, unit 112. sony centre for the PerforminG Arts 1 Front E. 1-855-872-7669. sorAuren PArk Sorauren and Wabash. sound AcAdemy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. southside Johnny’s 3653 Lake Shore W. 416521-6302. sPirits 642 Church. 416-967-0001. sPortster’s 1430 Danforth. 416-778-0258. st AidAn’s AnGlicAn church 70 Silver Birch. 416-691-2222. stellA boreAlis Pier 27, Yonge & Queens Quay. stellA cAfe 1261 Bloor W. 416-536-7666. suPermArket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. sutrA tiki bAr 612 College. 416-537-8755. ten restAurAnt & Wine bAr 139 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). 905-271-0016. thirsty fox Pub 1028 Eglinton W. 647-347-7474. timothy’s Pub 344 Brown’s Line. 416-201-9515. toikA 471 Richmond W. 416-868-6452. trAne studio 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. trAnzAc 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. trinity bellWoods PArk Queen W at Strachan. unicorn Pub 175 Eglinton E. 416-482-0115. unit bAr 1198 Queen W. 416-537-6646. velvet underGround 510 Queen W. 416-504-6688. the vic Public house 580 Church. virGin mobile mod club 722 College. 416-588-4663. the vue 195 Galaxy Blvd. 416-213-9788. WetbAr 106 Peter. 416-599-2224. White sWAn 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. the Wilson 96 615 College. 416-516-3237. Woodbine PArk Coxwell and Lake Shore E. WronGbAr 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. xs niGhtclub 261 Richmond W. yonGe-dundAs squAre Yonge & Dundas. 416979-9960. zobel 1160 Danforth. 647-780-2423.
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For complete NXNE Schedule
Hot CHip Pr e s e nt s
See page 81
Sunday, July 15 at Sound Academy
Silver Dollar High Lonesome Wednesdays Crazy Strings (bluegrass) 9 pm.
Trane STuDio Liberty Wednesdays Noah Zacharin (folk) 8 pm.
Tranzac SouThern croSS Patricia Fagan
Band 7:30 pm.
Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal
chalkerS Pub Girls Night Out Jazz Jam Lisa
Particelli, Peter Hill, Ross MacIntyre, Norman Marshall Villeneuve 8 pm. Dominion on Queen Corktown Ukulele Jam 8 pm. The Flying beaver PubareT Maggie’s Mish Mash Maggie Cassella (music/comedy/ spoken word) 7 pm. nawlinS Jazz bar Jim Heineman Trio 7 pm. rex Griffith/Hiltz Trio 6:30 pm. roy ThomSon hall Last Night Of The Proms Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 2 & 8 pm. Somewhere There STuDio Octopus 8 pm.
DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE
braSSaii Les Nuits DJ Undercover 10 pm. gooDhanDy’S Queen For The Night DJ Todd
august 7 • kool haus
Win tickets at nowtoronto.com
Klinck doors 10 pm.5
inSomnia DJ Sweet Jelly Roller. The PiSTon Bad Bad Dancehall DJ Super Rap
& DJ Kid (hip-hop/pop) 10 pm. rePoSaDo Sol Wednesdays Spy vs Sly vs Spy. Tranzac SouThern croSS Make It! (hiphop/Latin dance party) 10 pm. 3
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BOBBY WOMACK The Bravest
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Man In The Universe (XL) Rating:
Any creative collaboration can be a tricky. The best succeed on openness, trust and, most importantly, an alignment of circumstances that can’t be duplicated. Bobby Womack’s first album of original material in two decades is a stellar example of that magical confluence, and its success speaks volumes about the character of the man behind it. Co-produced by his Gorillaz collaborator Damon Albarn and XL head Richard Russell, The Bravest Man In The Universe fearlessly fuses the old – grizzled gospel and swampy blues
– with new twitchy, thumping electronics to create something that’s both inspiringly original and comfortingly familiar. It’s a dynamic reminiscent of Jack White’s brilliant team-up with country icon Loretta Lynn a few years back. Womack has lived one of the most tumultuous lives in music, and that drama is evident here. When his strained, woeful wail gives way to a thick, dubby bass on the title track, it’s eminently clear these producers know exactly when to assert themselves and when to stay out of the soul legend’s way to achieve the most captivating results possible. Top track: If There Wasn’t Something There KEVIN RITCHIE and love, and that earnestness suits them far better than anyone could have predicted back in 2004. Being authentically emotional also serves to reframe their earlier material, revealing that there’ve always been some truly moving sentiments hidden under the sonic reference points and clever wordplay. Top track: How Do You Do? Hot Chip play Sound Academy July 15. BENJAMIN BOLES
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In Our Heads (Domino) Rating: In earlier work, Hot Chip seemed like a dance-pop band making clever jokes about dance and pop. As they matured, it’s more as if they’re writing love songs to the genre, albeit from a somewhat dejected standpoint. This might not seem like the best motivation, but LCD Soundsystem also made genuinely moving music about music, so maybe this is just what life in the 21st century is like. Of course, it also helps that Hot Chip have truly impressive skills in the pop songwriting department, and that they get better at executing their vision with each album. They’re still playful and cheeky, but they’re writing more explicitly about life
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The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Epic/Sony) Rating: NNNN Some of us cynics doubted the buzz surrounding Fiona Apple’s first album in sev-
en years. It seemed so long since she was culturally relevant, and 90s nostalgia is something we should all be suspicious of. Thankfully, Apple’s return to music is not only undeniably powerful, but Idler is arguably her best work yet. It’s strange, raw and grabs your attention the way few modern albums can. On her last record, Extraordinary Machine, the everything-and-the-kitchensink approach to the arrangements and instrumentation seemed awkward and contrived. This time around it works, resulting in a type of twisted soul music that feels timeless. More striking and important than the quirky sonic palette, though, are Apple’s vocals. She moves easily from a jazz-inflected lilt to a guttural wail to a clenched-teeth snarl to a joyfully unhinged howl. If this is what happens when Apple takes seven years to make a disc, maybe we should be this patient more often. Top track: Hot Knife Fiona Apple plays Sound Academy July 4. BB
borrow a lyric from one of her songs. Produced by Matt Peters (Royal Canoe, the Waking Eyes), the songs are underpinned by Berkel’s sparse electric guitar and carried by her smooth voice – pleasant but with a cool, weary huskiness that suits her subject matter. Despite the chamber-orchestra-style arrangements (cello and upright bass, as well as French horn, organ and percussion) many songs have a similar ambling pace that diminishes the overall emotional impact. That said, an honest longing is palpable on Come A Long Way, and Berkel experiments with letting the strings take over on Cover My Grave and with poetry on Awaken In Stars. Top track: Come A Long Way Jenny Berkel plays Free Times as part of NXNE June 14 at midnight. SARAH GREENE
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RUSH Clockwork Angels (Universal)
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Rating: NNNN If I could travel back in time, I’d tell teenage me that one day I’d miss the embarrassingly geeky things I hate about myself. Clockwork Angels sounds like Rush realized this, too, and decided to make the album their 17-year-old selves would have loved. A geekier and nerdier Rush? Yes, which is actually a very good thing, even for those of us who aren’t big fans of the proggy hard rock trio. Regardless of your feelings about blazing guitar solos, sci-fi concept albums and songs with way too many movements, there’s something thrilling about hearing a band of strong musicians having an obviously great time while they go balls-out. They’re so beyond caring about being cool that they end up being perversely hip in their unselfconscious embrace of everything they’ve been mocked for. We might have no interest in decoding Neil Peart’s narrative about some futuristic land ruled by a watchmaker (yes, really), but it makes us long for an airbrushed van and a hashfilled bong. Top track: Caravan Rush play the Air Canada Centre October 14 and 16. BB
JENNY BERKEL Here On A Wire (independent) Rating: NNN Ontario-raised, Winnipeg-based songwriter Jenny Berkel’s debut solo album is by and large lonesome and lonely, to
The punk aspect of the Schomberg Fair’s brand of banjo-fuelled Americana is often played up in descriptions of the band. But on the Toronto trio’s newest EP, Providence, a companion to the Mercy EP released eight months ago, it’s a sludge metal influence that’s much louder. Hugely thick distorted riffs slink through the five tunes, still rooted in Matt Bahen’s nimble banjo-picking, Gothic narratives and rough-hewn voice. Touched By Fire and Paper Cranes kick things off with the band’s trademark baritone group vocals and breakneck banjo and drum rhythms. The surprises come halfway through: the wistful Don’t Forget Me starts gently but veers into smashing, half-time drums and unhinged riffage layered thick like cement, The Fire The Flood brings a psychedelic edge, while Black Crow River slams you (almost) right off the top. Heavy and original. Top track: Don’t Forget Me The Schomberg Fair play Sneaky Dee’s on June 14, 11 pm, as part of NXNE. CARLA GILLIS
DOLDRUMS Egypt (Souterrain Transmis-
sions/Arbutus) Rating: NNN Since debuting the solo project Doldrums, former Spiral Beacher Airick Woodhead has been constantly referred to as “promising,” a backhanded compliment that suggests he has a wealth of talent but needs to figure out how to tap into it. Woodhead has always seemed like a musician with a million ideas, but on this three-song 12-inch EP he finally assembles
them into an accessible, cohesive and alluring package. Easily the best thing he’s done so far, Egypt’s title track combines druggy club textures, psychedelic hooks and chopped-up samples into a danceable, dynamic epic that flies by despite clocking in at over seven minutes. As for the B-sides, Jump Up is a dance-floor banger, while Copper Girl explores Woodhead’s more atmospheric, soundscape side and calls to mind early- 00s Radiohead. If he can harness the style into a full LP, Doldrums may just be Montreal’s next breakout weirdo. Top track: Egypt Doldrums play NXNE tonight (Thursday, June 14) at the Drake, Friday (June 15) at the Garrison and Saturday (June 16) at Wrongbar. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
2:54 (Fat Possum) Rating: NNN
The focus of most of what’s been written about British sister band 2:54, and what Hannah and Collette Thurlow indeed project, is dichotomy. Their music is seeking and smouldering, shadowed by detached delivery. On their self-titled debut album, bristling, earnest guitar lines and grungy bass smudge the feminine/tough vocals (no doubt inspired by riot grrrls). Though the duo clearly draw from altrock tropes – their name is a homage to hardcore act the Melvins – they adeptly find ways to make the weathered, withered sound new, or at least vital, again. Much of the appeal lies in the music’s inherent drama: languid laments conceal romantic malevolence (You’re Early, Sugar), while crests of distortion (Creeping, Circuitry) transmit melodic despondence. It’s all deliberate gazes, chins down and forced smiles, like being at your best on your worst days. Top track: Creeping 2:54 play NXNE on Friday (June 15) at Lee’s Palace. ANUPA MISTRY
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MAN FOREVER Pansophical Cataract (Thrill Jockey) Rating: NNN Oneida drummer Kid Millions (aka John Colpitts) calls his third release as Man Forever a “pure sound experience.” It consists mostly of two drummers playing stroke rolls on a single drum, resulting in a repetitive, droning effect not unlike a waterfall. Slowly, bass and organ tones sneak underneath the percussion, creating surprising, dramatic intrusions into the two otherwise hypnotic pieces. Concentration and a good pair of headphones reveal the layers in the two 18-minute compositions, which pale when compared to the immersive live versions that swell to 30 and 40. Live, Man Forever shift ensembles based on the venue, and for their Wyrd X Weird Canada performance at NXNE they’ll have an all-star local lineup that includes members of Metz and DD/MM/YYYY. Top track: Surface Patterns Man Forever play tonight (Thursday, June 14) at Double Double Land. RT
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A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS By KEVIN rItChIE
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS at the El Mocambo main floor (464 Spadina), tonight (Thursday, June 14), 1 am. $15 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com. If after the release of your first record your band is branded one of the loudest, where do you go from there? A Place to Bury Strangers are quite happy to try to live up to – and outdo – that reputation. On their forthcoming third album, Worship, the soupedup shoegaze trio continue to experiment with ways of cranking their annihilating aesthetic ever upward. “The vision was to let Worship be whatever it wanted to be,” says guitarist/vocalist Oliver Ackermann, who also runs Brooklyn effects pedal company Death by Audio. “We didn’t go into it with any preconceived notions. It’s an album to fuck to, kill people to, drive fast to and get high to, and it works well in all of those situations.” To attain this plane of insanity, the band largely allowed the sounds to evolve from their studio set-up, though Ackermann also built custom equipment to achieve specific effects. Even silence was pushed to the extreme. “We would overdrive the hell out of one room mic and blend it in very slightly on a lot of things to capture the sound of air in between the sounds and have that be loud. “We’re still focused on making crazy, over-the-top rock and roll, but the bar for us keeps getting higher. I won’t stop experimenting, staying up long hours and constantly working to create new sounds that I enjoy. The perfect sound? I don’t know what that is.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
THE MEN By rIChard traPuNsKI
THE MEN at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, June 14), 1 am, $15 or NXNE wristband; at El Gordo’s Backyard (214 Augusta), Friday (June 15), 1-10 pm, $10; and at Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Friday (June 15), midnight, NXNE wristband/pass only. nxne.com.
The phrase “Brooklyn-based indie rock band” conjures images of glockenspiels, skinny jeans and fleeting blog buzz, but the Men don’t fit that description. They hail from the hippest borough, sure, and don’t have help from a major label, but they hearken back to an era when “indie” was a mindset rather than a genre, shorthand for “independent” music that still had at least one foot in the DIY ethos of 80s hardcore. “A lot of people compare us to bands like Fugazi and the Replacements, which is flattering, but I think if anything we’re more aligned [with them] in spirit than sound,” Men guitarist Mark Perro shouts from a cab in New York. “We’re definitely into that punk rock mentality of going out there and touring, making things happen for yourself rather than waiting for some-
one to provide it all for you.” A string of self-released albums and EPs kept the band on the dive bar and house party circuit until last year’s Leave Home and its recent follow-up, Open Your Heart (both released on Sacred Bones), put them on the radar of music fans with a thirst for intensity, hooky, guitar-driven songcraft and indie rock that actually rocks. Three out of four members write songs, and everyone sings, so they’re just as likely to follow a skewed Sonic Youth instrumental epic with a singalong Buzzcocks power pop number as they are a throat-shredding hardcore track with an acoustic country ballad. “The term ‘experimental’ has all these stigmas, but it can just mean trying something new or different,” explains Perro. “We’re not trying to make it cohesive or make it not cohesive. We’re just trying to play songs that excite us. I guess to some people that might sound a bit all over the place, but to us it just sounds like the Men.” As their unassuming, ungoogleable name suggests, the Men aren’t precious about what they do, despite doing it well. They don’t even have a frontman. “It was a very conscious decision to leave the idea of the individual behind,” says Perro. “We try to be open to each other’s ideas to achieve something that’s greater than each one of us. Ego won’t get us anywhere.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
SHOULD YOU BUY A WRISTBAND? Wristbands vs cover charges You can get into any NXNE show by paying at the door, but if you’re planning to hit more than one you’re better off picking up a wristband or pass (unless, of course, you’re
opposed to saving money). Buy them at nxne.com, NOW’s offices (189 Church) and a variety of record stores and partners all over the city. (Check nxne.com for the full list.) The big outdoor all-ages shows at Yonge-Dundas Square are free.
Full Festival Wristband This
$50 wristband, the most popular option, gets you into all the club gigs and film screenings. Plus, you get in before single-admission buyers.
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bleached By CarLa GILLIs BLEACHED at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Thursday to Saturday (June 1416), midnight (1 am Saturday), $12 or NXNE wristband/pass; and as part of the NXNE Bruise Cruise on the Captain Matthew Flinders (207 Queens Quay West, pier 6), Saturday (June 16), boarding at 1:30 pm. $5-$10. nxne.com.
Breezy California pop-punk duo Bleached are wrapping up their month-long European tour when I reach bassist/guitarist Jessica Clavin. If the anecdote she offers up as a tour highlight is any indication, she and vocalist/guitarist sister Jennifer have been going hard. “After one of the shows, I got stuck in a tree because my body just gave out and I couldn’t get back down,” she says, somewhere near Belgium. “Everyone just laughed for about 15 minutes until I got help.” The L.A.-based Clavin sisters are no strangers to the road. As members of noise punk high-schoolers Mika Miko, they toured non-stop until the band’s breakup in 2010. They started Bleached almost immediately after, but got sidelined when Jennifer briefly moved to New York to study fashion (but ended up in Cold Cave). “We for sure questioned what we wanted to be doing after Mika Miko broke up,” Jessica says. “We were writing some Bleached stuff, but with Jen
Priority Pass
For $250 (student $125), you get into all the club shows and film screenings and the afternoon NXNE Interactive panels. Even more exciting is being able to cut to
in New York and me in L.A. it was hard to communicate or write together. “We really love being able to sit in a room and work on something. It wasn’t until Jen moved back to L.A. that we both really knew how seriously we wanted to take Bleached.” The new project is less noisy, silly and weird than Mika Miko but still informed by the scrappy DIY all-ages scene the girls grew up in. The tunes on their three 7-inches are rough-hewn but consistently melodic and lovesick. They still cite the Ramones as a major influence, but also Fleetwood Mac. “In MM, we were all responsible for writing parts for our own instrument. In Bleached, we’re so much more involved in everything. But we’ve grown and learned so much about music, so why not make it more challenging? I feel like I’m still learning, and I can’t wait to expand [our sound] even more.” Though their in-the-works fulllength album won’t be out till early next year, there will be plenty of chances to catch the band’s notoriously fun live show before then, including three nights at the Silver Dollar for NXNE (where they’ll double in size by adding a touring drummer and bassist). “I love to see people dancing and getting crazy while we play,” enthuses Clavin. “I feel the energy from the crowd. When they get crazy, we get crazy.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/carlagillis
the front of the line at busier showcases.
One-Day Wristband If you’re only in town for one night, the $25 1-Day Wristband gives you the powers of the Full Festival pass for a single day of your choosing.
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
11 pm
12 am
1 am
2 am
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Vacationer
White Rabbit
Uncle Bad Touch
Doldrums
The Nils
Ivan Julian
Bright Light Social Hour
Les Breastfeeders
BenjaMin Boles
Planet Creature
Grounders
BLACKIE
PS I Love You
Dusted
Ryan Hemsworth
Dildoniks
The Hoxton
Rancho Relaxo
carla Gillis
Boxer The Horse
Baby Eagle
The Weather Solution
The Schomberg Fair
Bleached
A Place To Bury Strangers
Cousins
Young Liars
BLACKIE
Badbadnotgood
Tanika Charles & The Wonderfuls
Bran Van 3000
Peanut Butter Wolf
Young Liars
Dusted
The Men
The Elwins
Les Breastfeeders
The Mod Club
The Mod Club
Silver Dollar Room
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El Mocambo (Upstairs)
The Great Hall (Lower Theatre)
anupa Mistry
Vacationer
Caliph
richard trapunski
Boxer The Horse
Baby Eagle
kevin ritchie
Planet Creature
Moon King
The Mod Club
Crawford
Sneaky Dee’s
Drake Hotel Undergound
The Great Hall
Drake Hotel Underground
Drake Hotel Underground
Horseshoe Tavern
Bovine Sex Club
El Mocambo (main floor)
Silver Dollar Room
Sneaky Dee’s
The Hoxton
Bovine Sex Club
Mamabolo
The Great Hall
Horseshoe Tavern
Annex Live
Sneaky Dee’s
The Dakota Tavern
El Mocambo (Main Floor)
Horseshoe Tavern
Drake Hotel Underground
The Dakota Tavern
Gladstone
El Mocambo (Upstairs)
The Great Hall (Lower Theatre) Wrongbar
Silver DollarRoom
Mac DeMarco
Cousins
The Garrison
Velvet Underground
Mac DeMarco
Badbadnotgood
The Garrison
The Hoxton
El Mocambo (Lower)
Tanika Charles & The Wonderfuls
The Garrison
Purity Ring Wrongbar
The Dakota Tavern
Peanut Butter Wolf The Drake Hotel Underground
Sneaky Dee’s
Les Breast Feeders
Sneaky Dee’s
Gladstone
GRASS WIDOW By CarLa GILLIs
GRASS WIDOW at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, June 14), 11 pm. $15 or NXNE wristband/pass. nxne.com.
Film Festival Wristband Some people
Grass Widow’s brisk and charming DIY pop elicits frequent comparisons to the legendary Raincoats, who are indeed one of the San Francisco trio’s major influences. A dream came true last year, then, when the two bands toured together.
gigs, the $349 (student $125) Interactive pass will do the trick.
like films about music but don’t like going to gigs. The $25 Film Festival Wristband was invented for them.
Workshop
Interactive
As you might have guessed from the name, this $449 (stu-
If you want to hit the conference but avoid the
If you only want to hit a single workshop, tickets are $179 (student $109).
Interactive + Workshop
“It would be impossible to describe the experience and do it justice,” says guitarist/singer Raven Mahon. “It was amazing to spend time with women whose music was so influential to us. They’re kind and humble and real and a huge inspiration.” Their melodically adventurous new album, Internal Logic, smooths out some of their earlier herky-jerky tendencies and also trades a punkier aesthetic for something closer to pop. The vocals are a highlight: all three members sing (Lillian Maring’s on drums, Hannah Lew’s on bass), often in dreamy layers and harmony. “Songwriting has always been personal and therapeutic for us,” Mahon explains. “We talk about the subject matter from every angle for hours before synthesizing the ideas into lyrics. This time we wanted to loosen that grip and also give ourselves space to settle into sonic moments.” As well, they decided to release the album themselves on their newly formed label, HLR, rather than on Kill Rock Stars or Captured Tracks, which released their previous ones. “We had great experiences [on those labels] but came away feeling like we had the resources and knowledge to do it well ourselves. It’s difficult financially – we’re in debt now – but in the end it’s easier to know exactly where it’s all going and have a hand in putting together a team of people to work with.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
dent $199) package gets you into the conference and one workshop of your choice.
Combos
For the full NXNE experience, get a combo package. The $449 (student $199) Duo Combo gives you the powers of the Priority Pass but also
gets you into the morning Interactive sessions. For $549 (student $275) the Mundo Combo goes one step further, allowing you to check out one workshop as well as the rest of the festival and conference.
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The hundred In The hands By BENJAMIN BOLES The huNdred IN The hANdS at Wrong bar (1279 Queen West), tonight (Thurs day, June 14), midnight. NXNE wristband/ pass only. nxne.com.
Dreamy Brooklyn electronic pop duo the Hundred in the Hands grew out of the ashes of NYC postpunks the Boggs and have since become the main pro ject of Jason Friedman (guitars/elec tronics) and Eleanore Everdell (vocals/ keyboards). Everdell joined the Boggs as a tour ing musician, hit it off with Friedman and quickly became his musical and life partner, a situation with advan tages and disadvantages. “Honestly it’s great because I have trouble tuning out what I’m working on, and being able to share all of that is pretty amazing,” Friedman says. “We have rules, though: no talking about music when we eat.” “It’s weird when people at shows hit on one of us in front of the other,” Everdell adds. “Don’t they know we’re together?” A big part of their sound is Fried man’s creative guitar textures, so heav ily processed it makes sense that the
band ended up on legendary UK elec tronic label Warp. The imprint was at the top of the duo’s wish list, but they didn’t even need to send out a demo to get signed. “They came to a show in London,” recalls Friedman. “It was probably the sixth show we’d ever played, and there were about that many people in the room, two of whom were from Warp, which says a lot about them as a label. “They don’t follow hype. They really just put out [music by] the artists they love.” benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/benjaminboles
YaManTaKa//sOnIC TITan By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN at the Gar rison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (June 15), midnight. $10 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.
PurITY rInG
By KEVIN RITCHIE
PurITY rING at Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, June 14), 1 am. NXNE wristband/pass only. nxne.com.
Purity Ring are Corin Roddick, 21, and Megan James, 24, a Montreal/Halifax based electropop duo that started in 2010 with no real vision but has sur vived thanks to a flair for invention. Last year Purity Ring put out three acclaimed songs that led to near instant buzz band status and deals with Last Gang and 4AD, which will re lease their debut, Shrines, in July. Their sound coalesces around dark, sludgy synths and skittery Southernrapstyle beats nudged in a lighthearted direc tion by James’s vocal effects and lyrics drawn from her childhood diaries. “Initially we hadn’t put any thought
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into how we might perform live,” Rod dick says. “We were very much a studio creation. We brainstormed a lot – there was even a moment where I was considering playing a drum set. “Things came together fast when we actually started rehearsing, though. We quickly figured out what worked and what didn’t.” What works includes stage cos tumes and a lighting rig that doubles as a musical instrument. Created by Roddick, it’s a series of touchscreen lanterns connected to a synthesizer that produce melodies and emit light when played percussively. “Obedear is a current favourite [song to perform],” he says. “Some parts are a little bit trickier than other songs, so it’s sort of exciting to see if we can pull it off.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
When we last spoke to the members of Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, they were still figuring out how to pare down their multidisciplinary theatre/perfor mance art/animation/music project into a tourable rock show. Their Garrison record release con cert did a good job of presenting the
accessible yet facemelting mix of prog rock, Noh opera, drone metal and Asian pop on their short but sweet debut, YT//ST. The theatricalcos tumed performance impressed on both a cerebral and visceral level with out screaming “experimental.” But according to an email dispatch from singer/coleader Ruby Kato Attwood on the road in Texas, the Yamantaka//Sonic Titan project just continues to grow. “The rich desert landscapes we have been taking in on our tour have been sublime,” writes the Montreal artist.
“We have seen full red moons, blazing suns, rattlesnakes, wide rivers, can yons, petroglyphs, mountains, dust devils, lizards and even an unexpected land art piece – a sealed, fully stocked Prada store in the middle of the desert, in the middle of the night in Marfa, Texas. It was truly surreal. “A lot of our new tracks are already written, and we are in the process of honing and piecing together new music, allowing this backdrop to add to what we already have.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
Where the critics Will be fRIDAy Michael hollett
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
11 pm
12 am
1 am
2 am
3 am
Shane Murphey
2:54
Bass Drum Of Death
The Black Belles
Andre Williams & The Sadies
The Death Set
Sara Jonston
Dance Laury Dance
Phèdre
Membersonly
Crosss
Brasstronaut
Reigning Sound
Gus & Scout
Phèdre
John Maus
Times Neue Roman
The Disraelis
The Death Set
Doom Squad
The Disraelis
Membersonly
Zulu Winter
The Nonsuch
Lee’s Palace
The Sister
Wrongbar
BenjaMin Boles
Daughn Gibson
2:54
carla Gillis
Octoberman
BLACKIE
Gladstone
Velvet Underground
anupa Mistry
Sola
2:54
richard trapunski
Hussy
kevin ritchie
Daughn Gibson
Lee’s Palace
The Garrison
Detour Bar
Sneaky Dee’s
Hooded Fang
Friends
Bass Drum Of Death
Utidur
Wrongbar
The Gladstone
FU
Parlovr
Lee’s Palace
Lee’s Palace
Cartoons
Sneaky Dee’s
Bovine Sex Club
2:54
Lee’s Palace
Sneaky Dee’s
The Rochester
Rivoli
Drake Underground
Silver Dollar Room
Gladstone
Sneaky Dee’s
Odonis Odonis
Phèdre
DIIV
Friends
The Men
Sneaky Dee’s
Sneaky Dee’s
Lee’s Palace
Horseshoe Tavern
Lee’s Palace
Wrongbar
Wrongbar
Drake Underground
Hideout
The Disraelis
Silver Dollar Room The Dakota Tavern
Sneaky Dee’s
Bass Drum Of Death
Lee’s Palace
Wrongbar
Horseshoe Tavern
Silver Dollar Room
Wrongbar
The Garrison
Horseshoe Tavern
Rancho Relaxo Lee’s Palace
The Nonsuch
Annex Live
Silver Dollar Room
Silver Dollar Room
Annex Live
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THE PROVINCIAL ARCHIVE By SaraH GrEENE
The prOVINCIAL ArChIVe at the Painted Lady (218 Ossington), Friday (June 15), 11 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.
phedre By BENJaMiN BOLES
phedre at Sneaky Dee’s (431 College), Friday (June 15), midnight. $15 or NXNE wristband/pass. nxne.com.
Of all the bands on Daps Records, it’s Phèdre, with its woozy psychedelic dance-pop, who’ve enjoyed the quickest explosion of buzz, thanks in part to their disturbing yet sensual NSFW video for In Decay. The oddball collaboration between Hooded Fang’s Daniel Lee and April Aliermo and Doldrums’ Airick Woodhead has resulted in an acclaimed selftitled debut album and a justannounced tour with Ariel Pink. We’re hoping the band’s NXNE gig
REIGNING SOUND By JOaNNE HUffa
reIGNING SOUNd at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (June 15), 1 am. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com. Most of the bands participating in this year’s NXNE are young Canadian up-
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will be as theatrical as their decadent, glitter-covered Toronto live debut in February, but, as Lee and Aliermo cryptically explain via email from a Hooded Fang European tour, anything can happen at a Phèdre show. “One should never keep expectations. You just get disappointed more often.” A similarly mischievous quality characterizes the music. Whereas Hooded Fang’s jangle pop is honest and a touch earnest, Phèdre take on characters and embrace the magical and mythical. Considering that much of their material came out of casual 2010 recording sessions, their success seems to have taken them by surprise. “It was like a surprise party that you knew was being planned. Now we travel the world eating oysters. Sometimes we get food-poisoned, sometimes we don’t. Food poisoning by oyster hits you the next day. Now that is a surprise.” benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/benjaminboles
starts. Reigning Sound’s Greg Cartwright is no ingenue, but his band, with its blend of R&B and real rock ’n’ roll, is one of the most exciting on the roster. While the musician/producer is Memphis-born and raised, his work on the Deadly Snakes’ first two albums (he was an accredited band member on I’m Not Your Soldier Anymore), gives Cartwright a fond regard for Toronto. “I flew into Toronto during your worst snowstorm in 50 years,” he says. “In Toronto that’s saying something! We were snowed in at the studio, which was in a basement. It’s amazing what you can accomplish when there’s nowhere to go.” In spite of that snow-day work ethic, there was time left over to explore the city’s nightlife. “The Snakes introduced me to lots of great folks, and we had some great times over the two or three years we worked together. Also, the American dollar was like two to one back then, so I always felt like I had enough money for drinks. “Memories are made of these things, you know.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
Folky Edmonton indie-pop quartet the Provincial Archive literally toured the Provincial Archives of Alberta last spring, setting up in foyers, theatres and exhibit halls. (They haven’t hit the Archives of Ontario yet, but they’d like to.) An amazing experience, but singer/ songwriter, guitarist and banjo player Craig Schram says the idea for the band name came first. “Songwriting is just a way of documenting a moment, feeling or idea,” he says. “In that sense we’re really just archivists without any rigour or training, right? As well, in the beginning, a lot of songs were about my family and its history: immigration, and settling.” The band – which also includes
multi-instrumentalists Ryan Podlubny, Nathan Burge and Bramwell Park – is as adventurous in its sonic approach as it is in its choice of venues, combining traditional instrumentation with things like toy piano and what Schram calls “computer trickery”. “It’s less about combining [acoustic and electronic elements] and more about being creative,” Schram ex-
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plains. “Playing and writing with programmed beats and synthesizers can change all the decisions that you make about your own playing.” The Provincial Archive are currently working on their third album at – appropriately – a studio called the Audio Department. music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
BASS DRUM OF DEATH
By aNUPa MiSTry
FrIeNdS at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (June 15), 11 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.
Friends are an effortlessly cool New York City band, fronted by an impossibly hip chick, making sunny music and hazy visuals so reminiscent of your best days ever, it’s hard to fault them. On singalong single I’m His Girl, Samantha Urbani breathily sasses,
DIIV
By BENJaMiN BOLES dIIV at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (June 15), 10 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband/pass. nxne.com.
In an era when many bands enjoy hype before playing their first gig, it’s refreshing to come across an act like Brooklyn shoegazers DIIV. Granted, the band is barely a year old, but much of the attention is the result of relentless hometown gigging. “When we first started out, we were playing three shows a week,” re-
“When you see me walking around with him, I’m not just another chick.” Feel you, girl. Friends are on the cusp of releasing a full-length that’ll expand on the sultry bass lines, tropical embellishments and jangly Jezebel power hooks of their small but super-heady output. music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
calls main man Zachary Cole Smith. “It definitely helped get the word out, found us a label and helped us hone our sound and get the songs together before we went into the studio. “Playing shows is definitely fun, but a band can only play three a week for so long before people lose interest. I’m secretly glad that chapter of our career is over.” DIIV have also found time to release singles as they record them. Their excellent debut album, Oshin, drops on Captured Tracks on June 26. When a band gets so much early blog love based on singles, they run the risk of falling out of favour before an album comes out. But Smith sees real benefits in fine-tuning their identity publicly. “I think it’s important for the audience to be able to chart the progress of a band, from lo-fi home demos to studio record, from basement shows to big-venue shows. They root for you and relate to you. I always intended for us to grow up in the public eye.” benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/benjaminboles
By riCHard TraPUNSKi BASS drUM OF deATh at Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Friday (June 15), 10 pm, NXNE wristband/pass only; and at El Gordo’s Backyard (214 Augusta), Friday (June 15), 1-11 pm. $10. nxne.com.
Originally known for resurrecting underappreciated blues musicians, indie label Fat Possum is in the midst of a full-scale youth movement, and it doesn’t get much more youthful than Bass Drum of Death. Probably best known for their collaboration with Odd Future’s MellowHype, the Oxford, Mississippi-based garage rockers combine overdrawn amps, combustive power chords, snotty bubblegum-punk hooks and frustration-laden lyrics into the living, breathing, beer-soaked sound of adolescence. They’ve recently added a second guitarist to the core duo of John Barrett and Colin Sneed but haven’t changed their approach to their live shows, built on dreams of sweet, simple rock and roll fun. music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
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06.15 (9pm) NXNE The Garrison Toronto 06.16 (1am) NXNE The Rochester Toronto 06.17 (10pm) NXNE Sneaky Dee’s Toronto
— The Swiss art punk band Spencer Krug invited to open for Wolf Parade in Europe has finally come to Canada! —
06.20 Divan Orange Montreal 06.21 L’Agitée Quebec City 06.22 Mavericks Ottawa
“I’m convinced Peter Kernel are the best band of this generation” Indie Rock Mag, France — “Peter Kernel will have their day. You mark my words” Penny Black Music, UK — “Their new album is a Masterpiece, if you listen to it you cannot disagree” Indie Roccia, Italy “I’m seduced” Le Soir, Belgium — “One of the best albums in the last 10 years” L’indé Bandant, France — “PK are unbelievable” Cultur Magazine, Germany — “You say Peter, I say Kernel” Go Mag, Spain
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KILLER MIKE By ANUPA MISTRY
KILLER MIKE at Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Saturday (June 16), 1 am. NXNE wristband/pass only; Yonge-Dundas Square, Sunday (June 17), 8 pm. Free. NXNE provides two opportunities to see Killer Mike – Dungeon Family compatriot, T.I. affiliate, Grammy winner – and, borrowing the Atlanta rapper’s Southern parlance, you’d be a damn fool not to accept. After graduating from a slept-on trilogy with 2011’s PL3DGE, Mike Render is in thesis-defence mode on R.A.P. Music, a collaboration with producer El-P that’s becoming one of the most critically decorated rap albums of the year. (Check this week’s New Yorker.) But let’s do away with genre distinctions entirely – it’s one of the strongest releases, period. Mike disdainfully slaps an apathetic music world upside the head, and the result is smart as hell, scathing and so necessary. Go twice. music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
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CHANG-A-LANG
By JOANNE HUFFA
CHANG-A-LANG at the Rochester (423 College), Saturday (June 16), 10 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com. “Chang-A-Lang is as Chang-A-Lang does.” So says Jeanette Dowling, singer and bassist for the Toronto powerpop trio. “That is to say, yeah, we certainly have our influences mired in the music we grew up listening to in the 90s – the indie/punk/power pop stuff we loved and still do – but we try not to wear them on our sleeves.” It’s the second year that Dowling (along with singer/guitar player Brian Okamoto and drummer Jake Torrie)
has appeared at NXNE, and she’s enthusiastic about playing on a bill with unfamiliar bands. “We end up playing with a lot of bands we may not normally get to appear with, which is great because we get to hear a lot of fantastic new music and find new bands to share the stage with in the future.” Led by two distinct voices, Chang-ALang’s songs often take on a conversational tone. “Brian’s voice and mine work really well together, like two different characters telling the same story. It’s like when an old married couple tell a story and keep cutting each other off, but the tale progresses naturally and interestingly. I guess that makes Jake our son.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
CEREMONY By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
CEREMONY at Yonge-Dundas Square, Saturday (June 16), 3 pm, free; and at Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Saturday (June 16), 11 pm, $10 or NXNE wristband. nxne. com.
VIBONICS By ANUPA MISTRY
VIBONICS at the Velvet Underground (510 Queen West), Saturday (June 16), 10 pm. $10 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.
“If the North Pole were the Roots and the South Pole the Black Eyed Peas, Vibonics might be right at the equator,” says emcee Alborz Mohtashami, aka Crossword. “Okay, or maybe just
Toronto.” The band’s hip-hop-filtered take on funk, soul and rock started off as homework – “[Guitarist] Alfred Chow and I wrote a collaborative song for a school project” – but found new life after graduation, when Chow and Crossword recruited friends and friends of friends until they reached their current six-member lineup. What’s musical common ground for
that many personalities? “Bands that experiment with different genres, styles and sounds to create their own unique flavour,” says Crossword. “We like the guitars on Rage Against the Machine and Red Hot Chili Peppers and ?uestlove of the Roots’ drum knock. André 3000, Ghostface Killah and Method Man are huge influences on the mic.” Feel-good music is the end goal, and Crossword says the large band set-up helps with that, especially in the hiphop world, where live instrumentation can be scarce. “We come from left field, which grabs attention off the top – and then the music goes to work.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
Ceremony thought they would never play in Canada again. “We had some legal trouble that we didn’t see getting fixed,” says guitarist Anthony Anzaldo obliquely. “But we did, and we’re very excited.” The version of Ceremony that will play NXNE will likely surprise anyone who saw their more chaotic live show before the ban. Like labelmates Fucked Up, who rocked the same stage last year, this version of the band should be able to command the big, open public space of Yonge-Dundas Square in the afternoon sun, hopefully without scaring too many children. Though they’ve always displayed a propensity for stretching the boundaries of their genre, the California punks’ latest album, Zoo, their first for indie mega-label Matador, discards their strident 80s hardcore style to explore slower tempos, melody, big, anthemic choruses and gothic, post-punk
textures while retaining their angsty, heavy edge. For a band named after a Joy Division song, the transformation comes as the latest stage in a long-simmering maturation process in which many of their fans have followed along. “We still draw a lot of teenagers,” jokes Anzaldo. “But with Zoo we’re starting to get more people experiencing mid-life crises.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
The SOCAN Foundation helps music grow by providing grants to festivals, concert presenters, composers, songwriters and lyricists. Music is an important part of our lives and the SOCAN Foundation is proud to be involved in nurturing musical creativity.
Helping music To find out more about what the SOCAN Foundation is doing to foster Canadian music creation visit www.socanfoundation.ca
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THE DEER TRACKS
By KEVIN RITCHIE
THE DEER TRACKS at the Rivoli (334 Queen West), Saturday (June 16), 10 pm. $15 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com. Four years ago, the Deer Tracks’ David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors experienced a strange synchronicity in smalltown Sweden. The two met at a party in their hometown of Gävle. On a whim, they cut a track, posted it online and generated blog buzz. They realized they were onto something with their eerie, blissful blend of electronics, peculiar
and sometimes danceable rhythms and striking pop melodies. “When we record we don’t talk to each other much; we just communicate through the music,” says Lehnberg. “One feels what the other one wants to do. It’s so strange, but it’s a very nice way of working.” They released The Archer Trilogy, Part 2 in 2011 and are putting finishing flourishes on Part 3 while touring the United States. “It’s a contrast,” he says of their chemistry. “[Elin] is very light and sweet-hearted and I want to explore sounds and rhythms. The way she
hears the music is totally different from how I hear it.” The idea of doing a trilogy came out of wanting a challenge. “It’s easy to just make one album and then another [totally different] album,” Lehnberg explains. “But it’s harder to do a trilogy, because you have to have an element that carries through. “The contrast [between us] is getting bigger in each song. The trilogy is actually helping us discover our own sound even more.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic
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Portugal. the Man
The Flaming Lips
Organ Thieves
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Killer Mike
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Brews Willis
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Wrongbar
Bovine Sex Club
Rivoli
Mac DeMarco
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Portugal. the Man
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Bzaryn
Mozart’s Sister
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Prince Innocence
Bleached
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Wrongbar
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For this year’s NOW NXNE showcase, we joined forces with infamous Toronto rock ’n’ roll institution Dan Burke and local party/ label/collective Pretty Pretty to co-present Saturday’s (June 16) show at the Silver Dollar. Years ago, Burke’s guerrilla showcases often went up against the official festival, but even this renegade became an official part of NXNE ages ago. He’s consistently come up with great ideas, like booking L.A. fuzz-pop band Bleached (see preview, page 53) for three nights. Pretty Pretty, on the other hand, are still putting together unofficial renegade NXNE parties (see Parties, page 62), while also joining the official team and working with the festival. If you ever wished synth-pop and garage rock crossed over more, you’ll appreciate their oddball sensibilities. Several showcasing acts were featured in last week’s NXNE preview issue. If you can’t find print copies, read about them (and much more) at nowtoronto.com/nxne.
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WHERE THE CRITICS WILL BE SATURDAY MICHAEL HOLLETT
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We’re still not convinced that releasing music on cassette isn’t just a gimmick, but we do like how these Guelph art rockers blend the hazy dissonance of 80s post-punk experimentation with a twisted take on surf guitar twang.
9 pm Cellphone Yet another weirdo rock band releasing music on cassette tape, and we’ll forgive them for it, too. Imagine early hardcore punk (i.e., when the genre was more interested in being weird than macho) constructed around drum machines and synths rather than Marshall stacks and power chords.
10 pm Mac DeMarco See preview, nowtoronto.com/ nxne.
11 pm Ell V Gore See preview, nowtoronto.com/nxne.
midnight Prince Innocence See preview, nowtoronto.com/ nxne.
1 am Bleached See preview, page 53.
2 am Automelodi Gloomy, atmospheric synth-pop from Montreal, with a heavy 80s influence. The dark cold-wave vibes come across as more romantic and glamorous than many acts in the genre, possibly just beKONTRAVOID cause of the French lyrics.
3 am Kontravoid
See preview, nowtoronto.com/ nxne.
Artist DirECtOrY Saturday June 16 | 9pm
@ Crawford, 718 College St
HUGH OLIVER Saturday June 16 for NXNE The Monarch • 8:00 pm The Ballad of Hugh Screening
for NXNE film fest • see Hugh in person!
Saturday June 16 NFB • 3:00 pm Wednesday June 20 Royal Theatre 7:00 pm www.hugholiver.com NOW june 14-20 2012
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nXne FILm FeSTIVAL at the NFB Mediatheque (150 John), the Royal (608 College) and Toronto Underground (186 Spadina) through Sunday (June 17). $10, NXNE wristband or $25 films-only wristband. nxne.com. For complete listing, see page 102.
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tacos and cool bands, Jangbang is hosting a day party with performances by Army Girls, Cold Warps and Cartoons. There’s also the I Blame Yoko official NXNE day party at the Horseshoe.
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Friday (June 15)
Get wet at Halifax Pop Explosion and Osheaga’s pool party at the Hyatt Regency, with performances by Southern Shores and Ben Caplan. Over in Kensington Market in El Gordo’s backyard, look for NXNExperiment II, which promises to be even crazier than last year’s rooftop party and features the Men, Doldrums, Mac DeMarco, Bass Drum of Death, Prince Innocence and more. They’re also throwing an afterparty later that night at Bambi’s, a cool small dance spot owned by some semifamous Toronto musicians we’re not allowed to name.
NXNE’s sister festival, South By Southwest, has been wrestling for over a decade with how to handle the explosion of unofficial shows, parties and BBQs that are now a huge part of the festival experience. As NXNE catches up to its Texas relative, it’s also seeing a big increase in the number of unsanctioned events but so far hasn’t fought back too hard – which is probably for the best.
