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Get TOTALLY DUSTED: DUSTED live in the stacks, with special guest RITUALS April 27

Brian Borcherdt and Leon Taheny bring their project, Dusted to Parkdale Library for a free show in the stacks. Also playing, shoegaze art rock Rituals share tracks from their brand new EP. All ages.

Dusted + Rituals
Live in the Stacks
Parkdale Library
(1303 Queen St. W)
Saturday, April 27, 8 pm
Free, All - Ages

 

(Dusted photo credit: Julia Schill)
(Rituals photo credit: Thursday Friday)

Get published: Broken Social Scene-inspired story contest

Remember YOU FORGOT IT IN PEOPLE?

Think Broken Social Scene-sters Leslie Feist, Charles Spearin and Brendan Canning might like to read a story by you?

Enter the Broken Social Scene Story Contest, sponsored by House of Anansi press, and get a chance to have your story published in THE BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE STORY PROJECT.

Need some inspiration?

 

Borrow the CD

Or read Anansi's book about BSS, THIS BOOK IS BROKEN.

And don't miss BBS at the Field Trip festival in June, marking the 10th anniversary of the record label that started it all, Arts & Crafts.

December's Recommended Recordings - The Misha Bower Edition

We here at Make Some Noise are pretty excited for Misha Bower's upcoming reading and performance at the Lillian H. Smith library this Friday (December 14th). Misha's an incredibly talented singer who performed with her band Bruce Peninsula at a Make Some Noise concert way back in 2009. Before you come to hear Misha this Friday at the Lillian H. Smith Library, (which we highly recommend you do), check out some recordings her voice has graced recently.

Bruce Peninsula
A Mountain is a Mouth (2008)
Open Flames (2011)

It's hard to describe Bruce Peninsula, one of Misha Bower's main musical concerns. Songs that start out feeling like footstomping roots-rock quickly morph into rich choral soul or blues or straight up headbangers, sometimes over the course of a few minutes. Their perpetual genre-shifting performances coupled with their sheer energy make BP a perpetual fan favourite in Toronto (and one of the best bands to see live if you ever get a chance).

 

Stories and Songs with Misha Bower

    

 

We here at Make Some Noise are excited to be able to sneak in one more program before the end of the year. On December 14, the amazing and talented Misha Bower will be stopping by the Lillian H. Smith library to share some stories from her debut book, "Music for Uninvited Guests".

To round out the evening will be a musical performance by EONS, Misha's two-piece musical group with Matt Cully.

 

Misha Bower Live in the Stacks
Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St.
Friday December 14, 8:00 PM
Free, All-Ages

 

 

Through their support of Make Some Noise, partners Soundscapes music store and Exclaim! magazine continue to provide an invaluable contribution to helping the library support and expand access to local music in Toronto.

Bry Webb Live in the Stacks (Video)

For those who missed Bry Webb's performance at the Parkdale Library in October, check out these beautiful videos, shot by Roberto Granados-Ocon and Tiana Feng for ExclaimTV.

Those at the concert were treated to a fantastic cover of The Fugs' "Morning Morning", as well as a previously unreleased song, "Translator".

 

November's Recommended Recordings - The Kontravoid Edition

On November 9, electronic musician Cameron Findlay will be stopping by the Bloor/Gladstone library for a free all-ages performance. Cam's current musical incarnation as the dark and brooding techno composer Kontravoid is by no means his sole stage persona though, and many music fans have likely encountered him gracing the stage with one of a wide range of Toronto's most impressive artists. Here are recordings by just a few of Cameron's collaborators.

Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles [II] (2010)

Enfants terribles of the Toronto scene, Crystal Castles' Alice Glass and Ethan Kath are notorious for their fast-paced aggressive tracks and wild live performances. Findlay performed with Crystal Castles as their stage drummer in 2007-08, and has joined them as an opening act on their current North American Tour.

Make Some Noise: Live performance by Kontravoid

Photo: Norman Wong

Fresh off the road from a North American tour opening for Crystal Castles, Toronto dystopic electronic songwriter KONTRAVOID will be stopping by the Bloor/Gladstone library on November 9 for a free, all-ages concert.

Come check it iout!

Kontravoid live in the stacks at Bloor/Gladstone
FREE  ALL AGES
Friday, November 9, 8 p.m.

Through their support of Make Some Noise, partners Soundscapes music store and Exclaim! magazine continue to provide an invaluable contribution to helping the library support and expand access to local music in Toronto.

Bry Webb set to Make Some Noise in the library

 

Make Some Noise kicks into high gear as former Constantines frontman Bry Webb brings his haunting, introspective solo album, PROVIDER, to life in the library.

 

Bry Webb live in the stacks

Parkdale Library (1303 Queen St. W., west of Dufferin)
Friday, October 26, 8 pm
FREE - ALL AGES

Through their support of Make Some Noise, partners Soundscapes music store and Exclaim! magazine continue to provide an invaluable contribution to helping the library support and expand access to local music in Toronto.

 

Come Hear the Yorkville Sound

During the 1960s, Yorkville flourished as the hub of Canada’s bohemian scene, Toronto’s equivalent of New York’s Greenwich Village or San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. A haven for artists, students and other counterculture types, it was a time when Canadian songwriting blossomed and the careers of many local musicians were launched. If you entered one of its many clubs and coffee houses you might have heard the music of future folk and rock stars like Ian & Sylvia, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot, or lesser-known artists like Kensington Market, David Wiffen and Bonnie Dobson.

On Friday, October 21^st, the Toronto Reference Library will host a concert reliving Yorkville’s magical music scene of the ‘60s. Come out and enjoy free performances by:

• Klaas Von Graft and Judith Orban
• Chick Roberts, Harvey Kotler and Eddie Sokoloff of The Sinners
• Tony Quarrington
• Riverboat performer Dede Higgins
• Keith McKie of Kensington Market, with John Jackson and Scott Kennedy
• Stan Endersby of The Tripp and Livingston’s Journey
• Rick Fruchtman of The Passing Fancy
• Juno Award winner Cathy Young
• George Olliver of The Rogues and Mandala
• And much more!

The Yorkville Sound
Friday, October 21, 7-10 PM
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.

Make Some Noise News: Hooded Fang, Harvest Festivals and Ukuleles

Looking for fun local music-themed stuff to do for the next few weeks? Well, look no further! The Make Some Noise program has a pair of exciting events to tell you about.

 This Saturday, stop by the Sanderson Library to rock out with acclaimed indie artists, Hooded Fang. As with all of our concerts, this one is free and all-ages.

By coincidence, on the same day, Scadding Court Community Centre’s Live Local Market is hosting a Harvest Festival to celebrate food grown and produced in and around Toronto. This day-long event will feature local food and fun activities for people of all ages. It’s a way to celebrate the harvest and to get people thinking about World Food Day coming up on October 16, 2011 – a day that highlights the issues behind poverty and hunger across the globe. (+ There's going to be a BOUNCY CASTLE! Yesssssss).

Then, next Saturday, the High Park Branch will be hosting a screening and workshop with the  creators of acclaimed Canadian documentary Mighty Uke. Watch the film, and then catch a couple of pointers on playing this wicked tiny instrument.

HOODED FANG live in the stacks
Sanderson Branch, 327 Bathurst St.
(at Dundas)
Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

Meet the makers of THE MIGHTY UKE
High Park Branch, 228 Roncesvalles Ave.
(South of High Park Blvd.)
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.