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  1. CUFF THE DUKE, TORNGAT, CHARLEMAGNE, Oct 13 -- Casbah

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    It was awesome. Lots of people out last night. First of all, Charlemagne busted out a couple new tunes that were monstrous in a Constantines-but-more-melodic kind of way.

    Torngat was cool and interesting, though I was in the mood for Cuff as I had a midterm to wake up for this morning. They were great though, and had a great crowd watching them. The horn player wandered through the crowd at one point during the set, it was cool.

    Then, Cuff the Duke owned me. Songwriting - awesome. Instrumentation - awesome. They have this multi-instrumentalist guy with them now who was playing a keyboard, a Moog and vibes (!). The guitar player only sat down at the steel for two tunes, despite my constant hollering for him to "play more of that steel!", but when he played it, it was outstanding. Picked his brain afterwards and he tells me he runs both his guitar and the steel through the same amp, something I've been having a lot of trouble with myself. They just don't have the room to bring two amps along, he told me (though apparently they make room for the vibes...)

    Anyway. A killer show. Great crowd. Didn't even mind that I rolled in at 2am. Just wrote my midterm in Popular Music Post-WWII. I can't imagine I got a single question wrong.

  5. Open this thread if you like good music (not self-promo, I promise)

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    Yes sir, they were certainly on a bill with Zygote at one point. I saw them at Lee's during NxNE too, but I think the last time I saw them was at Yonge/Dundas during Toronto Streetfest, must have been Summer 2003.

    Booch: I know Derek has had an on/off with Holy Fuck, I think maybe he fills in on the kit (or used to) when they need somebody. I know he is playing/has played drums with Hugh Dillon's Redemption Choir (singer from the Headstones), and has been gigging all over the place, doing sessions too. And yes, Roman Tome was/is a killer, killer percussionist. Great voice too. Funny you should mention that, because Vanderpark has reminded me of Grindig at times, though you guys stretch it out a bit more.

    I couldn't find a picture of the drummer, Stefan Szezniak, but it's worth noting that he was also awesome. He still plays around Toronto. I remember as Grindig was disolving, he told me he had flown down south to play a track on the G-Love album that was being done at the time.

  8. Open this thread if you like good music (not self-promo, I promise)

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    things that work are good

    A few years ago I followed around a ridiculously good band in Toronto called Grindig (pronounced grin-dig). They unfortunately fizzled out but for about a year or so, they were extremely popular in Toronto. They released a solid record, and their live show was killer. Shit-hot players, the best indie pop songwriting I've ever heard without sacrificing the rock element. I saw them 25 times in the span of about a year before they stopped playing. Saw them all over Ontario.

    So a friend of mine has just unearthed a recording of a Grindig show at Healey's on February 15, 2003. I remember the night well. They packed the joint to the rafters and played forever. I was up front and probably more loaded than I had ever been. Then came the encore and they busted into the Hendrix tune Who Knows...and the singer, Derek, leans into the crowd, grabs me by the arm and straps his Telecaster onto me. I was a huge fan and knew the guys and they knew me, but we weren't really friends and had never played together...I was 19 and drunk as shit and didn't know what was going on...I remember leaning over to him and asking what key we were in and he said "D FLAT!" and we were away. What can I say...the recording doesn't lie. There are good bits and then there are...interesting bits.

    But forget about that, the rest of the show is INCREDIBLE and really the only testament to one of my favourite bands ever, one that disolved far too soon.

    Grindig

    February 15, 2003

    Healey's - Toronto, Ontario

    Setlist

    Dyin' All Over The Place

    I Got Your Back

    I Can't Get In Between

    Deliciously

    Best Of You

    High In Demand

    Country Serenade

    Missing The Way

    I Feel So Alive

    The Ghetto Way

    Jamalama Fafa

    Boots

    Cabbagetown

    This Is Where We Get High

    encore 1

    Ella Fitzgerald

    She So Inspires Me

    All You Asked

    Who Knows

    Doing Well

    I Want You Back

    encore 2

    Whiskey and Wine

    Bron Y Aur Stomp

    I beseech you. Download this show. It's a zip file containing tagged MP3's (sorry purists) and a whole bunch of crowd noise has been edited out (sorry again purists).

    DOWNLOAD HERE - new link, one that works this time

    ef-5.jpgef-1.jpgef-4.jpgef-3.jpg

    sl_artistdetail_photo_grindig.jpg

  9. Hamilton: The C+C Music Festival is upon us

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    fanatastic lineup

    Absolutely man. I'm just pumped to play with Don Vail. I saw them on the Jon-Rae/Constantines bill at the Underground a while ago and thought they were wicked cool. Indie math-rock with interesting songwriting. They're now comprised of three quarters of Chore, and of course Bill Priddle frmrly of Treble Charger.

