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Congrats Marge and the Father, my broski! Looking forward to watching him grow up.

holy shit, I am just finding out now that sharon and some dap-kings played with them last saturday. Holy shit!!! Yes, I've been out of the loop.

Amp'd Wednesdays and Rokbar present MSTRKRFT WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4th ------------------------------------------ ★★MSTRKRFT★★ (http://www.myspace.com/mstrkrft) MSTRKRFT is an electronic music duo consisting of Jesse F. Keeler, formerly of Death from Above 1979, and Al-P (Alex Puodziukas), formerly of electropop group Girlsareshort. Al-P was also the producer for DFA 1979's album "You're a Woman, I'm a Machine". In addition to 2006's "The Looks" EP and this year's "Fist of God", featuring the hit single "Bounce", MSTRKRFT have been commissioned to remix songs by such artists as Justice, Usher, Bloc Party, Metric, Wolfmother, Annie, The Kills, Armand Van Helden & Keri Hilson. +Rayz & Digisnail w/MC Uncle Buck Advance tickets on sale now: ******************************** While they last, *limited* $30 Earlybird tickets available @ The Gown & Gavel Advance tickets $35 available at: Ticketmaster, Rokbar, Dr. Disc, and The Gown & Gavel Call 905-777-1765 and www.rokbar.ca for more info 19+event Doors at 9:30pm Dress down/Dress up/Look good www.rokbar.ca Youtube - Heartbreaker - MSTRKRFT Youtube - Bounce - MSTRKRFT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXvYZzXzyD0

This is tonight. Don't be shy if you live in Hamilton. This Ain't Hollywood is the new HOT spot!

Dap-Kings rep'n in that band. Coming to Revival in October 3rd. I will surely be there.

This Ain't Hollywood presents Detroits.. NOMO With guests: SOUND ONE (ska and jazz) Thursday, Sept 17th, 2009 Tickets: $15, Available at This Ain't Hollywood or Dr. Disc. 19+ Doors: 9pm This Ain't Hollywood http://www.thisainthollywood.ca/ 345 James St. North (905)529-9500 Nomo: http://www.myspace.com/nomomusic Sound One: http://www.myspace.com/soundoneska "Ghost Rock is a giant leap forward. This is the instrumental band to watch. Period." - All Music Guide "The result of the band's experimenting with rhythm, percussion, and amplification is an exciting, kinetic sound that takes a band that started out looking to the past and re-orients it firmly toward the future. There have been a lot of attempts to take funk into the cosmos, and this one succeeds using decidedly earthbound means: metal, electricity, and a willingness to use one's hands to make something that realizes a goal. 8.3" - Pitchfork Media "Their follow-up, Ghost Rock, doesn’t just push that future-primitive envelope further, it punches holes right through it ... Guerrilla groove merchants, third-ear fakirs, lo-fi sci-fi square-root-of-pi pipers—call ’em whatcha want, this Ghost Rock shit fucking rocks." - Montreal Mirror

Wicked show! Crazy how many tickets were available. We could barely even give our ticket away. I actually think I got miracled by even getting $20 for it.

Right on BRaaahahah!!!

Looking forward to this. I have a Lawn ticket for sale if anyone needs. Rolling with Low Rain and Julie from Shady Grove in you need to get in touch. K

I'm fucking jacked for tonight. If anyone wants a lawn ticket. I have one for sale. Get at me in the lot or facebook message me within the next 2.5 hours. K

Some new stuff I've heard lately that I've liked are... Murs - for President Myka 9 - 1969 xrabit + dmg$ - Hello World New Busdriver is has some cool tracks. Why? Apolecia (not totally hip hop) I'm a REALLY big fan of a local guy named Lee Reed formerly or Warsaw Pack. Kids fucking talented and smart. http://www.myspace.com/freeleereed also has anyone checked out El Michels affair? Dap-Kings associated band performing WU-Tang covers!. Enter the 37th Chamber. It's pretty dope!

Thanks Dave-o, you've help restore my faith in humanity. HA!

Dang! I'm surprised no one on here is commenting on this show. This girl is talented and amazing. I have no doubt she is headed for world domination. St. Vincent from Adam Douglas on Vimeo.