Underdog choirs and B-level celebs raise their voices at NXNE Film Fest By norman wilner Gold standard Once In A LuLLAby: The PS 22
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(Jonathan Kalafer, USA). 85 minutes. Saturday (June 16), 1 pm, NFB. Rating: nnnn
It’s not exactly rock and roll, but you’ll like it: Once In A Lullaby: The PS 22 Chorus Documentary is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser about the Staten Island children’s chorus that performed at the 2011 Academy Awards. As music teacher Gregg Breinberg prepares his ebullient charges for their trip to the Kodak Theatre, director Jonathan Kalafer fills in the backstories of some of the students. It’s a totally conventional underdog tale, and the way Kalafer structures the kids’ lives into mini-arcs wouldn’t be out of place on American Idol, but the kids are so winning – and their performances so lively – that you can’t help rooting for them even if the movie itself doesn’t quite to know when to quit.
Saint Nick SLAughTer nIck FOr PreSIDenT (Rob Stewart, Liza Vespi, Marc Vespi, Canada). 72 minutes. Saturday (June 16), 7 pm, NFB; Sunday (June 17), 12:30 pm, NFB. Rating: nnn Two decades ago, the TV series Sweating Bullets – syndicated around the world as Tropical Heat – introduced viewers to beach bum detective Nick Slaughter, played by Canadian actor Rob Stewart. The show became a huge hit in Serbia, and “Slaughter Nick” became an unlikely pop icon during that
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country’s political and social convulsions of the 1990s. Upon discovering he’s still regarded by the Serbs as a superstar, the 50-something Stewart leaves Brampton for Belgrade to explore his prospects. The result – narrated by Stewart in dazzled voice-over – is an endearingly weird consideration of niche stardom from the inside out. Yes, it’s a marketing tool for Stewart’s domestic comeback. But he kinda deserves it.
Cash poor my FATher AnD The mAn In bLAck (Jonathan Holiff, Canada). 89 minutes. Friday (June 15), 7 pm, Toronto Underground Cinema; Sunday (June 17), 2:30 pm, NFB. Rating: nn
Jonathan Holiff’s documentary purports to explore the relationship between the filmmaker’s father, Saul Holiff, and a fellow named John R. Cash, whom Saul managed through the 60s and into the 70s. But it’s really an attempt by a son to understand his contentious relationship with his father and come to terms with Saul’s 2005 suicide. Every now and then, My Father And The Man In Black breaks through its maker’s intimacy issues to show us a fascinating snapshot of the music industry in the 60s. And even though he only appears in archival material, Cash remains a compelling, dynamic figure. But the constant use of re-enactments quickly becomes grating and selfindulgent; do we really need a scene where the filmmaker recreates his experience of watching the Walk The Line trailer in a movie theatre? normw@nowtoronto.com
Saturday (June 16)
Thursday (June 14)
The folks at Audio Blood and Bonsound are hosting Rooftop Riot at 435 Spadina (alleyway) from 1 to 7 pm, featuring Mama Rosin, the Balconies, Sandman Viper Control and many more. Over at Trinity Bellwoods Park, the four-day Live In Bellwoods: Great Heart Festival has a huge roster of talent playing every day. Vice and Jansport are throwing a big party at Artscape Gibraltar Point on
Toronto Island, featuring the Smith Westerns, Dusted and a huge bonfire. The three-day WXWC: Wyrd X Weird Canada festival also kicks off tonight, featuring experimental music at a variety of venues. Up in the Junction, new venue the 3030 is programming three nights of bands, piggybacking on some official NXNE bookings. If you like Korean
Converse hosts a free all-ages skate party at the Bait Shop (we think this one is actually official). Also sanctioned by the fest is the Bruise Cruise on the Captain Matthew Flinders, with Bleached, Mac DeMarco, Hooded Fang, Teenanger and DJ Jonathan Toubin. If you’re looking for weirdo pop, the Silent Shout Synthbeque BBQ on the Milk Glass Co. back patio looks promisingly off-kilter.
Sunday (June 17)
If you’re not over at Yonge-Dundas Square, hit the official NXNE Hashtag Gallery BBQ (featuring lots of beer, bb BBQ and bands, of course).
Meet Me at the after-party
A record-breaking 28 bars have been granted extended licences for NXNE that will allow them to continue serving until 4 am. In a few cases, there are bands playing until then, though you’re more likely to encounter DJs or iPod playlists. If you’re absolutely sick of music by that time of night, the Monarch Tavern has comedians taking over the after-hours slots on Friday and Saturday (June 15 and 16). Keep in mind that some of these venues might not have an NXNE showcase booked every night (or any night, for that matter) but are still staying open late.
bOVIne SeX cLub 542 Queen W, at Bathurst, 416-5044239, bovinesexclub.com cADILLAc LOunge 1296 Queen W, at Grove, 416536-7717, cadillaclounge. com cAmerOn hOuSe 408 Queen W, at Cameron, 416703-0811, thecameron.com crAwFOrD 718 College, at Crawford, 416-530-1633, crawfordbar.com DAkOTA TAVern 249 Ossington, at Dundas W, 416850-4579, thedakotatavern. com DeTOur bAr 193 Baldwin, at Augusta, 416-515-0515 DrAke hOTeL 1150 Queen W, at Beaconsfield, 416-5315042, thedrakehotel.ca eL mOcAmbO 464 Spadina, at College, 416-777-1777, elmocambo.ca Free TImeS cAFe 320 College, at Robert, 416-9671078, freetimescafe.com gArrISOn 1197 Dundas W,
at Lakeview, 416-519-9439, garrisontoronto.com gLADSTOne hOTeL 1214 Queen W, at Dufferin, 416531-4635, gladstonehotel. com greAT hALL 1087 Queen W, at Dovercourt, 416-3016038, thegreathall.ca hArD Luck 772A Dundas W, at Markham, hardluckbar. com hIDeOuT 484 Queen W, at Denison, 647-438-7664, thehideouttoronto.com hOrSeShOe 368 Queen W, at Spadina, 416-598-4753, horseshoetavern.com hOXTOn 69 Bathurst, at Stewart, 416-456-7321, thehoxton.ca Lee’S PALAce 529 Bloor West, at Albany, 416-5321598, leespalace.com mOD cLub TheATre 722 College, at Crawford, 416-5884663, themodclub.com mOnArch TAVern 12 Clinton, at Henderson, 416-531-
5833, themonarchtavern. com PAInTeD LADy 218 Ossington, at Dundas W, 647-2135239, thepaintedlady.ca PISTOn 937 Bloor W, at Ossington, 416-532-3989, thepiston.ca rAnchO reLAXO 300 College, at Robert, 416-9200366, ranchorelaxo.biz rIVOLI 332 Queen W, at Spadina, 416-596-1908, rivoli.ca SneAky Dee’S 431 College, at Bathurst, 416-603-3090, sneaky-dees.com SuPermArkeT 268 Augusta, at College, 416-840-0501, supermarkettoronto.com unLOVAbLe 1415B Dundas W, at Gladstone, 416-5326669 VeLVeT unDergrOunD 510 Queen W, at Ryerson, 416504-6688 wrOngbAr 1279 Queen W, at Brock, 416-516-8677, wrongbar.com
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at north by northeast Thursday The Annex Live The Hamptons Two-piece rockabilly dance band
from Toronto guaranteed to turn the bar crowd into a dance crowd. 8-8:30 pm I Smell Blood London, ON’s premiere noise-rock duo promote their debut album on local label Out of Sound Records. 8:45-9:15 pm Lonnie in the Gard en Indie blues band from London, ON, brought together by a shared love of choirs and musical theatre. 9:30-10 pm Dutch Toko A heroic combination of Sonic Youth artsy punk and nimble-fingered Dick Dale surfery. 10:15-10:45 pm Say Domino Experimental yet soulful rockers who merge dancey rhythms with John Frus-
ciante guitar lines and Faith No More vocals. 11-11:30 pm The Lava and As h Wonderful Toronto speedgarage-pop nonsense as per the Mummies, Cramps or Voidoids. 11:45 pm-12:15 am Es ther Grey Great and dusty garage-electricfolk and 60s pop artist from Guelph taking time out from existing exclusively in the cassetteonly music community. 12:30-1 am Wild Domes tic Alternative progressive-rock sixpiece from London, ON, who effortlessly flick between quiet and loud like an Americana version of Mogwai. 1:15-1:45 am Cous ins A bare bones garage group sounding like those picks of the new lo-fi movement, Times New Viking and Wavves. 2-2:45 am The Water St Projects An interesting combination of bedroom-recorded lo-fi pop and alt-folk – “a mutual grouping of analogue and digital ideas” – from Guelph on the trendy Out of Sound label. 3-3:45 am
The Black Belles The Garrison, Thursday, midniGhT
The Boat Alto Verd e Heart-on-sleeve Baltimore power-
rock with equal hints of British obscurists Wire and Foo Fighters’ unavoidably catchy arenafilling melodies. 8 pm Bugs in the Dark Fiercely fun and apocalyptic punks from Brooklyn carrying the underground art-rock torch for Sonic Youth. 9 pm Soft Copy Embedded in punk rock’s DIY aesthetic + knowingly informed by early post-punk and art-rock = should make your ears melt. 10 pm Catlow Jittery, groovy Death Cab for Cutie or Franz Ferdinand guitar-led indie. 11 pm The Cautioneers Eclectic pop songs in a supercharged indie rock style with a stomping rhythm section, uplifting melodies and Johnny Marr-stye guitar flourishes. Midnight Gay Paisley-clad, joyous and sloppy, and with enough jangly C86 riffs to shake your bangs to,
Toronto’s Gays are a very enticing project, with unpredictable influences from Motown, Grizzly Bear, Talking Heads and Roxy Music to Paul Simon, but mostly just-about-normal enough to be considered straightforward guitar-pop. 1 am Lovely Killbots A synth and drum duo who as – their name suggests – have a penchant for heavy analog synths and fun, catchy electro. 2 am
Bovine sex Club Bud d y Black Great “pagan wizard” combining
the raw intensity of roots-punk with the passion and lyrical sensibilities of 60s era folk. 9 pm The Dead Ships Crisp graveyard pop and bluesinflected garage rock from a no-nonsense L.A. guitar and drums duo. 10 pm Gloryhound Testosterone- and feedbacksoaked swaggering Halifaxians, from the
stacks-not-Macs stable of “proper rock bands.” 11 pm The Nils These Montreal power-punks were hugely influential circa their 1978 incarnation, and are now back together to inspire a second generation. Midnight Ivan Julian Rock-and-roll lifer Ivan Julian’s glam, New York Dolls-style project. 1 am Grims kunk Passionate purveyors of a ferocious, organ-driven psych-punk-rock blend. 2 am
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scapes, Sicilian folk, eastern European Gypsy ragga and Havana waltzes. 9 pm The Johnny Cash Machine Dance with the ghosts of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and the Man in Black himself with this retro country-swing group. 10 pm Pistol George Warren Nine-piece country rock collective like your grandaddy did like, focusing on the Mississippi roots of blues for inspiration. 11 pm Mary Bragg Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter playing sorrowful, tears-in-your-whiskey folk in support of her acclaimed third album. Midnight Jack Marks Springsteen meets Jefferson Airplane folk rock, blues and country performer for 10+ years, currently prepping his third album, Blues Like These. 1 am The Respectables Shamelessly swaggering boogie-woogie and New Orleans blues-rock from a Montreal quartet still hepped up on supporting the Stones early last decade. 2 am
Cameron House Nathan Bishop Poignant, whiskey-drenched
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The Central F&M Gently sardonic, dark and hopelessly clev-
er Edmonton art-folk/library-rock duo with a sound that is delicate, heady and glacial. 8 pm The Allens Super-cool, bourbon-swilling backporch folk doused in rich melodies and rusty Americana vibes. 9 pm Alanna J Brown Art school, Feist-y folk-pop from a Toronto native who’s promoting last year’s Tuesday’s Coming album. 10 pm Molly Sweeney Mystical Montrealer plays quite beautiful, Joanna Newsom-influenced dark folk that’s picking up lots of global attention. 11 pm Plume Giant Simple, acoustic and string-led folk made for long, long summer afternoons and filled with 60s nostalgia. Midnight The Jessica Stuart Few Stuart’s groove is as rooted in the improvisational give-and-take of modern jazz and progressive folk as it is in Stereolab’s sonic expeditions. 1 am
C’est What Daniel Moir An endearing young acoustic min-
strel from Vancouver whose songs have all the hallmarks of classics – lithe, breezy and serene with a touch of melancholy. 8 pm Kate Rogers Band After eight years on a UK indie label, Rogers brings her sophisticated, jazzfleck’d folk-pop back home to Toronto. 9 pm Sarah MacDougall See why this beautiful Swedish-Canadian songwriter’s melodic, epic folk has received a huge amount of press in her native Europe. 10 pm Sue Newberry & the Law Sue and her quintet make powerful and mature pop music indebted to Patti Smith, Dylan and any of her folkier Canadian contemporaries. 11 pm Harvest Breed Genre-bending blend of folkrock and country with a focus on poetic lyricism and the iconic analog sound of the 1970s. Midnight Graydon James & the Young Novelists Feel-good roots band who combine heartfelt harmonies and intricate arrangements with clap-along melodies, euphoric choruses and “crowd pleasing beards.” 1 am
Crawford CALiPH Gimmick-free smooth R&B and classic old-school rap in one cohesive J Cole-style package. 9 pm
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Bear-style operatic lounge-pop. 8 pm Filligar Three Chicago brothers making honest, gimmickless rock and roll in a road-hungry Wilco and Black Keys vein. 9 pm Ocasan Quintessentially British guitar rock with a Blur, Supergrass or Manic Street Preachers vibe. 10 pm God Made Me Funky 11 pm Tanika Charles & the Wonderf uls Awesome Supremes-style fury-of-a-woman-scorned Motown from a Toronto-born, Edmontonraised star in the making. Midnight Masia One Eloquent ahead-of-the-curve Singaporean MC inspired by Miles Davis and John Coltrane but sounding like Common. 1 am
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punk with cutesy wordplay and bags of charisma. 9 pm The Weather Station Unique, haunting and heartbreaking, Tamara Lindeman’s ethereal voice leads this indie rock for the sensitive soul. 10 pm Marine Dreams Breezy Buzzcocks-style astralpop quartet from the Elvis Costello know-it-all stable. 11 pm Daniel Romano Dreamy homage to bygone country in the most grandiose way possible, from a Welland-native songwriter. Midnight Julie Doiron Ex-Eric’s Trip, Doiron has slowly but surely become one of the country’s most endearing and talented folk-based performers. 1 am
El Mocambo (Upstairs)
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country rock with urban and Latin influences from Everlast-style songwriter Bishop with backing quartet. 8 pm James O-L and the Villains Heartfelt alt-country and roots rock as per Neil Young and the Weakerthans from a Windsor-based sextet. 9 pm REYNE Stylized, rockin’ roots-blues and dirty Delta, 10-gallon riffage from an Australian in Toronto. 10 pm Decent Lovers Lovely and heartfelt Mountain Goats- or Neutral Milk Hotel-style folk-pop. 11 pm HelloRadio “A kaleidoscopic fanfare of love lost and past regret,” these Jersey indie rockers are “the sonic equivalent to a haunting timepiece.” Midnight Wendy Versus Smooth, diva-led electronica from new Toronto band playing “pure poetry in a kaleidoscope of emotions.” 1 am Burrows Jaunty and quaint Maritime folk from childhood friends, relying on boy/girl vocal harmonies, observational lyrics and charming ukuleles. 2 am
and soon to be on every A&R person’s radar. 9 pm Army Girls Thrilling, if ramshackle, two-piece Toronto punk and soul group fronted by spellbindingly virtuoso guitarist Carmen Elle. 10 pm Rituals Fascinating, nigh exceptional and frownless mud-rock and swinging-hips-obnoxiously-to-the-breeze punk from Toronto scene players. 11 pm Dusted Unmissably good post-Holy Fuck project of Brian Borcherdt that draws on muted-Velvet Underground lo-fi ballads and Microphonesstyle expansive production. Midnight A Place to Bury Strangers Genre-defining “loudest band in New York” and their riveting Jesus & Mary Chain-style machine-gun shoegaze. 1 am PitchBlak Brass Band Unbelievably groovy 10-piece hip-hop band from NYC who combine their love of classic jazz and funk brass with smooth raps and rich arrangements. 2 am
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Conscience Funk- and soul-infused Vancouver
trio “reach back to the old school to bring the future of hip-hop.” 10 pm Clear Soul Forces Detroit quintet play classic Roots-style jazzy rap. Could well be the act to carry the city’s proud soul and hip-hop legacy into the 21st century and beyond. 11 pm Ain’t No Love Straight-up Guetta-influenced urban dubstep-pop quartet championing their self-titled debut. Midnight Aquil Deep-thinking Philadelphia native playing innovative hip-hop in the style of legends Rakim, Nas, Tupac or KRS-ONE. 1 am Brokenbridge Versatile MC collective from Ottawa supporting their recent The Bridge EP release. 2 am
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Czehoski Dinah Thorpe Breezy and clever Paul Simon bar-
oque folk led by Thorpe’s smokey alto voice. 9 pm Heliopause Subtle, lush pop creating epic soundscapes with elements of electronic backing tracks, soaring ethereal vocals and catchy melodies. 10 pm Almost a Band Fantastic Cocteau Twins-esque Swedish shoegaze pop duo dominated by frontwoman Sanna Colling’s operatic voice. 11 pm Hibou Resplendent electro-pop as per Numan or New Order with Blondie noir-wave tendencies. Midnight Southern Shores Blog-friendly, Balearic bedroom-produced house released on the Cascine avant label. 1 am
Dakota Tavern Wool on Wolves Retro-rock like the Black Crowes or pomp-era Ryan Adams used to make mid-tempo, no-frills and in it for the long haul. 9 pm Belle Starr Three of Canada’s top fiddlers and singers making a unique Canadiana roots music. 10 pm Tia Brazda “Making jazz hip again” pin-up big band and swing from a breathless, distinctive performer. 11 pm Michael Rault Armed only with his guitar, amp and a tambourine he tapes to his foot, Rault creates a minimalist blend of garage, roots, rock ’n’ roll and blues. Midnight Nash Cake-style, irony-drenched geek-rock vs Beck’s postmodern 90s alt vs cocksure Brit Jarvis Cocker. 1 am Special Guest Fucked Up, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, No Age and the Stills are all NXNE secret show alumni. Who’ll it be this year? 2 am
Young Liars Quirky Cut Copy- or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-syle dance rock from Vancouver. 3 am
The Detour Bar TBA 9 pm Jet Black Fuzzed-out My Bloody Valentine-,
Swervedriver- and Jawbox-style DIY noise rock and shoegaze from a Quebec quartet. 10 pm Alright Alright Fantastic reminder the Nuggets’ compilations have inspired many a two-minute pop song amongst those looking to eschew musicianship in favour of rocking out and looking very, very cool. 11 pm High Heels Lo Fi Midnight This Mess Two-minute songs of relentless and ferocious old-school hardcore combined with the thoughtfulness and emotion of the Wipers or Husker Du. 1 am
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The Drake Hotel Underground Walter TV Incredible outsider pop and home
studio theatrics from some wayward Montrealers who sound like Paul Simon if he had an ounce of personality. 8 pm Doom Squad Excellent chanting mystic-prog forging a relationship between Western styles and “spiritually infused indigenous approaches.” 9 pm B L A C K I E Outstanding “one-man noise ordinance violation” playing a “harsh-wave/don’tcare” mishmash taking in Southern rap, thrash metal and digital hardcore. 10 pm Doldrums Breaking hometowner surfing a weird wave of tribal pop, bedroom-dance and anything else his extreme genre-hopping tendencies take in. 11 pm Bowly Hugely repped DJ from Montreal’s E.S.L crew plays his own post-dubstep, funky-house productions. Midnight Dougie Boom A staple of the Toronto DJ scene, Boom has been rocking parties for many years, sharing bills with everyone from Chromeo and Crystal Castles to Drop the Line and Kyle Halls. 1 am Peanut Butter Wolf Chill to the soothing club sounds of Los Angeles rapper PBW, active in the underground hip-hop scene since 1989 and the brains behind iconic Stones Throw Records. 2 am
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El Mocambo (Main Floor) Belief s Very, very good local quintet falling somewhere between Isn’t Anything-era My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth’s art-grunge,
Boxer the Horse Charlottetown quartet take their Pixies, Dylan and Kinks influence and mix them up with some ramshackle Year Punk Broke spirit and carefree Pavement melodies. 8 pm Jane’s Party Offering up a folksier version of the usual hip-pop formula, these hometowners mix hazy McCartney melodies and Pet Sounds doo-wops with Phoenix-esque bluster. 9 pm Carnivores Murky surf and 60s pop in a retrofetishistic Dirty Beaches style, fantastically capturing that Lynchian outer-space feel with a lo-fi hipster wink. 10 pm The Ascot Royals Arenas beckon for this Hamilton quintet, who pair the radio rock of Kings of Leon and Franz Ferdinand’s angular riffage with all the style of a Fred Perry button-down. 11 pm Fast Romantics Arcade Fire may be a lazy comparison for these Toronto indie rockers, but they do have a similarly huge sound and a quintessentially Canadian artsy crossover vibe. Midnight Revolvers A garage-rock spirit, bluesy-soul grooves, smooth psychedelic sounds and raw song-craft that rekindles that fearless flame of the 60s. 1 am Jumple Hailing from different parts of the USSR, Jumple give a high-energy Gypsy-punk stage show not a million miles away from Gogol Bordello. 2 am
Free Times Cafe Amy Carson Hunter Poetic folk-pop songwriter
Hunter has the husky, scotch-scarred voice of a seasoned circuit professional. 8 pm Corinna Rose Montreal’s banjo-wielding folkrock troubadour plays heart-wrenching, candlein-the-wind acoustic folk. 9 pm Ian Foster Folk-pop songwriting East Coaster offers up road-weary acoustic tales. 10 pm Gabrielle Papillon Sarah Harmer-style acoustic folk that should take you on a intense yet sweet musical journey. 11 pm Jenny Berkel Laid-back yet soul-searching folkrock from Winnipeg in a Cat Power or Joni Mitchell style. Midnight Maneli Jamal Innovative acoustic guitarist uses a virtuoso, percussive style to produce flamenco-influenced instrumental soundscapes. 1 am
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The Garrison Idiot Glee Youngster trading in spectral indie-
pop transmissions: multi-layered vocal concoctions that sound like they are emitted from a radio in the past or coming over an unknown satellite frequency from the future. 9 pm Mac DeMarco Astounding 10/10 solo project from ex-Makeout Videotape frontman– who played an era-defining 3 am slot last NXNE – and his faux-rock-star alter ego, with Velvetstyle shaky backing group. 10 pm Grass Widow Feminine without being “girlgroup” and honey-soaked without being saccharine: an earnest but endlessly fun Raincoatsstyle racket. 11 pm The Black Belles Signed to Jack White’s label, this quartet play Sonics and Count Five garage with heavy-handed goth melodrama. Midnight The Men Post-hardcore and anthemic indie band equally recalling Tom Petty or the Replacements as they do Fugazi, and who look set to break far beyond their DIY roots. 1 am
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The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom The Roncy Boys Self-styled “bad boy dandy
piano rockers” making pitch-perfect Grizzly
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Great Hall Lower Theatre Baby Eagle Heartening, Dylan-influenced folky
The Great Hall Rikers Breezy, near-shoegaze pop with gor-
geous soaring melodies that stay on the right side of sweetly tuneful. 9 pm Husky New Sub Pop signees play Noah & the Whale- or Mumford & Sons-style folk pop that’s very easily enamouring. 10 pm Spookey Ruben Unpredictable but great weirdo Fantasia-pop new wavers. 11 pm Whale Tooth Dance-punkers with all the erratic energy and abrupt pop sensibilities of the 80s new wave and the hip-swaggering of last decade’s British revivalists Foals or Bloc Party. Midnight Mamabolo Fronted by actor Barbara Mambolo, this seven-piece fuses soul, R&B and jazz into a slick and elegant contemporary pop that perfectly suits her crooning, heartwrenching voice. 1 am
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Hideout The Standstills Threadbare dirty rock duo with
garage rock leanings, a huge guitar sound and thrashing drums: the perfect yin and yang of rhythm and blues. 8 pm Black Owls Soul stirring, classic Midwest melodic rock powered by 70s Americana gas and 60s British Invasion power. 9 pm The Lad Classic If it hadn’t been conclusively proven a bad idea, Lad Classic would sound like Chris Cornell fronting Rage Against the Machine. 10 pm The Cunninghams Crowd-pleasing, idol-baiting rock from a band combining the most covetable aspects of Jimi Hendrix, Sting and Bono into one eight-legged stage show. 11 pm 20 Amp Soundchild Eyes-on-the-radio-rockcrossover-prize indie with spiralling Coldplay choruses, played with a defiant, genuine attitude. Midnight Steve Hill Seasoned Quebec guitar legend is a normal metal dude who just happens to play the meanest hard blues-rock around. 1 am
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Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers Rugged,
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versity art-rock collective, Austin’s BLSH make “bare-assed rock and roll” tempered with muscular funk, indie and psychedelia. 2 am
The Fires Of Spindly and melodic Toronto indiepop six-piece who formed after meeting at an international Ultimate Frisbee event. 8 pm Nick Everett & Everybody Beautiful and eclectic electro-folk songwriter and found-sound composer. 9 pm Estan A unique blend of sonic complexities with straight-up indie rock that echoes not only the classical dimensions of Owen Pallet but also hearty rock anthems of stadium-era Springsteen. 10 pm Mira Black “Imagine Massive Attack fronted by Barbra Streisand with Joni Mitchell writing the lyrics.” 11 pm Dead City Beat Experimental post-punk project from “the urban black hole of London, ON,” borrowing elements from dub, noise, punk and psychedelia. Midnight Ania Soul Supremely confident female rock and soul singer/songwriter with a unrepentantly positive message and a belting voice to match. 1 am
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The Hoxton Ghettogoldmatt Toronto DJ. 10 pm BADBADNOTGOOD Toronto’s foremost “post-
bop, instrumental hip hop jazz trio”, fresh from releasing their second album. 11 pm Amy Traphouse Toronto DJ. 12 am BADBADNOTGOOD Toronto’s foremost “postbop, instrumental hip hop jazz trio”, fresh from releasing their second album. 1 am Ryan Hemsworth Toronto DJ. 2 am
Lee’s Palace Dance Laury Dance Five Guns N Roses-lovin’
hard-rockin’ boys from Quebec with great chops, loud amps, leather and lots of hair. 9 pm A Sight for Sewn Eyes Halifax’s premier progressive-hardcore band, Distort signees and authors of hugely acclaimed 2010 debut album Foes. 10 pm Obey the Brave Brand new Canadian metal and hardcore band featuring ex-members of Despised Icon and Blind Witness. 11 pm Protest the Hero Techy, mathy and progressivemetal favourites from Whitby that even people who don’t like metal like. Midnight
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LOT 100 Hunter Collins Canada’s foremost nincompoop
comedian and host of an acclaimed weed-comedy show at Vapor Central on Thursdays. 8:308:40 pm Vest of Friends Young sketch collective who together won the Producer’s Pick Award at the 2012 Toronto SketchFest. 8:40-9 pm Ladystache Down and dirty girl wonder comedy duo. 9-9:20 pm Smells Like the 80s Monty Python-style four man sketch troupe celebrating 10 years performing together. 9:20-9:40 pm Mouth Congress Collective of musicians and
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Zulu Winter Rivoli, ThuRsday, midnighT comics since 1984, performing a career retrospective. Fronted by ex-Kid In The Hall Scott Thompson. 9:40-10:10 pm Matt O’Brien In 2010 he was named Canada’s Next Top Comic by XM Radio and was featured at the Global Comedy Festival. He’s performed across North America and has been featured on MTV, Muchmusic and CTV. 10:40-10:50 pm Cheap Smokes Two “wacky broads” who’ve been corrupting Toronto audiences for years with ridiculous, immature and hilarious characters. 10:50-11:10 pm 3rd Klass Comedy trio “making jokes about dicks, farts, tits, butts/asses, jizz, jizzing on butts/asses, eating butts, eating asses, assing butts and felching since 2002.” 11:10-11:30 pm The Dick Mime The only thing Mr. Dick Mime
does is pretend blow jobs. A postmodern triumph. 11:30-11:40 pm The Boom High-energy, raunchy and unapologetic comedy collective. 11:40 pm-midnight
Mod Club Theatre Nash Cake-style irony-drenched geek-rock vs
Beck’s postmodern 90s alt vs cocksure Brit Jarvis Cocker. 7 pm Vacationer Chill-out, dream-indie with serenity-inducing arrangements and blissful, sparkling melodies. 8 pm White Rabbits Brooklyn indie pop with joie de vivre, playfulness and charm, thematically evoking a bygone era of carefree, free-love pop. 9 pm
maid-grunge garage” with equally captivating and haunting vocal melodies. 9 pm Mama Rosin Cajun rock ’n’ roll from Lake Geneva, like a diametric cross between the Pogues’ Celtic rabble-rousing and Rancid’s messy, give-a-shit punk. 10 pm Gt. Dane Lo-fi alt-folksters who make stylish and dusky Woodpigeon-inspired pop-noir. 11 pm the james clark institute The only thing as sharp as James Clark’s dress sense is his tongue. However, judging by his self-deprecating and witty lyrics, that’ll be one thing kept firmly in cheek throughout his set of memorable, acerbic pop. Midnight
power-poppers. 8 pm Little Creatures Harmonic, commercial rock-pop trio – ex of MAdE – prepping their debut album for an end of year release. 9 pm The Seedy Seeds They probably don’t know you but they probably already like you. They’re just that kind of band: upbeat, twee and full of banjos, accordion and toy keyboard beats. 10 pm Christian Hansen New-wave bubblegum poppers take on Scissor Sisters carefree electrodisco-pop with Weezer’s power-pop immediacy. And win. 11 pm The Black Fever Post-punk indie Torontonians aiming at the star-sailing highs of Oasis or the Verve and the minor-key, introspective majesty of U2 or Radiohead. Midnight I Am Not Lefthanded Female-fronted trio known for lyrical, evocative and sparse uplifting post-grunge. 1 am
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weaving elements of rock, drone, psychedelia and electronica amongst their trademark postrocky, haunting dynamics. 8 pm Eastborough Indie folk-rock darling Stefani Guzman’s latest ukulele-tweaked dream-pop project. 9 pm Cai.ro Head-turning arena orchestral pop currently courting ubiquitous Win Butler & Co comparisons. 10 pm Little City Driving drums, commanding Florence Welch vocals and jangly Johnny Marr guitars keep this orchestral 80s pop project sounding as exuberant as their inspirations. 11 pm ev ree wuhn Atmospheric electronic rockers formerly performing as indie rockers Dora Alexander. Midnight My Pet Dragon Brooklyn’s saccharine pop-rockers aim to knock the FM-conquering crown from Bono’s brow. 1 am
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Champion Lover Danceable garage ’n’ roll group who aren’t afraid to take their funk-rock INXS. 9 pm The Roseville Band Jangly and heartfelt guitarled rock and roll rhapsodies in the style of Wilco or electric Dylan. 10 pm Papermaps Toronto pouters all in thrall to the Strokes, which – done this well – is no bad thing. 11 pm MiniBoone NYC quintet playing a witches’ brew of caffeinated, confident power pop, replete with galloping layers of drums and bass, explosions of a guitar noise and triple-team vocals. Midnight Hue Striving for all things soft, lush and melodic, this Toronto quintet focuses on tight pop melodies to create a memorable musical spectacle reminiscent of Sam Roberts. 1 am ElektroTank Eytan Tobin’s eerie voice dominates this dubstep-influenced industrial trip-hop quartet. 2 am Dildoniks High-energy surf and garage rock from a Toronto trio who began by playing outta the back of a U-Haul truck. 3 am
Rivoli Rival Boys “Airtight pop songs that are memor-
able without gimmick and melancholy without pretense.” -The Untold City. 9 pm Bishop Morocco 10 pm Gold & Youth Synthetic and organic textures, sequenced bass and programmed drum loops layered against the sound of a live indie band. 11 pm Zulu Winter New Arts & Crafts quintet carve a sliver of a niche between tribal pop and post-Coldplay rock. Midnight Still Life Still Toronto indie rock veterans who’ve slowly built up a reputation as one of the city’s foremost guitar bands. 1 am
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Rapidly rising “artcore” outsider metal band from a Quebec City recalling previous genre-benders Deftones or Refused. 8 pm
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Korean big black punk with Lee Ranaldo’s guitarexperimentation and Suicide atmospherics. 9 pm
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Powerful nu-glam metal band with a theatrical guts ’n’ gore live show and all the organized spontaneity of a zombie flash mob. 10 pm ARSON First-generation punks play take-no-prisoners Stooges and MC5 Detroit punk with the Clash’s brain power. 11 pm Motorleague Radiofriendy Thin Lizzy meets harmonyheavy 90s West Coast punk from New Brunswick. Midnight
Careers in Science Fast, Devo-y post-punk about giant monsters, suburban paranoia and that moment when you realize you’re no longer a kid. 1 am Laid to Rest Suicidal Tendencies-style punk from five of the burliest bearded, denim-clad metal veterans on the scene. 2 am
ing Moroder-style disco, minimal house and mutant R&B held together by the ghostly, icecool vocals of Eleanore Everdell. Midnight Purity Ring Hugely buzzed “futuristic pop project” blending the immediacy of 90s club R&B beats with the lush, atmospheric intimacy of contemporary dream-pop. 1 am Bowly Hugely repped DJ from Montreal’s E.S.L crew playing out his own post-dubstep, funkyhouse productions. 2 am
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the band are a punk-pop four-piece on Dirtnap Records. 11 pm Needles//Pins Black Lips-style powery pop, garagey punkish stuff from Vancouver trio all hepped up on having fun and playing as loud and fast as possible. Midnight Mean Jeans “Cool punk” trio from Portland playing Ramones-style gigantic, three-powerchord songs with pinhead lyrics. 1 am
Yonge Dundas Square Trouble Andrew Electro prodigy playing a punk,
Southern crunk and gangsta rap hybrid. 5-5:40 pm Slaves on Dope Montrealers who brought hardcore and metal to the 90s alt-rock scene and eventually – moving to L.A. and signing to Ozzy Osbourne’s label – lived the full-on rock dream. 6-6:40 pm No Use for a Name Original power-punks the Descendents were their initial inspiration, but NUFAN have since expanded their oeuvre to include infectious, mid-tempo rock and teary slowies. 7-7:40 pm Good Riddance Fast punk with catchy melodies about personal and political alienation, a handful of slower, romantic songs and seven full lengths on Fat Wreck Chords. 8-8:40 pm Bad Religion Cali-punk underground legends who’ve sold over 5 million records and kept their impeccable DIY values intact. 9-11 pm
Silver Dollar Room Planet Creature Smokin’ garage-pop from To-
ronto “bubblegum babe” quartet inspired by garage, post-punk and surf. 8 pm GROUNDERS Textural psychedelic intricacies of shoegaze mixed with Americana simplicity in a Deerhunter or Grizzly Bear style. 9 pm Hands & Teeth An artful fusion of pop, classical composition, angular guitar rock and inventive rhythms. 10 pm Pow Wows The Monks-style power-garagerock quartet, playing light and dark tunes split between following the flower children and cult leaders. 11 pm Bleached Best Coast-style achy-breaky bubblegum punk from ex-Mika Miko sisters. Midnight The Sphinxs An “aural hurricane” five-piece playing blusterous blues-dance-rock in a Gossip style. 1 am The Archives They say, “soaring anthemic rock, infectious energy, and guitar-driven propulsion blended with undeniable live swagger.” 2 am
The Sister Hey Amy Dusty, Marlboro-smoking
country-rock led by Orilla’s transfixing Amy McIsaac. 8 pm Couriers Surf quintet in the classic 12-bar Wipeout! style and kiss’neath-the-glitter-ball sweetheart ballads. 9 pm Random Family Next-gen-Arts & Crafts-sounding band mixing ambient swells and choruses learnt in the Broken Social Scene finishing school. 10 pm
Patrick Dorie and the Honest Thieves
Dynamic and detailed folk-pop in the Edward Sharpe style, basking in the honeymoon of their Goodbye Expectations debut. 11 pm Dinner Belles Hamilton-based sleepy, banjo-led Canadiana folk and country leaning toward a weird kind of upbeat, Whiskeytown melancholy. Midnight Greg Ball Rock-infused country and western from Tragically Hip Langlois label. 1 am
Sneaky Dee’s I.No Mournful and stylish Portisheadand Low-style slowcore folk from
Montreal, the project of brother-and-sister duo Amy and Oliver Nault. 8 pm Plaster This Montreal trio’s name is derived from a Québécois slang term for an adhesive bandage, and its sound has been described as a mixture of electro-jazz, funk and drum ’n’ bass. 9 pm Uncle Bad Touch Fantastically weird garage rock: ham fingered Hendrix guitar lines and banshee vocals over a Troggs backing beat. 10 pm The Schomberg Fair Locals summon up the soul of the deep blues and pair it with the frenetic spirit of early punk. 11 pm Larry and his Flask Explosive punk and bluegrass from the mountains of Oregon, with lightning-fast fingerpicking and huge horn riffs that got them hailed as “one of the best live acts of 2011” by the NY Times. Midnight HONHEEHONHEE Perpetuating the Montrealas-the-new-Brooklyn sentiment, unique falsetto art-rock five-piece combines Broadway spirit with a Plants & Animals’ modern indie aesthetic. 1 am Dance Laury Dance Five Guns N Roses-lovin’ hard rockin’ boys from Quebec with great chops, loud amps, leather and lots of hair. 2 am Les Breastfeeders Famed lactation-named sixpiece, currently on their third album, haven’t outgrown their tremendously intense rock and roll ouevre. 3 am
Supermarket Katie Murphy With a stunning bluesy voice
reminiscent of Norah Jones, Winnipeg’s Murphy plays Feisty pop with shades of roots and soul. 8 pm Robert Francis Emotive folksinger/songwriter from Los Angeles with a gravelly baritone. 9 pm Grey Kingdom Spencer Burton is part of Welland, ON’s Attack in Black. Since the band has taken time off, Spencer’s built a home for himself in this new rootsy project. 10 pm Ryan O’Reilly London folk-circuiter and group mixing Van Morrison’s effortlessly passionate blues-rock and Arcade Fire’s waltzier Crown Of Love moments with his own poetic, mesmeric rhymes. 11 pm
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Dustin Bentall Outfit “Narcotic cowboy” act
from Vancouver whose melodic country-rock takes inspiration from Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Byrds, as well as his “time spent in the saddle ropin’ and branding steers on the ranch.” Midnight Organ Thieves A rocking blend of alternative, R&B and soul with influences ranging from the Clash, Nirvana and Blind Melon to Tom Waits. 1 am
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Unlovable Hussy Screeching and howling trio make sim-
plistic but thrilling lo-fi grungey rock that pushes the borders of freneticism and tension to unbelievable levels. 10 pm Hut Great warped garage-rock band and excuse for Toronto scene guys in Moon King, Hooded Fang and Hellaluya to hang out more. 11 pm Assorted DJs until 4
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Velvet Underground The Sweet Mack Hook-laden, sun-drenched
melodic guitar pop in a Vampire Weekend style from a syrupy Toronto quartet. 8 pm Stella Ella Ola Catchy and primitive garage-rock, taking the Black Lips’ two-drunk-cavemenslugging-it-out and running it with it. 9 pm Always Mysterious new Toronto quintet. 10 pm Cousins A bare-bones garage group sounding like those picks of the new lo-fi movement, Times New Viking and Wavves. 11 pm
Wrongbar Moon King Atmospheric grunge-pop led by the enigmatic Daniel Woodhead and his floating, ethereal voice. 9 pm
EXITMUSIC Abstract cross between post-punk
and trip-hop that recalls Radiohead’s Kid A, Sigur Rós and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. 10 pm Young Magic Electronically chameleonic and organic grooves taking in West African rhythms, Flying Lotus-style neo-hip-hop and psychedelic 60s soul. 11 pm The Hundred in the Hands Avant-pop duo play-
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Ingrid Gatin Winnipeg indie-roots darling tak-
ing a mélange of soul, French café and Gypsy music and moulding it into CBC-friendly folk. 8 pm Benjalu Lead singer of Aussie band Benjalu takes his Vedder/Morrison rootsy blend on a solo tour of Canada to prep for a band tour in early 2013. 9 pm The Roseville Band Jangly and heartfelt guitarled rock and roll rhapsodies in the style of Wilco or electric Dylan. 10 pm Mise en Scene Sure, you can hear traces of Jenny Lewis or My Guy-era Supremes, but Mise en Scene’s sweat-drenched and passionate girl rock is far from a rehash. Recommended. 11 pm Kim Churchill Intricate one-man-band fingerpicking guitarist and soulful singer from Australia. Midnight The Noble Thiefs Snappily dressed, modish vintage soul and garage rock in a Two Tone, Dirtbombs or Dexy style. 1 am Special Guest Fucked Up, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, No Age and the Stills are all NXNE secret show alumni. Who’ll it be this year? 2 am The Nonsuch Cosmic Rush or Styx rock celebrating everything that’s great and weird about life on the third rock from the sun. 3 am
Bovine Sex Club The Lucky Ones Songs about drinking, punk
rock, hangovers, booze and punk rock. 9 pm FU Alt-rock, metal operatics and epic soundscapes from a continually inventive Japanese trio. 10 pm Silvergun & Spleen Ottawa quartet “motivated by a drive to create enigmatic pelvic rock” make Foo Fighters-meets-Metric new-wave dancerock. 11 pm Darlings of Chelsea The stone cool arrogance of New York Dolls, the stubbornness of Strummer and the ferocity of the MC5. Midnight Sumo Cyco Female-fronted “warped and sexy collective who are ready to burst eardrums and explode eyeballs,” centred around big metal and dancehall riffs and smouldering vocals. 1 am continued on page 68 œ
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trio distill adolescent yearnings, dreams and desires in cutesy, melodic folk-pop vignettes. 8 pm Zaac Pick The true Canadian sound: rootstinged folk pop that more than stands up to the inevitable Neil Young and Paul Simon comparisons. 9 pm Lauren Mann and t he Fairly Od d Folk Very appropriately named, this classically trained Calgarian and her group play perfectly dressed whimsical fairy-tale folk-pop. 10 pm Folly and t he Hunt er Choral, chilling indie folk with some subtle National or Sigur Rós influences from a Montreal eight-piece. 11 pm C. St erling Lo-fi folk pop in the Elliott Smith or Bon Iver mould, bolstered by some lifting synth sounds. Midnight Shawn Clarke and t he Green Heart s MOR folk, a nearly exact xerox of Bright Eyes or Simon & Garfunkel folk, with a simplicity and wit all its own. 1 am
delic throwbacks to 60s garage rock with the Byrds’ melodic indie-pop aura. 8 pm The Mat t hews Brot hers Five-piece country band play with high-energy harmonies, slamming foot stomps, the odd barroom piano solo and desperate guitar strumming. 9 pm Mama Rosin “Cajun rock ’n’ roll” from Lake Geneva, like a diametric cross between the Pogues’ Celtic rabble-rousing and Rancid’s messy, givea-shit punk. 10 pm Jack Pine and t he Fire Ottawan folk and upbeat country with a frenetic, speeding rhythm section and rockin’ choruses. 11 pm Before t he Flood These Wilco and Shins-style folk fusioners draw on diverse musical roots and solid connections in the Canadian indie scene for some rousing, rootsy alt-rock. Midnight Freeman Dre & t he Kit chen Part y Renegade Freeman Dre and his killer backing band can be anything from a rootsy folk troupe to a fullblown Pogues-y mariachi rock circus. 1 am Marlboros Smokin’ Stephen Malkmus-style slacker rock with endearingly shambolic tunes. 2 am
C’est What Geneva.B Lush vintage funk and electronic-pop from underground Toronto vocalist. 8 pm
Nuela Charles Swiss-Canadian, Kenya-born
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Cameron House Marling, Milne’s warming voice is never quite in pitch but always weighs perfect in sentiment. Quirky and naive neo-folk with a personal touch. 8 pm Jean Caffeine Having played with cult no-wave band Pulsallama, fronted an Austin country band and released solo work in recent years, this mixed-media artist more than does justice to her colourful past in her newer folky material. 9 pm Heliopause Subtle, lush pop creating epic soundscapes with elements of electronic back-
Tre Leji Raw, powerful and soul-y “futuristic
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AKUA Czehoski, Friday, 11pm ing tracks, soaring ethereal vocals and catchy melodies. 10 pm Ingrid Gat in Winnipeg indie-roots darling taking a mélange of soul, French café and Gypsy music and moulding it into CBC-friendly folk. 11 pm Pat rick Joseph Gifted L.A. adult-contemporist with a world-weary Waitsian voice and a
Spoon-meets-Beatles soft-rock vibe. Midnight
Fut ure Hist ory Aptly named Toronto trio aren’t
afraid to magpie together different genres to create a looping, rootsy pop sound mixing live instrumentation and production techniques. 1 am Cobra & Vult ure Montreal guitar-drums trio with a bizarre but lovely combination of folk-
singer/songwriter’s soul infused tracks have all the flair and star quality of Erykah Badu, Corinne Bailey Rae or Lauryn Hill. 9 pm Amand a David s Diva Davids has a musical vision encompassing jazz, soul, funk and much beyond – almost as broad as her three-andhalf-octave voice. 10 pm Chloe Charles Her fabulous Joni Mitchell-esque voice transcends black female singer stereotypes, sitting over freak folk that recalls Portishead, Björk and Feist. 11 pm Maiko Wat son Strong and sultry, retro-soul in the key of Adele or Winehouse, backed up by widescreen organic arrangements. Midnight 2Z Earnest R&B soul starlet from Toronto with a soaring, upbeat voice. 1 am
boom-bap supergroup” Toronto hip hop crew. 9 pm Nova t he Rebel Cleveland-based soul-sampleheavy and witty hip-hop artist à la Andre 3000 or Wale. 10 pm Cello Kid Playful, poppy Childish Gambino- or Kanye-style alt-hip-hop from Virginia. 11 pm Concept Books Lyrical overground Toronto MC playing with rigid electro-Kraut live backing band. Midnight Word burglar Dubbed “a unique hybrid of theBeastie Boys, Fresh Prince and Buck 65,” Wordburglar returns with more of his patented Maritime charm and absurdist sense of humour. 1 am Ambit ion Halifax hip-hop MC who’s had a “maturing beyond his years” and taken “a personal meaning to his name” since 2006. 2 am
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Czehoski Sofa Cit y Sweet heart California dreamin’ acoustic
pop all done with Byrdsian vocal harmonies, Brian Wilson big-band arrangements and Nick Drake melancholy. 9 pm Ariel Rubin Boston’s immaculately vintagedressed Rubin has all the organic vocal prowess of a 1930s crooner and plays lush, ukulele-led orchestral folk. 10 pm A K U A Synth- and sample-based Montreal indie priestess playing future AM classics. 11 pm Most People Kaleidoscopic and acid-fried neoMacbook-soul duo replete with Tropicalía and Animal Collective influences. Midnight Jenn Mierau Sensitively sassy or sassily sensitive, Mierau makes beat-based Imogen Heap or Lily Allen electro-pop with plenty of sweet and sexy vocal stylings. 1 am
Dakota Tavern Erin Passmore Regina songwriter with a voice
that will dropkick your heart and author of some honest, warm and real indie folk. 8 pm Jeremy Fisher Art-folk troubadour champions the straightforward, timeless qualities of wit, honesty and musical ability. 9 pm
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The Danks Fast rock and roll à la Strokes. Highly influenced by new wave. Tight pants. Nigh perfect. 10 pm Elephant Stone The latest creation from multiinstrumentalist Rishi Dhir, combining an obsession with the perfect pop song and his love for trippy Harrison raga. 11 pm Rah Rah A veritable Arcade Fire cacophony of pop, rock and alt-country musical influences that’s helped build them a stellar reputation in western Canada over the last three years. Midnight Peas ant The Elliott Smith-aping Damien DeRose fronts this dreamy, delicately arranged indie folk project. 1 am Gus & Scout Beautiful, soaring vocals and bluesinfluenced folk rock from handsome NYC duo, soon to prefix synopses with “massively hyped” and “newly signed.” 2 am After hours until 4 am
The Detour Bar Sola Up-and-coming artist from the GTA who’s quickly generated a buzz and name with his Ludacris- or Nas-style rap. 8 pm J Shiltz Hook-laden, bass-heavy Toronto-based golden-era-meets-new-school hip-hop. 9 pm OSIYM Tailor-made for the ladies new-wave Toronto hip-hop. 10 pm Tika Simone Sassy urban pop with disco and hip-hop hints from downtown femme backed up by her ferocious M.I.A.-style charisma and classy, fearless pop production. 11 pm Two Crown King Smooth Crazytown-style funkhop from London that doesn’t so much genrehop as genre-rampage. Midnight PHZ-Sicks New-school hip-hop act from Woodbridge, Virginia, who’s built on the success of his last mixtape and opened for acts like Wale, J. Cole and Big K.R.I.T. 1 am After hours until 4 am
