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.
Photo by Mirjana Simeunovich
Celebrate Massey Hall: $18.94 gets you Jim Cuddy, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Sarah Harmer, Sam Roberts, Whitehorse plus more
By Will McGuirk
Mark the date - Thursday, June 14, 8:00p.m. and celebrate the 124th birthday of the Old Lady of Shuter Street. Massey Hall will be toasted by a variety of Canada's biggest and best sitting in with house band Whitehorse. And yes tickets begin at $18.94, in tribute to the year the Hall first opened. It is part of the Live at Massey Hall series.
Massey Hall will close soon for two year to enable substantial renovations to take place. The entire makeover, already begun, will last seven years. The last concert will be Gordon Lightfoot June 29, 30 and July 1.
For more details about this and other upcoming shows see the website ->
Chilly launches The Gonzervatory Apr 26 with livestream concert from Paris, France
Chilly Gonzales put out a call for music students and seven have been selected to join Gonzo for an eight day all-expenses-paid residential musical performance workshop in Paris, France. Guest professors include Peaches, Jarvis Cocker, SoCalled and others. The Gonzervatory will convene with a livestreamed performance to take place at 8 p.m. CET on his website ->
Chilly has also released his Live At Massey Hall performance as a full album, digital only. Sign me up if it comes out on vinyl. For now its on your fave streaming site.
Photo by Mirjana Simeunovich (Oshawa Music Hall)
Kathleen Edwards returns, plays Live at Massey Hall May 4 with Matt Mays
Matt Mays and Kitty Edwards - its a comeback bill made in CanCon heaven. Sign me up for this one as each are among my favourite artists. Both have been on a hiatus for quite sometime, Edwards has "quit" the business and opened a coffee house in Ottawa. Mays is rolling on back with his new album 'Once Upon a Hell of a Time . . ." and Edwards will be performing as a special guest. Ah yes the call of Massy Hall and friendship is strong so with prices starting at $18.94 you can see these two on the iconic stage. The Live at Massey Hall series is filmed and then made available online. Its an opportunity for artists as diverse as Peaches, Sloan, the Constantines and Tanya Tagaq to perform on the iconic stage. Other acts featured are Timber Timbre, Destroyer, Owen Pallett, The Weather Station and Zeus. The Live at Massey Hall series is in its fourth season and the resulting archive is a unique document of Canada's finest musicians.