Two innovative TO music icons are collaborating to release a pretty rad document of the Canadian indie scene. Selections from the music series “Live at Massey Hall” will be complied and released on Arts and Crafts Records. Volume One includes Destroyer “Foam Hands”, Constantines “Nighttime/Anytime (It’s Alright)”, Hayden “Almost Everything”, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith “Vessel”, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton “Fatal Gift”, Andy Shauf “The Magician”, Cœur de pirate “Place de la République”, Bahamas “Like A Wind”, Japandroids “The House That Heaven Built” and Whitehorse “Die Alone.” Liner notes are supplied by Michael Barclay, author of the the Hip bio, “The Never-ending Present.” The Live at Massey Hall was a series of concerts by Canada’s best indie musicians which were filmed and then presented as short films on YouTube. Tickets were 18.94 in homage to the year the Grand Old Lady opened. She has closed up shop for a touch-up but these album (plus more I’m guessing) should hold you through.
Crown Lands tour with Protest The Hero and Coheed and Cambria, announce dates with Primus
Shwarock City two piece Crown Lands are going from strength to strength. Kevin Comeau and Cody Bowles are heading east from VanCity with Protest The Hero and Coheed and Cambria through Canada and then heading through the States with Primus. Just before all of this kicked off I had a chance to hang out with the Crown Lands as part of a TV show on the arts in Oshawa. Its called Renaissance Man and was produced by Empty Cup Media. It is now available on Bell Media Fibe TV1. Curiously one of the bands discussed was Protest The Hero.
Good Lovelies play Massey Hall May 11, with Royal Wood and Fionn
By Will McGuirk
Busy time for the Good Lovelies with a grand date at the old lady on Shuter Street and another at the Grand Dame of Folk Fests, Mariposa. The trio are touring their indie release, "Shapeshifters", recorded with Daniel Ledwell, who has worked with Jenn Grant among others. Beautiful work too, with all instrumentation taking a back seat to the full harmonies of Kerri Ough, Susan Passmore, and Caroline Brooks.
Here's the intinerary:
Friday, May 11- Toronto, ON - MASSEY HALL - Special Guests of Royal Wood
Wednesday, May 30 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall
Saturday, June 2 - Thunder Bay, ON - Port Arthur Polish Hall
Sunday, June 3 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre
Tuesday, June 5 - Saskatoon, SK - The Broadway Theatre
Wednesday, June 6 - Edmonton, AB - The Triffo Theatre
Saturday, June 9 - Vancouver, BC - The Fox Theatre
Sunday, June 10 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
July 7-8 - Orillia, ON - Mariposa Folk Festival
Wednesday, Aug 1 - Hilton Beach, ON - Old Town Hall Summer Concerts
Saturday, Aug 11 - Goderich, ON - Goderich Celtic
Chris Mills, Daniel Caesar, make shortlist for 2018 Prizm Prize
By Will McGuirk
Director Chris Mills' video for Leonard Cohen "Leaving The Table" has made the top ten shortlist for the Canadian music video award, The Prizm Prize. Mills had previously won the 2015 Special Achievement award. Daniel Caesar is nominated for "Freudian, a Visual" , directed by Keavan Yazdani and Sean Brown. The Prizm Prize comes with $15,000 and will be awarded Sunday May 13 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
The full shortlist is:
Alice Glass - Without Love (Director: Floria Sigismondi)
Alvvays - Dreams Tonite (Director: Matt Johnson)
Charlotte Day Wilson - Work (Director: Fantavious Fritz)
Cri feat. Ouri - Rush (Director: Didier Charette)
Daniel Caesar - Freudian, a Visual (Directors: Keavan Yazdani and Sean Brown)
Feist - Century (Director: Scott Cudmore)
Grimes feat. Janelle Monáe - Venus Fly (Director: Grimes)
Jessie Reyez - Gatekeeper (Director: Peter Huang)
Leonard Cohen - Leaving the Table (Director: Christopher Mills)
PUP - Old Wounds (Director: Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux)
St Marks Gospel reading by actor Kenneth Welsh Sunday Mar 4
Noted Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh will read "The Gospel according to St. Mark" Sunday, March 4, 2018 at St. Paul's Anglian Church in Uxbridge, ON. The event will take place 3 - 4:30 p.m. amid the art works of Lynne McIlvride, including her 'Cross' and others which draw on biblical iconography.
Welsh tells Slowcity.ca he is drawn to St. Mark for its inherent theatricality and poetry. The King James' version was translated and published in Shakespearean times and is considered one of the finest written works in the English canon. Of the four books, (Matthew, Luke and John being the other three), St. Mark is considered the most elegant in style. Welsh says he has performed the work before and each reading brings something new to his understanding and appreciation of St. Mark's Gospel.
McIlvride will also be bringing something new to the reading; new pieces including "Postcard from Salvation Mountain", seen below. The event is free but donations will be accepted.