The Drake Hotel Underground Dan Griffin Ex-Arkell plays a “touching, sombre
foray into deep folk, quiet pop and humble alternative country.” 8 pm Robert Francis Emotive folksinger/songwriter from Los Angeles with a gravelly baritone. 9 pm
Jus tin Rutledg e “The Gram Parsons of our time,
without the tragedy. Rutledge’s stories and sweet melodies have landed him slots with Dolly Parton and Blue Rodeo. Shimmering folkcountry records, and live, he’s engaging and haunting.” 10 pm The Treas ures Impeccable country-inflected gems that are guaranteed to warm your heart with their sugary sweet harmonies, smokey pedal steel and Hank Williams rebel stance. 11 pm M embers only DJ duo Paul Johnston and Adam Beck play music that is made for dancing, with a varied style made up of the less obvious in disco, house, techno and timeless pop records. 1 am Jus tin M iller & Jus tin Straus s Brilliant dance duo: both renowned DJs, Miller’s a DFA Records employee and Strauss is half of Whatever/Whatever Productions. 2 am
Phonog arde Lean Canadian folk all sewn up in country nostalgia and Detroit electric blues. They have a guitar slide and they’re not afraid to use it. 1 am
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El Mocambo (Main Floor) Chris tien Summers Toronto duo playing glamor-
ous and dreamy 70s-disco-influenced dancepop with a distinctly modern, St Etienne-style originality. 8 pm Cous in Pavement-style hyper-tuneful caffeine rock with all the slacker impulses of a stonedup late teen near deadline day. 9 pm Paradis e Animals Talking Heads-style polydance, synth-dreamscapes and soulful rhythms from a Toronto four-piece. 10 pm Ry an O’Reilly London folk-circuiter and group mix Van Morrison’s effortlessly passionate blues-rock and Arcade Fire’s waltzier Crown Of Love moments with his own poetic, mesmeric rhymes. 11 pm Paper Lions PEIers making the kind of expectant stargazing pop that can only be created outside the smoggy clasp of suburbia. Midnight Teenag e Kicks Teenage Kicks take all the youthful zeal of their Undertones-grabbed moniker and stuff it into each of their wild three-minute punkpop tracks without a care in the world. 1 am Dway ne Gretz ky Fantastically monikered supergroup cover the Boss, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Dylan and the Beatles. 2 am
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aRTIST oF tHE y EAR Edgy, electronic highs with a loud and fast LCD-style quartet. 2 am
El Mocambo (Upstairs) Thes e Electric Lives Aiming-for-the-stars local rockers via Metric, U2 and a happier Robert Smith. 8 pm Secret Broadcas t Blending influences from last decade’s post-punk revival and more conventional classic rock, the Secret Broadcast sounds like a late-80s Chicago-based Radiohead. 9 pm KOVAK Electro-poppers from Brighton, UK, in love with vintage synths, vintage sneakers and vintage music. 10 pm Kelly & the Kelly g irls “Renaissance man” with a quivering baritone and flamboyant, stagefriendly big band. 11 pm Super Geek Leag ue The self-proclaimed inventors of “soul metal,” this Seattle nine-piece could probably out-theatricize GWAR. Midnight OPOPO Hyperactive dance band make uncompromising club-electro similar to the compression-heavy beats of Justice or the 8-bit synthcore of fellow Torontonians Crystal Castles. 1 am
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poser/folk minstrel with Nico’s husky voice – but in tune – and Kate Bush’s way around esoterica. 8 pm Andrea Cas well Toronto’s Caswell sings powerfully about messy relationships and messier breakups, recalling the emotive songwriting of Fiona Apple. 9 pm Baby June Artsy and coy Newfoundland songwriter with a unique and naive “underage” voice backed by acoustic and piano-led folk-pop. 10 pm Sig run Stella With a diva-sized set of Scandinavian lungs, Stella has a – ahem – stellar way around a pleasant folk-pop tune and a ice-cool demeanour. 11 pm M o Kenney Sleepy young Nova Scotia folkster with huge voice and touching compositions. Midnight
constructivist country-crooner recycles melodies and memories like he’s channelling some lost radio stations from the 50s with bass=heavy, James Blake-style blub-step beats. 8 pm Peter Kernel Refreshingly carefree Swiss-Canadian three-piece all wrapped up in DIY/riot grrl aesthetics and Goo-era Sonic Youth noise-pop. 9 pm Art vs Science Daft Punk-inspired party-starting Antipodean electro-funk trio. 10 pm Doldrums Breaking hometowner surfing a weird wave of tribal pop, bedroom dance and anything else his extreme genre-hopping tendencies take in. 11 pm Yamantaka//Sonic Titan Outstanding and innovative collective fusing Western and Eastern sounds into a yin-yang of hauntingly sweet pop melodies and doom metal atmospherics. Midnight Widows peak Abrasive guitar hooks, immediate drumming and incessant codas speaking about big city life. 1 am Special Gues t Fucked Up, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, No Age and the Stills are all NXNE secret show alumni. Who’ll it be this year? 2 am
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fringe indie psychedelia. 10 pm Fr iends Afro-R&B-soul-indie quintet of multiinstrumentalists making an ESG- or Tom Tom Club-style hot summer racket. 11 pm Ober hofer Perma-effervescent frontman Oberhofer and spiky indie-rock band (named after him “as per Bon Jovi”) make spontaneous bursts of emotion in pop form. Midnight John Maus The indie world’s foremost philosopop preacher man, Maus has a 10-year plus career marrying experimental performance art with classic synth-disco and faux ironic pop hits. 1 am Zulu Winter New Arts & Crafts quintet carve a sliver of a niche between tribal pop and postColdplay rock. 2 am
Utidur Ambitious 10-piece Icelandic chamber-
pop orchestra with Arcade Fire melodrama and Beirut symphonics. 11 pm Br asstr onaut Questionable name aside, these touring Vancouverites are great, playing Radiohead-style baroque-prog littered with orchestral swells. Midnight
Jar on Fr eeman-Fox and the Opposite of Ever y-
thing “Gogol Bordello meets Frank Zappa”: bluegrass, Indian music, African beats and sea shanties. 1 am After hours until 4 am
The Great Hall Mer idian “Alt-rock-n-soul” band from New York
Hideout The Stog ies Notoriously sweaty blue-collar bar
band from Halifax playing hip and succinct glam-rock-punk. 8 pm Mad Anthony Thrilling Rust Belt baritone stoner-rockers in an Elvis fronting Queens of the Stone Age style. 9 pm Mad June Hard-hitting female foursome who aren’t afraid to hide their classic rock tendencies behind their obvious love of straight-up soul and pop. 10 pm Mad Ones Pitching themselves clearly at the anthemic alt-rock side of throwback grunge, this power trio aren’t afraid to try their hand at J Mascis-sized guitar riffs and Evan Dando-
LOT 100 Monty Scott 8:30-8:40 pm Gar r ett Jamieson Dark and dirty sketches based
Metz Wrongbar, Friday, 11pm pitched vocals and see how they match up. 11 pm The Boxing Lesson Mammoth wall of sound psychedelic, spaced-out Brian Jonestown desert rock and Spirtualized-style freak-outs. Midnight Bella Clava Brace yourself – Bella Clava make one hell of a fuzzed-out, blues-rock racket with a grungy backbone. Never has a band more appropriately come from Thunder Bay. 1 am Moder nboys Moder ng ir ls 21st-century garagesoul band flying off acclaimed new album Let’s Do It. 2 am
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Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Bidiniband Literate alt-rock from quirky indie quartet featuring chief songwriter and hat model Dave Bidini. 9 pm The Copper tone Thunderous, primal fuzzed-out blues rock led by the transfixingly talented Amanda Zelina. 10 pm
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this quartet play Sonics and Count Five garage with heavy-handed goth melodrama. 11 pm Andr e Williams & the Sadies Expect a raw, gritty slice of raunchy rock when a true original and Toronto’s premier country rockers perform together. Midnight Reig ning Sound Swaggering R&B, gospel and soul group who’ve honed their sound to fuzzy pysch-pop and “prefab garage.” 1 am No Sinner Retro, blow-to-the-gut blues, gospel and rock from a powerhouse five-piece led by the enigmatic Coleen Rennison. 2 am
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Lee’s Palace 2:54 Smouldering and hypnotic doom-rock
that’s as seductive as it is arresting; QOTSA’s druggy drone, the xx’s hormonal lust and PJ Harvey-esque femme-rock. 9 pm DIIV Spindly Brooklyn indie-poppers make cavernous, impressionistic Creation Records-style
on past jobs in a funeral home, dirt factory and porno shop. Self-described as “smart soulless smutty satire.” 8:40-8:50 pm Daniel Woodr ow 8:50-9 pm Mike Rober tson Quality performer since late 2009, respected on the Canadian circuit and known for his sketch comedy and music videos. 9-9:10 pm Desir ee Lavoy The alt-comedy scene’s darling and a member of one of Toronto’s most fuckdup sketch groups: the Boom. 9:10-9:20 pm Ben Miner Ben Miner’s a funny guy who’s performed at Just For Laughs in Montreal, been featured in the New York Times and toured coast to coast. 9:20-9:30 pm Steph Tolev Loud, brash and hysterical stand-up comic and one-half of sketch duo Ladystache. 9:30-9:40 pm Mar k DeBonis Headlining comedian and winner of just about every Canadian comedy award going. 9:40-10:10 pm Keith Pedr o High-energy comic, currently one of the cast members of MuchMusic’s Video On Trial. 10:40-10:50 pm Jon Schabl Stand-up comic, one-half of Full Blown Comedy and alumnus of Comedy Network’s Cocktales and CTV’s New Express. 10:50-11 pm
Mod Club Theatre Cour ag e My Love Power-punk from the Par-
amour or My Chemical Romance stable fronted by Kitchener twins with a handy way around a melodic hook. 7 pm Dear ly Beloved Snappy modern rockers with a radio-ruling sheen influenced by 70s UK punk, early 80s pop and Detroit rock. 8 pm Die Mannequin Gritty, thrashy punk-rock goodness from Toronto that picks up where the Distillers left off. 9 pm
Monarch Tavern Mean Tang er ine Upstanding Motown and
Dexys-style soul and jiving pop from a Toronto group with, presumably, a great record collection. 8 pm Hopeful Monster Imagine the Banana Splits taking over from Brian Wilson after his late-60s meltdown, but fronted by the Zombies’ Colin Blundstone and you have an idea of what singer/songwriter Jason Ball is up to. 9 pm The City Str eets Edmonton’s foremost feisty and frenetic bastard band born from the Replacements and the Clash, playing Costelloinfluenced power-pop. 10 pm Raleig h Prairie gems playing sultry, new-style folk-pop in a Dirty Projectors vein. Recommended. 11 pm
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mysteriously claiming they make “a slew of erotic yet patriotic love songs linked by chronic optimism.” 9 pm The Vandelles Proof a Ronnettes kick and snare + surf guitar + a Spectorish wall of sound = perfection. 10 pm Shellshag Beautifully voiced pop-punk tunes coated in spittle and sugar. 11 pm Yar dlets “Breaks you open like a fortune cookie” and “Buddy Holly on acid” pysch rock from exBroken Social Scene men. Midnight Smoking Popes If Morrissey or Frank Sinatra fronted a pop-punk band, it would sound like these heartbreak kids, authors of classic 1994 breakthrough album Born To Quit. 1 am
Sar ah Donaldson “Donaldson’s raw and brutal attack on our stage gave our crowd of dirtbags a whole new level of grime. Hilarious grime.” 11-11:10 pm Dylan Gott “XM Radio and Bite TV star with an EP due for Comedy Records. Then you loved him and then you got married.” 11:10-11:20 pm Nick Reynoldson A bark like a chihuahua but a bite like a Rottweiler: he’s an animal – and a rising star in the comedy scene. 11:20-11:30 pm Rick & Chuck Wonderfully profane satirists: “Rick and Chuck are 8th graders who found some rap CDs and tried writing a few raps of their own. If you see their parents around, please don’t tell them.” 11:30-11:40 pm Tr ixx Relationships, race relations and the absurdity of day-to-day life are some of this Toronto comedian’s favourite topics. 11:40 pmmidnight
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The F-Holes Country-roots fusion that can’t de-
cide whether it’s from Dixieland or Calexico. Midnight The Demos Compelling Drums-style indie pop about reckless romances and fast cars 1 am
Georgea Brooks Hancock (Hos t) / Alex Tindal (Judge) Producer of her own Strip Comedy show
and a Yuk Yuks and Absolute Comedy regular. 2-2:10 am Jon Schabl Stand-up comic, one-half of Full Blown Comedy and alumnus of Comedy Network’s Cocktales and CTV’s New Express. 2:102:20 am Steph Tolev Loud, brash and hysterical stand-up comic and one-half of the sketch duo Ladystache. 2:20-2:30 am Diana Lov e “Comic/writer/jerk” who’s appeared on CTV Comedy Now and Much Music’s Video On Trial. 2:30-2:40 am Ev an Des marais Stand-up comic, single mother of two, warden at a co-ed prison and hippopotamus hypnotist. 2:40-2:50 am Matt Carter Stand-up about as modest about his comedic genius as he is about his angelic good looks. 2:50-3 am Kev en Soldo Bald, white stand-up comedian with dark-framed glasses. “The only thing that sets me apart from the others is that I used to dance folklore.” 3-3:10 am Sara Hennes s ey Toronto based stand-up extraordinaire and CBC Radio Show contributor. 3:10-3:30 am
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The Painted Lady Oh No, Theodore! Six-piece from New Bruns-
wick playing passionate orchestral indie folk with sweeping string arrangements. 8 pm Matt Cardle Very nicely put together British singer/songwriter in the ennui-ridden James Morrison or James Blunt acoustic pop style. 9 pm A Friend in London Unerringly confident curiopop from a Euro-indie quartet aiming squarely at the boy band market and radio ubiquity. 10 pm The Prov incial Archiv e Beautifully conceived folk-informed pop quartet playing a balance between ticking electronics, harmony and straightforward indie pop. 11 pm Peachcake Jersey Shore quintet playing radiofriendly dance-pop that takes its cues from the Killers and Crystal Castles. Midnight Secrettes Gloriously unpretentious new wave in a Euro-pop style from this fast rising Toronto four-piece who shouldn’t be Secrettes for much longer. 1 am City of Glas s Brit-style (think Editors or Foals) dance-rock centred around melodies, minimalism and rhythm and thoughtful, well-structured tracks. 2 am
moting their 2011 EP, Light It Up. 10 pm The Strumbellas Hometown Sadies-style singular mix of alt-country harmonies, bluegrass instrumentation and big pop hooks relying on “sweat, blood and ruckus.” 11 pm Danielle Duv al Backed by a beefy six-piece band, Montreal’s Duval sings gutsy and anthemic country-tinged rock with all the artsy panache of Patti Smith and style of Chrissie Hynde. Midnight Mary Ros e Obs es s ion Markham’s leather-clad hybrid rockers play “for a new generation” and are “notorious for their female following....” 1 am
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The Rochester Garage Baby “1-2-3-4!” classic punk rock from
Toronto with all the swinging style of their classic late-70s influences. 8 pm C T Z N S H P Chest-pounding, National-style stadium indie from a hungry Montreal powertrio. 9 pm The Vibrating Beds Transistor 66 sweaty 50s rock and soul in a Detroit Cobras-style, led by an Etta James-lung-ed frontwoman. 10 pm The oOohh Baby Gimme Mores Afro-punk-rock four-piece feeding off pure energy. “They are the harbingers of the dance party groove.” 11 pm PKEW PKEW PKEW (guns hots ) Rollicking, skuzzy and brawling Toronto barroom rock with the same self-deprecating anger as the similarly punkish Titus Andronicus or Weezer. Midnight Ambis onic A fresh, innovative duo who sound more like a dozen musicians, Eric Culp and Paul Barry capture an exciting, unique fusion of Moog-friendly electronica, rock and jazz. 1 am Sara Johns ton Ex-Bran Van 3000 Johnston’s solo project ignores frat-pop for a more soulful and sweet approach, her lush voice sitting over buzz-saw guitars and stadium-sized drums. 2 am
The Shop @ Parts & Labor Purity Control Raw, noisy and very-pissed-off
powerviolence lo-fi punk from Toronto. 11 pm
TV Freaks Can-crushingly fun party-punk from a Hamilton quartet. Midnight
Omegas Omegas are a Montreal based hard-
core-punk band featuring an ex-member of Justice and, apparently, “are the lords of slamskank.” 1 am
Silver Dollar Room The Redmond Barry ’s Raw and intricate riffs, ADD drums and charged lyrics. “Post-muff” (their words) music you won’t feel stupid rocking out to. 8 pm Goos e Hut Montreal quartet playing unbelievably happy house-party-pop that not even the most cynical among us could dislike. 9 pm Hooded Fang Perfect chamber pop tunesters Hooded Fang can sound like the Cure at their least gloomy or Herman Düne armed with synths and a trombone. 10 pm Parlov r Reacting against multi-instrumental many-membered Montreal orchestral bands, Parlovr was started with the intention of blowing amps, streamlining sloppy-pop melodies and bringing back the power-trio’d fun of the 90s. 11 pm Bleached Best Coast-style achy-breaky bubblegum punk from ex-Mika Miko sisters. Midnight TOPS Under-produced Ariel Pink fetishists playing a very good synth-led soft-rock straight from Montreal’s grimy DIY scene. 1 am UN Live looping, percussion and samplers create a fresh brand of infectious electro-pop from this handsome Montreal duo. 2 am The Dis raelis Third NXNE appearance for these dark, Smiths & Stone Roses-style maudlin Manchester-wanna-lives playing classic guitar pop. 3 am
The Sister Shane Murphy Funk, soul, blues and 70s R&B
from a Montreal “Sly & the Family Rolling Stones” enthusiast. 8 pm Bradley boy Mac Arthur Swampy one-man blues: “Suitcase-bass-drum-thumpin’, hi-hatsnappin’, guitar-strummin’, banjo-pluckin’ Gypsy hillbilly.” 9 pm Tara Holloway Feisty, bluesy pop “somewhere in the sonic vicinity of Liz Phair’s whip-smart Exit To Guyville and Susan Tedeschi’s bluestreak swoon.” 10 pm
out Black Keys-style arena-sized rock. 11 pm
Whiteboy Slim Unique blend of gutsy blues,
funk, jazz, and world music that definitely ain’t your grandpa’s blues. Midnight The Pelts Like “your prom being taken over by Quentin Tarantino”: twisted rockabilly, garage and Merseybeat sounds from a stylish Ottawa quartet. 1 am
Sneaky Dee’s Hus s y Screeching and howling trio Hussy make
simplistic but thrilling lo-fi grungy rock that pushes the borders of freneticism and tension to unbelievable levels. 8 pm Cartoons Toronto noise-rock nerds play poppunk from the depths of daytime TV boredom, dripping with energy and guitar hooks. 9 pm Hellaluy a Grind-pop or based-rock, this gang of noise kids throw out tired clichés and make swirling, futuristic noise-punk. 10 pm Odonis Odonis The band so good, they named them twice. Astonishing surf-gaze punk. 11 pm Phedre A gargantuan, chopped and screwed synth-pop racket. Their quirky self-titled debut album got huge amounts of tastemaker coverage online. Midnight Beta Frontiers Groove-laden, 303-inflected compositions running the gamut from minimal to pop to banger. 1 am
Times Neue Roman Too-clever-by-half “rap
deco” duo playing hazy lo-fi soul “smart enough to make you think, and stupid enough to make you dance.” 2 am Sandman Viper Command 3 am
Supermarket Andy Brown A poised performer of melodic bal-
lads, this East Coast Countdown chart-topper serves up a folk-rock style similar to the likes of David Gray and Coldplay. 8 pm Sam Cas h Toronto indie folk songwriter promoting 2010’s Teenage Hunger LP. 9 pm TimeGiant “These guys are assembling power chord blueprints to rock the biggest assemblage of sweaty rock fans possible.” Jamie Greer (WAMM, Windsorzene). 10 pm
Unlovable Prolific Traditional conscious hip-hop in the KRS One form over backpacking backing. 9 pm
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Boyfriend. We are sound. We are video. We are art. We make glitchgaze post-punk music. We use electronics, technology, effects. We experiment. We are dark, distorted and danceable.” 10 pm The Futureles s TS Eliot-referencing transformed trance drawing on the dark side of electro-pop, continued on page 72 œ
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electro-noir, post-dance and progressive trance. 11 pm Bowly Hugely repped DJ from Montreal’s ESL crew playing out his own post-dubstep, funky house productions. Midnight DJ Fusion (FuseBox Radio Broadcast) 1 am
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Velvet Underground Dead Bent Led by MC Razputin, Casper the
Ghost and Kid Tiles, these late teens play party hip-hop with a live funk band backing. 8 pm B L A C K I E Outstanding “one-man noise ordinance violation” playing a “harsh-wave/don’tcare” mishmash taking in Southern rap, thrash metal and digital hardcore. 9 pm The Two Koreas Retro-futurist amalgam of 60s garage-rock primitivism, 70s Krautrock propulsion and 80s post-punk dynamism. 10 pm Dearly Beloved Snappy modern rockers with a radio-ruling sheen influenced by 70s UK punk, early 80s pop and Detroit rock. 11 pm Ivan Julian Rock and roll lifer Ivan Julian’s glam, New York Dolls-style project. Midnight Stolenowners Buzz-saw Toronto rock with a drive-it-like-you-stole-it Sunset Boulevard feel. 1 am BE ATFACE Radio electro-pop from some kind of Tron-like future where techno-funk and FM pop classics intermingle in one nostalgic, impossibly catchy whole. 2 am
Wrongbar First You Get The Sugar Bruising classic rock, pul-
sating dance rhythms, haunting harmonies and oven-baked pop goodness from new Montreal group. 8 pm DZ Deathray s Two-piece in the DFA 1979 loud and fast mould, and like last night’s memories familiar, possibly painful and very, very fuzzy. 9 pm Bass Drum of Death Mississippi garage rock duo playing two-minute panic attacks made for the sweatiest house parties. 10 pm ME TZ As their name suggests, Toronto’s superb Metz are short, sharp and to the point. They play stripped-down chaotic post-hardcore and are NXNE’s one buzz band certain to induce violent shaking. 11 pm The Men Post-hardcore and anthemic indie band now equally recalling Tom Petty or the Replacements as they do Fugazi and who look set to break far beyond their DIY roots. Midnight The Death Set Notoriously chaotic electropunks treading the thin line between boombap Licensed to Ill-period Beastie Boys and Minor Threat’s loud-as-hell guitars. 1 am Uncle Bad Touch Fantastically weird garage rock: ham-fingered Hendrix guitar lines and banshee vocals over a Troggs backing beat. 2 am
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Yonge-Dundas Square E ight And A Half Indie rock supergroup taking
an artsy pop focus on vulnerable, flesh-andblood melancholy and kaleidoscopic soundscapes. 7:30-8:10 pm Plants and Animals Montreal’s underground favourites have developed from light, classically arranged baroque pop purists into a fullblown rock and roll group, as on February’s The End Of That third album. 8:30-9:10 pm Matthew Good Multi-platinum songwriter, 90s radio alt-rock survivor and influential humanitarian charity advocate. 9:30-11 pm
Saturday The Annex Live
The Key Frames 9 pm Modern Field Recordings A Guelph trio hippy
haven for acoustic folk and campfire singalongs. 10 pm Motel E nglish “Local four-piece committed to exploring the landscape of rock ’n’ roll.” 11 pm Lindsay Barr Her words: “Hyper-folk, freakyfunk, spastic rock and some good ol’ swingin’ blues and you might get an idea of what Barr’s all about. Now with full band in tow!” Midnight
Bovine Sex Club Romeo Liquor Store A combustible combination of punk and rock ’n’ roll that has all the boy band metal power of Mötley Crüe or Guns N Roses added to the Ramones’ or Misfits’ hyperactive tendencies. 9 pm Organ Thieves A rocking blend of alternative,
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rhythm & blues and soul with influences ranging from the Clash, Nirvana and Blind Melon to Tom Waits. 10 pm The Mercy Now Hooks, hazy Hacienda melodies and bombastic bulldozing rhythms from exShikasta frontman Russell Fernandes. 11 pm Little Foot Long Foot This aggressive blues-withbite combo could be White Stripes’ ringers if Jack White’s macho growl were closer to Beth Ditto’s gospel-born holler. Midnight Flash Lightnin’ 1 am Special Guest Fucked Up, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, No Age and the Stills are all NXNE secret show alumni. Who’ll it be this year? 2 am
Cameron House Roby n Dell’Unto Toronto’s Dell’Unto has a
sugary growl and a playful, seductive prowess that is somewhere between Sarah McLachlan and Ingrid Michaelson. 8 pm Andra Suchy Cutesy, pop-country artist – “diva of the Dakotas,” according to A Prairie Home Companion. 9 pm Gray Gray stands out from the legions of Winehouse-style retro-soul wannabes with a sonically assured Motown-rock sound heavy on attitude. 10 pm I Am Not Lefthanded Female-fronted trio known for lyrical, evocative and sparse uplifting post-grunge. 11 pm The Jon Cohen E xperimental Former Dears member’s ethereal psychedelic music featuring key players from his native Montreal’s music scene. Midnight Christien Summers Toronto duo playing glamorous and dreamy 70s disco-influenced dancepop with a distinctly modern, St Etienne-style originality. 1 am E los Arma High-energy dysfunctional pop and Jeff Buckley-style alt-rock anthems from a refreshing young quartet. 2 am
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The Central Inlet Sound Captivating heartfelt folk with lush
arrangements, memorable hooks and an infectious, laid-back energy reminiscent of the Weakerthans. 8 pm The Jack Stafford Foundation Delightful English storyteller/songwriter who’s proud beyond belief to say he’s homeless and tours his sardonic, honest solo project full-time. 9 pm Jeans Boots Eric’s Trip, Sonic Youthy VHS-slacker -punk with sweet female harmonies. 10 pm Matthew Hornell Maritime left-field folk in a slightly less beardy than Will-Oldham way from renowned circuit favourite Hornell. 11 pm Ly nn Jackson Ontario native Jackson’s “whiskey and honey” voice carries her beautifully arranged roots folk and dark balladry perfectly. Midnight Dave Borins Rootsy, energized acoustics from local folker Dave Borins, his soaring voice and an uptempo backing band. 1 am
C’est What 1977 Sounding nothing like the year-zero-forpunk of her stage name, Julie Kendall trades in bittersweet love songs that celebrate the universal joys of sunshine, love and good vibrations. 8 pm JP Hoe Imagine, if you will, Rufus Wainwright meeting David Gray before having a nice, hot cup of joe with the Band. 9 pm Convey or Brooklyn-based nerd-pop project playing “acid-soaked pop” à la Grandaddy. 10 pm Wolf Ram Heart Shimmering, reverb-drenched vocals, early-4AD guitars and cute 60s rhy thms from Ohio’s premier Brit-rock revivalists. 11 pm River Tiber Smart sophisto-pop formed from layers of densely interlaced instrumentation à la Radiohead. Midnight Loopsy Dazy Dreamy and ambient Flying Lotus or the Field electronica with live cellos, guitars and pianos competing with a mess of droning live-looping techniques. 1 am
Crawford Red Slam Collective An indigenous, unity-pro-
moting fusion of hip-hop, reggae, soul and rock composed of poets, rappers and musicians. 9 pm Ly riciss Underground rap with the clipped and charismatic flow of Drake, all the way from Washington, DC. 10 pm Kembe X Non-glorifying street-rap speaking wisdom belying his 17 years and pure Kanye calm flow. Out.Stand.Ing. 11 pm Derrick N Ashong & Soulfege Continent-skipping “Afropolitan fusion,” thumping continental rhythms, reggae guitars and hip-hop beats relying on “YouTube phenom” (New York Times) frontman Ashong’s sweet, sweet vocals. Midnight Blitz East Indian rhythms and urban beats, a supreme example of the endless possibilities of cross-cultural pollination. 1 am Zoo Legacy Ottawa MC-fronted live band playing the xx meets Kid Cudi-style urban-influenced pop with all the judicious wordplay of Drake. 2 am
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Czehoski Domestic Crisis Group Critically acclaimed Mon-
trealers playing wistful, melodic alt-country with hints of Lucinda Williams and Suzanne Vega. 9 pm Kellen & Me Chicago weird folk singer dabbling in everything from electronica and orchestral indie to straight-up Grandaddy country. 10 pm MAK 11 pm Carnival Moon Harp-led quirky six-piece playing husky, freak-folk Joanna Newsom-style. Midnight Fine Canadian Forces Real-time Owen Pallettstyle orchestration merging with drum ma-
chines, samples and loop stations to slow-build into a danceable, transcendent pop. 1 am
Dakota Tavern The White Buffalo Choked-up, end-of-the-road
country in a Nebraska-era Springsteen or Neil Young melancholic style. 8 pm Sean Rowe Powerful New York songwriter with the same extraordinary baritone voice as Leonard Cohen or Van Morrison and songs that hit you like a ton of bricks. 9 pm Harper Bly nn Stunning, Strokes-style aimingfor-the-stars Lower East Side indie. 10 pm Brett Caswell & the Marquee Rose An intelligent singer/songwriter with melodic tunes and smart lyrics, Brett Caswell works a variety of styles into his soaring piano ballads and sardonic rock songs. 11 pm E lvy n Teenage Cluby Toronto flannel wearers influenced by classic Americana like the Flying Burrito Brothers or Replacements. Midnight
Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir
Outstanding modern “godless” gospel speaking out against injustice and inequality inspired by religious doctrine and dogma. 1 am Indian Wars Beyond cool “shitty, druggy, backwards blues” country-grungers from Vancouver as per garage band favourites the Strange or Jacuzzi Boys. 2 am
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The Detour Bar We Were Heads Early Dinosaur Jr-style slacker
grunge upstarts with just audible and beautifully shambolic melodies. 8 pm Mobina Galore Raucous garage-punk skipping back a few generations for some Joan Jett or early Green Day tuneful scuzz. 9 pm The C’mons Alanisesque hard rock theatrics led by frontwoman Stephanie Bosch and her raw and righteous “tired-of-pretty-girls-in-dresses?” energy. 10 pm Life in Vacuum Nimble At the Drive-In-style math-rock with sludgy Refused dynamics from a Waterloo trio. 11 pm Philoceraptor Headstrong Thermals or No Age power-poppers from Vancouver. Midnight Old Major Furious and very loud Krauty bluesrock – though with stoner Kyuss-style influences – from a Toronto quartet. 1 am Drugs in Japan Hard/loud/fast/punk/rock, with songs about being on fire, dead butterflies and doing cocaine in Toronto. 2 am
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The Drake Hotel Underground DJ Walla P 8-9 pm Tommy Kruise 9-10 pm Full Course Superb Montreal MC making good on a promise to perfect his hip-hop craft. 10:30-11 pm Loe Pesci 11-11:30 pm CeasRock Breakbeat, hip-hop and electro MC
promoting his latest The Coolest Cat mixtape. 11:30 pm-midnight Action Bronson Stupidly fun retro rap; highpitched, smooth NYC flow with witty oneliners over jazz loops and breakbeat samples. 12-1 am Hatchmatik & Merk Meny Emerging from the famed Peer Pressure crew, Matt Morein is a world-renowned DJ and producer living and working outta Montreal. 1-1:40 am Treasure Fingers w/ A-Rock This DJ and producer, born Ashley Jones, has been making it rain in the disco with innovative remixes and original tracks. 2-2:40 am
El Mocambo (Main Floor) International Zombies of Love Lead singer of the
Pariahs makes alt-rock that relies on minimal instrumentation, huge choruses and waves of distortion. 9 pm Our Brother The Native Xiu Xiu-style ménage of psychedelic, cracked pop, giddy orchestration and clanging percussive textures. 10 pm Shellshag Beautifully voiced pop-punk tunes coated in spittle and sugar. 11 pm Limblifter Enduring and celebrated Vancouver alt-rock heroes. Midnight Neon Windbreaker Outrageously exciting Jesus Lizard-style six-piece treading a thin line between noise-rock abandon and melodic structure. Debatable facial hair. 1 am Les Breastfeeders Famed lactatingly named sixpiece are currently on their third album but haven’t outgrown their tremendously intense rock and roll oeuvre. 2 am
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Free Times Cafe Ann Chaplin Hangover-soothing “sings like an
angel, writes like a genius” country songwriter from Deep River with a repertoire of heartfelt and emotional tunes. 8 pm Graham Nicholas Troubled and meditative altfolk and country from Etobicoke’s Nicholas and backing, firmly rooted in the tradition of Del Barber, John Prince and Gillian Welch. 9 pm Katie Murphy Thanks in part to her stunning bluesy voice reminiscent of Norah Jones, Winnipeg’s Murphy plays Feisty pop with shades of roots and soul. 10 pm Daniel Sky Travelling Wilburys-style nostalgia from Winnipeg native takes you on a soulful journey through universal feelings of pain, regret and loss. 11 pm Anthony Damiao Twinkly and lush Dylan-inspired trad-folk from Toronto. Midnight Bunmi Adeoy e Described as sounding like a mixture of Carole King and Tracy Chapman with a dash of Avril Lavigne and Ani DiFranco, Adeoye writes and sings tunes that could be the soundtrack of a scorned ex-girlfriend. 1 am
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Warm Myth Secretive new project of Casey
The Painted Lady Th e Tudors Fresh-faced, stylish alt-rock and in-
die with sights set solely on the Billboard charts. 8 pm TBA 9 pm P aul P rice & th e Company Toronto alt-rock quartet all hooked up on dynamic, epic ballads and Maroon 5-style choruses. 10 pm Th e Breezes Breaking Dazed and Confused-approved punchy, bubblegum indie with an experimental edge. 11 pm Young Liars Quirky Cut Copy or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-style dance rock from Vancouver. Midnight Revolver (France) Harmony-laden, cello-driven Parisian indie rock band promoting their new album, Let Go. 1 am Dinosaur Dinosaur Airy Eurythmics and Pet Shop Boys dystopian synth-pop with a detached, after-hours cool. 2 am
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The Great Hall MP G (My P et Genius) Sugar and Swervedriverstyle 90ss alt-rockers making a rare live performance. 9 pm Take Drugs Loud, troubled and supremely hooky new punk band: “Good music played by bad people with bad breath and dirty fingernails.” 10 pm Th e Mah ones Toronto’s finest Celtic punk combo, playing music to drink to listen to music to drink to. Obviously sound like the Pogues. 11 pm Teenage Head Half rockabilly and half Ramone, these Canuck punk icons are still bashing out straight-ahead rock and roll for those who didn’t get to catch Dee Dee & co. first time around. Midnight Th e Nils These Montreal power punks were hugely influential circa their 1978 incarnation and are now back together to inspire a second generation. 1 am After hours until 4 am
Hideout Dead Messenger Hard-rocking garage punks from Montreal who take partner the guitar-led power of Thin Lizzy with a glam-rock stomp Marc Bolan would be proud of. 8 pm Intensive Care Modern rock King Crimsonesque songwriting with a contemporary sound that is Grizzly Bear and Wolf Parade. 9 pm Heavier th an Air Flying Mach ines “Deep spazz post-hardcore noise rock trio” from Grand Rapids, MI. 10 pm Black Wing Halo New York psycho-surf-grunge four-piece who give the impression of kids rummaging through the finest musical dumpsters to recycle, solder and stitch themselves a new, many-elemental music. 11 pm Th e North Blue Rodeo-esque country rock in the great Canadiana tradition. Midnight Sh awn Brady and th e Electric Blood Cheekboneheavy arena rock in a professional, tactful way. 1 am A P rimitive Evolution “From their roots in Toronto’s underground rock scene to their unrivalled, uninhibited stage show, this band pumps groove and sex back into hard rock and grunge. Featuring members of Lye, Playdead Cult and Darkside.” 2 am After hours until 4 am
Legendary Horseshoe Tavern P oor Young Th ings Blue-collar barroom rock and roll with widescreen Tom Petty meets Powder-
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ronto act wordPeople, Cameron has an impressive CBC-supported indie-lounge pop solo career. 11 pm
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Melissa Cameron As well as singing with To-
heavy trance and IDM from a London, ON, production duo. 10 pm
Mecija of Ohbijou. For stratospherically inclined fans of Washed Out, Memoryhouse et al. 8 pm Sean Nich olas Savage Possibly – though not certainly – ironic white boy soul and lo-fi R&B from a captivating Montreal balladeer. 9 pm Mozart’s Sister Mozart’s Sister is Caila Thompson-Hannant (Shapes and Sizes, Miracle Fortress, Think About Life) creating catchy, danceable electro-pop. 10 pm Jef Barbara Roxy Music-style charm and immediate pop from a truly unique “new Sun King of Pop” from Montreal. 11 pm Topanga Snappy made-for-the-stage rock and Spoon- or Weezer-style pop-essence. Midnight Th e Belle Comedians Melodic folk rock from Fredericton with a lot of heart, some drunken bravado and more than enough melodies to keep their folk rock afloat. 1 am Country A blend of acid punk and searing LA sleaze in “sharp pulsing waves of new.” 2 am C T Z N S H P Chest-pounding, National-style stadium indie from a hungry Montreal power trio. 3 am
Girls, No Age and the Stills are all NXNE secret show alumni. Who’ll it be this year? 9 pm Revolver (France) Harmony-laden, cello-driven Parisian indie rock band promoting their new album, Let Go. 10 pm Th e Mark Inside Ballsy blues-based jams and fierce, primal punk from some “true rock and roll torch-carriers.” 11 pm Rikers Breezy, near-shoegaze pop with gorgeous, soaring melodies that stay on the right side of sweetly tuneful. Midnight Th e Brigh t Ligh t Social Hour Born out of a university art-rock collective, Austin’s BLSH make “bare-assed rock and roll” tempered with muscular funk, indie and psychedelia. 1 am
2 Live Drew 9 pm Stereoptical Goosebump-inducing deep, bass
voice. Midnight P easant The Elliot Smith-aping Damien DeRose fronts this dreamy, delicately arranged indie folk project. 1 am Harper Blynn Stunning Strokes-style aimingfor-the-stars Lower East Side indie. 2 am
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Gray Cameron House, saturday, 10pm finger choruses, driving rhythms and a roughand-ready approach. 9 pm Special Guest Fucked Up, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, No Age and the Stills are all NXNE secret show alumni. Who’ll it be this year? 10 pm Th e Lumineers Root revivalists from Denver play stirring, heart-on-sleeves country-rock that nods to tradition whilst sometimes wandering into uncharted waters. 11 pm Young Empires Glossily produced disco-pop and Rapture-style indie-dance full of swagger and swirling energy. Midnight CATL True local blues veterans who surprisingly remain one of the city’s best kept secrets. 1 am Fast Romantics Arcade Fire may be a lazy comparison for these Toronto indie-rockers, but they do have a similarly huge sound and a quintessentially Canadian artsy crossover vibe. 2 am Mad Ones A power trio clearly pitching themselves at the anthemic alt-rock side of throwback grunge, they aren’t afraid to try their hand at J Mascis-sized guitar riffs and Evan Dandopitched vocals and see how they match up. 3 am
After hours until 4 am
Lee’s Palace July Talk Kills-style, sexy as hell indie rock led by
one Tom Waits sound-alike and a frontwoman with Karen O’s same snarling swagger. 9:3010:10 pm Gentlemen Husbands Gentlemen Husbands formed a band out of a feeling of small-town restlessness. Their ambitious alt-rock has a laser-like focus on the wide-eyed Springsteenian ideals of hope, love and freedom. 10:3011:10 pm Matt Mays Despite releasing just four studio albums, radio-friendly alt-rock mainstay Mays has had a hugely varied and acclaimed career to date. 11:30 pm-1:10 am Swamp Yankees 1:30-2:10 am
LOT 100 Nick Reynoldson A bark like a chihuahua but a
bite like a Rottweiiler: he’s an animal – and a rising star in the comedy scene. 8:30-8:40 pm Jon Mick Sharp wit, a deep cultural knowledge (nerd) and the ability to make the deplorable laughable. 8:40-8:50 pm Mike Rita Award-winning 22-year-old comedian who’s host of Stoner Sundays on PotTV, a regular at Toronto’s Yuk Yuks and a favourite in venues across Canada. 8:50-9 pm Rh iannon Arch er Rhiannon Archer is 1/3 comic, 1/3 adventurer, and 1/3 crooner, and 100 per cent human. 9-9:10 pm Eric Andrews A young comic who’s “a bit shy, a bit awkward and a lot funny.” In his career so far he’s been featured on the Comedy Network, XM Satilite Radio and MuchMusic. 9:10-9:20 pm Matt O’Brien Named Canada’s Next Top Comic by XM Radio in 2010 and played the Global Comedy Festival. He’s performed across North America and been featured on MTV, MuchMusic and CTV. 9:20-9:30 pm
Rebecca Koh ler 9:30-9:40 pm K. Trevor Wilson Consistently tight comic, with
“the voice of god.” 9:40-10:10 pm Twitter Gong Sh ow Innovative show featuring comedians performing in front of a live Twitter feed, giving audience members a new-found executive power. Hosted by Mark DeBonis. 10:40-midnight
Mod Club Theatre KOVAK Electro-poppers from Brighton, UK,, in
love with vintage synths, vintage sneakers and vintage music. 7 pm A Friend in London Unerringly confident curiopop from a Euro-indie quartet aiming squarely at the boy band market and radio ubiquity. 8 pm P latinum Blonde Poppy Toronto new wave survivors who have hopefully retained their glam rock wardrobe from the late 80s. 9 pm
Monarch Tavern Hugh Oliver Poet, novelist and sculptor Hugh
Oliver may be an octogenarian, but his brilliant, jaunty pop, folk and soul is as fresh as it comes. 8 pm Th e Stanleys Blissful Casiotone power pop from Australia with “one eye on the girl and the other on the car.” 9 pm Ch ris Velan Motivated by a range of influences spanning 70s songwriters, blues, West African music and reggae, this Montreal-based singer/ songwriter is a true Paul Simon-y musical nomad. 10 pm Red Nigh tfall Plaintive folk, Low-style slowcore and austere post-rock atmospherics from celebrated Toronto newcomers. 11 pm Little Brave Austin-based songwriter in a jazzy Tori Amos vein, with jaunty Lennon/McCartney backing. Midnight Suzy Wilde Versatile alt-country singer and folk icon’s daughter sitting somewhere between Feist and Stevie Nicks. 1 am Barry Taylor Comedy Records founder with an impeccable resumé of Comedy Network, MuchMusic and MTV experience. 2-2:10 am Desiree Lavoy The alt-comedy scene’s darling and a member of one of Toronto’s most fuckedup sketch groups: the Boom. 2:10-2:20 am Mike McGregor “He’s a ‘regular’ at the bar so we’re giving him a shot at the stage!”-style everyday stories that have nothing to do with the everyday. 2:20-2:30 am Th e Dick Mime The only thing Mr. Dick Mime does is pretend blow jobs. A postmodern triumph. 2:30-2:40 am Darren Frost “Come see what it’s like to use a nuclear weapon to swat a fly.” 2:40-2:50 am Aaron Berg Fast-talking and energetic punchline nailer. 2:50-3 am Rick & Ch uck Wonderfully profane satirists: “Rick and Chuck are 8th graders who found some rap CDs and tried writing a few raps of their own. If you see their parents around, please don’t tell them.” 3-3:20 am
After hours until 4 am
Amity Beach The twists and turns of contem-
porary indie are all present in this Lake Huron quintet who take the face-value thrills of Vampire Weekend, et al. and seal them into a singular REM-style pop package. 8 pm Broken Bricks Like much early 90s Britpop and all the strains of uniquely British music that preceded it, Broken Bricks aren’t afraid to pair an acerbic lyric with hammerhead guitars and a Bowieesque hip swing. 9 pm Th e Dying Arts Super-smooth grunge-lite anthemers prepping their debut album. 10 pm Th e Fabulous Yawn Don’t let their name fool you – there’s nothing boring about these Fiery Furnacesy acoustic progressive folkers. 11 pm Th e Sour Notes Brittle keyboard, guitar and synth-based pop from Austin, Texas, making music for star-crossed post-grads and lonesomes alike. Midnight Meanwood Trad country music with elements of folk, blues and vintage rock, steeped in the heart of the past and infusing it with a modern touch. 1 am Nich olas Doubleyou & th e B-Squad Rollicking lo-fi punk-soul revue. Hugely fun and highly recommended. 2 am Different Skeletons Brilliantly shambolic lo-fi garage rock that makes all their 60s, surf and blues influences that they’ll never see live suddenly seem pointless, redundant and “way old man.” 3 am
Redpath Stage – Harbourfront To Tell th e Tale Riff-heavy emo-pop-punk from
a Whitby quintet known for their energetic live performances. 1-1:40 pm Masia One Eloquent ahead-of-the-curve Singapore MC inspired by Miles Davis and John Coltrane but sounding like Common. 2-2:40 pm Th e P eople of Canada A ukulele player best known for his funny, catchy songs and dislike for writing bios. 3-3:20 pm Gregory P epper & His P roblems Magnetic Fields-style upbeat, underground indie-pop from a Guelph native and backing trio. 3:30-4 pm Alph abot! Jake Roels builds songs with a loop pedal and a five-piece band, as per fellow sonic experimentalists Beck or the Flaming Lips. 4:155 pm Jumple Hailing from different parts of the USSR, Jumple give a high-energy Gypsy-punk stage show not a million miles away from Gogol Bordello. 5:15-6 pm
Rivoli Sh ane Murph y Funk, soul, blues and 70s R&B from a Montreal “Sly & the Family Rolling Stones” enthusiast. 9 pm Th e Deer Tracks 10 pm Sara Joh nston Ex-Bran Van 3000 Johnston’s solo project ignores frat-pop for a more soulful and sweet approach, her lush voice sitting over buzz-saw guitars and stadium-sized drums. 11 pm Holly McNarland This Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter is known for her unflinching lyrics, lingering melodies and a powerhouse
The Rochester Th is Hisses Last year’s Surf Noir debut would
still pretty much perfectly describe this Winnipeg trio’s spellbinding live show. 8 pm Deadly Hopefuls Meticulous, angular and experimental post-rock from Toronto’s premier Fugazi zealots. 9 pm Ch ang-A-Lang So keen-sounding are this buzzworthy local pop-punk trio that they’ve probably launched into their first Weezer-style song by the time you’ve read this. 10 pm Non Stop Girls Garage rock done right from Toronto poly-bander Patrick McCormack. 11 pm Ch anging Modes Unique Zappa-meets-Sparks art rock, seamlessly moving across power-pop, jazz-funk and all-out prog. Midnight P eter Kernel Refreshingly carefree Swiss-Canadian three-piece all wrapped up in DIY/riot grrl aesthetics and Goo-era Sonic Youth noise-pop. 1 am B L A C K I E Outstanding “one-man noise ordinance violation” playing a “harsh-wave/don’tcare” mishmash taking in Southern rap, thrash metal and digital hardcore. 2 am
Silver Dollar Room Dutch Toko A heroic combination of Sonic Youth
artsy-punk and nimble-fingered Dick Dale surfery. 8 pm Cellph one Brilliant spazzed-out gonzo rock and mystifying crazecore from a group of Toronto misfits. 9 pm Mac DeMarco Astounding 10/10 solo project from ex-Makeout Videotape frontman, who played an era-defining 3am slot last NXNE, and his faux rock star alter-ego, with Velvets-style shaky backing group. 10 pm Ell V Gore Thrilling, dissonant and visceral postpunk with no- and cold-wave influences from handsome Toronto scene heroes. 11 pm P rince Innocence Deservedly hyped minimalwave duo from Toronto led by the ice-cool vocals of Talvi Faustmann and her Little Girlsmember boyfriend, Josh McIntyre. Midnight Bleach ed Best Coast-style achy-breaky bubblegum punk from ex-Mika Miko sisters. 1 am Automelodi Blurring the sonic boundaries between primitive electronic sounds and live instruments, influenced by Spectorish-pop, Mancunian indie and minimal electro pop. 2 am Kontravoid Bleak post-punk and no-wave electronica – the phoenix from the flames of postMIDI analog culture. 3 am
The Sister Tyler Ellis A “songwriters’ songwriter” playing
beautifully understated, insightful, wry, disarming and uniquely Canadian folk songs. 8 pm Th e Marrieds Crazy-in-love folksy duo from London, ON, led by Jane Carmichael’s sweet vocals and some cutesy Carter/Cash dynamics. 9 pm Josh Geddis Uptempo rootsy singer/songwriter with Hammond- and mandolin-heavy arrangements, playing alt-folk in a Wilco and radiofriendly David Gray style. 10 pm BEAMS Evocative bluegrassy folk with an oldmeets-new, Grizzly Bear and Fleetwood Macstyle sound. 11 pm Wonderful Diving Horses West Coast rock and roll, folk rock and Springsteen-style Dustbowl operatics from Vancouver quartet. Midnight Th e Heavy Horses Murder ballads and outlaw shantys from a Toronto group with a dead eye for nailing the romantic and the macabre in song form. 1 am
Sneaky Dee’s Ch anging Modes Unique Zappa-meets-Sparks
art-rock seamlessly moving across power-pop, jazz-funk and all-out prog. 8 pm Bzaryn A one-man sonic explosion: trippy voice and patchwork, sample-heavy rhythms. 9 pm Bloodh ouse “Heavy pop,” teen punk and thunderous vocal phenomenon with huge melodies beneath the enveloping tape hiss and delay. 10 pm Indian Wars Beyond cool “shitty, druggy, backwards blues” country-grungers from Vancouver as per garage band favourites the Strange or Jacuzzi Boys. 11 pm Connoisseurs of P orn The Connoisseurs “exude joy, contempt, love and isolation” through a continued on page 84 œ
Artist DirECtOrY ANN CHAPLIN @ Free Times Cafe, 320 College June 16 • 8PM Singer/songwriter from Deep River, ON. Currently working on her first country album in Toronto.