ST. VINCENT http://www.myspace.com/stvincent http://www.ilovestvincent.com/ Special guests: THIN LINES http://www.myspace.com/joelelliott DJ BIG FISH (Dylan from Cowlick) spinning tunes between sets. Advance Tickets: $15 available at Gown & Gavel, Dr. Disc and Ticketweb http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=95562 St. Vincent/ Dave Letterman performance St. Vincent video for Jesus Saves, I spend Two years ago, Annie Clark’s recorded debut as St. Vincent, ‘Marry Me’, gave immediate notice that a dizzying new talent had emerged from the flatlands of Texas. Critics from all points of the cultural compass—from Pitchfork to Spin to the New York Times Magazine—were entranced by the album’s precocious arrangements and elegant lyrics, and the steadily growing crowds at St. Vincent’s live shows were astonished by Clark’s gargantuan musical chops and her magnetic stage presence. No small number of St. Vincent fans took the title of ‘Marry Me’ literally, had their hearts duly broken, and wouldn’t have had it any other way. The record was heralded as a remarkably successful entrance and Clark capped a year of international touring by winning the Plug Awards’ Female Artist of the Year. ’Actor’, St. Vincent’s beguiling, sophisticated new record, takes that debut’s ambition as its starting point and never looks back. The arrangements are more masterful, the songwriting grander, the performances ever more confident and inspired. Clark developed an idiosyncratic writing process for ‘Actor’, immersing herself in some of her favorite films—Badlands, Pierrot le Fou, The Wizard of Oz, Stardust Memories, Sleeping Beauty—and beginning each song as a secret film score, then slowly giving it independence as its structure and lyrics came fully into focus. The resulting eleven tracks are as cinematic as pop songs can be, but the movie is a private one, revealing its storyline in hushed, cunning couplets and cascades of scathing guitar. Here is a record to listen to with your eyes closed. Melodies are transposed and inverted. The fantasy of Disney is juxtaposed with the sweep of Morricone, David Mamet’s unsettling dramatic form and the alienation of Philip Roth. Igor Stravinsky scores Roger Corman’s horror flicks. ‘The Strangers’ starts off as a deceptively dulcet elegy for a lost love, then suddenly capsizes under a flood of distortion. ‘Actor Out Of Work’ is a devastating sonic kiss-off, complete with slyly poisonous lyrics and steamrolling guitars. The strings and woodwinds at the opening of ‘Marrow’ might be escorting Dorothy to the Emerald City, or straight into the flying monkeys’ clutches. The crackerjack band, including supporting turns by McKenzie Smith and Paul Alexander of Midlake, has the crunch of a tank and the grace of a chamber ensemble. If ‘Marry Me’ served as the world’s introduction to Annie Clark, ‘Actor’ may prove to be her coronation. As the terrifyingly beautiful movie inside Clark’s head flickers across the screen, we can all feel privileged to be in the seats.

