by teepoo

It’s a time for another exciting night of music at Steam Whistle brewery. This time performing will be indie-rockers Boys Who Say No, the super group The Paint Movement and Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians. The set is pretty fantastic and the $5 it cost to get in will go towards helping the Artist’ Health Foundation. A great cause to support musicians. Oh and if for some reason you are too poor to afford $5, we’re giving away a pair of tickets and some awesome swag. Here’s how to enter:

1. Follow me on Twitter and tweet the following:
“I want to see ______ @steamwhistle #unsigned21 via @tianafeng” and tell us who you would like to see.

or

2. Like us on Facebook and write on our wall who you’d like to see.

The Paint Movement- Is it True?

by teepoo
Yesterday was a pretty great set of artists which I’ve previously blogged about but have not actually seen live. It was Young Empires CD release but the opening bands Paradise Animals, Honheehonhee and Bravestation made it a particularly great set. First up was Paradise Animals.
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Thursday nights are a good time to be at the Orbit Room – specifically, the last Thursday of every month. Live music regularly draws a crowd to this upstairs bar, which would almost be hidden from passersby if it weren’t for the sign out on the sidewalk. In fact, I almost walked past it two nights ago when I went to see what has easily been my favourite musical discovery of the year.

Meet Pretzel Logic, a collection of career musicians – all of them impressive in their own right – who come together every few weeks to play some Steely Dan songs in what their website calls their “labour of love.” And the audience, mostly (and inevitably) comprised of the middle-aged, loves every minute of it. Continue Reading

by teepoo
Last Friday I went to Steam Whistle Unsigned #20 with Teenage X, Tiny Danza and Still Life Still. The events are always a bunch of fun and have some great local acts. It also supports a great cause: The Artist Health Center Foundation which helps musicians with injuries. I used something similar when I had carpel tunnel in university. Steam Whistle is also some great beer. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera because I was downtown Christmas shopping the entire day so excuse the iPhone photos.

Kicking off the night was Teenage X, a group that looks a lot older than they sound but played a fun set of a bunch of really short but fast paced songs.

Next up was rap group Tiny Danza. They were the crowd favourite, especially when they allowed the audience to jump up onto the stage and dance with them. I loved that they could swear stylistically in their songs. They are a serious must listen and their album is free on Bandcamp.

Lastly was Still Life Still who after Tiny Danza seemed much more mellow. Technically, they were a signed band recently a part of Arts & Crafts.

All three bands were quite different from each other but totally worth checking out! See you all at the next Unsigned!

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The Suburbians is one of the highlight bands who won a competition from Ireland to come here. They were also recently featured on Aux.TV. Although there was a ton of hyper surrounding the band for the week, I actually thought their set was one of the weaker sets of the night. There wasn’t anything in particular that stood out to me. Like I can’t even describe them to you right now if I tried. Here’s a youtube video I found for a song called Six in the Morning.

I guess they are sort of your generic rock band?

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Tara Priya and her band is from San Francisco, California. I always get excited when I see a ton of people on stage, especially when a horn and saxophone get involved. Her music was pretty sassy and jazz inspired, reflectant of her jazz trained background. I love her diva stage presence and her band was just as energetic as they backed her up. Check out some of her tracks below which you can grab on Bandcamp.

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