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w/ Real Big Fish, Big D And The Kids Table, Suburban Legends Sound Academy, Sunday, June 17, doors 6:30pm All ages Limited NXNE passes, wristbands accepted
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w/ DJ Walla P, Tommy Kruise, Full Course, Loe Pesci, CeasRock, Drake, Saturday, June 16 Converse presents
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w/ Ell V Gore, Prince Innocence, Mac DeMarco, Dutch Toko
w/ GhettoGoldMatt, Amy Traphouse, Ryan Hemsworth
Silver Dollar, Saturday, June 16
Hoxton, Thursday, June 14
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w/ Bass Drum Of Death, Metz, The Death Set, Uncle Bad Touch, DZ Deathrays, First You Get The Sugar Wrongbar, Friday, June 15
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w/ Ivan Julian, Dearly Beloved, The Two Koreas, The Dead Bent, Stolenowners Velvet Underground, Friday, June 15
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bAd rElIgIoN 9pm Good Riddance 8pm | No Use For A Name 7pm Slaves On Dope 6pm | Trouble Andrew 5pm
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nxne film festival $50 full-festival wristband gets you no cover access to all nxne music shows and film screenings.
4:00pm | NFB
ThUrsday, jUNe 14
Letting Go
7:00pm | royal ciNema
D: Cameron McKenzie, 8 mins Short film about a tough-minded girl who goes through different stages of grief.
Film Festival only wristband $25. single screening $10
Been Good To Know Yuh
D: Corey Brandenstein, 24 mins, Canadian Premiere Plagued by a degenerative neurological disease and facing his own mortality, America’s Father of Folk Music, Woody Guthrie, relives a handful of life-shaping occurrences while waiting for his closest friend, Cisco Houston, to show up for one last drink.
monday, June 11 5:30pm | NFB
Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould
D: Peter Raymont 117 mins An unprecedented array of new footage of Gould reconstructs his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. 8:00pm | NFB
Come On – Preacher’s Son
D: Vittoria Colonna Di Stigliano, 3 mins, Canadian Premiere A gorgeous renegade bride hits a notorious Dublin inner-city pub in this music video for the Irish folk rock band.
Happily Dysfunctional: The Story of Transistor 66 Records
D: Steve Ward, 26 mins The story of Art MacIntyre and the happily dysfunctional family that comprises Transistor 66 Records: a candid, intimate portrayal of an uncompromising soul accustomed to fighting for others in the pursuit of artistic purity.
Going Deaf For Nothing – The Story of A Rock N’ Roll Band
D: Susana Halfon, 48 mins, World Premiere The music business as seen through the life of a real band, a primer on Music 101 and a must-see for anyone interested in music, rock ‘n’ roll, and 25-year-old piss.
tuesday, June 12 4:00pm | NFB
Randy Parsons: American Luthier
D: David Peckhammer, 8 mins A short about Jack White’s guitar maker, with arrangements by Michael Chorney, producer of two of Anais Mitchell’s albums.
Dan’s Chelsea Guitars: A Neighborhood Music Store For The Whole World D: Daniel Ferry, 30 mins, Daniel Ferry in attendance, World Premiere An exploration of the tiny, iconic Manhattan guitar shop, its interesting visitors, and the reality of running a small business in NYC.
Persecution Blues: The Battle for The Tote D: Natalie van den Dungen, 57 mins, Canadian Premiere In 2010 the iconic Tote Hotel – last bastion of Melbourne’s vibrant music counterculture – was unfairly forced to close. This film follows the struggle of 20,000 fans on the front line of an epic-scale culture war. 6:00pm | NFB
Bring On The Mountain
D: The Diamond Bros, 92 mins A documentary on Toronto’s premier hard rockers, Danko Jones: “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll“. Danko Jones takes this mantra to heart and lives the words like gospel delivered from the rock and roll temple. 8:00pm | NFB
Disposable Film Festival 2012 Competitive Shorts
D: Carlton Evans, Carlton Evans in attendance. 90 mins Celebration of democratization of cinema made possible by new, inexpensive video technology, promoting experimentation and innovation of a new generation of filmmakers entering and changing the industry.
wednesday, June 13 1:00pm | NFB
Come On – Preacher’s Son REPEAT See Monday, June 11
Happily Dysfunctional: The Story of Transistor 66 Records REPEAT See Monday, June 11
Going Deaf For Nothing -The
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Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy
D: Tolga H. Yuceil, 33 mins, Canadian Premiere Tolga H. Yuceil, Kaan M. Yuceil in attendance The man tries to kill himself. Every time he tries it, an angel keeps him from doing so, by showing him the simple pleasures in life. Little does he know that he has a purpose in life.
D: Rob Heydon, 105 mins
Ecstasy is a dark romantic comedy based on the controversial book (a bestseller in over 20 countries) by Irvine Welsh. The film combines Welsh’s provocative characters and superb storytelling with shocking thrills and dark comedy, taking us on a journey into a crafty, drug-fuelled contemporary satire on modern culture. Shot in Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto, as well as Scotland and Amsterdam, the film follows a romance between Lloyd and Heather against a background of clubbing and drug dealing. Lloyd’s emotional experience is at the heart of this film; every step he takes leads him deeper into the secret world of his faith and love, forcing him to confront himself and his own beliefs and prejudices. Using hand-held cameras, mixing up drama and real life, shooting fast to capture performance and the everchanging light, the film reflects the hypnotic essence of life that young people face today.
Preceeded by Cassini Mission D: Chris Abbas, 2 mins
The imagery captured by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is re-imagined in this ode to man’s boundless curiosity.
Story of A Rock N’ Roll Band REPEAT D: Susana Halfon, 48 mins, World Premiere See Monday, June 11 3:00pm | NFB My Hometown
D: Jerry Levitan, Terry Tompkins, 7 mins, Canadian Public Premiere, Jerry Levitan in attendance. Written and narrated by Yoko Ono, produced and directed by Jerry Levitan and Emmy-winning Terry Tompkins.
I Met The Walrus
D: Josh Raskin, 5 mins, Josh Raskin in attendance. Recounts the 1969 interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by a 14-year-old, who snuck in to a hotel room in Toronto armed with a reel-to-reel tape recorder.
Amos The Transparent – Sure As The Weather: Making A Music Video
D: Gavin Michael Booth, 14 mins, World Premiere A behind-the-scenes glimpse into Ottawa band Amos The Transparent and their crew’s efforts to achieve a single-take music video.
The Ballad Of Danko Jones
D: The Diamond Bros, 24 mins In the high pressure world of rock and roll a wrong move can turn deadly. The boys have made a crucial error and are left fighting for their lives. 4:30m | NFB
Somebody That I Used To Know – Animal Nation
D: Garnet Clare, 6 mins, Garnet Clare & Mike Armitage in attendance Beautifully shot short film has the group making house in a run-down ex-mining village “ghost town.”
Ages And Stages: The Story Of The Meligrove Band D: Brendan McCarney, 89 mins Raw but heartening look at the frustrations of one of the best but most overlooked bands in Canada over the course of some colossal bad luck, legal wrangling and the ever-present feeling that it might just be time to hang it up.
Friday, June 15
Short video metaphor about addictions and the price of technology.
7:o0m | royal ciNema
Embracing Voices: The Woman Behind The Music Of Jane Bunnett
D: Elisa Paloschi, 70 mins, World premiere, Elisa Paloschi and Jane Bunnett in attendance. Multiple Juno award winner, Grammy nominee, recipient of the Order of Canada, jazz luminary Jane Bunnett, came back after facing depression, and the fear that she would never be able to make music again. The film follows Jane’s personal and musical journey from Ontario to Cuba, as she produces her most ambitious CD to date. The final Juno winning recording is more than just a jazz album. It is a re-evaluation and reflection on her life and a tribute to the people that enable her to reconnect with her music.
thursday, June 14 12:30pm | NFB
Polaroid Song
D: Alphonse Giorgi, 19 mins, Canadian Premiere In 1991, Lise is 18. The Gulf War ends, the USSR collapses, Nirvana takes over the charts and three girls create the rock band Periodink.
Down: Indie Rock In The PRC
D: Andrew Field/Judy Willmont, 50 mins, Canadian Premiere, Andrew Field and Judy Willmont in attendence From underground clubs to outdoor concerts and festivals, Down documents the indie rock music scene in China today, touching on universal themes of youthful alienation and freedom of expression, while also highlighting the power of music to bring people together. 2:15pm | NFB
Fugitives: Wax Live
D: Shawn Thomsen, 31 mins, World Premiere Def Jam’s Wax arrived in Toronto to play a series of shows, only to be turned away at the border. Watch as he’s literally smuggled into the country.
KMS – Jewish Negroes
D: Moran Ifergan, 48 mins, Canadian Premiere The reality of a black generation trying to find their identity in “white Israel,” told through the eyes of rappers KMS.
My Father And The Man In Black
D: Jonathan Holiff, 89 mins, Canadian Premiere Jonathan Holiff in attendance Written and directed by the son of Johnny Cash’s former manager, this film brings together rare footage and eyewitness accounts of the late star - and will likely rewrite much of the history books.
saturday June 16 1:00pm | NFB
My Hometown REPEAT See Wednesday, June 13
Letting Go REPEAT
D: Theodore Ushev, 3 mins This metaphorical surrealist tale is an allusion, a trip into memory and current realities.
Once In A Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story
Bring On The Mountain
Addictions D: Giovanni Bucci, 2 mins
D: Gorman Bechard, 89 mins Gorman Bechard in attendance Combining in-your-face concert footage along with rare interviews of the band, this film captures the energy and excitement of these indie rock icons’ reunion tour shows. 7:00pm | TUc
12:30pm | NFB
Nightingales In December
Writer Irvine Welsh will be in attendance
What Did You Expect? The Archers Of Loaf Live At Cat’s Cradle
See Tuesday, June 12 2:30pm | NFB
Sudden Flashes Of Light
D: Santiago Ruiz, 8 mins A film on the piano that features Serhiy Salov’s virtuoso performance and interpretations of “Fetes” from Nocturnes by Claude Debussy.
Inside The Perfect Circle: The Odyssey Of Joel Thome D: Chris Pepino, 60 mins, World Premiere, Chris Pepino, Martha Mooke (musician) & Joel Thome in attendance A documentary about Grammy Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer (and Picasso and Zappa collaborator) Joel Thome. 3:00pm | TUc
Så Jävla Metal – The History Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal D: Yasin Hillborg, 109 mins, Canadian Premiere Follow the personalities who’ve made the Swedish hard rock and metal scene what it is today: a long and winding road that they’ve been wandering for the last 40-odd years. preceeded by
Dead Weight – Famous Underground
D: Nick Walsh, 4 mins Music video from Toronto metal warriors Famous Underground. 4:30pm | NFB
Misguided – Jennifer Castle
D: Ilse Kramer, 2 mins Two hands move together and apart in an expression of lyrics by Jennifer Castle from her album Castlemusic.
Rising Above The Blues
D: Yoon-ha Chang, 89 mins, Canadian Premiere, Ralf Kemper (Producer), Donna Hall (Producer) & Yoon-ha Chang in attendance 85-year-old singer Jimmy Scott has had a profound influence on the world of jazz and pop but was never recognized by a wider audience. Take a musical journey with a man who never gave up hoping and dreaming. A moving life story. 5:15pm | TUc
Ghostface Killah & Toronto’s Apollo Kids
D: Jeff “Vargas” Vallejo, Approx. 80 mins The Wu-Tang veteran takes to the stage in Toronto – footage interspersed with him sharing his story with local Toronto youth from Parkdale. 6:30pm | NFB
Wait For Amateur – Chris Connelly
D: Shayna Connelly, 2 mins The pop-art ennui of a stereotypically disengaged game show hostess posing for an unseen audience.
See Thursday, June 14
D: Jonathan Kalafer, 85 mins, Canadian Premiere Feel-good documentary following a New York school choir – made famous from YouTube clips - from rehearsals through to their big performance as the closing act at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony. 3:00pm | NFB
Jim Talks
D: Jackson Fishauf, 4 mins, World Premiere Short about venerable Toronto-based fine art photographer Jim Allen.
Memphis Psychosis
D: Kristine Hipps, 9 mins, Canadian Premiere Mick Farren’s story of a trip to Graceland gone hellishly and hilariously wrong due to a handful of pills purchased in the restroom of a Denny’s.
The Ballad Of Hugh
D: Marco DiFelice, 63 mins, World Premiere Follow poet, musician, novelist and sculptor Hugh Oliver in this heart-warming, inspirational documentary that sheds a hopeful, lyrical light on the realities of age. 5:00pm | NFB
The Light That Died In My Arms
D: Alan Foreman, 2 mins, Canadian Premiere New York is a thousand miles of wire away.
Jobriath AD
D: Kieran Turner, 103 mins The unbelievable story of the first openly gay rock star - Jobriath – who was excommunicated from the music business and became an early casualty of AIDS but is now acknowledged as a groundbreaking artist. 7:00pm | NFB
Hole In The World
D: George Metaxas, 3 mins The end of the world has elapsed, a few humans remain, and a group of survivors in Sydney, Australia gather for a jam session in the ruins of the world.
Slaughter Nick For President
D: Rob Stewart, Liza Vespi and Marc Vespi, 72 mins, World Premiere Rob Stewart, Liza Vespi & Marc Vespi in attendance This film examines how actor Rob Stewart inexplicably became a symbol of freedom during the Serbian protests which led to the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, all through an otherwise long-forgotten TV role.
sunday, June 17 12:30pm | NFB
Hole In The World REPEAT See Saturday, June 16
Slaughter Nick For President REPEAT See Saturday, June 16 2:30pm | NFB Letting Go REPEAT See Thursday, June 14
My Father And The Man In Black REPEAT See Friday, June 15
NxNE FILM FESTIVAL VENUES National Film Board Mediatheque (NFB) 150 John St. | Royal Cinema 608 College St. | Toronto Underground Cinema (TUC) 186 Spadina Ave.
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Thursday, June 14 8PM
The Annex Live 296 Brunswick
The Hamptons 8-8:30 pm
1
I Smell Blood
9PM
10PM
Lonnie In The Garden
Dutch Toko
9:30-10 pm
10:15-10:45 pm
8:45-9:15 pm
The BoAT 158 Augusta
2
CAmeron houSe 408 Queen W
Say Domino 11-11:30 pm
The Lava and Ash
12aM
1aM
2aM
3aM
Esther Grey
Wild Domestic
Cousins
The Water St Projects
12:30-1 am
1:15-1:45 am
2-2:45 am
3-3:45 am
11:45 pm -12:15 am
Alto Verde
Bugs In The Dark
Soft Copy
Catlow
The Cautioneers
Gay
Lovely Killbots
Baltim ore, MD
Brooklyn, NY
Toronto, ON
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Buddy Black
The Dead Ships
Gloryhound
The Nils
Ivan Julian
Grimskunk
Toronto, ON
Los Angeles, CA
Halifax, NS
Montreal, QC
New York, NY
Montreal, QC
Joel Battle
Orpheum Bell
Pistol George Warren
Mary Bragg
Jack Marks
The Respectables
Vancouver, BC
Ann Arbor, MI
The Johnny Cash Machine
Sudbury, ON
Brooklyn, NY
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Nathan Bishop
James O-L and the Villains
REYNE
Decent Lovers
HelloRadio
Wendy Versus
Burrows
Melbourne, ON
Asheville, NC
Hoboken, NJ
Toronto, ON
Petite-Patrie, QC
Bovine Sex CLuB 542 Queen W CAdiLLAC Lounge 1296 Queen W
11PM
Toronto And Cape Breton, ON
Windsor, ON
Montreal, QC
After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am
The CenTrAL 603 Markham
F&M
The Allens
Alanna J Brown
Molly Sweeney
Plume Giant
The Jessica Stuart Few
Edm onton, AB
London, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, Canada
New Haven, CT
Toronto, ON
C’eST WhAT 67 Front E
Daniel Moir
Kate Rogers Band
Sarah MacDougall
Harvest Breed
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Whitehorse, YT
Sue Newberry & The Law
Graydon James & the Young Novelists
CrAWford 718 College
CALiPH
Conscience
Clear Soul Forces
Ain’t No Love
Aquil
Brokenbridge
Toronto, ON
Vancouver, BC
Detroit, MI
Montreal, QC
Philadelphia, PA
Ottawa, ON
CzehoSki 678 Queen W
Dinah Thorpe
Heliopause
Almost A Band
Hibou
Southern Shores
Toronto, ON
Brighton, UK
Stockholm , Sweden
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
dAkoTA TAvern 249 Ossington
Wool On Wolves
Belle Starr
Tia Brazda
Michael Rault
Nash
The Elwins
Young Liars
Edm onton, AB
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Edm onton, AB
Montreal, QC
Keswick, ON
Vancouver, BC
City and The Sea
Jet Black
Alright Alright
High Heels Lo Fi
This Mess
Ham ilton, ON
Quebec City, QC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
3
TBA
The deTour BAr 193 1/2 Baldwin
Toronto, ON
Sherbrooke, QC
Toronto, ON
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
The drAke hoTeL underground 1150 Queen W
4
Walter TV
Doom Squad
BLACKIE
Doldrums
Bowly
Dougie Boom
Peanut Butter Wolf
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Houston, TX
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
ON
eL moCAmBo (mAin fLoor) 464 Spadina
5
Elk
Beliefs
Army Girls
Rituals
Dusted
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
A Place To Bury Strangers
PitchBlak Brass Band
Toronto, ON
eL moCAmBo (upSTAirS) 464 Spadina
Boxer The Horse
Jane’s Party
Carnivores
The Ascot Royals
Fast Romantics
Revolvers
The Group Sound
Charlottetown, PE
Toronto, ON
Atlanta, GA
Ham ilton, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
free TimeS CAfe 320 College
Amy Carson Hunter Corinna Rose
Ian Foster
Gabrielle Papillon
Jenny Berkel
Maneli Jamal
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
St. John’s, NL
Montreal, QC
Winnipeg, MB
Toronto, ON
Idiot Glee
Mac DeMarco
Grass Widow
The Black Belles
The Men
Lexington, KY
Montreal, QC
San Francisco, CA
Nashville, TN
Brooklyn, NY
The Roncy Boys
Filligar
Ocasan
God Made Me Funky
Chicago, IL
London, UK
Toronto, ON
Tanika Charles & The Wonderfuls
Masia One
Toronto, ON
Baby Eagle
The Weather Station
Marine Dreams
Daniel Romano
Julie Doiron
Sackville, NB
Toronto, ON
Wellend, ON
Welland, ON
Moncton, NB
Rikers
Husky
Spookey Ruben
Whale Tooth
Mamabolo
Peterborough, ON
Sidney, Australia
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
The Standstills
Black Owls
The Lad Classic
The Cunninghams
20 Amp Soundchild
Steve Hill
Oshawa, ON
Granville, OH
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Pickering, ON
Montreal, QC
Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers
Hooded Fang
PS I Love You
Bran Van 3000
Toronto, ON
Kingston, ON
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Ghettogoldmatt
BADBADNOTGOOD
Amy Traphouse
BADBADNOTGOOD
Ryan Hemsworth
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Dance Laury Dance
A Sight For Sewn Eyes
Obey The Brave
Protest The Hero
Montreal, QC
Halifax, NS
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
The gArriSon 1197 Dundas St W
6
The gLAdSTone hoTeL BALLroom 1214 Queen W greAT hALL LoWer TheATre 1087 Queen W
7
The greAT hALL 1087 Queen W hideouT 484 Queen W The LegendAry horSeShoe TAvern 370 Queen W
Toronto, ON
The hoxTon 69 Bathurst Lee’S pALACe 529 Bloor W
8
LoT 100 100A Ossington
9
mod CLuB TheATre 722 College
10
Portland, OR
Nash
Vacationer
Montreal, QC Baltim ore, PA Toronto, ON
noW Lounge 189 Church
After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
White Rabbits Brooklyn, NY
Nick Everett & Everybody Halifax, NS
Estan
Mira Black
Dead City Beat
Ania Soul
Ottawa, ON
Winnipeg, MB
London, ON
Toronto, ON
The James Clark Institute
ROCHELLE
Mama Rosin
Gt. Dane
Toronto, ON
Geneva, Switzerland
Toronto, MB
After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
The Seedy Seeds
Christian Hansen
The Black Fever
I Am Not Lefthanded
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Cincinnati, OH
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Dublin, Ireland
The piSTon 937 Bloor W
Old World Vulture
Eastborough
Cai.ro
Little City
ev ree wuhn
My Pet Dragon
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Brooklyn, NY
rAnCho reLAxo 300 College
11
Hind Legs
Champion Lover
The Roseville Band
Papermaps
MiniBoone
Hue
ElektroTank
Halifax, NS
Toronto, ON
Wrexham , Wales
Toronto, ON
Brooklyn, NY
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
rivoLi 332 Queen W
12
Rival Boys
Bishop Morocco
Gold & Youth
Zulu Winter
Still Life Still
13 14
After hours until 4 am
Austin, TX
Little Creatures
SiLver doLLAr room 486 Spadina
Quebec City, QC
The Bright Light Social Hour
The Danger Bees
The Shop @ pArTS & LABor 1566 Queen W
Never More Than Less
Tupperware Remix Party
The pAinTed LAdy 218 Ossington
The roCheSTer 423 College
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
After hours until 4 am
New York, NY
Hunter Collins 8:30-8:40 pm Vest Of Friends 8:40-9 pm Ladystache 9-9:20 pm Smells Like The 80’s 9:20-9:40 pm Mouth Congress 9:40-10:10 pm Matt O’Brien 10:40-10:50 pm Cheap Smokes 10:50-11:10 pm 3rd Klass 11:10-11:30 pm The Dick Mime 11:30-11:40 pm The Boom 11:40 pm -12 am
The Fires Of
monArCh TAvern 12 Clinton
Toronto, ON
New York, NY
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am Dildoniks Toronto, ON
After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Vancouver, BC
London, UK
East York, ON
Never More Than Less
Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs
Crooked Valentine
ARSON
The Motorleague
Careers In Science
Laid To Rest
Quebec City, QC
Waterloo, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Moncton, NB
Toronto, ON
Ham ilton, ON
Hollywood
Needles//Pins
Mean Jeans
Baltim ore, MD
Vancouver, BC
Portland, OR
Planet Creature
GROUNDERS
Hands & Teeth
Pow Wows
Bleached
The Sphinxs
The Archives
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Los Angeles, CA
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
The SiSTer 1554 Queen W
Hey Amy
Couriers
Random Family
Dinner Belles
Greg Ball
Orillia, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Patrick Dorie and the Honest Thieves
Ham ilton, ON
Kingston, ON
SneAky dee’S 431 College
15
I.No
Plaster
Uncle Bad Touch
The Schomberg Fair
Larry And His Flask
HONHEEHONHEE
Dance Laury Dance
Les Breastfeeders
Quèbec, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Bend, OR
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
16
Katie Murphy
Robert Francis
Grey Kingdom
Ryan O’Reilly
Dustin Bentall Outfit
Organ Thieves
Winnipeg, MB
Los Angeles, CA
Welland, ON
London, UK
Vancouver, ON
Toronto, ON
DJ Lee Paradise
Hussy
Hut
DJ Dean Donis
DJ Pretty Mike
DJ Alex Hells
Curmudgeon Jude
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
The Sweet Mack
Stella Ella Ola
Always
Cousins
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Halifax, NS
Moon King
EXITMUSIC
Young Magic
Bowly
New York, NY
Brooklyn, NY
The Hundred In The Hands
Purity Ring
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
SupermArkeT 268 Augusta unLovABLe 1415 Dundas W
17
veLveT underground 510 Queen W WrongBAr 1279 Queen W
18
yonge dundAS SquAre Yonge and Dundas
19
Whitby, ON
Brooklyn, NY
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
Trouble Andrew 5-5:40 pm Slaves On Dope 6-6:40 pm No Use For A Name 7-7:40 pm Good Riddance 8-8:40 pm Bad Religion 9-11 pm
1 OUT OF SOUND RECORDS 2 HMV DIGITAL 3 PAQUIN 4 NO PAIN IN POP 5 HAND DRAWN DRACULA 6 PANACHE 7 YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS 8 HEAVY T.O. / MTL 9 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS 10 MAPLE MUSIC RECORDINGS 11 TWO WAY MONOLOGUES & GREEN SHADE 12 ARTS & CRAFTS 13 JUST SHOWS 14 NEXT / UNTOLD CITY 15 M FOR MONTREAL 16 AGENCY GROUP 17 DAPS DJ’S 18 CONVERSE 19 MONSTER ENERGY *Schedule subject to change. Consult nxne.com for latest updates.
NOW June 7-13 2012
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Friday, June 15 8PM
The Annex Live
9PM
10PM
11PM
12aM
1aM
Ingrid Gatin
Benjalu
The Roseville Band
Mise en Scene
Kim Churchill
The Noble Thiefs
Winnipeg, MB
Newcastle, Australia
Wrexham, Wales
Winnipeg/Gimli, MB
Merimbula, Australia
Winnipeg, MB
Bovine Sex CLuB
The Lucky Ones
FU
Silvergun & Spleen
Darlings Of Chelsea
Sumo Cyco
St. Catharines, ON
Tokyo, Japan
Ottawa, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
CAdiLLAC Lounge
The Matthews Brothers
Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party
296 Brunswick
1
542 Queen W
The Unquiet Dead
1296 Queen W
Windsor, ON
CAmeron houSe
Hastings County, ON
Mama Rosin
Jack Pine and the Fire
Before The Flood
Geneva, Switzerland
Ottawa, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
2aM
3aM The Nonsuch
TBA
Winnipeg, MB
Special Guest Marlboros
After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
Mary Milne
Jean Caffeine
Heliopause
Ingrid Gatin
Patrick Joseph
Future History
Cobra & Vulture
Toronto, ON
Austin, TX
Brighton, UK
Winnipeg, MB
Los Angeles, CA
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Feed The Birds
Zaac Pick
Folly and the Hunter
C. Sterling
Winnipeg, MB
Vancouver, BC
Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk
Montreal, Canada
Vancouver, BC
Shawn Clarke and the Green Hearts
Geneva.B
Nuela Charles
Amanda Davids
Chloe Charles
Maiko Watson
2Z
Toronto, ON
Edmonton, AB
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
CrAWford
Tre Leji
Nova The Rebel
Cello Kid
Concept Books
Wordburglar
Goliath Paw
Toronto, ON
Cleveland, OH
Virginia Beach, VA
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Ottawa, ON
CzehoSki
Sofa City Sweetheart
Ariel Rubin
AKUA
Most People
Jenn Mierau
Los Angeles, CA
Boston, MA
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Erin Passmore
Jeremy Fisher
The Danks
Elephant Stone
Rah Rah
Peasant
Gus & Scout
Regina, SK
Ottawa, ON
Charlottetown, PE
Montreal, QC
Regina, SK
Philadelphia, PA
New York City, NY
The deTour BAr
Sola
J Shiltz
OSIYM
Tika Simone
Two Crown King
PHZ-Sicks
Toronto, ON
Mississauga, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
London, ON
Woodbridge, VA
The drAke hoTeL underground
Dan Griffin
Robert Francis
Justin Rutledge
The Treasures
Membersonly
Los Angeles, CA
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Christien Summers
Cousin
Paradise Animals
Ryan O’Reilly
Paper Lions
Teenage Kicks
Dwayne Gretzky
Toronto, ON
Niagara Falls, ON
Toronto, ON
London, UK
Charlottetown, PE
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
408 Queen W
The CenTrAL 603 Markham
C’eST WhAT 67 Front E
718 College
678 Queen W
dAkoTA TAvern 249 Ossington
2
193 1/2 Baldwin
1150 Queen W
eL moCAmBo (mAin fLoor) 464 Spadina
3
Calgary, AB
Toronto, ON
After hours until 4 am
Justin Miller & Justin Strauss NYC, NY
These Electric Lives Secret Broadcast
KOVAK
Kelly & the Kellygirls
Super Geek League
OPOPO
aRTIST oF tHE yEAR
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Brighton, UK
Toronto, ON
Seattle, WA
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
free TimeS CAfe
Anna Atkinson
Andrea Caswell
Baby June
Sigrun Stella
Mo Kenney
Phonogarde
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Waverley, NS
mindseye, ON
Yamantaka//Sonic Titan
Widowspeak
320 College
The gArriSon 1197 Dundas W
4
The gLAdSTone hoTeL BALLroom 1214 Queen W
Daughn Gibson
Peter Kernel
Art Vs Science
Doldrums
Philedalphia, PA
Agno, Switzerland
Sydney, Australia
Toronto, ON
Octoberman
Chris Velan
Kim Churchill
Utidur
Brasstronaut
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Merimbula, Australia
Reykjavik, Iceland
Vancouver, BC
Jaron Freeman-Fox and the Opposite Of Everything
Meridian
The Vandelles
Shellshag
Yardlets
Smoking Popes
New York, NY
Brooklyn, NY
New York, NY
Montreal, QC
Chicago, IL
The greAT hALL 1087 Queen W
hideouT
484 Queen W
5
LoT 100
6
100A Ossington
mod CLuB TheATre 722 College
Special Guest
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am Modernboys Moderngirls
Mad Anthony
Mad June
Mad Ones
The Boxing Lesson
Bella Clava
Cincinnati, OH
Montreal, QC
West Toronto, ON
Austin, TX
Toronto, ON
Bidiniband
The Coppertone
The Black Belles
No Sinner
King City, ON
Nashville, TN
Andre Williams & the Sadies
Reigning Sound
Toronto, ON
Asheville, NC
Vancouver, BC
2:54
DIIV
Friends
Oberhofer
John Maus
Zulu Winter
London, UK
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
London, UK
Chicago/Toronto, IL
After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
Halifax, NS
370 Queen W 529 Bloor W
New York, NY
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
The Stogies
The LegendAry horSeShoe TAvern Lee’S pALACe
Montreal, QC
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
eL moCAmBo (upSTAirS) 464 Spadina
After hours until 4 am
Dance Laury Dance Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am
Monty Scott 8:30-8:40 pm Garrett Jamieson 8:40-8:50 pm Daniel Woodrow 8:50-9 pm Mike Robertson 9-9:10 pm Rhiannon Archer 9:10-9:20 pm Ben Miner 9:20-9:30 pm Steph Tolev 9:30-9:40 pm Mark DeBonis 9:40-10:10 pm Keith Pedro 10:40-10:50 pm Jon Schabl 10:50-11 pm Sarah Donaldson 11-11:10 pm Dylan Gott 11:10-11:20 pm Nick Reynoldson 11:20-11:30 pm Rick & Chuck 11:30-11:40 pm Trixx 11:40 pm-12 am Courage My Love Dearly Beloved Die Mannequin Kitchener, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
monArCh TAvern
Almost A Band
Hopeful Monster
The City Streets
Raleigh
The F-Holes
The Demos
Stockholm, Sweden
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Calgary, AB
Winnipeg, MB
Rochester, NY
The pAinTed LAdy
Oh No, Theodore!