you and your attention to detail Sarah! jokes. Rokbar. K

GRANDMASTER FLASH The Turntable Legend Sunday, Aug. 2nd, 2009 (long weekend) @ Rokbar 15 Hess St. South Hamilton Advance Tickets: $20 available soon at Gown & Gavel, Dr Disc and Ticketweb. 19+, Doors 9pm Special guests: tba Turntablism- Wildstyle Clip- There are lots of stories about the birth of jazz and the beginning of rock n’ roll, but hip-hop has founding fathers: one of them is DJ Grandmaster Flash. The career of DJ Grandmaster Flash began in the Bronx with neighborhood block parties that essentially were the start of hip-hop—the dawn of a musical genre. He was the first DJ to physically lay his hands on the vinyl and manipulate it in a backward, forward or counterclockwise motion, when most DJs simply handled the record by the edges, put down the tone arm, and let it play. Those DJs let the tone arm guide their music, but Flash marked up the body of the vinyl with crayon, fluorescent pen, and grease pencil—and those markings became his compass. He invented the Quick Mix Theory, which included techniques such as the double-back, back-door, back-spin, and phasing. This allowed a DJ to make music by touching the record and gauging its revolutions to make his own beat and his own music. Flash’s template grew to include cuttin’, which, in turn, spawned scratching, transforming, the Clock Theory and the like. He laid the groundwork for everything a hip hop DJ can do with a record today, other than just letting it play. What we call a DJ today is a role that Flash invented. By the end of the 70s, Flash had started another trend that became a hallmark of hip-hop: emcees asked to rap over his beats. Before long, he started his own group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Their reputation grew up around the way the group traded off and blended their lyrics with Flash’s unrivaled skills as a DJ and his acrobatic performances—spinning and cutting vinyl with his fingers, toes, elbows, and any object at hand. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five went Platinum with their single, “The Message.†Meanwhile, the single “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel†introduced hip hop DJing to a larger listening audience than it had ever known before; it became the first DJ composition to be recorded by a DJ. The group’s fame only grew with “Superappin,†“Freedom,†“Larry’s Dance Theme,†and “You Know What Time It Is.†Punk and new wave fans were introduced to Flash through Blondie, who immortalized him in their hit, “Rapture.†Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five became the first hip hop group ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Flash is also the only hip hop DJ to ever receive that honor. Hand picked by Chris Rock to spend five years as the music director for his groundbreaking HBO series, The Chris Rock Show. Recipient of many awards, including VH1 Hip Hop Honors; The Icon Award from BET in honor of his contribution to hip hop as a DJ; The Lifetime Achievement Award from the RIAA; and Bill Gates’ Vanguard Award.

--------------------------------- THURSDAY, JULY 9th --------------------------------- THE STILLS(Arts and Crafts/Montreal) http://www.arts-crafts.ca/thestills/index.php http://www.myspace.com/thestills Special Guests: HOLLERADO @ Rokbar 15 Hess St. South Hamilton Doors open:9pm, 19+ Advance Tickets: $20 Available "soon" at Ticketmaster.ca, Dr. Disc, Gown and Gavel Best New Group & Best Alternative Album of the Year, 2009 Juno Awards.

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THE STILLS(Arts and Crafts/Montreal) http://www.arts-crafts.ca/thestills/index.php http://www.myspace.com/thestills with special guests: HOLLERADO http://www.myspace.com/hollerado --------------------------------- THURSDAY, JULY 9th --------------------------------- @ Rokbar 15 Hess St. South, Hamilton Doors open:9pm, 19+ Advance Tickets: $20 Available "soon" at Ticketmaster.ca, Dr. Disc, Gown and Gavel Best New Group & Best Alternative Album of the Year, 2009 Juno Awards.

Sonic Unyon recording artists' THE GHOST IS DANCING http://www.theghostisdancing.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theghostisdancing with WAX MANNEQUINN BAND http://www.myspace.com/waxmannequin and SLIDES http://www.myspace.com/slidesband @ Rokbar 15 Hess St. South, Hamilton 19+, Doors 9pm ----------------------------------- THURSDAY, JULY 2ND ----------------------------------- $8, 9pm doors, 19+ Leaving a path of joyous debris behind them from stage to stage, Toronto’s The Ghost is Dancing has gained the reputation as one of the most exciting live bands around. With performances on MTV, glowing reviews in SPIN, Chart, Exclaim etc., TGID have topped many college radio stations across Canada and don’t show any signs of slowing down. After releasing their first LP The Darkest Spark last June they are already heading back into the studio for their follow up, which they promise will be even more super-charged and hook heavy then their last effort. Check out our review in the NOW, NNNN! http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-06-07/music_discs6.php The first self-titled EP was charming in its do-it-yourself-ness, and expressed the sheer joy the band felt performing and writing those songs. The EP received critical acclaim and the band drew immediate comparisons to The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Modest Mouse, which all made perfect sense. Those were their favourite bands. Soon after their EP release they signed with Sonic Unyon Records and began work on their first LP, The Darkest Spark. In the fall of 2006 they recorded with Dale Morningstar at Gas Station Studios and in June 2007 they released The Darkest Spark to raving reviews from NOW, Chart and Spin Magazine and followed with performances on MTV, CBC and alongside The Hidden Cameras, Rogue Wave and Man Man. Shortly after their first national tour The Ghost is Dancing shrunk in size. The economical rigours of touring, rehearsing and living with giant student debts had taken their toll. Throughout these changes, however, song-writing had continued and their musicianship had improved. Over the next year, TGID found themselves invading late-night swimming pools in Kentucky, barely avoiding head-on collisions in Quebec, and taking off all of their clothes in the back of a record store in Charlottetown. They would tour with new songs, new members, craft a tighter, more explosion live act and finish writing their next record, literally titled Battles On with Chris Stringer (Rush, Ohbijou, Timbre Timbre, The Coast). Battles On is a record built out of desperation and the exuberance of holding something special together. Laden with even bigger pop-hooks than before, but with a go-for-broke attitude and mindfulness towards the craft of songwriting, the record rarely lets up and delivers on the promise of a band which has come into its own. "The Darkest Spark, finds the collective experimenting with a wide range of styles. The percussive quirkiness of Architecture in Helskinki, the emotional string arrangements of the Arcade Fire, and the instrumental splendor of Explosions in the Sky are all present on the album. But the grand orch-pop approaches never detract from the incredible vocal performances of Jim DeLuca and Jamie Matechuk. On "Shuttles and Planes," the two compete in the verse's back-and-forth vocal frenzy before arriving at a massive unison chorus." - NPR.ORG