    But holy shit, the Casbah and Corktown lineups are especially good. I'd have a blast at either of those if I wasn't playing.

  10. Hamilton: The C+C Music Festival is upon us

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    For the first time, Hamilton's two campus/community radio stations - 93.3 CFMU at McMaster, and C101.5 at Mohawk - have come together to present the C+C Music Festival. The C+C Music Festival will feature over two dozen of Hamilton's best local artists, playing live at our best club venues.

    SATURDAY OCTOBER 14

    $5 cover each venue, no multi-venue passes

    The Underground - 41 Catherine Street North

    10:00pm - Jacome

    10:45pm - Navy

    11:30pm - Don Vail

    12:00am - Sailboats Are White

    12:45am - The Surly Young Bucks

    Absinthe - 233 King Street East

    Lovebolt

    Hewit

    Starside

    Cities in Dust

    Casbah - 306 King Street West

    Drew Smith

    A Northern Chorus

    The Nines

    Marble Index

    Wax Mannequin

    Afternoons in Stereo (Lounge)

    Corktown Pub - 175 Young Street

    Tell The Divers

    Hoosier Poet

    Inflation Kills

    Astroknaughts

    Pantychrist

    Sam Lawrence 5

    Pepper Jack Cafe - 38 King William Street

    Orphx

    Electroluminscent

    hEAT

    MJ/Kae Sun

    Tickets for the C+C Music Festival are available at the door of each venue for $5 (no wristbands or multi-venue passes) with proceeds split evenly between the performing artists. As the schedule is subject to change we suggest double-checking the line-ups prior to the evening on one of our websites:

    http://zeroday.on.ca/festival/roster.html or

    http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca/promotions.shtml or http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/msa/cioi/frames.htm

    For more press information contact James Tennant at 905.525.9140 ext. 27208 or jtennant@msu.mcmaster.ca

    Hamilton is on bleedin' FIRE, people. That's five hot lineups right there, all on the same night.

  12. WTTS disc

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    I also quite enjoy this record. I spin it regularly on my show. Hell, I wrote the bio on the WTTS website.

    I tell you, though; when I first got my hands on a pre-release copy months ago, I thought it was cool but it didn't immediately grab me. Then again, it was an early mix and the tracks weren't split up the same way they are on the release copy. Then I wrote a piece on the band and hauled out the disc and gave it a listen again, and it really started to grow on me. Those tunes fresh in my brain, I did all three shows on the CD release weekend to research for writing the bio, and man did it hit me once I saw it live. I left the last show, new disc in hand and now it makes perfect sense to me. "Monsoon" is an incredibly powerful tune.

    But Deeps already knows I love him and his cronies, dontcha?

  14. Saturday night in Hamilton???

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    Pepper Jack's has MARACATU NUNCA ANTES, "the highly anticipated return of the sensational, multi-member Brazilian percussion ensemble". $10, band at 11pm. http://www.nuncaantes.ca

    For me it's a toss-up between that and The Underground, which has:

    JON EPWORTH AND THE IMPROVEMENTS (Halifax)

    www.myspace.com/jonepworthandtheimprovements

    THE INFLATION KILLS

    www.myspace.com/theinflationkills

    *we're rocking new tunes*

    TELL THE DIVERS

    www.myspace.com/tellthedivers

    Now there's a fucking lineup of rock and roll. Hamilton is on fucking fire these days, kids.

  19. FRI OCT 6 @ PJC, Hamilton: THE SURLY YOUNG BUCKS, HIBAKUSHA, HEARTS APART

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    Haha

    We've never used that autoharp with the band, but figured it'd be a handy prop for the photo. The suitcase that Mike is holding is his Value Village special pedal carrying case.

    And yes, Guelph. We would love to come play there. Mayhaps on a bill with WTTS?

    Hey, this is gonna be a good show. Look for us in the Hamilton Music Notes in this week's View, and we'll be on Ric Taylor's show on CFMU Friday afternoon, sometime between 5 and 6pm. http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca to listen.

  25. lock your doors

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    I missed locking the front door one night - ONE NIGHT - about a year and a half ago, and woke up in the morning missing three guitars, my roommate's very expensive mountain bike, and a bunch of other shit.

    It's fucked up to think that some low-life was walking around trying doors and got lucky. My door is always locked since then.

    (Didn't stop the burglers from climbing in the window at my new house...oh, Hamilton).

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