Matt Cardle
A Friend In London
The Provincial Archive Peachcake
Secrettes
Fredericton, NB
London, UK
Copenhagen, Denmark
Edmonton, AB
Carefree, AZ
Toronto, Canada
7. COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: STRIP COMEDY: Georgea Brooks Hancock (Host) / Alex Tindal (Judge) 2-2:10 am Jon Schabl 2:10-2:20 am Steph Tolev 2:20-2:30 am Diana Love 2:30-2:40 am Evan Desmarais 2:40-2:50 am Matt Carter 2:50-3 am Keven Soldo 3-3:10 am Sara Hennessey 3:10-3:30 am Alex Tindal 3:30-3:40 am After hours until 4 am City Of Glass After hours until 4 am Vancouver, BC
rAnCho reLAxo
8
Ramona
Haunter
Foam Lake
Paint
Double Fuzz
Dilly Dally
Doom Squad
Toronto, ON
Winnipeg, MB
Saskatoon, SK
Toronto, ON
Calgary, AB
Newmarket Northeast, ON Toronto, ON
9
No Sinner
Liz Coyles
The Broken Lyre
The Strumbellas
Danielle Duval
Mary Rose Obsession
CROSSS
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Markham, ON
Halifax, NS
Garage Baby
CTZNSHP
The Vibrating Beds Winnipeg, MB
PKEW PKEW PKEW (gunshots)
Sara Johnston
Montreal, QC
The oOohh Baby Gimme Mores
Ambisonic
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Purity Control
TV Freaks
Omegas
12 Clinton St
218 Ossington 300 College
rivoLi
332 Queen W
The roCheSTer 423 College
The Shop @ pArTS & LABor 1566 Queen W
SiLver doLLAr room 486 Spadina
10 11
The SiSTer
431 College
Montreal, QC
12
SupermArkeT 268 Augusta
unLovABLe 1415 Dundas W
Montreal, QC
Shane Murphy
1554 Queen W
SneAky dee’S
The Redmond Barry’s
Lonnie In The Garden London, ON
After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
Hamilton, ON
Montreal, QC
Goose Hut
Hooded Fang
Parlovr
Bleached
TOPS
UN
The Disraelis
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Montrèal, QC
Los Angeles, CA
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Bradleyboy Mac Arthur
Tara Holloway
The Blue Stones
Whiteboy Slim
The Pelts
Ottawa, ON
Windsor, ON
Moose Jaw, SK
Ottawa, ON
Sandman Viper Command
Orono, ON
Hussy
Cartoons
Hellaluya
Odonis Odonis
Phedre
Beta Frontiers
Times Neue Roman
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Andy Brown
Sam Cash
TimeGiant
Fredericton, NB
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Prolific
Your Pretend Boyfriend
The Futureless
Bowly
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
DJ Fusion (FuseBox Radio Broadcast)
13
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Burlington, ON
After hours until 4 am
Waldorf, MD
veLveT underground
Dead Bent
BLACKIE
The Two Koreas
Dearly Beloved
Ivan Julian
Stolenowners
BEATFACE
Toronto, ON
Houston, TX
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
New York, NY
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
WrongBAr
First You Get The Sugar
DZ Deathrays
Bass Drum Of Death
METZ
The Men
The Death Set
Uncle Bad Touch
Brisbane, Australia
Oxford, Mississippi, MS
Toronto, ON
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Montreal, QC
510 Queen W
1279 Queen W
yonge dundAS SquAre Yonge and Dundas
82
14 15
Montreal, QC
After hours until 4 am
Eight And A Half 7:30-8:10 pm Plants and Animals 8:30-9:10 pm Matthew Good 9:30-11 pm
1 PIPE & HAT 2 HIDDEN PONY 3 YOUNG LIONS MUSIC CLUB 4 LIXAR 5 SESAC 6 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS 7 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: STRIP COMEDY 8 TWO WAY MONOLOGUES & THE INDIE MACHINE 9 TAYLOR KLEIN OBALLA LLP 10 JUST SHOWS 11 NEXT / POP MONTREAL 12 DAPS RECORDS PRESENTS 13 DOSE 14 CONVERSE 15 SIRIUSXM
June 7-13 2012 NOW
Saturday, June 16 8PM
9PM
10PM Modern Field Recordings
The Annex Live
The Key Frames
Bovine Sex CLuB
Romeo Liquor Store
Organ Thieves
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
296 Brunswick
Toronto, Canada
542 Queen W
CAmeron houSe 408 Queen W
The CenTrAL
603 Markham Street 67 Front E
The drAke hoTeL underground
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464 Spadina 320 College
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1197 Dundas W
Toronto, ON
The Jon Cohen Experimental
Christien Summers
Elos Arma
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
I Am Not Lefthanded Dublin, Ireland
Inlet Sound
The Jack Stafford Foundation
Jeans Boots
Matthew Hornell
Lynn Jackson
Dave Borins
Saskatoon, SK
St. John’s, NL
Kitchener, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
3aM
Special Guest After hours until 4 am
1977
JP Hoe
Conveyor
Wolf Ram Heart
River Tiber
Loopsy Dazy
Toronto, ON
Winnipeg, MB
Brooklyn, NY
Columbus, OH
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Red Slam Collective
Zoo Legacy
Kembe X
Blitz
Toronto, ON
Ottawa, ON
South Holland, IL
Derrick N Ashong & Soulfege
Domestic Crisis Group
Kellen & Me
MAK
Carnival Moon
Fine Canadian Forces
Montreal, QC
Chicago, IL
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
The White Buffalo
Sean Rowe
Harper Blynn
Elvyn
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
New York City, NY
Brett Caswell & the Marquee Rose
Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir
We Were Heads
Mobina Galore
The C’mons
Life In Vacuum
Philoceraptor
Old Major
Drugs In Japan
Toronto, ON
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Waterloo, ON
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Washington, DC
Toronto, ON
After hours until 4 am
Mississauga, ON
Montreal, QC
Indian Wars
After hours until 4 am
Vancouver, BC
After hours until 4 am
DJ Walla P 8-9 pm Tommy Kruise 9-10 pm Full Course 10:30-11 pm Loe Pesci 11-11:30 pm CeasRock 11:30 pm-12 am Action Bronson 12-1 am A-Rock, Hatchmatik, Merk Meny 1-1:40 am Treasure Fingers 2-2:40 am
free TimeS CAfe The gArriSon
Flash Lightnin’
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
678 Queen W
193 1/2 Baldwin
Little Foot Long Foot
Toronto, ON
Gray
CzehoSki
The deTour BAr
Peterborough, ON
The Mercy Now
Minneapolis, MN
Bury St. Edmunds, UK
2aM
Toronto, ON
Andra Suchy
718 College
249 Ossington
1aM
Lindsay Barr
Toronto, ON
CrAWford
dAkoTA TAvern
12aM
Motel English
Robyn Dell’Unto
Toronto, ON
C’eST WhAT
Guelph, ON
11PM
International Zombies Of Love
Our Brother The Native
Toronto, ON
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Chaplin
Graham Nicholas
Toronto, ON
Etobicoke, ON
Warm Myth Montreal, ON
Shellshag
Limblifter
Neon Windbreaker
Les Breastfeeders
New York, NY
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Katie Murphy
Daniel Sky
Anthony Damiao
Bunmi Adeoye
Winnipeg, MB
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Sean Nicholas Savage
Mozart’s Sister
Jef Barbara
Topanga
The Belle Comedians
Country
CTZNSHP
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Fredericton, NB
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
The Bright Light Social Hour
After hours until 4 am
After hours until 4 am
The gLAdSTone hoTeL BALLroom
The Elwins
Revolver
The Mark Inside
Rikers
Keswick, ON
Paris, France
Toronto, ON
Peterborough, ON
The greAT hALL
MPG (My Pet Genius)
Take Drugs
The Mahones
Teenage Head
The Nils
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Dead Messenger
Intensive Care
Black Wing Halo
The North
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Heavier Than Air Flying Machines
New York, NY
Toronto, ON
Shawn Brady and the Electric Blood
The Lumineers
Young Empires
CATL
Fast Romantics
Mad Ones
Denver, CO
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
West Toronto, ON
1214 Queen W
1087 Queen W
hideouT
484 Queen W
The LegendAry horSeShoe TAvern
Poor Young Things Toronto, ON
370 Queen W
Grand Rapids, MI
Special Guest
After hours until 4 am
Austin, TX
Toronto, ON
After hours until 4 am A Primitive Evolution
After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
Lee’S PALACe
After hours until 4 am
529 Bloor W
Lee’S PALACe
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LoT 100
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100A Ossington
mod CLuB TheATre
July Talk 9:30-10:10 pm Gentlemen Husbands 10:30-11:10 pm Matt Mays 11:30 pm-1:10 am Swamp Yankees 1:30-2:10 am Nick Reynoldson 8:30-8:40 pm Jon Mick 8:40-8:50 pm Mike Rita 8:50-9 pm Desiree Lavoy 9-9:10 pm Eric Andrews 9:10-9:20 pm Matt O’Brien 9:20-9:30 pm Rebecca Kohler 9:30-9:40 pm K. Trevor Wilson 9:40-10:10 pm Twitter Gong Show 10:40-10:50 pm Twitter Gong Show 10:50-11 pm Twitter Gong Show 11-11:10 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:10-11:20 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:20-11:30 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:30-11:40 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:40 pm-12 am KOVAK A Friend In London Platinum Blonde Brighton, UK
722 College
monArCh TAvern 12 Clinton
Copenhagen, Denmark
Toronto, ON
Hugh Oliver
The Stanleys
Chris Velan
Red Nightfall
Marie Hines
Suzy Wilde
Toronto, ON
Perth, Australia
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Nashville, TN
Toronto, ON
2 Live Drew
Stereoptical
Melissa Cameron
Toronto, ON
London, ON
Toronto, ON
The Tudors
REYNE
The Breezes
Young Liars
Revolver
Dinosaur Dinosaur
Woodbridge, ON
Melbourne, ON
Paul Price & the Company
Plateau Mont-Royal, QC
Vancouver, BC
Paris, France
Toronto, ON
Amity Beach
Broken Bricks
The Dying Arts
The Fabulous Yawn
The Sour Notes
Meanwood
Grand Bend, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Austin, TX
Toronto, ON
Nicholas Doubleyou & the B-Squad
noW Lounge 189 Church
The PAinTed LAdy 218 Ossington
rAnCho reLAxo 300 College
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redPATh STAge hArBourfronT
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235 Queens Quay West
6. COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: RAW & HARD: Barry Taylor 2-2:10 am Desiree Lavoy 2:10-2:20 am Mike McGregor 2:20-2:30 am The Dick Mime 2:30-2:40 am Darren Frost 2:40-2:50 am Aaron Berg 2:50-3 am Rick & Chuck 3-3:20 am After hours until 4 am
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
After hours until 4 am Different Skeletons Toronto, ON
To Tell The Tale 1-1:40 pm Masia One 2-2:40 pm The People Of Canada 3-3:20 pm Gregory Pepper & His Problems 3:30-4 pm Alphabot! 4:15-5 pm Jumple 5:15-6 pm
rivoLi
332 Queen W
Shane Murphy
The Deer Tracks
Sara Johnston
Holly McNarland
Peasant
Harper Blynn
Montreal, QC
Gävle, Sweden
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Philadelphia, PA
New York City, NY
After hours until 4 am
The roCheSTer
This Hisses
Deadly Hopefuls
Chang-A-Lang
Non Stop Girls
Changing Modes
Peter Kernel
BLACKIE
Winnipeg, MB
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Brooklyn, NY
Agno, Switzerland
Houston, TX
SiLver doLLAr room
Dutch Toko
Cellphone
Mac DeMarco
Ell V Gore
Prince Innocence
Bleached
Automelodi
Kontravoid
Guelph, ON
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Los Angeles, CA
montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
The SiSTer
Tyler Ellis
The Marrieds
Josh Geddis
BEAMS
The Heavy Horses
Toronto, ON
London, ON
Bayfield, ON
Toronto, ON
Wonderful Diving Horses
SneAky dee’S
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Changing Modes
Bzaryn
Bloodhouse
Indian Wars
Connoisseurs Of Porn
Teen Tits Wild Wives
Brooklyn, NY
Toronto, ON
Halifax, NS
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
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Wunderstrands
The Ascot Royals
The Honeyrunners
423 College
486 Spadina
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1554 Queen W 431 College
SuPermArkeT 268 Augusta
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Hamilton, ON
Toronto, ON
veLveT underground
The Flow
Clear Soul Forces
Vibonics
Ain’t No Love
Toronto, ON
Detroit, MI
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
WrongBAr
Daughn Gibson
Dirtymags
Doldrums
Ceremony
Rival Schools
Killer Mike
Philedalphia, PA
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Rohnert Park, CA
New York, NY
Atlanta, GA
510 Queen W
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1279 Queen W
yonge dundAS SquAre Yonge and Dundas
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Brews Willis
Special Guest
Toronto, ON
DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin New York, NY
Wheel Wells Toronto, ON
The Burning Boyz 12-12:40 pm Brasstronaut 1-1:40 pm Parlovr 2-2:40 pm Ceremony 3-3:40 pm Art Vs Science 4-4:40 pm Hollerado 5-5:40 pm Oberhofer 6-6:40 pm of Montreal 7-7:40 pm Portugal. The Man 8-8:40 pm The Flaming Lips 9-11 pm
1 MOOKLIFE 2 WE ARE BUSY BODIES 3 POP MONTREAL 4 COLLECTIVE CONCERT PRESENTS 5 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS 6 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: RAW & HARD 7 TWO WAY MONOLOGUES 8 LONGBOARD 4 KIDS /NXNE 9 NEXT / PRETTY PRETTY / NOW MAGAZINE 10 DOSE 11 AGENCY GROUP 12 CONVERSE 13 SPINNER.CA
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Redpath Stage - Harbourfront
Peter Kernel Sneaky Dee’S, SunDay, 10pm
Jesus Lizard mess of abrasive, chaotic noise. Midnight Teen Tits Wild Wives No-wave-inspired artpunk meets Titus Andronicus with a gloriously messy way of handling their razor sharp shards of sax and guitar. 1 am Special Guest Fucked Up, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, No Age and the Stills are all NXNE secret show alumni. Who’ll it be this year? 2 am Brews Willis Classic 50s AM radio oldies played by a battered band of garage rock kids who haven’t yet mastered a basic surf riff. It’s incredible! 3 am
The Unemployed Toronto youngsters who
formed at a grade 7 talent show, playing spicy originals and some well chosen covers. 2-2:40 pm Lyric Dubee 13 year old country singer, songwriter and guitarist from Barrie who had already recorded his first album at 12 years of age. 3-3:40 pm Motion Device Guaranteed to make your feel old, Motion Device are a very young but very heavy rock band led by ten year old Sara Menoudakis. 4-4:40 pm Wannabe (Spice Girls Tribute Band) Bask in the glow of Ontario’s premiere Spice Girl tribute act avec backing band. 5-5:40 pm
Supermarket Wunderstrands Three respected musicians
Rivoli
(from Gramercy Riffs, Holy Fuck and Hawksley Workman) play a collection of songs that are at once hi- and lo-fi, personal and cinematic and all brand new ahead of their debut album in September. 8 pm The Ascot Royals Arenas beckon for this Hamilton quintet who pair the radio rock of Kings of Leon and Franz Ferdinand’s angular riffage with all the style of a Fred Perry button-down. 9 pm The Honeyrunners Souly rock “heartily layered with vintage guitars, an assortment of keys, bass, heavy-handed drums and massive vocal melodies.” 10 pm
Chris Locke Stand-up, actor and writer from
Velvet Underground The Flow Collective of funk, soul and hip-hop
young musicians working together with the common goal of sharing music with the world. 8 pm Clear Soul Forces Detroit quintet playing classic Roots-style jazzy rap. Could well be the act to carry the city’s proud soul and hip-hop legacy into the 21st century and beyond. 9 pm Vibonics Toronto’s Vibonics fuse elements of hip-hop and R&B with indie rock and funk in a Roots style. 10 pm Ain’t No Love Straight-up Guetta-influenced urban-dubstep-pop quartet championing their self-titled debut. 11 pm
Wrongbar Daughn Gibson Incredible, post-everything, re-
constructivist country crooner recycling melodies and memories like he’s channelling some lost radio station from the 50s with bass-heavy, James Blake-style blub-step beats. 8 pm Dirtymags Toronto five-piece on White Girl records playing trebly post-punk led by a voice that would rival Julian Casablancas’s for depth and emotion. 9 pm Doldrums Breaking home-towner surfing a weird wave of tribal pop, bedroom-dance and anything else his extreme genre-hopping tendencies take in. 10 pm Ceremony “Pink Flag” and Black Flag-influenced hardcore in the scene’s same critically revered, vital sphere as Pissed Jeans or Fucked Up. 11 pm Rival Schools Their mix of discordant, Fugazistyle shredding and radio-friendly stadium rock has only matured over a seven-year hiatus. Midnight Killer Mike Fiery old-school Southern rap with a loud, livid message and gritty, sample-heavy beats, stormy soul samples and domineering Rick Ross-style hollering in finer form than ever before. 1 am DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin Toubin makes life a little spicier by prompting folks to dance at rock shows, bars, art galleries and other places that used to be no fun. 2 am
After hours until 4 am
Yonge-Dundas Square The Burning Boyz Mixing originals and covers,
these real kid rockers specialize in old-school, with a bit of middle school thrown in. Prepare to be surprised – they can really play. 12-12:40 pm Brasstronaut Questionable name aside, touring Vancouverites Brasstronaut are great and play Radiohead-style baroque-prog littered with orchestral swells. 1-1:40 pm Parlovr Reacting against multi-instrumental, many-membered Montreal orchestral bands, Parlovr was started with the intention of blowing amps, streamlining sloppy-pop melodies and bringing back the power-trio’d fun of the 90s. 2-2:40 pm Ceremony “Pink Flag” and Black Flag-influenced hardcore in the scene’s same critically revered, vital sphere as Pissed Jeans or Fucked Up. 3-3:40 pm Art Vs Science Daft Punk-inspired party starting Antipodean electro-funk trio. 4-4:40 pm Hollerado Ottawa’s Juno-nominated, Weezer indebted, shaggy-haired alt-indie stars con-
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tinue to draw on an unfathomably deep well of energy and creativity. 5-5:40 pm Oberhofer Perma-effervescent frontman Oberhofer and spiky indie-rock band (named after him “as per Bon Jovi”) makes spontaneous bursts of emotion in pop form. 6-6:40 pm of Montreal Everlasting day-glo-experimental prog-pop group fronted by the enigmatic Kevin Barnes and one of music’s foremost left-field voices. 7-7:40 pm Portugal. The Man Experimental – and hugely fun! – indie rock four-piece centred around frontman John Baldwin Gourley’s abstract musical approach and corresponding upbringing. 8-8:40 pm The Flaming Lips Need-no-introduction nighlegendary psychotic-alt-rock heroes and their out-of-this-world stage show. 9-11 pm
Sunday Bovine Sex Club
The Motorleague Radio-friendy Thin Lizzy
meets harmony-heavy 90s West Coast punk from New Brunswick. 10 pm Alixander iii “After-hours techno affairs; the nocturnal emissions spurted out in the studio after wrapping a days worth of R&R.” 12 am Douglas Carter Carter has been a fixture in Toronto’s electronic dance community for 15 years. 1 am Matt Tasc Funky house and more from a championship DJ. 2 am Dave Fathom Combining old-school flavors with “neoanodigital” smarts, this Dj brings out the true definition of super DJ. 3 am
Crawford The Pussypops Some of the nineties’ most inter-
esting sub-genres - riot grrl, power-pop and bubblegum-punk - are mined by this fantastic new Toronto trio. 8:45-9:15 pm Tight Nuns “A kind of punk that is too good for the radio and too ugly for print media. More a soundtrack to a mid-life crisis than a tribute to pubescent love.” 9:30-10 pm Hate Gang Raw, Dead Boys-style blend of 70’s post-punk and 80’s hardcore, citing “aggressive vocals, angular guitars, sweat, booze, afterhours, hangovers” as their main offenders. 10:15-10:45 pm The BB Guns Four piece garage punk band: their live shows are a sweaty mess and their songs stick like sugar. 11-11:30 pm Pink Wine Pop-friendly snotty-punk with catchy hooks and a nice way around a chorus. 11:45 pm-12:15 am Rad Habits Tuneful punk as per a latterday Clash or The Knack from a great, new and superbly named Toronto quintet. 12:30-1 am Troubadour Rootsy retro-rock from Toronto recalling Springsteen or Don McLean’s storytelling songwriting. 1:15-1:45 am
Invasions Hometowners Invasions have slowly warped into a hyper-cool Vaccines-style Britpunk-pop band. 2-2:30 am
El Mocambo (Main Floor) Ocasan Quintessentially British guitar rock with
a Blur, Supergrass or Manic Street Preachers vibe. 9 pm Jumple Hailing from different parts of the USSR, Jumple give a high-energy gypsy-punk stage show not a million miles away from Gogol Bordello. 10 pm The Stanleys Blissful casiotone power-pop from Australia with “one eye on the girl and the other on the car.” 11 pm Peachcake Jersey Shore quintet playing radio friendly dance-pop which takes cues from the Killers and Crystal Castles. 12 am
After hours until 4 am
The Garrison Black Paradise Hyped and mysterious new To-
ronto act which has to be seen to be believed. 9 pm Picastro Widely acclaimed folk-y blues, “dark without being cartoonish, delicate without being merely pretty, sparse without being dourly ascetic.” 10 pm Nadja Exceptional doom/ambient/drone/ psychedelia from a duo renowned on the international experimental circuit and embraced by the online music community. 11 pm Beliefs Very, very good local quintet falling somewhere between Isn’t Anything-era My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth’s art-grunge, and soon to be on every A&R person’s radar. 9 pm
After hours until 4 am
LOT 100 John Hastings John was nominated for a Can-
adian Comedy award in the category of Best Newcomer and named one of the five comedians to watch in 2010 by the Comedy Network. 8:30-8:40 pm Hunter Collins Canada’s foremost nincompoop comedian and host of an acclaimed weed-comedy show at Vapor Central on Thursdays. 8:408:50 pm Julia Hladkowicz Julia has taken home lots of comedy hardware: The Hogtown Comedy Festival Directors Award, Fresh Meat Showcase Nomination & Last Comic Smoking. 8:50-9 pm Tim Gilbert Train wreck style comedy “drawing you inl ike so many bees to a hilarious and mildmannered flower.” 9-9:10 pm Aaron Berg Fast talking and energetic punchline nailer. 9:10-9:20 pm Adam Christie One of the fastest rising standups in Canada who also hosts the popular children’s television show “Zoink’d” on YTV. 9:209:30 pm Tim Nasiopoulos With a rapier-sharp wit, Comedy Records member Nasiopoulos leaves audi-
ences reeling in laughter with his Larry Davidstyle cutting dissections of social conventions. 9:30-9:40 pm Christina Walkinshaw When she’s “not busy drinking dudes under the table” Toronto’s Walkinshaw is a hot, up-and-coming comic. 9:40-10:10 pm Trixx Relationships, race relations and the absurdity of day to day life are some of this Toronto comedians favourite topics. 10:40-10:50 pm Deb Robinson Deborah is a huge nerd with an irreverent, awkward style and is one silly, fun barnacle who’ll do just about anything to get a laugh. 10:50-11 pm Bryan Hatt In the 12th year of his comedy career and Hatt’s ability to blend polished jokes and spontaneous ‘riffing’ is as strong as ever. 11-11:10 pm Amanda Brooke Perrin Comedian person who likes festivals and theme parties, nomintated “Best Newcomer” at the 2010 Canadian Comedy Awards. 11:10-11:20 pm Kate Davis A five-time nominee at the Canadian Comedy Awards and star of her own hour-long comedy special on CTV and the Comedy Network. 11:20-11:30 pm Eddie Della Siepe Observational stand-up and TV personality from MuchMusic’s “Video On Trial” show. 11:30-11:40 pm Jon Steinberg Like most comedians, Steinberg has a unique and twisted view of the world. He, however, has the truly original voice to match. 11:40-11:50 pm Ron Josol 11:50 pm-12:10 am
Rancho Relaxo Vistavision Raw rock and soul trio. 8 pm Crowns For Convoys In only a year, Crowns for
Convoy has etched a bold and confident sound, drawing from a breadth of styles that combine acoustic folk, pop, and indie while laying down well-crafted songs, groove-driven rhythms, and soaring vocals. 9 pm Goodnight, Sunrise Earnest, in-it-for-the-fun Toronto band who won’t let the sun go down on pentatonic riffs and old-school metal. 10 pm Amos The Transparent A show from these Ottawan indie-rockers can include multiple part a cappella harmonies, handclaps, all out guitar rock and raucous fan sing-a-longs. 11 pm Dream Jefferson Witty pop-culture references litter this Toronto pulsing party-rock-rap group’s tracks, coming across like Warhol writing the Bloodhound Gang’s lyrics. 12 am Soi Disant “Project of Toronto regular Owen Norquay and his lovely lady Maggie. It’ll be mind blowing, experimental, revolutionary and probably even better with added narcotics.” 1 am Miss Eliz abeth New scene band alert! Odie from Powers, Tom from Gay and Thomas from make some synth-heavy “Garbage! Violence! Enthusiasm!” music. 2 am
After hours until 4 am
Toronto with continent-wide renown. 9-9:10 pm James Hartnett Smart comedian unafraid to take risks, and host, performer and producer for the Laugh Sabbath show. 9:10-9:20 pm Aaron Eves Toronto funnyman and host of the nigh-legendary Let’s Get Hot comedy show. 9:20-9:30 pm Bob Kerr Don’t let Kerr’s charming approach fool you: he has the driest sense of humour this side of the Sahara. 9:30-9:40 pm Sara Hennessey Toronto based stand up extraordinaire and CBC Radio Show contributor. 9:40-9:50 pm Tom Henry Comedian. Somehow managed to score the @thegreatgatsby handle on Twitter. 9:50-10 pm Steph Kaliner “I writer. I comedy. Sometimes I do both at the same time.” 10-10:10 pm Tim Polly Dude-style comedy from a Toronto stand-up. 10:10-10:20 pm Brian Barlow Comic best known for creating and hosting The Loner Show, a monthly solo character comedy show where anything but stand-up is allowed. 10:20-10:30 pm DDP Comedy, writer and director from Toronto who has delighted audiences over a ecade with his peculiar humor and unique perspective on the world. 10:30-10:40 pm Nick Flanagan Toronto comedian, TORO Magazine journo and author of live stand-up album “I’m Here All Weak”. 10:40-10:50 pm Adam Christie One of the fastest rising standups in Canada who also hosts the popular children’s television show “Zoink’d” on YTV. 10:50-11 pm Tim Gilbert Train wreck style comedy “drawing you inl ike so many bees to a hilarious and mild-mannered flower.” 11-11:20 pm
Sneaky Dee’s UN Live looping, percussion and samplers cre-
ate a fresh brand of infectious electro-pop from this handsome Montreal duo. 9 pm Peter Kernel Refreshingly carefree Swiss-Canadian three piece all wrapped up in DIY/riot grrl aesthetics and “Goo” era-Sonic Youth noise-pop. 10 pm Cartoons Toronto noise-rock nerds play poppunk from the depths of daytime TV boredom, dripping with energy and guitar hooks. 11 pm CROSSS Black Sabbath-style “futurist grunge” Halifaxians. 12 am
Yonge Dundas Square Marie Hines “Marie Hines is a Nashville, TN
pop singer/songwriter whose telltale piano and string quartet songs have been featured by Walmart in Valentine’s Day campaigns, Delta Airlines, iTunes, Spotify, Hallmark, Forever 21, CMT, and hundreds of wedding videos.” 4-4:40 pm Tasha The Amaz on Notorious for her stage antics and left-field production, producer and artist Tasha makes a thrilling MIA-style agithop. 5-5:40 pm Tre Mission Young grime MC with the world at his feet and huge, radio-rap crossover potential. 6-6:40 pm Action Bronson Stupidly fun retro-rap; highpitched, smooth NYC flow chatting witty one liners over jazz loops and breakbeat samples. 7-7:40 pm Killer Mike Fiery, old-school Southern rap with a loud and livid message and gritty, sample heavy beats, stormy soul samples and domineering Rick Ross-style hollering in finer form than ever before. 8-8:40 pm Raekwon & Ghostface Killah Seminal Wu-Tang Clan rap icons - and authors of two of the best solo hip hop albums ever - performing together. 9-11 pm 3
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more online nowtoronto.com/stage Audio clips from interview with DAVE MERHEJE AND ARTHUR SIMEON • Review of LUMINATO’S PLAYING CARDS 1 • Scenes on ASIANSPLOITATION GOES DEEP, DOM PARE • and more Fully searchable listings with venue maps nowtoronto.com/stage/listings
COMEDY PREVIEW
Hip-hop hilarity Mid-career comics band together for a new kind of show By GLENN SUMI THE LEGENDS IN THE MAKING TOUR with ARTHUR SIMEON and DAVE MERHEJE at the Jane Mallett Theatre (27 Front East), Friday (June 15), 8 pm. $30. 416-366-7723, stlc.com.
arthur simeon and dave merheje have Kanye West and Jay-Z to thank for their latest career move. The hip-hop stars’ collaboration on their Watch The Throne disc and tour gave the comics the idea of pooling their own talents. On a slightly smaller scale, of course. “Comedy’s one of those things that is pretty individual. It’s rarely collaborative,” says Simeon. “But we realized if we put on our own show we could have complete creative control, with no manipulation from anyone else. “And for the record,” he adds, “I’m the Jay-Z in this duo.” That’s fine with Merheje, who’s got the sort of unpredictable energy that might result in a Kanye-like outburst onstage. (He’s a damn good improviser, by the way.) The pair have dropped by the NOW offices in the midst of their Ontariowide Legends In The Making Tour, and they’ve got a classic yin-andyang vibe going: the Ugandan-Canadian Simeon is deep-voiced, solid and controlled, while the Lebanese-Canadian Merheje is jumpy and jittery, his voice at
times on the verge of squeaking. Fittingly, the two have structured their show more like a rap concert than a comedy show. “I wanted to add a hip-hop element to it, where it’s in your face,” says Merheje. “There’s music, we’ve hired a DJ, and we usually throw a party after.” All of this seems to confirm that famous saying that most comics want to be musicians, and most musicians want to be comics. “If I had even an ounce of musical talent, we would not be sitting here hav-
Dave Merheje (left) and Arthur Simeon say their tour is about controlling their own careers and guaranteeing a good time.
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Thursday, June 14 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Steve Levine,
Guido Cocomello and host Chris Gordon. To Jun 17, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents Mullett’s Night Show. 8 pm. $5. Black Swan, 154 Danforth,
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ing this conversation,” says Simeon. “And we’re not even talking about hip-hop. I’d sing country music. I’d sing slow jams from the 80s and 90s.” It’s all about the groupies. But comics h av e their fans, too, right? Sort of. “I have this bit in my act where I talk about my teeth, and
after the show in Ottawa, some lady told me my teeth looked nice,” sighs Merheje. “Then she started talking about poetry. I get old women and dudes who want to fight the power, when really all I want is for someone to buy me a pint.” Banding together and booking venues themselves is a good move for the mid-career comics, who are looking to take things to the next level. “It’s about building a brand and finding the confidence to do it,” says
2nd floor. blackswancomedy.com. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com. DADDY GOT JOKES Comedy Lounge presents a Father’s Day special w/ Kris Bonaparte, Blair Streeter and other funny dads. 8:30 pm. $7. Jack’s Backyard, 30 Kennedy S, Brampton. comedylounge.ca.
FUNNY GIRLS AND DYNAMIC DIVAS Sistering presents its annual comedy ñ and music benefit w/ Sandra Shamas, host
Elvira Kurt and musical guests. 6 pm. $75. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-3667723, sistering.org. GUILTY OF BEING FUNNY presents weekly stand-up w/ hosts Andrew Fox and Jamie O’Connor. 10 pm. Free. Hot Wings, 563 Queen W. 416-359-8860. THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Lauren Ash, Jan Caruana, Kerry Griffin, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.
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guests Naomi Snieckus, Mark DeBonis, Garrett Jamieson and others. To Jun 15, Thu-Fri 8 pm. $15. 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. LAUNCHPAD COMEDY presents a weekly show. 8:30 pm. Free. White Swan, 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER Second City presents its latest revue of sketch and improv, written and performed by a fine sextet and directed with note-perfect precision by Chris Earle. Standout sketches take on the economic crisis in Europe, political attack ads (and how they affect a family vacation), bad reality TV and social media. There’s a sinister edge to one improvised bit about a pair of cops who brag about internet surveillance, but overall there’s lots of physical comedy – including one sketch about a woman (the fabulous Inessa Frantowski) trying to join an orgy and a man (the fearless Jason DeRosse) getting ejected from a kinky sex date. Don’t order any whipped cream. Wed-Sat 8 pm, plus Fri & Sat 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity. com. NNNN (GS) NNXNE COMEDY SHOWCASE Comedy Records presents Hunter Collins, Vest of Friends, 3rd Klass, Ladystache, the Dick Mime, the Boom and others performing short sets. 8:30 pm. $12 (free w/ NXNE pass). Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. nxne.com.
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Slip, Jape, Plum Thunder, Good Game, British Teeth and many others. To Jun 14, Tue-Thu 8 and 9:30 pm. $8/show, $12 for both. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. torontosketchfest.com. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents John Wing. To Jun 17, Thu-Sun 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Jen Grant. To Jun 16, Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 70 Interchange Way. yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Terry McGurrin. To Jun 16, Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.
Friday, June 15 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 14. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World
News Café presents improv with Common Glitterati. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com. JUDECAST LIVE 4: CANADA UNCENSORED See Thu 14. LEGENDS IN THE MAKING Jane Mallett Theatre presents stand-up with Arthur Simeon and Dave Merheje (see story, this page). Proceeds donated to African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF). 8 pm. $30.
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Merheje, whose comic targets include his ethnic background, hipsters and feeling neurotic about sex. “With internet videos, things might even change so you won’t need that many clubs any more or agents to build your fan base.” Simeon, who’s an onstage natural and has opened for his buddy Russell Peters (who, ironically enough, is doing a comedy show the following night), agrees. “It’s great to have control over your own career,” he says. “The best thing is you know it’s going to be a good show. Regardless of what happens, I know everyone will leave having enjoyed themselves.” The name of their tour is all in fun, they say. They were considering calling it the Comedy Throne, in homage to Kanye and Jay-Z, but decided on something, as Simeon describes it, “really obnoxious – but with a disclaimer.” If some of their too-literal stand-up colleagues grumble about their cockiness, so what? “If comics don’t think they’re going to be legends, why are they doing this?” says Merheje. “What am I going to call it, the Mediocre Comedy Tour? The Maybe I’ll Make It Tour? “I’m just confident in what I’m doing,” he says. “Besides, I once I heard Kanye say he isn’t a cocky person – his material is cocky.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/glennsumi
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27 Front E. 416-366-7723, stlc.com. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 14. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents weekly improv, sketch, stand-up and music. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. scnakedfridays@ gmail.com. THE NO NAME COMEDY SHOW The Bar with No Name presents weekly comedy and people talking loudly w/ host Matt Shury. 9:30 pm. Free. 1651 Bloor W. 416-997-6045. NNXNE COMEDY SHOWCASE Comedy Records presents Garrett Jamieson, Ben Miner, Desiree Lavoy, Steph Tolev, Dylan Gott, Trixx and others performing short sets. 8:30 pm. $12 (free w/ NXNE pass). Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. nxne.com. PREMIUM COMEDY Comedy Lounge presents a weekly showcase of hip and hot comics w/ Mike Rita, Rhiannon Archer, host Kris Bonaparte and others. 8 pm. $10. Grotto Lounge, 647 College. comedylounge.ca. SKETCH COM-AGEDDON SEMI-FINALS Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival presents 12 troupes chosen from the preliminary rounds competing in the annual sketch competition. 8 and 9 pm. $8/show, $12 for both. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. torontosketchfest.com. NSTRIP COMEDY Comedy Records and NXNE present short sets by Sara Hennessey, Diana Love, Evan Desmarais, Keven Soldo, host Georgea Brooks Hancock and others. 2 am. $12 (free w/ NXNE pass). Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton. nxne.com.
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Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 14. Yuk Yuk’s Vaughan See Thu 14. Yuk Yuk’s west See Thu 14.
Saturday, June 16 absolute ComeDY See Thu 14. blaCk swan ComeDY presents Improv Drop-
In workshop. 6 pm. $5. True Stories: Made Up Plays w/ Sage Tyrtle and others. 10 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416905-5388, blackswancomedy.com.
PComeDY gIRl seConD annual PRIDe show Queer Pride 2012 present a cele-
Plays and Robocop School for the Arts. 8 pm. $5. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. reveltheatre.com.
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NXNE presents Chris Locke, Aaron Eves, Bob Kerr, Steph Kaliner, Brian Barlow, DDP, Nick Flanagan, Sara Hennessey and others performing short sets. 9 pm. $12 (free w/ NXNE pass). Rivoli, 332 Queen W. 416-5961908, nxne.com. sunDaY nIght lIVe The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 14.
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altDot ComeDY lounge Rivoli presents ñ DiGiovanni, Graham Chittenden, ñDebra bration of funny, queer women w/ Zoe WhitGeoff Hendry, Keesha Brownie, Chris Gordon,
tall, Carolyn Taylor, Heather Gold, Lindy Zucker, Mariko Tamaki, host Dawn Whitwell and others. 8 pm. $15. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. buddiesinbadtimes.com. lIVe wRong anD PRosPeR See Thu 14. NnXne ComeDY showCase Comedy Records presents Nick Reynoldson, Jon Mick, Mike Rita, Rhiannon Archer and others performing short sets, plus the Twitter Gong Show. 8:30 pm. $12 (free w/ NXNE pass). Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. nxne.com. Russell PeteRs Air Canada Centre presents the stand-up comic from Brampton on his Notorious World Tour. 8 pm. $52.75-$125. 40 Bay. ticketmaster.ca. sketCh Com-ageDDon FInals Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival presents the final four troupes competing in the annual sketch competition. 8 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. torontosketchfest.com. smash hIt Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. the suPeRstaRs oF ComeDY Comedy Bar presents Rhiannon Archer, Matt Carter, Pat MacDonald, Ron Josol and host Bob Kerr. 9:30 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. touCh mY PaRkDale Touch My Stereotype presents a new set of material plus solo improv by Jess Grant and host Daniel Woodrow. 10 pm. $10. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. touchmystereotype.com. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 14. Yuk Yuk’s Vaughan See Thu 14. Yuk Yuk’s west See Thu 14.
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night comedy cabaret w/ Maybe, Luke Gordon Field, Michelle Neilson, Roger Rukeba, Hannah Hogan, Kirk Hicks and host Jim Kim. 10 pm. Pwyc. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011. haPPY houR @ eIn-steIn presents Brendan Pinto, Dean Young, Martin Allen, Alexander Djuric, Danielle Meierhenry, host Julia Bruce and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. lIVe wRong anD PRosPeR See Thu 14. NnXne ComeDY showCase Comedy Records presents John Hastings, Julia Hladkowicz, Tim Gilbert, Deb Robinson, Bryan Hatt, Ron Josol and others performing short sets. 8:30 pm. $12 (free w/ NXNE pass). Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. nxne. com.
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Opening blaCk CoRPs: waR oF 1812 Afro-Caribbean Dance Group presents theatrical dance about 35 black men who fought for Canada in the War of 1812, choreographed by Anthony ‘Prime’ Guerra. Jun 14-16, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $25, stu/srs $15. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. DIamonD annIVeRsaRY gala The National Ballet of Canada presents a celebration of 60 years of the company, with performances of short works, refreshments and
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Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge. com. stanDIng on the DanFoRth Eton House presents Debra DiGiovanni, Nile Seguin, Darren Frost, Simon Menaham, Kyle Dooley, Rhiannon Archer, Todd Graham, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.
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Thomas Calnan, Jason Schlesinger, Rose Giles, Michael Flamank, Jake Leiland and host Ron Sparks. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. baD Dog PResents: Bad Dog Theatre presents a weekly showcase of the company’s best performers. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. ChuCkle Co. PResents weekly stand-up. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. facebook. com/ChuckleCo. humPDaY humouR Muoi Nene Productions present weekly Afrocentric comedy w/ Raïs Muoi and others. 7 pm. Free. Hakuna Matata Sports Bar, 326 Parliament. 416-519-1569. lIVe wRong anD PRosPeR See Thu 14. maggIe’s mIsh mash The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents a night of music and comedy w/ host Maggie Cassella. 7 pm. Pwyc. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. sIRen’s ComeDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Evany Rosen and host Kyle Dooley. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. sPIRIts oPen mIC presents Chuck Byrn, Lincoln Trudeau, Eddie Della Siepe, Dave Martin, Brian Ward, Samuel Leak, Chris Scian, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001. taComeDY Mark DeBonis presents weekly stand-up. 10 pm. Pwyc. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. iamnotmarkdebonis. com.
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pulsive Entertainment presents the sketch troupe w/ Eric Andrews, Adam Wallace Downey and host Mike Rita. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. impulsiveent.com. stanD-uP at saZeRaC presents a weekly stand-up show. 9 pm. Free. Sazerac Gastro Lounge, 782 King W. sazerac.ca.
Mandy Sellers present a fundraiser for their troupe’s shows at the Hamilton and Toronto Fringe Fests, w/ guests 2-Man NoShow, Joel Buxton, British Teeth and others. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. twoweirdladies. com.
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town presents Tracey MacDonald. To Jun 23, Wed-Sat 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3
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Marc Hallworth, Jeanie Calleja, MC Sara Hennessey and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. best. monDaY. eVeR. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $14. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. blaCk swan ComeDY presents Improv DropIn workshop. 6 pm. $5. Monday Improv Jam, no experience necessary. 8 pm. Pwyc. Monday Variety Show: comedy, music, magic and more. 9:40 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. blackswancomedy.com. blaIR stReeteR presents weekly open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. CheaP laughs monDaY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. It’s the DICk RIDgePoRt FIVe Action Slacks presents a fusion of improv and music with surf rock band Luau or Die in this revue. To Jun 18, Mondays 8 pm. $10. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. dickridgeport5.eventbrite. com.
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more. Jun 20, doors 5:30 pm. $55-$133. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, diamondgala.ca. heaRtbeats Dramaway presents a review featuring RhythmWorks East and West groups as part of the annual Multi-Arts Showcase. Jun 16 at 1:45 pm. Pwyc ($15-$20 sugg). Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery. dramaway.com.
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PushPULL Dance presents non-professional dancers portraying heroes, villains and the relationships between them. Opens Jun 14 and runs to Jun 23, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm (and Jun 23). $20-$25. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. pushpulldance.com. natIonal ballet oPen Class The National
Ballet of Canada presents a behind-the-scenes glimpse of its dancers taking a company class onstage. Jun 16 at 10:30 am. $10, child $5. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595. lsaDeh21 Luminato and Batsheva Dance Company present a new fulllength work by Ohad Naharin about a featureless field that is filled by the visceral power of movement. Jun 14-16, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $35-$85. Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park, MacMillan Theatre. 416-3684849, luminato.com/events/sadeh21.
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Theatre listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by title. Opening plays begin this week, Previewing shows preview this week, One-Nighters are one-offs, and Continuing shows have already opened. Reviews are by Glenn Sumi (GS) and Jon Kaplan (JK). The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Standing ovation NNNN Sustained applause NNN Recommended, memorable scenes NN Seriously flawed N Get out the hook l = Luminato event p = Pride event
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Opening
Baggage. by Kelly Aija Zemnickis (Green with
Envy Productions). While stuck in an airport overnight, a soon-to-be-married writer meets a woman who makes him question his future. Jun 19-20 at 7:30 pm. $15. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. greenwithenvyproductions.ca. Classy lady (Sandra Battaglini). Canadian Comedy Award-winner Battaglini performs her new solo show. Opens Jun 14 and runs to Jun 24, Thu-Sun 8 pm. $25. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. sandrabattaglini.com. CookiNg Fire TheaTre FesTival (CFTF). The outdoor celebration of theatre, food and public space returns with works by SNAP Productions, TheatreRUN, Hare Theatre and others. Opens Jun 20 and runs to Jun 24, WedSun 7 pm (dinner from 6 pm). Pwyc ($10 sugg). Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin south of Bloor. 416-655-4841, cookingfire.ca. deraNged by Angela Barrow-Dunlap and Vanessa Lynn (Profile Entertainment). A seemingly perfect nanny deceives a young mother while moving in on her husband and kids. Jun 15-16 at 8 pm. $35-$75. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416-226-4477, profileent.ca. lFrom The dark (Luminato). Juan Esteban
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Varella directs a blindfolded audience to create magical feats. Jun 15-17, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $35. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. The goaT, or Who is sylvia? by Edward Albee (ATIC Productions). A married architect falls in love with a goat in this play about societal taboos. Opens Jun 19 and runs to Jun 24, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $25. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-5311827, aticproductions.com. kNoWN To PoliCe (Nomanzland). Residents of a notorious community are backed into a corner by authorities and decide how to respond in this collective creation for ages 14 and up. Jun 15-17, Fri-Sat 7 pm, mat Fri 1 pm, Sun 2 pm. Free. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. liTTle WomeN The musiCal by Alan Knee, Mindi Dickstein and Jason Howland (First Act Productions). The March sisters grow up in Civil War-era Massachusetts in this musical based on the novel. Jun 14-17, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm. $22. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. firstactproductions.ca.
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CoNCerT (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). The stage and screen star performs songs from a variety of Jewish musical traditions and some Broadway selections. Jun 16-17, Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $50-$150. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. hgjewishtheatre.com. soCkdolager by Gwynne Phillips and Briana Templeton (The Templeton Philharmonic). This site-specific dark comedy looks at an ex-
citing time in Toronto’s history. Previews Jun 14 at 9 pm. Opens Jun 15 and runs to Jun 29, Tue-Sun 7 and 9 pm (7 pm only on Jun 16; no shows Jun 21). $17-$20. Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227 ext 2, thetempletonphilharmonic.blogspot.ca.