Sonic Unyon recording artists' THE GHOST IS DANCING http://www.theghostisdancing.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theghostisdancing with WAX MANNEQUINN BAND http://www.myspace.com/waxmannequin and SLIDES http://www.myspace.com/slidesband @ Rokbar 15 Hess St. South, Hamilton 19+, Doors 9pm ----------------------------------- THURSDAY, JULY 2ND ----------------------------------- $8, 9pm doors, 19+ Leaving a path of joyous debris behind them from stage to stage, Toronto’s The Ghost is Dancing has gained the reputation as one of the most exciting live bands around. With performances on MTV, glowing reviews in SPIN, Chart, Exclaim etc., TGID have topped many college radio stations across Canada and don’t show any signs of slowing down. After releasing their first LP The Darkest Spark last June they are already heading back into the studio for their follow up, which they promise will be even more super-charged and hook heavy then their last effort. Check out our review in the NOW, NNNN! http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-06-07/music_discs6.php The first self-titled EP was charming in its do-it-yourself-ness, and expressed the sheer joy the band felt performing and writing those songs. The EP received critical acclaim and the band drew immediate comparisons to The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Modest Mouse, which all made perfect sense. Those were their favourite bands. Soon after their EP release they signed with Sonic Unyon Records and began work on their first LP, The Darkest Spark. In the fall of 2006 they recorded with Dale Morningstar at Gas Station Studios and in June 2007 they released The Darkest Spark to raving reviews from NOW, Chart and Spin Magazine and followed with performances on MTV, CBC and alongside The Hidden Cameras, Rogue Wave and Man Man. Shortly after their first national tour The Ghost is Dancing shrunk in size. The economical rigours of touring, rehearsing and living with giant student debts had taken their toll. Throughout these changes, however, song-writing had continued and their musicianship had improved. Over the next year, TGID found themselves invading late-night swimming pools in Kentucky, barely avoiding head-on collisions in Quebec, and taking off all of their clothes in the back of a record store in Charlottetown. They would tour with new songs, new members, craft a tighter, more explosion live act and finish writing their next record, literally titled Battles On with Chris Stringer (Rush, Ohbijou, Timbre Timbre, The Coast). Battles On is a record built out of desperation and the exuberance of holding something special together. Laden with even bigger pop-hooks than before, but with a go-for-broke attitude and mindfulness towards the craft of songwriting, the record rarely lets up and delivers on the promise of a band which has come into its own. "The Darkest Spark, finds the collective experimenting with a wide range of styles. The percussive quirkiness of Architecture in Helskinki, the emotional string arrangements of the Arcade Fire, and the instrumental splendor of Explosions in the Sky are all present on the album. But the grand orch-pop approaches never detract from the incredible vocal performances of Jim DeLuca and Jamie Matechuk. On "Shuttles and Planes," the two compete in the verse's back-and-forth vocal frenzy before arriving at a massive unison chorus." - NPR.ORG

I stand corrected. 12 it was. I have a shaved head so 'not me' with the long hair.