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(Stratford Festival). This drama looks at the life of theatre director John Hirsch, who came to Canada as a Hungarian refugee orphaned by the Holocaust. Previews Jun 20-Jul 11. Opens Jul 12 and runs in rep to Sep 14. $30$70. Studio Theatre, 34 George E, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. his girl Friday adapted by John Guare (Shaw Festival). This comedy is based on Howard Hawks’s 1940 film and Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s play The Front Page. Previews to Jul 6. Opens Jul 7 and runs in rep to Oct 5. $35$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. The millioNairess by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). The richest woman in England and an Egyptian doctor fall in love, but have conflicting family obligations. Previews Jun 20-Jul 4. Opens Jul 5 and runs in rep to Oct 6. $35$90, stu mats $24. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. TrouBle iN TahiTi by Leonard Bernstein (Shaw Festival). This one-act opera looks at the 1950s American dream through the eyes
of a seemingly perfect couple. Previews to Jul 6. Opens Jul 7 and runs in rep to Oct 7. $32. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. WaNderlusT by Morris Panych and Marek Norman (Stratford Festival). This musical comedy is based on the life and poems of Robert Service. Previews Jun 20-Jul 10. Opens Jul 11 and runs in rep to Sep 28. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca.
One-Nighters Bloomsday (Livia Productions). Actors and musicians re-enact scenes from ñ James Joyce’s Ulysses in a neighbourhood
walk, followed by a brunch with readings and music. Jun 16 from 8:30 am (brunch from noon at Whitlock’s, 1961 Queen E). Performances free. Neville Park Streetcar Loop, Queen E at Nursewood. pathcom.com/~livia. FolloW your Fear day (Todd Charron). Watch Charron follow his own fear by performing a solo improvised set and listen to others talk about experiences with their fears. Jun 15 at 8 pm. $12-$20. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. followyourfearday.com. pFree JaNe (Queer Pride 2012/Cabaret Company). Sky Gilbert hosts the annual show featuring a reading of a new play by Hope Thompson, followed by an open stage. Jun 17 at 8 pm. Free. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. buddiesinbadtimes.com.
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PGENDERquEER: BODy POLITIc (Queer Pride
2012/Cabaret Company). Nick Green’s play about the rise and fall of queer publication The Body Politic gets a reading. Jun 16 at 2 pm. Pwyc. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. buddiesinbadtimes.com. KOffLER GALA 2012 (Koffler Centre of the Arts). The gala features Batsheva Dance Company’s performance of SADEH21 (as part of Luminato) plus dinner and post-show party. Jun 14 at 5 pm. From $250. Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park, MacMillan Theatre. kofflerarts.org/gala2012. LIKE fAThER, LIKE SON? SORRy (Chris Gibbs). Gibbs performs his solo comedy about being a dad. June 17 at 7 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. chrisgibbs.ca. PO MANADA! (Queer Pride 2012). All-male burlesque troupe Boylesque TO perform a tribute to Canada. Jun 15 at 9 pm. $20-$25. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.
PEñA: ALAMEDA’S 5Th ANNuAL fuNDRAISER (Alameda Theatre). This benefit ñ for the company’s next season features a
silent auction, music by Son Aché, host Martha Chaves and more. Jun 19, doors 7 pm. $50-$60, stu $25. Revival, 783 College. alamedatheatre.com. PPRIDEcAB (Queer Pride 2012). This multidisciplinary cabaret features songs and monologues by members of Buddies’ Queer Youth Arts Program. Jun 20 at 8 pm. Free for youth 25 and under, $10 for others; all adv tickets $10. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. buddiesinbadtimes.com. REScuE ME (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). This benefit for three animal welfare organizations features live music, dance and theatrical performances by Evalyn Parry, Rose Cullis and others. Jun 14 at 7 pm. $40. 12 Alexander. facebook.com/events/352027041518894. ThERE AND BAcK (Dramaway). Three groups from the creative arts company perform this adaptation of Peter Pan. Jun 16 at noon, 3:30 and 6:15 pm. Pwyc. Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery. 416-614-1078, dramaway.com. TRuE STORIES, MADE uP PLAyS (Sage Tyrtle).
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Improv troupes act out plays based on true stories. Jun 16 at 10 pm. Free. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. tyrtle.com/truestories.
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BOND (Theatre Centre). Brad Fraser, Rosa Laborde, Djanet Sears and other playwrights present political theatre pieces as part of the Edward Bond Festival. Jun 20 at 8 pm. Pwyc (proceeds to the Actors Fund of Canada). 1087 Queen W. thewreckingball.ca.
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Dinner Theatre). This dinner-theatre whodunit features corporate back-stabbing and boardroom intrigue. Runs to Sep 15, Fri-Sat and some Thu; dinner from 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. $66-$71. 2026 Yonge. mysteriouslyyours.com. LThE chEAT (Luminato). Blind performer Richard Turner performs card tricks and more. Runs to Jun 14, Thu 7:15 pm. Free. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W, RBC Lobby. 416-3684849, luminato.com. EDWARD BOND fESTIvAL (Sheep No Wool Theatre Company). Playwright Edward Bond will attend this exploration of his work and vision. Events include a symposium, an interactive workshop presentation of Have I None, a reading series and a student showcase (see story, page 89). Runs to Jun 20, see website for schedule and venues. Workshop presentation $20, other events pwyc. edwardbondfestival.wordpress.com. hOME by David Storey (Soulpepper). Five people’s everyday chit-chat holds a world of secrets in Storey’s nuanced play, given a fine production by Soulpepper’s ensemble of actors directed by Albert Schultz. As we learn more about these characters, they develop an emotional richness both comic and touching. Runs to Jun 20, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (JK) KIM’S cONvENIENcE by Ins Choi (Soulpepper). Choi’s groundbreaking script looks at a Korean-Canadian-run variety store in a rapidly changing Regent Park. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee dominates the production as the streetsmart, stern patriarch who wants his independent daughter (Esther Jun) to take over the business. Director Weyni Mengesha, working with Ken MacKenzie’s naturalistic set,
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mat Sat 3 pm, Sun 2 pm. $29.50-$119.50. White Big Top, 324 Cherry. 1-866-999-8111, cavalia.net. NNN (GS) LPLAyING cARDS 1: SPADES by Sylvio Arriolo, Tony Guilfoyle, Sophie Martin, Roberto Mori and others (Luminato/Ex Machina). A deck of cards is the framework for director Robert Lepage’s cross-cultural exploration of war. (See review at nowtoronto.com/ daily). Runs to Jun 17, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm. $45-$90. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front E. 416-368-4849, luminato.com/events/spades. RENT by Jonathan Larson (Toronto Youth Theatre). Artists of NYC’s Lower East Side struggle to make ends meet in the shadow of the AIDS epidemic in this musical. Runs to Jun 16, ThuSun 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $45-$60. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. TOP GuN! ThE MuSIcAL by Denis McGrath and Scott White (Lower Ossington Theatre). A director tries to keep his musical adaptation of the film afloat in this revival of the 2002 Fringe Fest hit musical. Runs to Jun 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $35. 100A Ossington. 416915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. TRuE ROcK by Jamie Lamb, Tim Evans and Mike Payne (Queen’s Players Toronto). Cast members and cultures clash when the CBC takes over U.S. network NBC in this musical comedy. Runs to Jun 16, Thu-Sat 8:30 pm. $20. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. queensplayerstoronto.com. WAR hORSE based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford (National Theatre of Great Britain/Mirvish). The story’s familiar – boy gets horse, boy loses horse, etc – but the stagecraft on display in War Horse is like nothing else. Handspring Puppet Company’s equines come to life with Rae Smith’s spectacular design, which uses projections to convey the First World War battlefields where Albert (an excellent Alex Ferber) seeks the horse he loves.
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EAMON MCGRATH AT THE ’SHOE Eamon McGrath and co. perform the title track from McGrath’s latest album, Young Canadians, at the record’s release party at the Horseshoe, Thursday, May 24.
brings out all the laughs and drama in a play that deserves to be open for business a long time. Runs to Jul 4, see website for schedule. $22-$68. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNNN (GS) LAWRENcE AND hOLLOMAN by Morris Panych (Scrim for Rent Productions). A suicidal loser meets a happy-go-lucky salesman in this dark comedy. Runs to Jun 21, Mon-Sat 8:30 pm. $20. Winchester Kitchen & Bar, 51A Winchester. brownpapertickets.com/event/252450. ThE LOyALISTS (Single Thread Theatre Company). This site-specific ensemble creation allows the audience to experience life under American occupation, as it was in 1813 Toronto. Runs to Jun 22, Tue-Sun 7 and 9 pm, mat Sat 5 pm. $25. Victoria Memorial Square, Wellington W at Portland, (meet at 520 Wellington). singlethread.ca. Much ADO ABOuT NOThING by William Shakespeare (Bard in the Park). The classic romantic comedy is performed outdoors. Bring a blanket. Runs to Jun 17, Thu-Sat 7 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. Pwyc. Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen E, Bandshell. 416-691-1113 ext 224. NEXT TO NORMAL by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Clearwater Theatre Company). A woman struggles with bipolar disorder and the effect of her illness on her family in this musical (see review, this page). Runs to Jun 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $25, stu/ srs $20, rush $12 (Fri & Sun). Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, clearwatertheatre.com. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) ODySSEO (Cavalia). This entertaining followup to 2003’s equine escapade Cavalia features some Cirque du Soleil glitz, a bit more hunky human flesh and some jaw-dropping production values. The horses are the stars, galloping, clearing fences and performing in unison, sometimes with brave riders jumping over them (and in one eye-popping case, under them). Runs to Jun 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm,
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At the helm of this Broadway musical about a modern family’s struggle with mental illness, up-and-coming director Kate Stevenson shows you don’t have to go big to make a big impact. Instead of large production numbers and flashy sets, she focuses on subtle yet evocative staging, and lets strong vocal performances speak for themselves. The result is an intimate and immediately relatable production that makes it easy to see why the show won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2010. The well-crafted story follows Diana (Kathryn Akin), a suburban housewife who remains obsessed with a tragedy that occurred years earlier. Her husband, Dan (Jay Davis), and teenaged NNN = Recommended, memorable scenes
daughter, Natalie (Sara Farb), become increasingly troubled by her erratic and delusional behaviour, while side effects from her medical treatments only make matters worse. The show powerfully demonstrates that mental illness is not limited to sufferers, but affects everyone around them. Dan becomes frustrated by the unending loop of Diana’s relapses and treatment, while a cute subplot shows how Diana’s problems threaten Natalie’s high school romance with allround nice-guy Henry (Andre Morin). Vocal performances drenched in believable anguish are uniformly strong (especially Davis’s and Farb’s). Tom Kitt’s score is uptempo and rockinflected, and Brian Yorkey’s clever lyrics provide sarcastic comedic touches that help to lighten the otherwise dark material. Tying everything together is Stevenson’s smooth and steady direction, which is most powerful when actions between Diane and Dan are physically mirrored but recontextualized by Natalie and Henry in the background.
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Out of Town
ANNIE by Thomas meehan, Charles strouse
and martin Charnin (Drayton entertainment). The red-haired orphan seeks a place to call home in this musical. Runs to Jun 23, Tue-sun (see website for times). $40, stu $20. King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury, Penetanguishene. 1-888-372-9866, draytonentertainment.com. CYmBELINE by William shakespeare (stratford Festival). a bogus claim of infidelity leads a king’s daughter to risk everything for love. Runs in rep to sep 30. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 lakeside, stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. 42ND STREET by michael stewart, mark Bramble, Harry Warren and al Dubin (stratford Festival). a director falls for a chorus girl while trying to keep his musical production afloat. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. FRENCH WITHOuT TEARS by Terence Rattigan (shaw Festival). Young men come to France to improve their language skills but get distracted by women in this comedy. Runs in rep to sep 15. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-on-the-lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. HOTBED HOTEL by michael Parker (Upper Canada Playhouse). Hotel staff pose as guests to lure a buyer for the rundown property in this comedy. Runs to Jul 1, Tue-sat 8 pm, mat satsun and Wed 2 pm. $32, stu/srs $28,. 12320 County Road 2, morrisburg. 1-877-550-3650, uppercanadaplayhouse.com. A mAN AND SOmE WOmEN by Githa sowerby (shaw Festival). a man seeks a new life but feels duty-bound to his wife and unmarried sisters. Runs in rep to sep 22. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-on-the-lake. shawfest.com.
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THE mATCHmAkER by Thornton Wilder (stratford Festival). a materialistic merñ chant hires a matchmaker to find him a wife.
Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. mISALLIANCE by Bernard shaw (shaw Festival). a bored heiress finds adventure when a plane crashes into her home during a dull party. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-onthe-lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. muCH ADO ABOuT NOTHINg by William shakespeare (stratford Festival). One couple plans to marry while their friends trade insults in the classic romantic comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. muRDER AT THE OAkWOOD RESORT by Ron Clark and sam Bobrick (Drayton entertainment). a woman, her husband and their dentist get caught up in a love triangle in this suspense-comedy. Runs to Jun 23, Tue-sat (see website for times). $40, stu $20. Playhouse II, 70689 B line, Grand Bend. 1-888-372-9866, draytonentertainment.com. THE PIRATES OF PENzANCE by Ws Gilbert and arthur sullivan (stratford Festival). a young pirate apprentice must choose between love and duty in this comic operetta. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, stratford. 1-800567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. PRESENT LAugHTER by Noël Coward (shaw Festival). an actor deals with various people vying for his attention in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-onthe-lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. RAgTImE by Terrence mcNally, lynn ahrens and stephen Flaherty (shaw Festival). Turn-of-the-century america is seen through the eyes of three very different families in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 14. $35$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. THE WIzARD OF Oz by l Frank Baum, Harold arlen and eY Harburg (Drayton entertainment). a twister sends Dorothy over the rainbow in this musical based on the film. Runs to Jun 23, Tue-sat (see website for times). $40, stu $20. Huron Country Playhouse, 70689 B line, Grand Bend. draytonentertainment.com. YOu’RE A gOOD mAN, CHARLIE BROWN by Clark Gesner (stratford Festival/schulich Children’s Plays). This family musical is based on Charles m schulz’s comic strip characters. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. 3
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Strong Bonds
Celebrating the groundbreaking writer with readings, workshops and a political cabaret By JORDAN BIMM
Alan Dilworth says Edward Bond’s works have always looked at the abuse of authority.
THE EDWARD BOND FESTIVAL continues to June 20 at various venues. Pwyc-$75. edwardbondfestival.wordpress.com.
it’s fitting that alan dilworth’s celebration of groundbreaking British playwright Edward Bond’s 50-year career is more forward-looking than retrospective. The DIY, practiceoriented festival offers a range of play readings, symposia and workshops – and to top it all off, Bond himself will be on hand to participate in the events. Bond, whom Dilworth, co-director of Toronto’s Sheep No Wool Theatre, and others call the greatest living British playwright, is perhaps best known for his shocking ap-
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We appreciate the anti-war message, as well, but it’s the magic theatre can create that’ll make you weep. Runs to sep 30, Tue-sat 7:30 pm, mats sat-sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35$130, rush $29. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 king W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNNNN (susan G Cole) YOu CAN’T TAkE IT WITH YOu by George s kaufman and moss Hart (soulpepper). The classic american comedy about a fun-loving family that marches to the beat of a different drummer is filled with laughter and heart, though at opening the former still needed fine tuning. Yet the emotions are strong, and with a fine cast that includes eric Peterson, Nancy Palk, krystin Pellerin and Gregory Prest, the comedy is sure to grow. Runs to Jun 21, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNN (Jk)
proach to political theatre. A production of his controversial 1965 play Saved was famously fined for depicting a street gang stoning a baby to death; in 1968 that same play became instrumental in the abolition of UK theatre censorship. Bond has had a prolific and important career in the decades since, both as a playwright and as a philosopher of politics and theatre, and it is this side of Bond that Dilworth is most excited to share and explore in the fest’s public discussions. “The focus isn’t on productions,” says Dilworth bluntly. “It’s on collaboration and finding new avenues and possibilities for theatre.” The festival offers seven Bond plays as readings (Chair; Bingo; Tune; The
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Under Room; Red, Black & Ignorant) or workshop productions (The Bundle, Have I None), with lots of opportunity for discussion and interaction. While most of the action happens at venues around Toronto, the reading of Bingo takes place in Stratford. The fest ends with a special Bondrelated edition of The Wrecking Ball political theatre cabaret on June 20. At the heart of the programming is a trilogy of plays Bond wrote starting in 2001 that are unofficially grouped as “the Chair Plays” (Have I None, The Chair and The Under Room). This will be the first time the latter two have been read in Canada, and Dilworth thinks their themes are more relevant than ever. “Bond’s work has always investigated the abuse of authority and questions of justice,” says Dilworth, who was recently nominated for a Dora Award for directing Pamela Mala Sinha’s play Crash. “The Chair Plays all take place in a dystopian future where people’s humanity is dwindling. It’s a world where emotion, privacy and connection are increasingly limited by technologies.” Critics often charge Bond with pessimism, but Dilworth argues that his plays are motivated by the hope that revealing problems will allow them to be addressed and finally solved. “I find that his drama pokes me and reminds me to stay awake at a time when it’s so easy to fall asleep,” says Dilworth. “He reminds me that my instincts are right, that there’s something going wrong here. Alongside his very raw and bleak vision of society, I find a view of the world that makes me feel less lonely. “He really believes that drama can change the world.” 3 stage@nowtoronto.com
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A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi
Canadian Opera Company production
Orpheus & Eurydice
a Compagnie Marie Chouinard production presented by Canadian Stage
A Fool’s Life
Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
Ride The Cyclone
Theatre Passe Muraille and Acting Up Stage Company
Armide
Opera Atelier
Rigoletto
Baobab
Young People’s Theatre presents Théâtre Motus and S ô Company (Mali)
A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera based
Sanctuary Song
Theatre Direct Canada
Caroline, Or Change
Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Seussical
Young People’s Theatre
Choose a winner and vote for your favourite show from the list of nominees for Outstanding Production or Choose your Own!
Confluence
Luminato Presents A Sadler’s Wells Production
Svadba - Wedding
Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Crash
Theatre Passe Muraille
The Golden Dragon
Tarragon Theatre
Dark Matters
a Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM production presented by Canadian Stage
The Life And Times Of Mackenzie King
Videocabaret
Theatre, Dance and Opera fans cast your votes! Voting begins Thursday, June 7 until Wednesday, June 20 @ 12 midnight.
Everything Under The Moon
Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage presents Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows
The Penelopiad
Nightwood Theatre
The Shipment
Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage presents Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company
The Story
Theatre Columbus
The Studio
Young People’s Theatre presents Bouge de là
The Ugly ONe
Theatre Smash
Topdog Underdog
Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
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How To Disappear Completely Factory Theatre presents The Chop Theatre I Love You Because
Angelwalk Theatre
Iphigenia In Tauris
Canadian Opera Company presents a co-productin of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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DanceWorks presents Bboyizm
La Liste (The List)
Théâtre français de Toronto presents a Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
Tough Case
Roseneath Theatre
Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself
U.N.I.T. Productions
Transmigration
Co-Production with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre
Next To Normal
David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard Presented by Dancap Inc.
War Horse
Bob Boyett, Tim Levy, National Theatre Of Great Britain, David Mirvish
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Heavy medal GOLD by Chris Cleave (Bond Street),
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the week chris cleave’s debut, incendiary, a letter to Osama bin Laden, was released, terrorists bombed the London Tube. His follow-up, Little Bee, tackles the ethical quandary of an upper-middle-class couple in relation to a Nigerian refugee escaping Big Oil interests. The UK author obviously likes his stories on the bleeding edge. So it is with Gold, about two female competitive cyclists who must choose between friendship and victory. No co-
incidence that Gold drops just weeks before the Olympics opens in London. Say what you want about his attention- seeking narratives, Cleave knows how to tell a story. Like his previous two offerings and in keeping with his wheeled protagonists, Gold really tears along. Kate and Zoe have been competing on the track since they were 19. They have two things in common, physical talent and an attraction to fellow cyclist James, but in every other way they are opposing person-
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Writer, thinker and activist Adrienne Rich, who died in March, wrote with uncommon honesty and brilliance. Women inspired by the award-winning author – Amy Gottlieb, Elizabeth Ruth, Nourbese Philip and others – gather at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore to honour her memory, offering reminiscences, readings and commentary on how she inspired a generation of feminists. Tonight (Thursday, June 14). See Readings, this page. Read my obit for Rich at nowtoronto.com/daily/books/story. Adrienne Rich SGC cfm?content=185986.
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READINGS THIS WEEK alities. Kate’s kind; Zoe’s driven to the point where she’ll do nasty things to win. Cleave’s done impressive research to get inside Zoe’s head. His graphic depiction of her prep for a race is chilling, as is her singular focus. Kate’s decision to stay home with her child, Sophie, instead of competing in the Olympics is unfathomable to Zoe, who has everything to lose if she doesn’t win. But he’s also developed two fascinating secondary characters. Former Olympian Tom, who coaches both women, is hopelessly torn between his two proteges. And Sophie, who’s suffering from leukemia, is a revelation, more perceptive than her parents give her credit for. She can tell by the slightest gesture when they’re in emotional pain, and her attempts to disguise her suffering are heartbreaking. But what really matters is who’s going to win. When it comes to that strand of the narrative, Cleave keeps you on the edge of your seat. And is it a sad or happy ending? You’ll be talkSUSAN G. COLE ing about that for days. For a Q&A with Cleave, go to nowtoronto.com/ books. I interview Cleave alongside Vincent Lam at the Luminato festival, Friday (June 15). See Readings, this page. Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com
collage wizard jennifer murphy casts a spell with her show Monkey’s Recovery at Clint Roenisch. She sets the mood with two woodblock prints illustrating supernatural tales by her indirect inspiration, 19th-century ukiyo-e master Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. They share the front room with Murphy’s assemblages, arrayed on different levels of the gallery walls. These take one of the simplest forms possible: a face containing two eyes, a nose and a mouth, a primal image that we’re programmed to recognize from infancy. It’s a cabinet of curiosities of ordinary yet evocative found materials: seashells, marbles, lace and beaded textiles, buttons, rusty metal fragments, flowers, minerals, old books,
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Hamid Parnian, Ghadeer Malek and others. 6:30 pm. Pwyc. Zelda’s, 542 Church. 416-9222526. VINCENT LAM Dinner with the author. 6:30 pm. $150. Dynasty Chinese Cuisine, 69 Yorkville. bonniestern.com. LLEWIS LAPHAM Talking about his work. 7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com. ROBERT ROTENBERG Meet the author of The Guilty Plea and Old City Hall. 12:30 pm. Free. Indigo, 1 First Canadian Pl. chapters.indigo.ca. PA TRIBUTE TO ADRIENNE RICH With Elizabeth Ruth, Anna Camilleri, Nourbese Philip and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744.
Friday, June 15 LCHRIS CLEAVE/VINCENT LAM Cleave
discusses his new novel, Gold, and Lam ñ discusses his new novel, The Headmaster’s
Wager, with NOW senior entertainment editor Susan G Cole. 7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com. TADDLE CREEK/DAVE LAPP The lit mag launches a summer issue with readings by Jason Guriel, Sara Heinonen and Nina Bunjevac, and Lapp launches his comic collection, People Around Here. 8:30 pm. Free. Jet Fuel, 519 Parliament. taddlecreekmag.com. LJIM LYNCH/HARI KUNZRU Discussing their new books Truth Like The Sun and Gods Without Men, respectively. 9 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com.
Saturday, June 16 FORD Talking about his new novel, Canada. 7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightñ box, 350 King W. luminato.com. LRICHARD
LLINDEN MACINTYRE/AYAD AKHTAR/KYO MACLEAR Discussing their new books Why
Men Lie, American Dervish and Stray Love,
Zhang Huan, to Aug 19. Max Dean, to Sep 9. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. DESIGN EXCHANGE Lynne Cohen, to Jun 30. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. LFORT YORK The Encampment, to Jun 24, history talk 6 pm Jun 14 (installation 7:30-11 pm). 100 Garrison. 416-392-6907, thomasandguinevere.com. GARDINER MUSEUM Rule Britannia! 400 Years Of British Ceramics, to Sep 16. Connections: British And Canadian Studio Pottery, to Dec 30. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Douglas Walker, Jun
New collages deliver 3-D thrills By FRAN SCHECHTER Roenisch Gallery (944 Queen West), to June 16. 416-516-8593. Rating: NNNN
PTHE BEAUTIFUL & THE DAMNED Poetry by
AGO Picasso, to Aug 26 ($25, stu $16.50). Katie Bethune-Leamen, to Aug 5 (free). ñ Iain Baxter&, to Aug 12. P Berenice Abbott;
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Sunday, June 17 FIRST NATIONS AND MOTHER EARTH Poetry.
11:30 am-2:30 pm. Free. Ellington’s Cafe, 805 St Clair W. 416-652-9111. rPEREZ HILTON The blogger signs copies of his children’s book, The Boy With Pink Hair. 1:30 pm. Free. HMV Eaton Centre, Yonge and Dundas. musicounts.ca. LJAMES LAXER Talking about his new book, Tecumseh And Brock. 2 pm. Free. Bloor/Gladstone Library, 789 Yonge. luminato.com. PTROUBLE IN APARTMENT 9 Staged reading and open mic hosted by Jane (aka Sky Gilbert). 8 pm. Free. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555.
Monday, June 18 ANTONY BEEVOR Discussing his new book, The Second World War, with the Munk Centre’s Brian Stewart. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. CHRIS GUILLEBEAU Signing copies of his book The Art Of Non-Conformity. 7 pm. Free. Indigo, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.
Tuesday, June 19 RYAN KAMSTRA/NATHANIEL G MOORE Read-
ing. 8 pm. Free. Paupers Pub, 539 Bloor W. 416-530-1331, tightropebooks.com. ROBERT ROTENBERG Meet the author. 1 pm. Free. City Hall Library, 100 Queen W. 416-3937650.
TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD NOMINEES READING
David Bezmozgis, Tony Burgess, Helen Guri, David Gilmour, Phil Hall and Ken Babstock. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. Preregister trillium25@omdc.on.ca. TRUTH OR DARE SLAM Truth-themed poetry slam with Cathy Petch, Noah Kaplan and others. 7:30 pm. $10. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. torontopoetryslam.com.
Wednesday, June 20 QUEERNESS Readings by Sarah Schulman, Zoe Whittal, Kamal ñ Al-Solaylee, Sky Gilbert and Wayson Choy. 5 P(IMAGE)NING
pm. Free. U of T Arts Centre, 15 King’s College Circle. utac.utoronto.ca.
OCCUPY ISSUE LAUNCH PARTY MASQUERADE
Toronto Review Of Books launches its Occupy issue. 8 pm. Pwyc. Poetry Jazz Cafe, 224 Augusta. torontoreviewofbooks.com. 3
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feathers, candles, paper balls and discs, fishhooks and more. Without substantially altering her palette of humble items, by basically just inserting them into holes in the wall, Murphy conjures the faces of household spirits, recalling Japanese ghost stories, the otherworldly characters in Hayao Miyazaki’s film Spirited Away and Inuit masks. They express a variety of emotions, from the irreverence of a cuttlebone “tongue” sticking out to the surprised “mouth” of a little square red dish and the seductive, feminine downcast “eyes” of two black lace gloves. The back room holds works on paper that channel a Japanese aesthetic through subjects like fish, butterflies, moons, a fox. Some are painted, but many incorporate unusual materials that lend shape-shifting strangeness and resonance: pansies become a swarm of butterflies, while
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Jennifer Murphy’s Monkey’s Recovery uses objects in weird, wonderful ways.
butterfly wings form an image of a bat; a spider is made of eel skin. An ibis and a peony are “painted” with brush-stroke-like bits of silk. In previously exhibited paper collages, Murphy imbued a frisson of weirdness to amassed photos of what we’d ordinarily consider pretty subjects like flowers, birds and butterflies. Her more stripped-down approach to working with real objects effectively expands her magic into three dimensions. 3 art@nowtoronto.com
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Audio clips from interviews with PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI AND JAKE JOHNSON • Friday column on NEW LEBANESE CINEMA • and more He’ll always have Paris: Ethan Hawke is terrific in The Woman In The Fifth.
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(Ingrid Veninger). 82 minutes. Opens Friday (June 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 95. Rating:
NNNN Shoestring writer/director/producer Ingrid Veninger once again does a lot with a little, casting herself as Ruby White, a Toronto filmmaker who takes her new movie to festivals in England and Germany, bringing her teenage daughter Sara (Hallie Switzer, Veninger’s actual daughter) along as her assistant. But each woman is dealing with her own issues, and when Sara forsakes Berlin for a solo jaunt to Paris, they find themselves emotionally adrift. Ruby struggles to validate herself as an artist at Q&A sessions, winding up in a spiral of insecurity that lands her in public parks wearing a sandwich board, trying to drum up interest in her movie. Veninger’s trademark emotional minimalism is balanced by a streak of self-aware wit, mostly directed at her own character. (There aren’t many filmmakers who’d introduce their screen selves the way Veninger does here.) After the coming-of-age dramas Only and Modra, i am a good person/i am a bad person demonstrates considerable range; the issues are different, and the tone considerably lighter. But the characters are still dealing with unexpected transformations, which is clearly what drew Veninger to them in NORMAN WILNER the first place.
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Director returns to the screen with enigmatic movie suffused with loss By NORMAN WILNER He rarely talks about any of it. “Yeah, it’s better not to,” he says directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, from the softly in an interview suite at the Tonovel by Douglas Kennedy, with Ethan ronto Film Festival. I don’t push, and Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna a moment later he’s back to a lively Kulig and Samir Guesmi. A Mongrel Media conversation about his new movie, release. 85 minutes. Some subtitles. The Woman In The Fifth. Opens Friday (June 15). For venues and An artful, oblique study of an times, see Movies, page 95. American writer (Ethan Hawke) who goes to Paris to see his ex-wife and things should have gone differ- daughter, only to find himself pulled ently for Pawel Pawlikowski. further and further away from them After establishing himself on the and into the orbit of an enigmatic festival circuit in 2000 with the im- woman (Kristin Scott Thomas), it’s an provised social study Last Resort, the emotionally fraught drama that conPolish-born, British-raised director veys an overpowering sense of loss broke out in 2004 with the in every frame. Fans of poetic, erotic My SumDouglas Kennedy’s mer Of Love, which novel may not recogintroduced the nize the text, but world to Emily Pawlikowski says Blunt. Everythat’s okay. thing was click“The novel is ing. like a thriller,” But two he says. “A lot years later, of deaths and while he was murders and shooting an stuff. It’s a good adaptation of novel, but it’s [a] INTERVIEW WITH Magnus Mills’s very different The Restraint Of sort of aesthetic Beasts, his wife from the world fell ill; the proand morality of duction shut the film. It’s a down so Pawlikowski could care for novel where the hero is faced with a her. She died several months later, lot of problems. A lot of things hapand the film was never completed. pen to him. In our film, the hero is KATHRYN GAITENS
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the problem – it’s a much more internal thing.” At its most effective, The Woman In The Fifth gives us the sense that we’re trapped in a nightmare with Hawke’s character. But the plot never goes where we think it will, which can be a little tricky. “It doesn’t obey any obvious movie logic, you know?” Pawlikowski says. “It’s not a thriller, it’s not a horror movie, it’s not a naturalistic drama. And that was the fun of doing it. I have to feel that there’s some undertow, that there’s a really good reason to do this, for me.” And suddenly we’re back at the edge of his own loss. Delicately, I ask whether his attraction to The Woman In The Fifth had something to do with his own traumas. “I used to make documentaries, a long time ago in the 90s, and then fiction,” Pawlikowski says. “But I always made films about what was on my mind at the time, you know? “Part of it is that I’m lazy and I don’t see why I should be working if I can stay in bed,” he smiles, “so I have to be genuinely propelled by something that’s on my mind at the time. That’s not necessarily a good thing, but whatever.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowfilm
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REVIEW THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH (Pawel Pawlikowski) Rating: NNN Seven years after the excellent My Summer Of Love, writer/director Pawel Pawlikowski returns with this oblique, sensual study of an American writer (Ethan Hawke) who comes to Paris to visit his daughter and ex-wife and winds up penniless, living in a flophouse hotel and working as a security guard. Eventually, he meets a mysterious woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) who takes him into her bed for enigmatic reasons. Pawlikowski’s working from a novel by Douglas Kennedy, but he’s far more interested in mood than plot. The Woman In The Fifth is a tonal study in much the same way as Polanski’s The Tenant and Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, using elliptical editing and abstract dialogue to evoke a sense that things are drifting further and further beyond the protagonist’s control and comprehension. It can be a little frustrating (the audience at my screening started arguing about the story as soon as the house lights came up), but Hawke’s sympathetic performance gives the film an emotional continuity that seems to make sense of things even when things don’t make sense at all. NW
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lOla VerSUS (Daryl Wein). 86 minutes. Opens Friday (June 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 95. Rating: NNN
Actor, Safety Not Guaranteed
Jake Johnson’s had a very busy year. In addition to his role as the emotionally prickly Nick on the Fox sitcom New Girl, the actor popped up in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas and 21 Jump Street, and went to Sundance with Safety Not Guaranteed, in which he plays a cynical alt-weekly reporter who facilitates a relationship between intern Aubrey Plaza and possible mad scientist Mark Duplass. With Safety opening in Toronto this week, we talked about nostalgia, New Girl and knowing the right people – not necessarily in that order.
By turns trite and honest, Lola Versus is the hipster answer to conventional rom-coms and other depictions of young women exploring New York City’s social scene. In what other movie would two people meet over a discussion of whether a piece of salmon is wild-caught? Call it Sex And The East Village. Indie poster girl Greta Gerwig stars as a 29-year-old grad student dumped by her fiancé and left to navigate her way through rebounds and other latenight fumbles. Lola takes ham-fisted advice from her typically quirky
There’s a wistful quality to the movie – everyone’s longing for something they lost in their past. Even your character uses the story as an excuse to look up a girl he dated when he was a teenager. Is it weird for characters in their 30s to be nostalgic already? There are people from my past who I still kinda think about even though I don’t necessarily want to be with them. I spent a lot of time thinking about people from my past and actually reconnecting with some of them, and it really did help with the role. I kind of allowed myself, as a real person, to go back there a little bit in order for the character to [do that]. The role of Jeff seems tailored to your strengths. How closely did you work with the filmmakers? I’ve known Derek [Connolly], the writer, and Colin [Trevorrow], the director, for years. Derek said when he wrote it he had my voice in his head. He wasn’t quite writing it for me, because he didn’t know if Colin would be able to direct it or if it would ever get made. But they both thought of me for it and sent me the script, and I liked it. Were you already attached to New Girl when you shot Safety Not Guaranteed? I agreed to do the movie before the New Girl pilot. And then, while we were trying to get the budget together, New Girl happened. I was in Seattle making this movie when the show got picked up. So that didn’t suck. Both the show and this movie use you as a kind of truth-teller – you’re the moral authority who tells people what they need to hear, even though you’re just as screwed up as your friends. All actors have something about who they are that they kinda can’t escape, you know? I think it’s gonna be NOrmaN WilNer hard to escape that trait.
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SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (Colin Trevorrow) Rating: NNN As lo-fi sci-fi goes, Safety Not Guaranteed can’t really compete with the headier, more thoughtful experiences of Another Earth and Sound Of My Voice. But as a hipster rom-com about people trying to shake off their pasts to make presentday connections, it’s pretty satisfying. An oddball classified ad (“Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me”) in a small-town paper puts a trio of Seattle journalists (Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, Karan Soni) on the trail of an eccentric physicist (Mark Duplass) who claims he’s building a time machine. Intern Plaza goes undercover as a potential companion, and as she trains for the mission she finds she has more in common with her paranoid mentor than she first suspected. Everyone in the movie is chasing something they’ve lost, and Plaza and Duplass find real chemistry in their little hesitations and averted glances. The gentle growth of their relationship is pushed aside by an ending that overreaches badly, but it’s nice while it NW lasts.
Opens Friday (June 15) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 100. Rating:
NNN This profile of performance artist Marina Abramovic, the Serbian Sarah Bernhardt of the art world, takes its title from a performance at her 2010 Museum of Modern Art retrospective. Fortheentire three-monthdurationofthatshow, whichdocumented herworksincethe70s (ofteninvolvingnudity, fastingandself-mutilation) viavideoandre-enactmentsbya troupeofyoungartists,Abramovicsat inthemuseum’satriumsilentlystaring intothefacesofaudiencemembers whoqueueduptotakethechairoppositeher. InterviewsandareunionwithformerartisticandromanticpartnerUlay providebackground,whilescenesof Abramovicatphotoshoots,herNew Yorkloft,herHudsonValleyestateand hautecoutureshoppinginParisgive someideaofthemagnitudeofher success. Mostofthefilmfocusesonthe MoMAperformance:visitorsfrom Ulaytokidsandseniorsgazebackat
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Abramovicasthecamerarecordstheir puzzled,bemusedortearfulfaces. Peoplestartcampingoutsidethemuseumforachancetoparticipate.Uncertaintyoverwhethershe’llmakeit throughthearduousdaysofsitting andfocusingaddssuspense.Atalmost twohours,though,thefilmitselfisa bitofanendurancetest. WhetheryouconsiderAbramovic’s oeuvreamovingart/theatrehybrid enactedbythebody,amodern-day shamanicbridgetosacredspace orabunchofself-dramatizing S/Mstuntsrecontextualized asart(I’mleaningtowardthe latter),youhavetoadmire theinclusivespiritofthis performance. FraN Schechter
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Aubrey Plaza, Karan Soni (centre) and Jake Johnson drive Safety. June 14-20 2012 NOW
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partner-in-crime (co-writer Zoe ListerJones) and hippie parents (Bill Pullman and Debra Winger) while awkwardly flirting with her best friend (Hamish Linklater) and that disastrous ex (Joel Kinnaman). All of this amounts to a pleasurable distraction that’s as flimsy as Lola’s too malleable self-respect. Thwarting rom-com conventions whenever possible (because it’s too cool to bother with a Prince Charming moment), Lola Versus becomes a whole new kind of generic, landing somewhere between 500 Days Of Summer and HBO’s Girls. Lister-Jones and co-writer/director Daryl Wein engineer the film for the talented and charming Gerwig, who plays a sweet-natured, emotionally damaged floozy. While Lola is adorable throughout, neither she nor the film will be remembered the morning after.
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An Alaskan village struggles against corporate polluters in the unfortunately messy Kivalina Vs. Exxon.
Baked Alaska KIVALINA VS. EXXON (Ben Addelman). 82 minutes. Opening Friday (July 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 95. Rating: NN
minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (June 15) at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. See Times, page 100. Rating: NNN
A fascinating look at an extraordinary personality, Jon Shenk’s documentary chronicles Maldives (former) president Mohamed Nasheed’s efforts to slow global warming and arrest the rising water level that will soon swallow his country. Nasheed’s story has become even more interesting since the film’s completion: he’s recently been relieved of his presidency “at gunpoint” in what he claims was a military coup. Of course, that’s a whole other story. A former political prisoner who fought his country’s long-standing dictatorship and spent years in exile, Nasheed returned to the Maldives to become its first democratically elected president. Nicknamed “the Mandela of the Maldives,” he’s a charismatic figure with some unorthodox ways of getting attention, like holding a cabinet meeting underwater (in full scuba gear) to get the point across about where his country is heading. Shenk gains impressive access to this humble head of state, and Nasheed’s backroom wheeling and dealing during the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit is thrilling. Surprisingly, it takes a tremendous effort to get politicians to agree to save the world. Yet such one-sided collaboration with the subject makes you wonder whether some footage was doctored Michael Moorestyle – not that it’s hard to take a side when it comes to the environment.
house gases to court – including Exxon, Chevron and Shell. All they ask for is funds to relocate the village. But what the filmmakers call an epic struggle is given short shrift as the doc meanders from the village community centre to its alienated youth (native kids rapping is the new cliché in eco docs) to the activists’ trip to the climate change conference in Copenhagen. There’s little about the case, still not settled, and even less about the villagers’ fascinating law team – which defended Philip Morris in its famous tobacco suit – and not enough about the village activists’ struggle with Alaskans who are thrilled that corporations are giving them jobs. It does, however, have a shit-kicking activist as its centrepiece. Colleen Swan is passionate, articulate and always riveting. Too bad the same can’t SUSAN G. COLE be said of the movie.
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This eco doc tells an important story about small-town resistance to bigbusiness polluters, but it never really finds its focus. Climate change has destroyed a way of life for the 400 Inupiat Eskimos of Kivalina, Alaska. The winter sea ice is receding along the coastline, making it impossible for whaling crews to operate. It’s great for the oil companies – ice gets in the way of drilling. In the meantime, runoff from the Red Dog mine is decimating the fish population. Basically, the town is dying. Local activists are taking the corporations responsible for emitting green-
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(D: Adam Shankman, 123 min) Director Adam Shankman began his career as a choreographer and was at the helm of Hairspray, one of the more successful musical-to-movie adaptations. So this bigscreen version of the jukebox musical featuring hits from the glam-rock 80s catalogue could work. The starry cast, including Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand and Julianne Hough, probably won’t hurt box office.
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Familiar road 388 ARLEttA AvE (Randall Cole). 86 minutes. Opens Friday (June 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 95. Rating:
NN A Toronto ad man (Nick Stahl) is harassed by an unknown tormentor in Randall Cole’s psychological thriller, 388 Arletta Ave, which differs from most such ventures by being told entirely through surveillance video. This isn’t exactly a found-footage project, mind you; we’re watching something that’s been edited with intent, though the identity of the editor remains a secret. As with Marc Evans’s terrific little-seen My Little Eye – barely released here after a wellregarded premiere at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival – we’re encouraged to feel that we’ve stumbled onto an illicit video feed. Cole’s technical facility is impressive
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(D: Sean Anders, 114 min) Adam Sandler plays a guy who fathered a son when he was a teenager, then gave him up. Now the kid’s all grown up (and is played by Andy Samberg), and father and son get reunited. Great Father’s Day comedy, right? Right? Both open Friday (June 15). Screened after press time – see reviews June 15 at nowtoronto.com/movies.
– though I sense the influence of executive producer Vincenzo Natali in the movie’s most effective scare. But as in his previous picture, Real Time, the director hangs everything on his gimmick, which basically reimagines the tightening paranoia of Michael Haneke’s Caché as a Saw movie. Stahl is appropriately sweaty and tense throughout, but the movie doesn’t really care about his character’s desperate attempts to figure out why he’s being made to suffer; the suffering is all that matters. NORMAN WILNER
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Cliché land FOREvERLANd (Max McGuire). 93 minutes. Opens Friday (June 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 95. Rating: NN
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Foreverland is a road movie about a young man with cystic fibrosis who confronts his own mortality on a redemptive drive from BC to Mexico. And here’s the big selling point: director/ co-writer Max McGuire is also a young man with cystic fibrosis. At 21, Will Rankin (Chloe’s Max Thieriot) spends a lot of time thinking about death; when his friend Bobby dies and asks Will to deliver his ashes to a priest at a Mexican shrine, he winds up learning a lot about himself. McGuire and screenwriter Shawn Riopelle lean heavily on dramatic clichés like Will’s jokey relationship with an empathetic funeral director (Matt Frewer). And Laurence Leboeuf, who plays bright-eyed love interest Hannah, is introduced so clumsily I spent an hour thinking she was the late Bobby’s girlfriend rather than his sister. It’s a central tenet of storytelling that authors write what they know, and it’s admirable that McGuire has made a movie that uses CF as one element of his protagonist’s character rather than defining him entirely by the condition. But Foreverland falls down on so many other levels, I can’t recommend NORMAN WILNER it.
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and the third act does not falter. And everything you need to know is in the title. Well, almost everything. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24
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Cosmatos) is a simple mad scientist story tarted up with arty visuals. In an institute that promises spiritual healing through new technologies, a doctor keeps a young girl with a Scanners-like ability to blow up heads heavily sedated. She escapes. He reveals his inner monster and pursues. The story, told at a lugubrious pace, is leached of drama and thrills. 110 min. N (AD) Yonge & Dundas 24
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basically a Eurotrip version of The Hills Have Eyes, with unassuming vacationers (including Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Devin Kelley) served up as fodder for whatever lurks in the woods around Pripyat, the Ukraine town evacuated at the start of the Chernobyl disaster in 1987. If you’ve seen a horror movie in the last three or four decades, you know what’s going to happen to these poor kids, but producer/ co-writer Oren Peli and director Parker appropriate the pinwheeling handheld aesthetic we’ve come to associate with found-footage movies to amp up the suspense by forcing us to share the characters’ panicked perspective. You can’t help but be sucked into the story, even when you pretty much know where it’s going beat for beat. Some subtitles. 85 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24
COSMOPOLIS (David Cronenberg) is the telepod fusion of two very chilly visionaries – novelist Don DeLillo and screenwriter/dir-
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with an alien invasion serving as a catalyst for a maverick hero (Taylor Kitsch) to get his shit together and become a leader. The CG is state-of-the-art, as is expected from a production of this scale, and the action for the most part visually interesting and easy to understand. If all you want are war movie clichés and a few aliens, Battleship will satisfy you. It might also leave you with minor hearing damage. Some subtitles. 132 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre
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BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ENDINGS (Jonathan Sobol) is an ungainly comedy about three adult brothers (Jason Jones, Scott Caan and Paulo Constanzo) who learn they’re going to die much sooner than they planned, thanks to an experimental drug trial their no-account dad (Harvey Keitel) signed them up for years earlier. This leads to a lot of frenzied running around, but not a lot of laughs. Writer-director Sobol devotes all of his attention to juggling the various plots, leaving the actors to struggle to land the jokes in their dialogue. Jones fares best, barking out insults like a seasoned pro, while Caan grapples with a lumpy romantic subplot involving an old flame (Tricia Helfer), and Costanzo does the bucket-list thing as clumsily as possible. Keitel is wasted; J.K. Simmons, perfectly cast as his brother, has little to do beyond look on scornfully. 96 min. NN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24
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comedic tone of one of Jackie’s 80s action romps, the film never finds the right balance of laughs and fisticuffs. Jaycee is an entertaining screen presence but not much of a fighter, while director Chang apparently has never seen a pratfall or sex pun he didn’t love. It’s too fast-paced and goofy to be described as boring, yet too insubstantial to register. Subtitled. 89 min. NN (Phil Brown) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24
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ector Cronenberg, who aren’t exactly stylistically simpatico, but Cronenberg might be the only filmmaker who would try to adapt DeLillo’s 2003 tale of a financial wizard’s personal and professional meltdown during an endless limo ride across Manhattan. It offers the same sort of vaguely hallucinatory, suffocating internal journey as Naked Lunch or eXistenZ. Nothing seems entirely real – not the explosive protests outside Robert Pattinson’s cocoon-like limousine, nor his stilted conversations with his wife (Sarah Gadon), his head of security (Kevin Durand) or his theory consultant (Samantha Morton). The film glides along on dreamy inertia, with characters popping up for random conversations before vanishing from the narrative. The result is more interesting as an intellectual experience than as entertainment; you watch it fully aware that it wants to be deconstructed rather than enjoyed. 108 min. NNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity
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designed and textured and features a fun character turn by Johnny Depp as the miserable vampire Barnabas Collins, but it somehow never comes to life. 113 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre
feels both surprising and logical, but be warned: this is decidedly not for the squeamish. Subtitled. 101 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square
HIGH SCHOOL (John Stalberg) is a goofy comedy about two friends (Matt Bush, Sean Marquette) trying to invalidate a drug test by baking the entire student body (and most of the faculty) with a batch of superpotent pot brownies. The premise sounds like an idea you’d come up with while stoned, but director Stalberg and co-writers Erik Linthorst and Stephen Susco use it as an excuse to make one of the broadest, silliest (yet somehow still endearing) stoner comedies in a while, indulging the adult members of the cast with particular gusto. I’m not sure what Oscar winner Adrien Brody is doing as the wild-eyed drug dealer Psycho Ed, but he seems to be enjoying himself. 99 min. NNN (NW) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24
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(Nathan Morlando) gives the notorious Canuck criminal a film worthy of his legacy. Scott Speedman delivers an appropriately charismatic performance as the impoverished family man who skilfully robbed banks, becoming a beloved national celebrity and public enemy number one. Nice guy; too bad these sorts of stories don’t have happy endings. Morlando’s stylish directorial debut is a giddy rush of entertainment with melancholic undertones, shot through an evocative newsreel aesthetic. (The black-and-white rear projection used in driving scenes is a nice touch). The innocent spirit behind Boyd’s crime spree is captured without shying away from the damage his exploits inflicted on his family. Canadian movies are rarely this slick and entertaining. Come to think of it, period crime movies rarely play so well. 105 min. NNNN (Phil Brown) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre
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(Terence Davies) spans two days in the life of Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), who’s abandoned her comfortable marriage to a stuffy judge (Simon Russell Beale) for a younger, more sexually desirable man (Tom Hiddleston). It’s as if Douglas Sirk had been entrusted with Brief Encounter instead of David Lean, and taken the material in rather a more expressive direction. The result is a deliberate, absorbing melodrama in the best sense of the word. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema
THE DICTATOR (Larry Charles) reunites Borat and Brüno’s Sacha Baron Cohen and director Charles for this politically incorrect look at a fictional tyrant who, after a botched assassination attempt, goes undercover to reclaim his title. Of the endless stream of jokes, some work while others fall flat. But Cohen’s demented leader is oddly lovable, and everyone around him plays it straight, intensifying the laughs. And a scathing monologue near the end proves silly comedy can be dead serious. 84 min. NNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity
THE HUNGER GAMES (Gary Ross) adapts Suzanne Collins’s futuristic novel about a young girl – an excellent Jennifer Lawrence – who must participate in a televised fightto-the-death spectacle. The cast is great and the film looks terrific, but it sanitizes the material in what could have been a devastatingly dystopic film event. A missed opportunity. 142 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre
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(Nicholas Stoller) chronicles the flailings of a San Francisco couple (Jason Segel, who cowrote the film with Stoller, and Emily Blunt) who find their marriage plans constantly upstaged or thwarted by the simple progression of their lives. Segel and Blunt are terrific together, with a buoyant chemistry that feels both sexy and comfortable, and it’s a pleasure to hang out with their characters, even when things get difficult for them. 123 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24
HYSTERIA (Tanya Wexler) is not as risqué as its premise, the invention of the vibrator, though it’s certainly pleasurable enough. Hugh Dancy stars as a Victorian doctor who cures women’s mental ailments by using his fingers to... umm... provide a deep tissue massage. Dancy, an ideal romantic lead, has a fine foil in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character, who embodies the women’s emancipation movement. The charming pair rise above the pandering, lightweight material. 99 min. NNN (RS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Grande Yonge
FOREVERLAND (Max McGuire) 93 min. See review, page 94. NN (NW) Opens Jun 15 at Carlton Cinema HEADHUNTERS (Morten Tyldum) is an
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energetic Norwegian cat-and-mouse thriller about a corporate recruiter who moonlights as an art thief (Aksel Hennie). When his scheme goes wrong, our hero must go on the run – or at least that’s why he thinks he’s running. Director Tyldum keeps the plot twisting in a manner that
offers Jackie’s son Jaycee Chan a crack at slapstick action stardom, playing a security guard who joins up with a tourist (Xia Yu) to retrieve a 400-year-old painting stolen by a pair of stiletto-healed models. Though it desperately aspires to the exhilarating
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nice guy named Joey trying to secure custody of his late partner’s son in Tennessee, where the courts aren’t exactly packed with same-sex civil suits. Stretching out over nearly three hours, In The Family tracks Joey’s ordeal as he tries to get Chip back and rebuild his own life, often in the same breath. The movie aches with understated feeling and empathy, allowing even the antagonistic characters a measure of complexity and humanity. Wang isn’t making a movie about gays and straights, he’s making a movie about people. And it’s terrific. 169 min. NNNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema
The INTouchables (Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano) is a well-acted, charming French buddy picture that feels like it’s been meticulously calibrated to hit the centre of some grand art house Venn diagram. There’s the unexpected bonding across class and colour lines and unsanitized treatment of physical disability as a wealthy white man (François Cluzet) learns to reembrace life through his friendship with his worldly-wise ethnic caregiver (Omar Sy). Yes, it’s based on a true story, but it’s been filtered through a certain crowd-pleasing, triumph-of-the-spirit sensibility that I recognize from every Miramax foreign-language pickup released between about 1994 and 2006. Subtitled. 112 min. NNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Varsity
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course, we all are. 99 min. NNNN (NW) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
LoLa Versus (Daryl Wein) 86 min. See review, page 92. NNN (RS) Opens Jun 15 at Yonge & Dundas 24
Madagascar 3: europe’s Most WaNted (Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad
Vernon) is zippy, silly, antic fun with Alex the lion and his team of continent-hopping friends. Making a break for New York City by trekking across Europe, the gang joins a travelling circus that includes a sneering Siberian tiger (Bryan Cranston) and a sleek jaguar (Jessica Chastain, who oozes sex appeal even as a cartoon animal). On their tails is a villainous animal control chief, voiced with malevolent glee by the magnificent Frances McDormand. The humour is often pandering, but there are some cute zingers, particularly in reference to Canadians. The plot makes no attempts at logic – but, hey, it’s a movie about talking animals. They also dance, walk tightropes, swing from trapezes and get fired from canons, all to put on an extravagant neon 3-D show to wow kids and their babysitters. 85 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
MariNa abraMoVic: the artist is preseNt (Matthew Akers) 105 min. See
review, page 92. NNN (Fran Schechter) Opens Jun 15 at TIFF Bell Lightbox
MarLey (Kevin Macdonald) can be compared to a massive joint – and not just because there’s an obscene amount of ganja onscreen. Share it with a group while grooving to its tunes and everyone will come away with a different kind of high. Hardcore Bob Marley fans will be astonished by the documentary’s depth and breadth, capturing the musician as both a fallible man and an untouchable legend. Those who only know a few Marley tunes will walk away enlightened about his music and its roots. Macdonald details Marley’s life from childhood as the rejected son of a British naval officer to reggae icon whose lyrics are cited by every flannel-shirt wearing hippie. The film never lags despite its epic running time, entirely justified by its subject’s complexity and influence. After all, Marley’s not the kind of guy you can
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(Joss Whedon) is, quite simply, an epic win – it’s tremendous fun, sprinting through its gargantuan adventure on a mixture of adrenaline, glee and wise-assery. That’s mostly due to director and co-writer Whedon, whose ability to render large, distinct casts of characters is exactly what’s required for a movie of this scale. Everything that happens is grounded in who these people are, not what they can do. And he’s the first filmmaker to crack the problem of the Hulk by remembering that Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) is a scientist, not a fugitive, and that the Hulk has a personality too. I’d have been happy to watch these actors sit around eating pastries for two and a half hours – especially Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr., who have a wonderful chemistry as a pair of brainiacs with very different control issues – but Thor’s brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has to go and launch an alien invasion of Earth, forcing them to suit up and fight back. Honestly? I didn’t mind that either. Some subtitles. 143 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity
MeN iN bLack 3 (Barry Sonnenfeld) arrives
10 years after the last one, and the jokes have hardly changed: Will Smith’s Agent J is still getting himself knocked around by giant CG aliens and goggling at the wonders of the universe, and Tommy Lee Jones’s Agent K is still a taciturn buzz-kill. Except that one day, Agent J wakes up to learn that Agent K isn’t anything at all, having been killed by an alien in 1969 – which requires J to leap back into the past to save him. Josh Brolin as the younger K turns out to be the movie’s best effect; he perfectly channels the cranky pragmatism that makes Jones’s performance so much fun. The problem is that the script never gives him or Smith anything substantial to do, bouncing the pair from one effects scene to the next. The movie whizzes by in a blur of speedy activity and elaborate visual effects – and 3-D, don’t forget the 3-D – but evaporates almost as soon as it reaches your retinas. 105 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
Mirror Mirror (Tarsem Singh) is an allstyle, no-substance remake of Snow White that casts Julia Roberts as a bitchy cougar of an Evil Queen who wants her stepdaughter (Lily Collins) killed and the hunky prince (Armie Hammer) all to herself. Structurally, the film’s a mess. Director Singh has no idea whose story to tell, and the laughs are uninspired. Singh is more art director than director, but we’ve seen these costumes and fairy-tale forests in any number of Tim Burton movies. 106 min. N (GS) Colossus, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20
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(Philippe Falardeau) is a tender and touching drama that captures the pulse of both primary school politics and Canadian immigration. Algerian refugee Bachir Lahzar (Fellag) becomes a substitute teacher to students struggling with grief after their former teacher’s suicide. Falardeau proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s premier talents in this focused and intelligent drama that never allows allegorical touches
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(Wes Anderson) might be Anderson’s purest work yet – a tender tale of longing and melancholy as seen through the eyes of a handful of people on an isolated (fictional) island off the coast of New England. In September 1965, two 12-year-old pen pals (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward) run off together, launching a search that eventually expands to involves her parents (Bill Murray, Frances McDormand), his scout troop (led by Edward Norton, in the Owen Wilson role) and the island’s police captain (Bruce Willis). It’s Badlands without the murders or Zabriskie Point without the apocalypse. Anderson is working the same themes of messy youthful rebellion, but in an entirely different register – and, arguably, from a more mature perspective. It’s also one of the saddest comedies you’ll ever see, though that’s not a criticism. 94 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity
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cast from London’s National Theatre of Nick Dear’s stage adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel, directed by Slumdog Millionaire’s Boyle. Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate in the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, with Cumberbatch playing the Creature this week. 150 min. Jun 14, 6:45 pm, and Jun 16, 12:30 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge
piraNha 3dd (John Gulager) is a funny,
energetic and unabashedly sleazy hymn to the three classic B movie virtues: blood, beasts and breasts. The beasts are prehistoric piranhas who’ve made their way to an adult-themed water park where the breasts are at play and on display. The blood comes from the meeting of fish and flesh, and it’s all delivered in well-done 3-D that fully utilizes its prime aesthetic value: to fling those 3 Bs in your face at every opportunity. Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames and David Hasselhof do fine comic turns. 83 min. NNN (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale
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(Peter Lord) is as energetic and fearlessly goofy as anything to bear the stamp of England’s Aardman Animation. When an affable Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) and his jolly crew (including Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson and Anton Yelchin) embark on an adventure with scientists, the ship’s parrot brings our heroes to the attention of both Charles Darwin (David Tennant) and Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton). The story’s cracked alternate history gets funnier as it goes along, and the film sails merrily through a series of inspired set pieces with lusty recitations of very silly dialogue. Shot in 3-D, which allows us notice the sight gags crammed into every corner of the frame. 88 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24
proMetheus (Ridley Scott) follows a team of corporate explorers to distant celestial body LV-223 in search of the origins of human life. They encounter something very similar to what the crew of Nostromo found in Alien – or will find, since this film takes place a good quarter-century or so before that one. After about 80 minutes establishing its cool, sleek elegance, Prometheus explodes into an incoherent rush of action and monsterism, abandoning both the merciless logic of Alien and the clever world-building of the sequels for an ending that makes no fucking sense at all. Seriously, I’m furious at how badly Scott and screenwriters Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof have botched this project. Prometheus doesn’t enhance or complement the original Alien as much as it builds a video-
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Michael Fassbender plays an Aryan-looking robot in underwhelming Prometheus. game module onto it, a weightless digital creation that can’t hold a candle to the original’s grimy analog impact. 119 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity
Rock of Ages (Adam Shankman) 123 min. See Also Opening, page 94. Opens Jun 15 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24
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Opens Jun 15 at Varsity
sAlmoN fishiNg iN the yemeN (Lasse Hallström) is a light comedy about a stuffy salmon expert (Ewan McGregor) and a troubled administrator (Emily Blunt) drawn to one another while working to stock the river of a wealthy Yemeni sheik (Amr Waked) with Atlantic salmon. No, seriously. 112 min. NN (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant
sNow white ANd the huNtsmAN
(Rupert Sanders) adapts the classic fairy tale for Twihards who like their fantasies served with Kristen Stewart and some burning loins. In this admittedly Grimm take, Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron, mugging passionately) dispatches the titular Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to capture an escaped Snow White (Stewart), who’s destined to lead a revolution. Director Sanders (who hails from the land of commercials) delivers eye candy through set design and costumes, particularly in scenes revolving around Theron’s vain queen. Isn’t it fitting that a story about a vicious medieval beauty pageant can only be recommended for its aesthetics? The characters, while dressed to kill, lack substance, particularly Snow White. Stewart’s been hanging around vampires for so long that her performance is lifeless. Like that poison apple, SWATH looks inviting but offers nothing you’d want to chew on. 127 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
thAt’s my Boy (Sean Anders) 116 min. See Also Opening, page 94. Opens Jun 15 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine,
of self-promotion from author (and executive producer) Steve Harvey, who uses his tell-all guidebook, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to kick off the plot and set up the punchlines in this harmless rom-com. A handful of black women heed advice from Harvey’s bible on how to deal with male clichés like the player, the mama’s boy and the guy too comfy to drop some dime on a ring. All they really had to do was refer back to Carrie’s misadventures in Sex And The City, but then Harvey would be without a movie. There’s no point arguing that the characters are stereotypes, since the book makes a point of categorizing people by sex and malfunction. Some strong actors manage to make the most out of thin material. 122 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24
388 ARlettA Ave (Randall Cole) 86 min. See review, page 94. NN (NW) Opens Jun 15 at Carlton Cinema
21 Jump stReet (Phil Lord, Christo-
ñ
pher Miller) reboots the 80s television series, where young undercover cops pose as high school students. Thankfully it never takes its source material too seriously. The meta comedy is all tongue-in-cheek shenanigans that proudly lift a middle finger to the hoary clichés the film recycles. It’s not brilliant, but it damn sure is a lot of fun. 109 min. NNNN (RS) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24
we hAve A pope (Nanni Moretti) is the Vatican’s answer to The King’s Speech. A reluctant cardinal who’s elected pope suffers a nervous breakdown before he can deliver his inaugural speech. Moretti’s amiable, undemanding crowd-pleaser pokes light fun at the Catholic Church’s pomp and ceremony during the papal conclave. Slapstick like a cardinal falling flat on his face during a power outage in the Sistine Chapel actually works because it reminds us that clerics are people, too, and the Vatican runs on electricity rather than a higher power. Moretti paints the clergy as prisoners of their own rituals, particularly the runaway pope (Michel Piccoli), who goes on the lam to seek inspiration among the people. But the film loses its spirit in pandering scenes of priests singing and playing volleyball.
Instead of getting truly critical, Moretti lets his cute premise play out in the least sacrilegious way possible. Subtitled. 105 min. NNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox
whAt to expect wheN you’Re expect iNg (Kirk Jones) offers vignettes about the
bumps on the road that a woman with a baby bump might encounter. The five couples’ nine-month journeys to parenthood are so chopped up that the people become less fleshed-out characters than types. Still, some stories ring surprisingly true, particularly Cameron Diaz’s controlfreak and Elizabeth Banks’s on-point depiction of a pregnancy from hell. The filmmakers neuter the emotional wreckage of a miscarriage with the standard pop-songmontage treatment, clearly trying to move on to the upbeat stuff as quickly as possible. That’s the biggest problem with What To Expect. For all the wisdom it may impart, the film would rather resort to immature humour for kicks. Many of these gags are so forcibly contrived that the movie seems like it’s going through labour to deliver them. 110 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24
wheRe do we go Now? (Nadine Labaki)
is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser that makes Mideast politics go down easy – a Molotov Cocktail that tastes like a Bellini. The Christian and Muslim inhabitants of a Lebanese village have learned to coexist peacefully, but random acts of vandalism threaten to break their ceasefire. The mischievous women find ways to distract their men from fighting, whether by faking communication with the Virgin Mary or importing Ukrainian strippers. The film’s resolutions to animosity certainly seem as far-fetched as an accord between two religions, but that may be the point. Labaki doesn’t always have an easy time mixing laughs with tears, but it’s difficult not to be charmed by her characters and purpose. Although the politics are half-cooked, this absurd comedy is a delightful tribute to the women who have to find ways around men and their follies. Subtitled. 100 min. NNN (RS) Canada Square, TIFF Bell Lightbox
the womAN iN the fifth (Pawel Pawli-
kowski) 83 min. See interview and review, page 91. NNN (NW) Opens Jun 15 at Yonge & Dundas 24
wwe No wAy out is a live WWE match in
high-def. Jun 17, 8 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre 3
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The Island PresIdenT (14A) Fri 3:30, 6:45 sat 9:30 sun 6:30 tue 9:15 Wed 6:45 KIvalIna vs. exxon Fri 9:15 sat 6:30 sun-mon 9:00 tue 6:45 lasT Call aT The oasIs thu 6:45
darK shadows (14A) thu 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 Fri 12:40, 3:40, 10:00, 11:05 sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:20, 9:15, 11:05 sun 12:20, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 mon 12:40, 3:30, 9:10 tue-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 The dICTaTor (14A) thu 12:45, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-sat 2:05, 4:20, 6:35, 8:50 sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 mon 1:30, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 tue 12:50, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Wed 12:30, 2:40, 7:45, 10:00 The hunger games (14A) thu 2:30, 9:50 Fri 12:30, 3:45, 7:20, 10:50 sat 12:20, 3:45, 7:20, 10:50 sun 2:50, 6:10, 9:50 mon-Wed 2:30, 6:10, 9:50 marvel’s The avengers (PG) thu 2:15, 5:50, 9:15 Fri 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 sat 12:00, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 sun-mon, Wed 1:40, 5:20, 9:20 tue 1:30, 5:20, 9:20 marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 1:10, 3:45, 7:00, 9:45, 10:20 Fri-sat 12:50, 4:05, 7:40, 11:00 sun-Wed 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:20 moonrIse KIngdom (PG) Fri-sat 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 sun-mon, Wed 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 tue 1:00, 3:20, 8:05, 10:30 naTIonal TheaTre lIve: FranKensTeIn enCore thu 6:45 sat 12:30 PIranha 3dd 3d (18A) thu, sun 1:00, 3:10 Fri 1:35, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:45 sat 6:05, 8:20, 10:45 mon 1:00, 3:50, 10:15 tue-Wed 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15 PromeTheus (14A) thu, mon-Wed 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Frisat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 sun 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu 12:30, 1:45, 3:30, 4:40, 6:30, 7:35, 10:30 Fri-sat 1:05, 2:15, 4:00, 5:10, 7:00, 8:05, 10:00, 11:00 sun-Wed 12:30, 1:45, 3:30, 4:40, 6:30, 7:35, 9:30, 10:30 PromeTheus: an Imax 3d exPerIenCe (14A) thu, sunWed 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Fri-sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 reservoIr dogs (R) mon 7:00 wwe no way ouT (STC) sun 8:00
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Bloor Hot Docs cinema (i) 506 Bloor st. W., 416-637-3123
20 carlton, 416-494-9371
388 arleTTa ave (PG) Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:15, 6:55, 9:10 BernIe (PG) 1:50, 7:10 thu 4:20, 9:25 The deeP Blue sea (14A) thu 4:15, 9:10 The dICTaTor (14A) Fri-Wed 4:30, 9:25 edwIn Boyd (14A) thu 1:45 Foreverland Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 The hunger games (14A) 1:20, 6:45 hysTerIa (PG) thu 1:40 3:50 7:20 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:40, 3:50, 7:15, 9:40 In The FamIly thu 1:15, 4:30, 8:00 madagasCar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed (G) 2:00, 4:25, 7:05, 9:20 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) 1:30, 4:05, 7:00, 9:15 monsIeur lazhar (PG) thu 4:00, 9:30 Fri-tue 4:10, 9:35 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 1:25, 3:55, 6:40, 9:05 Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:05, 1:25, 3:55 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) Fri-Wed 6:50, 9:30, 1:35, 4:00 ThInK lIKe a man (PG) thu 4:10, 9:35 whaT To exPeCT when you’re exPeCTIng (14A) thu 1:35, 6:55
Docks lakevieW Drive-in (i) 176 cHerry st, 416-465-4653
men In BlaCK 3 (PG) Fri-sun 11:30 PromeTheus (14A) Fri-sun 9:25 roCK oF ages (PG) Fri-sun 9:20 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) Fri-sun 11:35
rainBoW market square (i) market square, 80 Front st e, 416-494-9371
The BesT exoTIC marIgold hoTel (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 madagasCar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed (G) 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:10 Fri 11:10 late marvel’s The avengers (PG) thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) thu 1:10, 3:30, 7:15, 9:35 PromeTheus (14A) thu 12:55 3:40 7:05 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:40, 7:15, 9:45 roCK oF ages (PG) 12:45, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30 Fri 11:50 late snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 3:35, 6:50, 9:15 Fri 12:50, 3:35, 6:50, 9:15, 11:40 sat-Wed 12:50, 3:35, 6:50, 9:15 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) 1:10, 3:45, 7:05, 9:35 Fri 11:45 late
scotiaBank tHeatre (ce) 259 ricHmonD st W, 416-368-5600
BaTTleshIP (PG) thu, sun-mon, Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-sat 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:55 tue 7:10, 10:10 The BesT exoTIC marIgold hoTel (PG) thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 sun-Wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 BlazIng saddles sun 1:00 CosmoPolIs (14A) thu, sun-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15
350 king st W, 416-599-8433
JIro dreams oF sushI (G) thu 2:00, 4:00, 9:30 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 4:00, 8:45 mon 8:45 marIna aBramovIC: The arTIsT Is PresenT (PG) Frisun, tue-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 mon 6:00, 8:30 marley (PG) thu-sun, tue-Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 mon 7:15, 10:10 we have a PoPe (PG) thu 12:30, 3:00, 6:00, 8:30 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 1:30, 6:15 mon 6:15 where do we go now? (14A) thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:15, 8:45
varsity (ce)
55 Bloor st W, 416-961-6304 The BesT exoTIC marIgold hoTel (PG) 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 CosmoPolIs (14A) thu 1:50, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 mon-Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 The dICTaTor (14A) thu 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 The InTouChaBles (14A) 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Wed no 7:05 marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) thu 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:05 Fri-sun, tue 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 mon 4:25, 7:20, 10:30 Wed 12:50, 4:00, 10:30 moonrIse KIngdom (PG) thu 12:30, 12:50, 2:55, 3:15, 5:20, 5:40, 7:45, 8:05, 10:10, 10:30 Fri-sun 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45 mon-Wed 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 roCK oF ages (PG) Fri-sun 1:55, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 monWed 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 saFeTy noT guaranTeed (14A) Fri-tue 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Wed 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40
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The BesT exoTIC marIgold hoTel (PG) thu 1:10 3:50 6:35 9:25 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:35, 9:25 CosmoPolIs (14A) thu 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 moonrIse KIngdom (PG) thu 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 PromeTheus (14A) thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 roCK oF ages (PG) Fri-sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 monWed 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45
yonge & DunDas 24 (amc) 10 DunDas st e, 416-335-5323
BegInner’s guIde To endIngs (14A) thu 7:20, 10:15 Beyond The BlaCK raInBow thu 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 The CaBIn In The woods (18A) thu 2:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Frisun 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 mon-tue 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 ChernoByl dIarIes (14A) thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 Fri, mon-Wed 1:50, 4:00, 6:10 sat-sun 11:20, 1:50, 4:00, 6:10 douBle TrouBle thu 2:25, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:40, 7:05 FerrarI KI sawaarI 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 sat-sun 11:30 mat The FIve-year engagemenT (14A) thu 3:10, 6:00
hIgh sChool thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 lola versus (14A) 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri 12:30 mat sat-sun 11:30, 12:30 mat madagasCar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed (G) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 sat-sun 10:45 mat madagasCar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed 3d (G) thu 1:00, 2:15, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 Fri 12:15, 2:15, 3:00, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 sat-sun 11:30, 12:15, 2:15, 3:00, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 mon-Wed 2:15, 3:00, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) 1:00, 3:15, 4:00, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:45 Fri 12:15 mat sat-sun 10:15, 12:15 mat men In BlaCK 3 3d (PG) 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:45 thu 2:45 mat, 5:30, 8:30 sat-sun 11:15 mat men In BlaCK 3: an Imax 3d exPerIenCe (PG) thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 The PIraTes! Band oF mIsFITs (PG) thu 1:25, 3:40 roCK oF ages (PG) 2:45, 3:30, 6:00, 6:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00 Fri 12:15 mat sat-sun 11:30, 12:15 mat roCK oF ages: The Imax exPerIenCe (PG) thu 12:01 Fri, monWed 1:15, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45 sat-sun 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45 rowdy raThore (14A) thu 3:05, 6:35, 10:05 shanghaI (14A) 2:50, 6:10, 9:35 sat-sun 11:25 mat snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Fri 12:25, 1:20, 2:55, 3:40, 4:35, 6:10, 7:10, 7:50, 9:20, 10:20, 10:55 sat 10:20, 11:40, 12:25, 1:20, 2:55, 3:40, 4:35, 6:10, 7:10, 7:50, 9:20, 10:20, 10:55 sun 10:20, 11:40, 12:25, 1:20, 2:55, 3:40, 4:35, 6:10, 7:10, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10, 10:40 mon-Wed 1:20, 2:55, 3:40, 4:35, 6:10, 7:10, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10, 10:40 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) thu 12:01 Fri 12:45, 1:30, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 sat 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 1:30, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 sun 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 1:30, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15, 10:40 mon-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15, 10:40 ThInK lIKe a man (PG) 4:10, 9:40 sat-sun 10:50 mat 21 JumP sTreeT (14A) thu 3:35, 6:15, 9:05 whaT To exPeCT when you’re exPeCTIng (14A) thu 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 Fri 12:50, 3:25, 6:00 sat-sun 10:20, 12:50, 3:25, 6:00 mon-Wed 3:25, 6:00 The woman In The FIFTh 2:20, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 sat-sun 11:55 mat
midtown canaDa square (ce) 2200 yonge st, 416-646-0444
The BesT exoTIC marIgold hoTel (PG) thu 4:20, 7:00 Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 sat-sun 1:10, 3:45, 7:00, 9:35 mon-Wed 4:10, 7:00 darK shadows (14A) thu 6:40 The dICTaTor (14A) Fri 4:15, 7:15, 9:15 sat-sun 2:00, 4:00, 7:15, 9:15 mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15 headhunTers thu 4:30, 6:45 Fri 4:40, 6:50, 9:40 satsun 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:40, 6:50 The hunger games (14A) thu 4:00, 6:50 Fri 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 sat-sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40 hysTerIa (PG) thu 4:40, 7:05 Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 sat-sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10 In The FamIly thu 3:50, 7:10 moonrIse KIngdom (PG) Fri 4:20, 7:30, 9:45 sat-sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:30, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20 The PIraTes! Band oF mIsFITs (PG) thu 4:15 whaT To exPeCT when you’re exPeCTIng (14A) thu 4:10, 7:15 Fri 4:00, 6:20, 9:10 sat-sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 mon-Wed 4:00, 6:45 where do we go now? (14A) 4:05, 6:30 Fri 9:00 satsun 1:30 mat, 9:00
mt Pleasant (i)
675 mt Pleasant rD, 416-489-8484 BernIe (PG) Fri-sat 9:25 sun 7:00 salmon FIshIng In The yemen (PG) thu-sat, tue-Wed 7:00 sun 4:30
regent tHeatre (i) 551 mt Pleasant rD, 416-480-9884
The lady (PG) Fri-sat 8:55 sun, tue 7:00 monsIeur lazhar (PG) thu-sat, Wed 7:00 sun 4:30
silvercity yonge (ce) 2300 yonge st, 416-544-1236
The dICTaTor (14A) thu 1:30, 3:40, 10:15 madagasCar 3: (G) thu 1:05, 3:50 Fri 1:20, 3:50 sat 12:05, 2:25, 4:45 sun 12:00, 2:20, 4:45 mon-tue 1:00, 3:40 Wed 3:40 madagasCar 3: 3d (G) thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Fri 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 sat 12:35, 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 sun
12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 mon-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 6:40, 9:20 marvel’s The avengers (PG) thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:15, 10:25 Fri 12:50, 7:10 sat 7:00 sun 12:40, 6:40 mon-tue 1:20, 7:15 Wed 7:15 marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) thu 3:30 Fri 4:00, 10:10 sat 4:00, 10:00 sun 3:40, 9:40 mon-Wed 3:45, 9:50 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-sat 4:10, 10:30 sun 3:50, 9:50 mon-Wed 4:35, 10:30 men In BlaCK 3 3d (PG) thu 1:00, 6:40 Fri 1:00, 7:20 sat 1:00, 7:10 sun 1:00, 6:50 mon-Wed 1:15, 6:50 naTIonal TheaTre lIve: FranKensTeIn enCore thu 6:45 sat 12:30 PromeTheus (14A) thu, mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30 Fri 7:00, 10:00 sat 7:20, 10:20 sun 7:05, 10:05 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu 1:10, 4:00, 7:30, 10:30 Fri 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:50 sat 1:50, 4:50, 8:00, 11:00 sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 mon-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 roCK oF ages (PG) thu 10:00 Fri 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:45 sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 mon-tue 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 Fri-sat 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:35 sun 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 10:25 mon-tue 1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) Fri 2:30, 5:20, 8:10, 10:55 sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 sun 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 monWed 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 10:00
Metro
West end HumBer cinema (i) 2442 Bloor st. West, 416-232-1939
PromeTheus (14A) 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45
kingsWay tHeatre (i) 3030 Bloor st W, 416-232-1939
The CaBIn In The woods (18A) thu 8:55 Fri-Wed 9:30 edwIn Boyd (14A) thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 3:00 The FIve-year engagemenT (14A) thu 2:45 The hunger games (14A) Fri-Wed 7:00 monsIeur lazhar (PG) 1:15 The PIraTes! Band oF mIsFITs (PG) sat-sun 11:45 salmon FIshIng In The yemen (PG) 5:00
queensWay (ce)
1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 BaTTleshIP (PG) thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:40 The BesT exoTIC marIgold hoTel (PG) thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-mon 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:50 tue 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 BlazIng saddles sun 1:00 ChernoByl dIarIes (14A) thu 1:05, 3:20, 5:40, 10:15 darK shadows (14A) thu 10:10 The dICTaTor (14A) thu 1:10, 3:25, 7:55, 10:05 Fri-sat 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:05, 10:30 sun 12:10, 2:25, 4:35, 6:45 mon-Wed 2:25, 4:35, 6:45, 9:10 The hunger games (14A) thu 12:30, 3:35, 6:50 The Iron gIanT (PG) sat 11:00 madagasCar 3: (G) thu 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-sat 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 sun-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 8:55 madagasCar 3: 3d (G) thu 12:35, 1:25, 3:00, 3:50, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 1:00, 2:10, 3:25, 4:30, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 sat 11:30, 1:00, 2:10, 3:25, 4:30, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 sun 12:00, 12:30, 2:20, 2:55, 4:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 mon-Wed 12:30, 2:20, 2:55, 4:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 marvel’s The avengers (PG) thu 1:35, 4:50, 8:10 Fri-sat 4:10, 10:05 sun-Wed 4:15, 10:00 marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) thu 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-sat 12:45, 4:05, 7:20, 10:35 sun-Wed 12:35, 3:45, 7:10, 10:30 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) thu 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:30, 7:25 men In BlaCK 3 3d (PG) thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:35, 9:10 Fri, sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 sat 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 mon-Wed 2:05, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 moonrIse KIngdom (PG) Fri 12:40, 3:05, 5:40, 8:20, 10:45 sat 12:40, 5:40, 8:20, 10:45 sun 12:40, 3:10, 5:35, 7:15, 9:10 mon-tue 12:40, 3:10, 7:15, 9:45 Wed 3:40, 7:15, 9:45 naTIonal TheaTre lIve: FranKensTeIn enCore thu 6:45 sat 12:30 PIranha 3dd (18A) thu 9:40 The PIraTes! Band oF mIsFITs (PG) thu 1:50, 4:05 PromeTheus (14A) thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Fri-sat 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25 sun-Wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu 1:45, 4:40, 6:30, 7:35, 9:30, 10:30 Fri 2:05, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 10:55 sat 11:10, 2:05, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 10:55 sun, tue-Wed 1:45, 4:40, 7:05, 7:35, 10:00, 10:30 mon 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:25, 10:30 roCK oF ages (PG) thu 10:00 Fri-sat 1:00, 1:40, 4:00, 4:40, 7:10, 7:50, 10:15, 10:50 sun 12:25, 1:30, 3:40, 4:25, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:15 mon 12:25, 1:30, 3:45, 4:25, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:15 tue 12:50, 1:30, 3:45, 4:25, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:15 Wed 12:30, 3:45, 4:25, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:15
snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 12:55, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:25, 7:00, 7:30, 9:55, 10:25 Fri 1:35, 2:20, 4:20, 5:05, 7:05, 7:55, 9:55, 10:50 sat 11:20, 2:20, 4:20, 5:05, 7:05, 7:55, 9:55, 10:50 sun 1:25, 3:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55, 10:25 mon-Wed 12:45, 1:25, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:55, 10:25 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) Fri 2:00, 2:40, 4:45, 5:25, 7:35, 8:10, 10:20, 11:00 sat 11:50, 2:00, 2:40, 4:45, 5:25, 7:35, 8:10, 10:20, 11:00 sun-Wed 1:10, 2:00, 4:00, 4:45, 6:50, 7:35, 9:35, 10:20 whaT To exPeCT when you’re exPeCTIng (14A) thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Fri 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 sat 11:35, 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 wwe no way ouT (STC) sun 8:00
rainBoW WooDBine (i)
WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 BaTTleshIP (PG) thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 The dICTaTor (14A) 1:20, 3:45, 7:10, 9:45 madagasCar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed 3d (G) 12:40, 2:45, 4:55, 7:00, 9:15 marvel’s The avengers (PG) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) thu 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 9:45 PromeTheus (14A) 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 roCK oF ages (PG) thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:30 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 7:00, 9:25 whaT To exPeCT when you’re exPeCTIng (14A) thu 1:05, 3:55, 7:05, 9:35
east end BeacH cinemas (aa) 1651 queen st e, 416-699-5971
The dICTaTor (14A) thu 7:30, 9:35 madagasCar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed (G) sat-sun 12:30 madagasCar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed 3d (G) thu 7:00, 9:20 Fri, tue 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 sat-sun 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 mon, Wed 6:30, 9:00 marvel’s The avengers (PG) thu 6:40 marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) thu 10:00 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) thu 9:50 men In BlaCK 3 3d (PG) thu 7:20 Fri, tue 4:30, 6:50, 9:50 sat-sun 1:50, 4:30, 6:50, 9:50 mon, Wed 6:50, 9:40 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu 7:10, 10:05 Fri, tue 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 sat-sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 mon, Wed 7:20, 10:10 roCK oF ages (PG) Fri, tue 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 sat-sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 mon, Wed 7:10, 10:00 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 6:50, 9:40 Fri, tue 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 sat-sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 mon, Wed 6:40, 9:30 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) Fri, tue 4:20, 7:00, 10:00 sat-sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 10:00 mon, Wed 7:00, 9:50
north york emPire tHeatres at emPress Walk (et) 5095 yonge st, 416-223-9550
BaTTleshIP (PG) thu 4:10, 7:10 Fri-Wed 9:55 darK shadows (14A) thu 3:45, 6:45 The dICTaTor (14A) thu 4:30 7:20 9:50 Fri-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 sat-sun 1:30 mat marvel’s avengers assemBle (PG) 3:45, 6:45 sat-sun 12:45 mat marvel’s The avengers (PG) thu 5:00, 8:30 marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri, mon-Wed 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 sat-sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 men In BlaCK 3 (PG) thu 5:30, 8:00 Fri, mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 sat-sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 men In BlaCK 3 3d (PG) thu 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 Fri 5:10, 8:10, 11:10 sat 2:10, 5:10, 8:10, 11:10 sun 2:10, 5:10, 8:10 mon-Wed 5:10, 8:10 PromeTheus (14A) thu, mon, Wed 4:45, 7:45 Fri, tue 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 sat 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu, mon, Wed 5:15, 8:15 Fri, tue 5:15, 8:15, 11:15 sat 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:15 sun 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 PromeTheus: an Imax 3d exPerIenCe (14A) 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 sat-sun 1:15 mat roCK oF ages (PG) thu 10:00, 10:30 Fri, tue 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 11:00 sat-sun 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 mon, Wed 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00
granDe - yonge (ce) 4861 yonge st, 416-590-9974
The BesT exoTIC marIgold hoTel (PG) thu-Fri 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 sat-sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 CosmoPolIs (14A) thu-Fri 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 sat-sun 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 mon-Wed 4:40, 7:35, 10:10 hysTerIa (PG) thu 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-sun 9:50 mon-Wed 9:20 The InTouChaBles (14A) 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 sat-sun 2:15 mat madagasCar 3: (G) thu 4:30, 6:55, 9:15 Fri 4:55, 7:25 sat 2:00, 4:55, 7:25 sun 2:30, 4:55, 7:25 mon-Wed 4:30, 6:55 madagasCar 3: 3d (G) thu, mon-Wed 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Fri 5:35, 8:00, 10:35 sat-sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:35 moonrIse KIngdom (PG) thu, mon-Wed 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 Fri 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 sat-sun 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu-Fri 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 sat 12:55, 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 sun 12:55, 1:25, 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 monWed 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:00, 9:30, 10:00 ThaT’s my Boy (18A) Fri 4:50, 7:45, 10:30 sat-sun 1:55, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30 mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 whaT To exPeCT when you’re exPeCTIng (14A) thu 9:55 Fri 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 sat-sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 mon-Wed 3:55, 6:45, 9:25
silvercity FairvieW (ce)
FairvieW mall, 1800 sHePParD ave e, 416-644-7746 BlazIng saddles sun 1:00 The dICTaTor (14A) thu 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 3:00, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 sat 12:50, 3:00, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 sun 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 mon-Wed 1:10, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 The Iron gIanT (PG) sat 11:00
100
june 14-20 2012 NOW
Madagascar 3: (G) Thu 1:50, 4:10, 6:40 Fri 1:45, 4:15 Sat 11:20, 1:45, 4:15 Sun-Wed 1:45, 4:10 Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Fri 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:20, 7:20 Fri-Sat 1:30, 7:20 Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) Thu 4:20, 10:15 Fri-Sat 4:25, 10:15 Sun-Wed 4:30, 10:15 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu-Sat 4:40, 10:30 Sun-Wed 4:45, 10:30 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 1:15 7:40 Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:40 Sat 11:10 mat national theatre live: Frankenstein encore Thu 6:45 Sat 12:30 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Wed 6:50, 9:50 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Tue 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Wed 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu 1:05, 1:40, 4:05, 4:35, 7:00, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 Sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Tue 1:00, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Wed 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 that’s My Boy (18A) Fri 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 what to exPect when you’re exPecting (14A) Thu 9:30
SilverCiTy yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432
the dictator (14A) 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 the iron giant (PG) Sat 11:00 Madagascar 3: (G) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Fri 3:10, 5:40, 8:10 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10 Mon-Wed 1:50, 2:30, 4:20, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 10:00 Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 3:15, 9:45 Fri 4:15 SatSun 3:45 Mon-Wed 4:55 Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Fri 1:00, 7:30, 10:50 Sat-Sun 12:30, 7:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:30, 8:15 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 12:40, 7:15 Fri 2:35, 5:10, 7:55, 10:30 SatSun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:55, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Piranha 3dd (18A) Thu 10:10 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 Sun 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35 MonWed 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu, Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 Fri 2:10, 5:05, 8:00, 10:55 Sat 11:15, 2:10, 5:05, 8:00, 10:55 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:15, 3:30, 4:15, 6:25, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05, 10:45 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20, 10:00 that’s My Boy (18A) Fri-Sat 2:25, 5:15, 8:05, 10:55 Sun 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30
Scarborough 401 & MorningSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborough, 416-281-2226
the dictator (14A) Thu 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:35 Fri-Sat 2:20, 4:25, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50 Sun 2:20, 4:25, 6:30, 8:40, 10:45 Mon, Wed 4:05, 6:10, 8:15, 10:30 Tue 4:00, 6:20, 8:30, 10:40 Madagascar 3: (G) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Sun 2:30, 4:55, 7:20 Mon, Wed 4:00, 6:45 Tue 4:50, 7:20 Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 FriSun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Mon, Wed 4:50, 7:20, 9:35 Tue 3:40, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 10:00 Fri-Mon, Wed 4:10, 10:00 Tue 3:50, 10:00 Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) Thu 4:30 Fri-Sun 2:00, 7:35 Mon, Wed 7:00 Tue 7:35 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:30, 7:30 Mon, Wed 7:25 Tue 7:00 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 7:35 Fri-Sat 5:00, 10:45 Sun, Tue 5:00, 10:40 Mon, Wed 4:35, 10:05 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:50, 10:45 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:50, 10:35 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Tue 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35 Mon, Wed 4:25, 7:15, 10:15 Tue 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu 4:00, 4:35, 6:50, 7:40, 9:40, 10:30 Fri-Sun 2:10, 5:10, 8:05, 9:50, 10:40 Mon, Wed 4:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:20 Tue 4:10, 7:45, 9:50, 10:35 that’s My Boy (18A) Fri-Sun 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Mon, Wed 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Tue 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 what to exPect when you’re exPecting (14A) Thu 5:00, 8:00, 10:35 Fri-Sat 3:15, 5:45, 8:20, 10:50 Sun 3:15, 5:45, 8:20, 10:45 Mon, Wed 5:10, 8:00, 10:30 Tue 5:20, 8:00, 10:30
ColiSeuM SCarborough (Ce) SCarborough ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217
BattleshiP (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:50 the Best exotic Marigold hotel (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 chernoByl diaries (14A) Thu 2:30, 4:50, 10:15 Fri 1:50, 4:10, 6:25, 8:40, 10:55 Sat 4:10, 6:25, 8:40, 10:55 Sun 1:45, 4:25, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:25, 7:35, 10:00 the dictator (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 9:45 Fri 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 8:50, 11:00 Sat 11:45, 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 8:50, 11:00 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:15, 5:30, 7:55, 10:10 every Breath you take Thu 1:55, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sun-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 the iron giant (PG) Sat 11:00 Madagascar 3: (G) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:20 MonWed 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:45, 7:10, 10:10 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20
national theatre live: Frankenstein encore Thu 6:45 Sat 12:30 Piranha 3dd 3d (18A) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Fri 2:05, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 Sat 11:00, 2:05, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:30 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 that’s My Boy (18A) Fri 12:00, 2:00, 2:40, 4:45, 5:25, 7:35, 8:10, 10:20, 10:55 Sat 11:40, 2:00, 2:40, 4:45, 5:25, 7:35, 8:10, 10:20, 10:55 Sun-Wed 1:00, 1:40, 4:00, 4:40, 6:45, 7:30, 9:40, 10:25 wwe no way out (STC) Sun 8:00
eglinTon ToWn CenTre (Ce) 1901 eglinTon ave e, 416-752-4494
BattleshiP (PG) Thu 10:10 the Best exotic Marigold hotel (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 Blazing saddles Sun 1:00 chernoByl diaries (14A) Thu 7:00, 9:20 dark shadows (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:10 the dictator (14A) Thu 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Fri 1:50, 4:00, 6:15, 8:25, 10:35 Sat 2:00, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:00, 8:15, 10:25 the iron giant (PG) Sat 11:00 Madagascar 3: (G) Thu 4:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 Fri 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 Sat 11:10, 1:40, 4:15, 6:50 Sun 12:00, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05 Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Fri 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:40 Sat 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Mon, Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 Tue 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 5:00, 8:10 Fri 3:40, 6:55, 10:10 Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:55, 10:10 Sun 2:45, 6:00, 9:15 Mon 5:30, 8:40 Tue 5:10, 8:20 Wed 8:00 Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 FriSat 1:05, 4:20, 7:40, 10:55 Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:55, 10:10 Mon 3:45, 7:10, 10:30 Tue 4:05, 7:25, 10:45 Wed 3:45, 7:00, 10:30 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Fri 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 11:25, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 2:30, 5:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Fri 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:50 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Mon 4:30, 10:25 Tue 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Wed 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 Piranha 3dd (18A) Thu 10:15 the Pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Thu 3:40, 5:55, 8:05 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:35, 7:45, 11:00 Sun 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Mon 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Tue 4:40, 7:40, 10:45 Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:25 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 1:00, 1:40, 4:05, 4:45, 7:10, 7:50, 10:15, 10:55 Sat 11:05, 1:00, 1:40, 4:05, 4:45, 7:10, 7:50, 10:15, 10:55 Sun 12:20, 1:05, 3:25, 4:10, 6:30, 7:15, 9:35, 10:20 Mon, Wed 4:15, 5:15, 7:15, 8:20, 10:20 Tue 3:45, 4:30, 6:50, 7:35, 9:55, 10:40 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:15, 6:35, 7:15, 9:40, 10:25 Fri 1:30, 4:40, 7:50, 10:00, 11:00 Sat 1:30, 4:40, 7:50, 9:25, 11:00 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:05, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:00, 9:40, 10:05 that’s My Boy (18A) Fri 1:35, 2:15, 4:25, 5:05, 7:15, 7:55, 10:05, 10:45 Sat 11:30, 1:35, 2:15, 4:25, 5:05, 7:15, 7:55, 10:05, 10:45 Sun 1:05, 1:50, 3:55, 4:40, 6:45, 7:30, 9:35, 10:25 Mon, Wed 3:55, 4:35, 6:45, 7:25, 9:35, 10:15 Tue 3:55, 4:55, 6:45, 7:45, 9:35, 10:35 what to exPect when you’re exPecting (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:20 Fri 2:45, 5:25, 8:05, 10:50 Sat 12:05, 2:45, 5:25, 8:05, 10:50 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Mon 7:45, 10:30 Tue-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 wwe no way out (STC) Sun 8:00
kennedy CoMMonS 20 (aMC) kennedy rd & 401, 416-335-5323
BattleshiP (PG) 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:35 mat the caBin in the woods (18A) Thu 7:50, 10:25 cosMoPolis (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:20, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 dark shadows (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:45, 8:45 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 desi roMeos 2:45, 6:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 11:15 mat douBle trouBle 4:25, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:40 mat dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Thu 2:05, 4:25 Ferrari ki sawaari 3:15, 6:45, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:40 mat the Five-year engageMent (14A) 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 FriSun 10:45, 1:45 mat high school Thu 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 the hunger gaMes (14A) 2:15, 5:25, 8:45 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat Marvel’s the avengers (PG) 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:45, 1:00 mat Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 12:30, 1:30 mat Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:30, 5:05, 7:30 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:30 Moonrise kingdoM (PG) 2:00, 3:00, 4:25, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:30, 12:30 mat the Pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:10 rowdy rathore (14A) 10:25 Thu 3:45 mat, 7:00 saFe (14A) Thu 3:30, 5:40, 8:05, 10:20 saFe house (14A) Thu 6:50, 9:45
shanghai Thu 3:40, 7:05, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:50, 3:40, 7:05, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:40, 7:05, 9:50 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15 think like a Man (PG) 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:25 mat what to exPect when you’re exPecting (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:50, 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30
11:25, 1:00, 2:15, 3:50, 5:10, 6:50, 8:05, 9:45, 10:50 Sun 10:10, 1:00, 3:50, 5:10, 6:50, 8:05, 9:45, 10:50 that’s My Boy (18A) 2:10, 3:00, 4:45, 5:35, 7:25, 8:15, 10:10, 10:55 Fri-Sun 11:30, 12:20 mat what to exPect when you’re exPecting (14A) Thu 3:15, 5:40, 8:10 Fri-Sun 10:25, 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:35 Mon-Wed 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:35
WoodSide CineMaS (i)
hWy 5, eaST oF hWy 403, 905-569-3373
1571 SandhurST CirCle, 416-299-3456
Ferrari ki sawaari Fri-Sun 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30 ManaM kothi Paravai (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15 Fri-Sun 10:00 Mon-Wed 7:00 Murattu kaalai 4:15, 7:15 Fri-Sun 10:15 rowdyrathore(14A)Thu4:30,7:30Fri-Sun3:30,6:45Mon-Wed4:30 uruMi (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:00
GTA Regions Mississauga
ColiSeuM MiSSiSSauga (Ce) Square one, 309 raThburn rd W, 905-275-3456
BattleshiP (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Blazing saddles Sun 1:00 dark shadows (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:10, 6:45, 9:45 Sun 1:45, 4:10, 10:00 the dictator (14A) 1:35, 3:40, 5:50, 8:00, 10:05 the hunger gaMes (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 the iron giant (PG) Sat 11:00 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Fri, Sun-Wed 3:20, 6:30, 9:35 Sat 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:35 Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Fri, Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 Sat 1:15, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 Wed 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri, SunWed 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 national theatre live: Frankenstein encore Thu 6:45 Sat 12:30 Piranha 3dd 3d (18A) Thu 1:40, 3:55, 10:30 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 1:20, 3:00, 6:20, 9:15 Fri-Wed 3:10, 6:10, 9:00 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 ProMetheus: an iMax 3d exPerience (14A) 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Sat 11:00 mat reservoir dogs (R) Mon 7:00 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun-Tue 1:30, 2:00, 4:15, 4:45, 7:00, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 Sat 11:15, 1:20, 2:00, 4:15, 4:45, 7:00, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 Wed 2:00, 4:15, 4:45, 7:00, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 think like a Man (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:00 Fri, Tue-Wed 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00 Sat 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00 Sun 1:55, 4:30, 7:10 Mon 1:55, 4:30, 10:00 wwe no way out (STC) Sun 8:00
CourTney Park 16 (aMC)
110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 BattleshiP (PG) Thu 3:55 the Best exotic Marigold hotel (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:40, 7:10 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 chernoByl diaries (14A) Thu 1:25, 6:45 the dictator (14A) 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05, 11:00 Fri-Sun 11:05 mat Madagascar 3: (G) 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 Fri-Sun 10:00, 12:15 mat Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:20 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) 1:55, 5:00, 7:55, 10:55 Fri-Sun 10:55 mat Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:15 mat Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 5:55, 11:00 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00 Fri-Sun 10:30, 3:30, 8:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 8:30 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:35, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:30, 9:30 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 ProMetheus: an iMax 3d exPerience (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:40 Mon 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:40 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:20, 2:05, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:00, 2:15, 3:50, 5:10, 6:50, 8:05, 9:45, 10:50 Fri-Sat 10:10,
SilverCiTy MiSSiSSauga (Ce) the Best exotic Marigold hotel (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Fri 1:05, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:45, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 chernoByl diaries (14A) Thu 7:30, 9:40 Fri-Sat 10:20 Sun 10:05 Mon-Wed 9:25 chiMPanzee (G) Thu 4:40 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Thu 6:50, 9:45 Madagascar 3: (G) Thu 3:55, 6:30, 9:00 Fri 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 10:10 Sat 12:00, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 10:10 Sun 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:35, 9:00 Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 4:30, 5:05, 7:05, 7:40, 10:00 Fri 1:00, 3:00, 3:30, 5:25, 5:55, 7:55, 8:25, 10:45 Sat 12:30, 1:00, 3:00, 3:30, 5:25, 5:55, 7:55, 8:25, 10:45 Sun 12:30, 1:00, 3:00, 3:30, 5:25, 5:55, 7:45, 8:25 Mon-Wed 4:35, 5:00, 7:05, 7:30, 9:50 national theatre live: Frankenstein encore Thu 6:45 Sat 12:30 Piranha 3dd 3d (18A) Thu 9:25 the Pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Thu 3:45, 5:55, 8:05 Fri-Sun 1:25 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:15, 1:55, 4:10, 4:50, 7:05, 7:45, 10:00, 10:40 Sun 1:05, 1:45, 3:55, 4:35, 6:55, 7:30, 9:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 4:30, 6:45, 7:15, 9:35, 10:05 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu 3:45, 4:15, 6:40, 7:10, 9:35, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:40, 3:55, 4:35, 6:50, 7:35, 9:45, 10:30 Sun 1:35, 3:50, 4:25, 6:50, 7:20, 9:45, 10:15 Mon-Tue 3:45, 6:50, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 Wed 3:45, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:45, 10:15 that’s My Boy (18A) Fri 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:50 what to exPect when you’re exPecting (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Fri 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Tue 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:15
north ColoSSuS (Ce) hWy 400 & 7, 905-851-1001
BattleshiP (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 dark shadows (14A) Thu 9:30 the dictator (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:00, 8:10, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:50, 6:00, 8:10, 10:25 Sun 12:50, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:40 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:25, 9:40 the hunger gaMes (14A) Thu 3:45, 7:00, 10:05 Fri 12:50, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Sat 12:20, 3:35, 6:45, 9:55 Sun 12:40, 3:45, 6:50 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:50, 10:10 the iron giant (PG) Sat 11:00 Madagascar 3: (G) Thu 4:25, 4:50, 6:55, 7:15, 9:30 Fri 12:30, 2:00, 2:55, 4:30, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Sat 12:00, 12:30, 2:20, 2:55, 4:40, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Sun 1:30, 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 4:30, 6:40, 9:30 Madagascar 3: 3d (G) Thu 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 Sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:55 Fri, Sun-Wed 3:55, 9:40 Sat 3:00, 9:30 Marvel’s the avengers 3d (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:05, 4:15, 7:25, 10:45 Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:05, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:05, 10:15 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:25, 9:05 Fri, Sun 1:20, 7:05 Sat 12:05, 6:25 Mon-Wed 7:05 Men in Black 3 3d (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:10, 5:45, 8:20, 10:55 Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:05 Moonrise kingdoM (PG) Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:30, 5:55, 8:25, 10:45 Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Piranha 3dd 3d (18A) Thu 9:50 the Pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Thu 5:25, 7:40 the Pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Fri 12:35, 2:50 Sat 11:55, 2:15 Sun 1:35 ProMetheus (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Sun 7:00, 10:00 Mon 7:15, 10:00 Tue-Wed 6:55, 10:00 ProMetheus 3d (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Fri 2:15, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Sat 11:40, 2:25, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:55 ProMetheus: an iMax 3d exPerience (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Sat 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 reservoir dogs (R) Mon 7:00 rock oF ages (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 12:55, 1:45, 4:00, 4:45, 6:55, 7:40, 9:50, 10:35 Sat 11:05, 12:55, 1:55, 4:00, 4:45, 6:55, 7:40, 9:50, 10:35 Sun 12:55, 1:45, 4:00, 4:45, 6:55, 7:40, 10:10, 10:30 Mon 4:00, 4:45, 6:55, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Tue-Wed 4:00, 4:45, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 snow white and the huntsMan (PG) Thu 3:50, 4:30, 6:45, 7:25, 9:35, 9:40, 10:15 Fri 1:25, 4:20, 5:05, 7:30, 8:00, 10:20, 10:50 Sat 11:15, 2:05, 4:30, 4:55, 7:30, 8:00, 10:20, 10:50 Sun
1:05, 3:55, 4:20, 6:45, 7:30, 9:35, 10:20 Mon 3:55, 4:10, 6:45, 9:35, 10:20 Tue-Wed 3:55, 4:20, 6:45, 7:30, 9:35, 10:20 that’s My Boy (18A) Fri 1:40, 2:10, 4:25, 5:00, 7:10, 7:55, 10:05, 10:55 Sat 11:05, 11:30, 1:40, 2:10, 4:25, 5:00, 7:10, 7:55, 10:05, 10:55 Sun 1:00, 1:40, 3:40, 4:25, 6:30, 7:10, 9:25, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:40, 4:25, 6:30, 7:10, 9:25, 10:05 think like a Man (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:50 Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 what to exPect when you’re exPecting (14A) Thu 3:35, 9:00 Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10:15 Sun 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Mon 4:20, 9:50 Tue-Wed 4:35, 7:00, 9:50 wwe no way out (STC) Sun 8:00
inTerChange 30 (aMC)
30 inTerChange Way, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 aMerican reunion (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:10 BattleshiP (PG) Fri 6:00, 9:00 Sat 12:05, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:20 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:35 the Best exotic Marigold hotel (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30 Fri 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 12:40, 3:45, 7:00 the caBin in the woods (18A) Thu 5:10, 7:50 chernoByl diaries (14A) Thu, Mon-Tue 4:45, 7:00 Fri 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Sat 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Sun 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 Wed 4:45 chiMPanzee (G) 5:15, 7:15 Fri 9:15 Sat 1:15, 3:15 mat, 9:15 Sun 1:15, 3:15 mat dark shadows (14A) Fri 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:20 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:50 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Thu 4:50 Ferrari ki sawaari Fri 4:30, 8:00 Sat 12:00, 4:00, 8:00 Sun 3:00, 7:10 Mon-Wed 7:00 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Sun 1:00, 4:50, 7:30 the lucky one (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:30, 8:00 Fri 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 Mirror Mirror (PG) 4:30, 7:10 Fri 9:50 Sat 1:45 mat, 9:50 Sun 1:45 mat Piranha 3dd (18A) Fri 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Sat 12:20, 2:55, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Sun 12:20, 2:55, 5:10, 7:35 Mon-Wed 5:10, 8:00 the raven (18A) Thu 7:20 rowdy rathore (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 6:45 Fri 6:00, 9:30 Sat 2:00, 6:00, 9:30 Sun 12:00, 3:30, 7:15 saFe (14A) 5:30, 7:45 Fri 10:00 Sat 1:00, 3:15 mat, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 3:15 mat the saMaritan (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:45 the three stooges (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:40 21 JuMP street (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25 Fri 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 1:40, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:05
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indie&rep film complete festivals, independent and How to find a listing
Repertory cinema listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by venue, then by date. Other films are listed by date. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ L= =Luminato event
N= =NXNE Film & Music Festival event How to place a listing
All listings are free. Send to: movies@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Rep Cinemas, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include film title, year of release, names of director(s), language and subtitle info, venue, address, time, cost and advance ticket sales if any, phone number for reservations/info or website address. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.
festivals female eye film festival carlton cinema, 20 carlton. femaleeyefilmfestival.com
WEd 20-juN 25 – Provocative and controver-
sial shorts, documentaries and feature films as seen through the eyes of women directors. $10, stu/srs $5, panel and script reading series free, all-access pass $100. WEd 20 – Aboriginal Filmmaker Series: I Don’t Want It – I Don’t Need It D: Eva Rose Tabo bondung, Eulogy From The White House D: Phoebe R Sutherland and Jon Kapashesit, and This Is My Garden D: Katharina Stieffenhofer. 2 to 4 pm. A Sidewalk Indian D: Alana Brascoupe, and Here I Am D: Beck Cole. 4:30 to 6 pm. Wild Life D: Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, and Billy Bishop Goes To War D: Barbara Willis Sweete. 7 pm.
nxne film festival
national film board, 150 John (nfb); royal cinema, 608 college (rc); toronto underground cinema, 186 spadina (tuc). 416-973-3012. nxne.com
N=THu 14-SuN 17 – Local and inter-
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national films about music of all genres. $10/screening, film-only wristband $25, festival wristband (all music and film) $50. THu 14 – Polaroid Song D: Alphonse Giorgi, and Down: Indie Rock In The PRC D: Andrew Field and Judy Willmont. 12:30 pm (NFB). Fugitives: Wax Live D: Shawn Thomsen, and KMS – Jewish Negroes D: Moran Ifergan. 2:15 pm (NFB). Letting Go D: Cameron McKenzie, Been Good To Know Yuh D: Corey Brandenstein, and Master Plan D: Tolga H Yuceil. 4 pm (NFB). Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy D: Rob Heydon, and short films Cassini Mission D: Chris Abbas, and Addictions D: Giovanni Bucci. Irvine Welsh will be in attendance. 7 pm (RC). FRI 15 – Nightingales In December D: Theodore Ushev, and Bring On The Mountain D: The Diamond Bros. 12:30 pm (NFB). Sudden Flashes Of Light D:Santiago Ruiz, and Inside The Perfect Circle: The Odyssey Of Joel Thome D: Chris Pepino. 2:30 pm (NFB). Så Jävla Metal – The History Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal D: Yasin Hillborg, and Dead Weight–Famous Underground D: Nick Walsh. 3 pm (TUC). Misguided – Jennifer Castle D: Ilse Kramer, and Rising Above The Blues D: Yoon-ha Chang. 4:30 pm (NFB). Ghostface Killah & Toronto’s Apollo Kids D: Jeff ‘Vargas’ Vallejo. 5:15 (TUC). Wait For Amateur – Chris Connelly D: Shayna Connelly, and What Did You Expect? The Archers Of Loaf Live At Cat’s Cradle D: Gorman Bechard. Director in attendance. 6:30 pm (NFB). My Father And The Man In Black D: Jonathan Holiff. 7 pm (TUC). SAT 16 – My Hometown D: Jerry Levitan and Terry Tompkins, Letting Go, and Once In A Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story D: Jonathan Kalafer. 1 pm (NFB). Jim Talks D: Jackson Fishauf, Memphis Psychosis D: Kristine Hipps, and The Ballad Of Hugh D: Marco DiFelice. 3 pm (NFB). The Light That Died In My Arms D: Alan Foreman, and Jobriath AD D: Kieran Turner. 5 pm (NFB). Hole In The World D: George Metaxas, and Slaughter Nick For President D: Rob Stewart, Liza Vespi and Marc Vespi. Directors in attendance. 7 pm (NFB).
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repertory schedules
Muscling into the Lightbox
THu 14-SuN 17 – NXNE Film Festival. See listings, this page. WEd 20 – Free Favourites At Four: War Of 1812 (Parts 1 & 2), the first half of a four-part documentary series. 4 pm. Free.
SCHWARZENEGGER/STALLONE: THE RISE OF BEEFCAKE CINEMA at TIFF Bell
ontario science centre
Lightbox (350 King West) on Saturdays at 8 pm to September 1. See listings, this page, and schedule at tiff.net. Rating: NNN
THu 14-FRI 15 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm. SAT 16 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 2, 4 & 8 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon, 3 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. SuN 17 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 2 & 4 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon & 3 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. MON 18-WEd 20 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm.
Starting Saturday (June 16) and running all summer, Schwarzenegger/ Stallone: The Rise Of Beefcake Cinema explores the big-screen legacy of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, two larger-thanlife actors whose action cinema defined a decade – for better or worse. Their physically imposing, dialogue-light performances in early 80s hits First Blood and The Terminator created a new American action sub-genre: the shoot-’em-up, characterized by at least one scene where our hero picks up a very large weapon and mows down a whole bunch of his enemies. The Terminator, which opens the series, makes a virtue of Schwarzenegger’s limitations as an actor, casting him as a remorseless cyborg assassin on the trail of the unsuspecting Linda Hamilton. James Cameron showed us that the imposing swordsman of Conan The
770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca
the proJection booth
1035 gerrard e. 416-466-3636, proJectionbooth.ca.
Ahnold (left) dominates as The Terminator, while Sly draws First Blood.
Barbarian (screening July 28) was in fact a perfect killing machine; not only did the movie make sense, but it also provided a context for Schwarzenegger’s mechanical line readings. If Terminator feels like a prototypical Arnold venture, First Blood (June 30) is jarringly subtle and orderly for a Stallone project. The actor plays a traumatized Vietnam vet who snaps when he’s mistreated by a bunch of small-town cops. Ted Kotcheff’s gritty direction prefigures the flesh-andflora stylings of Schwarzenegger’s 1987 Predator – which, disappoint-
ingly, isn’t in the series. No sign of Cobra or Red Heat either, which pretty much defined po-faced mayhem under Sly and Arnold. But we do get Stallone’s Demolition Man (August 4), a goofy sci-fi actioner that’s held up far better than it has any right to, and Total Recall (August 11), arriving just in time to take Colin Farrell’s remake down a peg. Smarts and looks are all well and good, but sometimes you just need a hero who can pick up a bazooka NORMAN WILNER one-handed.
SuN 17 – Hole In The World, and Slaughter Nick For President. 12:30 pm. Letting Go, and My Father And The Man In Black. 2:30 pm. Above screenings at NFB.
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t.o. Japanese film festival
LTHu 14 – The Image Mill Revealed (2009)
Alfred Hitchcock. 8:30 pm. Director James Ivory in attendance for both screenings. WEd 20 – The Free Screen presents Liquid Metal including Collage d’Hollywood (2003) D: Ricahrd Kerr, Brett Kashmere, Michael Rollo and Tim Horlor, Firing Squad (2011) D: Tasman Richardson, Untitled/Silver (2006) D: Takeshi Murata, and others. 7 pm. Tasman Richardson in attendance. Free.
Japanese canadian cultural centre, 6 garamond court. 416-441-2345 ext 222, torontoJff.com
THu 14-15 ANd juN 21 – Best of Japanese contemporary cinema. $10, three-film pass $27, 10-film pass $85. THu 14 – Postcard (2011) D: Kaneto Shindo. 7 pm. FRI 15 – Chronicle Of My Mother (2011) D: Masato Harada. 7 pm.
cinemas bloor hot docs cinema
506 bloor W. 416-637-3123. bloorcinema.com
THu 14 – Last Call At The Oasis (2011) D: Jessica Yu. 6:45 pm. Windfall (2010) D: ñ Laura Israel. 9:15 pm. FRI 15 – The Island President (2011) D: Jon Shenk. 3:30 & 6:45 pm. Kivalina Vs Exxon (2011) D: Ben Addelman. 9:15 pm. SAT 16 – Man On Wire (2008) D: James Marsh. 3:30 pm. Kivalina Vs Exxon. 6:30 pm. The Island President. 9:30 pm. SuN 17 – Dr Seuss’s The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T (1953) D: Roy Rowland. 3:30 pm. The Island President. 6:30 pm. Kivalina Vs Exxon. 9 pm. MON 18 – Kivalina Vs Exxon. 9 pm. TuE 19 – Kivalina Vs Exxon. 6:45 pm. The Island President. 9:15 pm. WEd 20 – The Island President. 6:45 pm. Senna (2010) D: Asif Kapadia. 9:15 pm.
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camera bar
1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca
SAT 16 – The Keys Of The Kingdom (1944) D: John M Stahl. 3 pm. Free.
reitman sQuare, 350 king W. 416-599-8433, tiff.net
D: Marie Belzil and Mariano Franco, and short film Robert Lepage (2009) D: Jeremy Peter Allen. 5:15 pm. New Lebanese Cinema: Once Upon A Time: Beirut (1994) D: Jocelyne Saab. Introduced by Rasha Salti. 6 pm. New Lebanese Cinema: Terra Incognita (2001) D: Ghassan Salhab. 9 pm. FRI 15 – Bright Angel (1990) D: MIchael Fields. 4 pm. New Lebanese Cinema: A Perfect Day (2005) D: Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige. 6:15 pm. New Lebanese Cinema: Beirut Hotel (2011) D: Danielle Arbid, and A Sheherazade Tale (2006) D: Rami Kodeih. 8:45 pm. SAT 16 – New Lebanese Cinema: After Shave (2005) D: Hani Tamba, Ready-To-Wear Imm Ali (2001) D: Dima El-Horr, and My Father Is Still A Communist (2011) D: Ahmad Ghossein. 12:15 pm. New Lebanese Cinema: Falafel (2006) D: Michel Kammoun, Tomorrow 6:30 (2008) D: Gilles Tarazi. 2:45 pm. La Belle Et La Bête (1946) D: Jean Cocteau. 4:30 pm. Ranieh Attiah and Daniel Garcia X 2: New Lebanese Cinema: Ok, Enough, Goodbye, and Tripoli, Quiet (2009). 5:15 pm. The Terminator (1984) D: James Cameron. 8 pm. Koyaanisqatsi (1982) D: Godfrey Reggio. 9:30 pm. SuN 17 – River Of No Return (1954) D: Otto Preminger. 1 pm. New Lebanese Cinema: Yamo (2011) D: Rami Nihawi. 4 pm. The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (1920) D: Robert Wiene. 4:30 pm. New Lebanese Cinema: My Heart Beats Only For Her (2008) D: Mohamed Soueid, and We Will Win (2008) D: Mahmoud Hojeij. 6 pm. Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985) D: Paul Schrader. 7 pm. MON 18 – Books On Film: Howards End (1992) D: James Ivory. Followed by discussion w/ filmmaker. 7 pm. $35, srs/stu $28. TuE 19 – The Remains Of The Day (1993) D: James Ivory. 5 pm. Rebecca (1940) D:
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fox theatre
2236 Queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca
THu 14 – Deep Blue Sea (2011) D: Terence Davies. 7 pm. The Cabin In The ñ Woods (2011) Drew Goddard. 9 pm. FRI 15 – Damsels In Distress (2011) D: Whit Stillman. 7 pm. The Dictator ñ (2012) D: Larry Charles. 9 pm. SAT 16-SuN 17 – The Pirates! Band Of Misfits (2012) D: Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt. 2 pm. Damsels In Distress. 4 & 7 pm. The Dictator. 9 pm. MON 18 – Damsels In Distress. 7 pm. The Dictator. 9 pm. TuE 19 – The Dictator. 7 pm. Headhunters (2011) D: Morten Tyldum. 9 pm. WEd 20 – Headhunters. 7 pm. Damsels In Distress. 9 pm.
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graham spry theatre
cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca
THu 14-WEd 20 – Continuous screenings
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free. THu 14-FRI 15 – American Savannah. MON 18-WEd 20 – The End Of Men.
national film board 150 John. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheQue
THu 14-WEd 20 – More than 5,000 NFB films
available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free.
THu 14 – A Place Called Los Pereyra (2009) D: Andrés Livov-Macklin. 6 pm. ñ Portrait Of Wally (2012) D: Andrew Shea.
7:30 pm. Battle Royale (2000) D: Kinji Fukasaku. 9 pm. FRI 15-WEd 20 – Check website for schedule.
reg hartt’s cineforum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.
THu 14 – Seven Footprints To Satan (1929) D:
Benjamin Christensen. Noon. Blood On Satan’s Claw (1970) D: Piers Hagaard. 2 pm. The Re-Animator (1985) D: Stuart Gordon. 3:45 pm. Don’t Look Now (1973) D: Nicholas Roeg. 5:10 pm. The Werewolf Of London (1935) D: Stuart Walker. 7 pm. The Phantom Of The Opera (1925) D: Rupert Julian. 9 pm. SAT 16 – Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm. SuN 17 – Best Of The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 9 pm. MON 18 – Weekend (1968) D: Jean Luc Goddard. Noon. The Threepenny Opera (1930) D: GW Pabst. 2 pm. The Man With A Movie Camera (1929) D: Dziga Vertov. 3:50 pm. The Cat And The Canary (1927) D: Paul Leni. 5 pm. Viva La Muerte (1971) D: Ferando Arrabal. 7 pm. The Holy Mountain (1973) D: Alejandro Jodorowsky. 9 pm. TuE 19 – It! The Terror That Came From Beyond Space (1958) D: Edward L Cahn. Noon. Total Recall (1990) D: Paul Verhoeven. 1:30 pm. Terminator (1984) D: James Cameron. 3:30 pm. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) D: Val Guest. 5:15 pm. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) D: Robert Wise. 7 pm. Metropolis (1926) D: Fritz Lang. 9 pm. WEd 20 – Blowjob (1964) D: Andy Warhol. Noon. Fireworks (1947) D: Kenneth Anger. 1 pm. Zero For Conduct (1933) D: Jean Vigo. 2 pm. If (1968) D: Lindsay Anderson. 3 pm. Salo (1975) D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. 5 pm. Viridiana (1967) D: Luis Bunuel. 7 pm. The Salvador Dali Film Festival. 9 pm.
revue cinema
400 roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca
THu 14 – The Deep Blue Sea (2011) D: Terence Davies. 7 pm. Jiro Dreams Of ñ Sushi (2011) D: David Gelb. 9 pm. FRI 15 – Rep Revival: Ghostbusters (1984) D: Ivan Reitman. 7 pm. A Clockwork Orñ ange (1971) D: Stanley Kubrick. 9:15 pm. SAT 16 – Rep Revival: Back To The Future (1985)
D: Robert Zemeckis. 7 pm. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) D: John Hughes. 9:15 pm. SuN 17 – Rep Revival: Grease (1978) D: Randal Kleiser. 1:30 pm. Book Revue: Black Stallion (1979) D: Carroll Ballard. 4 pm. Annie Hall (1977) D: Woody Allen. 7 pm. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004) D: Adam McKay. 9 pm. MON 18 – Rep Revival: Dr Strangelove (1964) D: Stanley Kubrick. 7 pm. Eraserhead (1977) D: David Lynch. 9 pm. TuE 19 – Rep Revival: Dirty Dancing (1987) D: Emile Ardolino. 7 pm. The Breakfast Club (1985) D: John Hughes. 9 pm.
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blu-ray/dvd
By ANDREW DOWLER The six deleted scenes add little, but the second one takes a close look at Cage on set in the flaming skull rig. EXTRAS Deleted scenes. English, French audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles.
set of the week
WED 20 – Rep Revival: Big Trouble In Little
China (1986) D: John Carpenter. 7 pm. Conan The Barbarian (1982) D: John Milius. 9 pm.
the royal
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (WB, 2011) D:
608 College. 416-534-5252. theroyal.to
tHu 14 – NXNE Film Festival, see listings this
page. I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person (2011) D: Ingrid Veninger. 9:30 pm. FRi 15 – I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person. 7 & 9:30 pm. SAt 16 – Only (2008) D: Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds. 4:30 pm. Modra (2010) D: Ingrid Veninger. 7 pm. I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person. 9:30 pm. SuN 17 – I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person. 4:30 & 7 pm. Modra. 9:30 pm. MON 18 – I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person. 7 & 9:30 pm. tuE 19 – Only. 7 pm. I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person. 9:30 pm. WED 20 – The Ballad Of Hugh (2012) D: Marco DiFelice. 7 pm. I Am A Good Person, I Am A Bad Person. 9:30 pm.
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toronto UndergroUnd Cinema 186 Spadina ave, baSement. 647-992-4335, torontoUndergroUndCinema.Com
FRi 15-WED 20 – NXNE Film Festival, see listings
this page.
SAt 16-WED 20 – Call/see website for details.
other filmS
tHu 14-WED 20 – The CN Tower presents The
Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am-8 pm. 301 Front W. 416-8686937, cntower.ca. tHu 14-WED 20 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am-4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. tHu 14 – SkyWorks Charitable Foundation and the Real Change Girls Filmmaking Project present four short documentaries made by girls 14 to 19 about contemporary issues affecting them: Beauty Bites!, Boys Will Be Boys, wasichana, and Girls Between Two Worlds. Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers to follow. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, 789 Yonge. 416536-6581, skyworksfoundation.org. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network presents the documentary Positive Women: Exposing Injustice D: Alison Duke. 6:30 pm. $15. ROM Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre, 100 Queen’s Park. positivewomenthemovie.org. FRi 15 – King Street Alternative Film And Video Festival includes narratives, docs, cartoons and video art screenings. Doors open at 7 pm, screenings at 8 & 10 pm. Free. Betty’s, 240 King E. mjjrooney@gmail.com. Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art & Pleasure Dome present The Beauty Is Relentless: The Short Movies Of Emily Vey Duke And Cooper Battersby book launch and screening. Videos include The New Freedom Founders; I Am A Conjuror (2005), Being Fucked Up (2001), and Beauty Plus Pity (2009). 8 pm. $10. CineCycle, 129 Spadina. pdome@ican.net. NSAt 16 – artsScene & NXNE present My Father And The Man In Black D: Jonathan Holiff. 2 pm. $30 (includes two drink tickets and appetizers). Filmmaker in attendance for Q&A. Limited NXNE wristbands accepted. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. artsscenetoronto.com. MON 18 – Miles Nadal JCC presents Media Mondays, a lecture by Adam Nayman on The Films Of Stanley Kubrick, with clips from Full Metal Jacket (1987). 7 pm. $90 series, $12, stu $6. 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 606, mnjcc.org. tuE 19 – City Cinema: Cult Classics presents an outdoor screening of Tommy (1975) D: Ken Russell. 9 pm. Free. YongeDundas Square. ydsquare.ca. Trane Studios and Fusicology present Down The Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story D: Gerald McCauley. Screening at 8:30 pm, followed by Q&A. $10. Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst. fusicology.com/event/downtherhodes. 3
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(Criterion, 1971) D: Hal Ashby, w/ Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon. Rating: NNNNN; DVD package: NNNN At heart, Harold And Maude is one of the sweetest, most poignant love stories ever put on film. Harold (Bud Cort) is 20 and death-obsessed. Maude (Ruth Gordon) is a few days shy of 80, a lover of life and a casual car thief. Opposites attract. Cort’s awkward passivity and Gordon’s sprightly grace mesh
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effortlessly. It’s clear that these people belong together. Their love is embedded in some wicked black comedy centred on Harold’s suicide attempts and several satiric jabs at psychiatry, the Church and the military. None of it is subtle: Maude pontificates, and the Cat Stevens soundtrack hammers the message home. But neither element comes close to spoiling the charm. The extras detail the production his-
tory and explore director Hal Ashby’s creative approach. Gordon’s print interview is funny, frank and nothing at all like the pap that actors on set currently serve up. EXTRAS Scholar and producer commentary, Ashby audio segments, writer-producer Colin Higgins audio seminar segments, Stevens interview, Gordon print interview, more. English audio and subtitles.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Thai audio. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai subtitles.
behind Crank. But they also made the tedious Crank 2, so who knows? In any case, it zips right along, with plenty of splashy action. Cage is once again motorcycle ace Johnny Blaze, who cut a deal with the Devil and consequently periodically erupts into the vengeance-crazed flaming skull guy. It’s a perfect showcase for Cage in his grandiose suffering mode, and the breakneck pace gives him no time to wallow. Once again, the story involves Satan, his son and world domination, but it’s handled quite differently. It’s spiced up with a baddie given the power to cause decay, and stripped of its draggy romance, though Violante Placido does eye-candy duty as the mother of the Devil’s son.
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance (Sony, 2011) D: Neveldine/Taylor, w/ Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NN
Nicolas Cage and his flaming head are back in that rarity of rarities, a sequel that’s better than the original. This may be because it’s directed by Neveldine/Taylor (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor), the brains
Guy Ritchie, w/ Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law. Rating: NN; Blu-ray package: NNN
SHINO and WINO strike again. That would be Sherlock Holmes In Name Only and Watson ditto as Robert Downey Jr. (Holmes) and Jude Law (Watson) reprise their roles from the 2009 Sherlock Holmes. The first half of the movie goes for high camp, with Downey mouthing arch dialogue in bad drag and suggestions of a Holmes/Watson gay relationship. Law plays straight man and convinces us that Watson tolerates Holmes but thoroughly detests him. The action-adventure ramps up in the second half, but by then it’s too late. There’s no possible way to give a damn when Holmes, Watson and a Roma (Noomi Rapace) go racing across Europe in a desperate bid to thwart criminal genius Professor Moriarty. Handsome visuals and lots of action make this acceptable couch fodder, but if you’d like to see Holmes done well and with humour, check out the Basil Rathbone flicks from the 30s and 40s, the 80s Jeremy Brett series and the current Benedict Cumberbatch series. Downey shows up for select scene commentary in the disc’s Maximum Movie Mode. He’s moderately amusing and informative and clearly no fan of commentaries. EXTRAS Downey selected scenes commentary, cast and crew interviews. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com
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Yellow Submarine (1968) John, Paul, George and Ringo provide the voices in this psychedelic animated movie.
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Dumped via text I’m a 28-year-old guy who was
broken up with via text by a girl I had been dating for two months. She’s dealing with the loss of a family member and some other personal issues, and she sent me this message while out of state for a week or so. Two months is a short time, I realize, and we never discussed the nature of our arrangement. But we spent a few nights a week together and agreed that we had something special. We had a chemistry that I haven’t experienced in my last few relationships. How much respect do you maintain/lose based on something like this? Would you characterize this short-term-dating text-message dumping as spineless, flaky, a reasonable reaction to the issues she’s facing or what? What are the standards of a classy exit in the digital age? Scumbag Move, Savage? When I listen to someone complaining about how he was dumped, SMS, what I often hear is someone complaining that he was dumped. Finding fault with how – reading some previously undetected character flaw into the method your ex employed to dump you – is often the ego acting in its own self-defence. You’re hurt, she hurt you, and you’ve latched on to the dumped-by-text issue so you can tell yourself that you were mistaken about her, that you didn’t have chemistry, that there really wasn’t something special here. Nope, she’s a scumbag. Dumpingby-text proves it.
Two quick things: Getting dumped in person sucks, getting dumped over the phone sucks, getting dumped through snail mail sucks, getting dumped via text sucks. Getting dumped sucks. It would’ve hurt just as much if she had dumped you via Goodyear blimp or if she had shown up in person to tell you herself. And while dumping-via-text was viewed as a cold move 10 or 15 years ago, when texting technology was new and texts were uniformly brief and inscrutable, these days people do most of their communicating via text. So old notions about text-message dumpings – they’re not classy! – don’t apply now. A longish, thoughtful and well-written text message is a legit way to dump someone. Particularly someone you’ve been dating for only two months. Let’s say your girlfriend had waited until she was back in town so she could dump you face to face, SMS. What if you had met someone you liked and passed on an offer to hang out and/or hook up in the days, weeks or months between the time your girlfriend made up her mind to dump you and her arrival back in town? Then you’d be complaining about how you passed on a date with a woman who – hey, you never know – could’ve been your soulmate while your ex was stringing you along. Finally, SMS, the best course of action when you’ve been dumped by someone you really liked – someone you would still be dating if it were up to you – is to accept the bad news with as much grace as you can muster. The world is full of couples that got back together after a breakup, and your odds of being in one of those couples shrink if you act like an asshole about being dumped (which it doesn’t sound like you’re doing) or if you convince yourself your ex is an asshole for dumping you (which it sounds like you’re doing). Good luck.
Lose the nutbar Two years ago I fell In love wITh a
man. (I’m a bisexual woman.) A friend decided to take that as her cue to declare her love for me. I turned her down. This same conversation had to happen re-
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peatedly. A few weeks ago, she was having a party at her house. She got sloppy drunk and said that if she only had a penis, I’d be with her. She became touchy-feely and aggressive. At one point she told a man there that they needed to get me drunker so I’d have sex with her. When I confronted her later, she said that her drinking was because I had been too harsh when I turned her down. Then she said that I’m constantly cruel to her and that’s why she drinks. When I suggested ending our friendship if I’m so cruel, she got apologetic and came up with all sorts of communication strategies to try to preserve our friendship. If I am being abusive – or even if I’m not – what am I supposed to do? Bitches Be Crazy This is why they pay me the big bucks: stop hanging out with that bitch, BBC, because that bitch – as you’re well aware – is fucking crazy. You’re welcome.
Horny, not homo I am a 16-year-old sTraIghT male – I
think. I know I’m 16 years old and I know I’m male. But I’m not totally sure about the sexuality. I’m into chicks, okay? There’s nothing I love more than vagina. I have a girlfriend, and she’s amazing. No argument. But recently a gay friend told me he has a crush on me and has for a long time. He asked me to be his “friend with benefits.” Plain and simple: he offered to give me head. I still haven’t texted him back. I’m not totally against the idea. I’ve never thought about having sex with a dude, but I guess you could say I’m an openminded person. So my question, Dan, is if I should become FWB with my friend. One of my main concerns is the fact that I’m in a relationship. So, yeah, I just don’t know. What Should I Do? Ask your girlfriend if she’d be okay with you getting head from your gay friend. If that’s not a question you can bring yourself to ask your girlfriend, WSID, then don’t even think about becoming FWB with your gay friend. As for your sexuality…. If there’s nothing you love more than
vagina – really? Not your mom? Not even oxygen? – then you’re definitely not gay. You could be bisexual, I suppose, or heteroflexible. But I’m thinkin’ what you are is 16 years old and horny as shit. If a talking skunk with a French accent walked into your room and offered you a blow job, WSID, you’d probably say yes. Letting that skunk blow you wouldn’t be proof that you’re a zoophile – or a francophile – just proof that you’re so horny you decided to shoot (into a skunk’s mouth) first and ask questions (“I let a skunk blow me – WTF?”) later. A sex expert I quoted in a recent column – he was responding to a question from a straight guy who wanted other men to bust his balls – observed that a person can have a kink that overrides his “usual erotic ‘target interest,’ i.e., women.” You’re not kinky, WSID, just horny. But the combination of intense adolescent horniness and a rare blow job opportunity has overridden your usual erotic target interest, i.e., women. I’m not saying you shouldn’t do this. Gay/straight FWB arrangements can work. But you shouldn’t do this if it means deceiving your girlfriend. If you want to take your friend up on his offer, WSID, clear it with your girlfriend first or wait until you’re single. And if you’re so tempted to do this that you’re considering doing it behind your girlfriend’s back, WSID, that’s a pretty good indication that you’ll be single soon.
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