Joe Pernice and friends rock Longboat Hall, June 6

Singer/songwriter Joe Pernice will be accompanied by Nichol Robertson, Mike Belitsky, Vivienne Wilder & Mike Evin. 

Tickets for Joe Pernice's show on Saturday at Longboat Hall (103 Dovercourt) are $41.63 and may be still available here. 

Transmit presents @ Do West Fest at The Garrison (outside), June 5 to 7

Ian Blurton's Future Now, Shilpa Ray, Kiwi Jr. and Holy Fuck highlight Transmit's presentation as part of Do West Fest. 

TRANSMIT PRESENTS FREE LIVE MUSIC AT DO WEST FEST

outside of The Garrison (1197 Dundas St. West)

Friday to Sunday, June 5-7

FRIDAY, JUNE 5:

7 - RroachH

8 - The Get Alongs

9 - Shilpa Ray (see below)

10 - Mother Tongues

SATURDAY, JUNE 6:

12 noon - Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra At mouth of Lakeview Ave

1 - Keegan Powell & The Jetpacks

2 - Camille Leon

3 - SAP

4 - Silks

5 - Boutique Feelings

6 - Lavender Town

7 - Ian Blurton's Future Now (see below)

8 - Bonnie Trash

9 - Phèdre

10 - Holy Fuck (see below)

SUNDAY, JUNE 7:

12 noon - A Horse Named Friday

1 - ROY

2 - Hobby

3 - Blunt Chunks

4 - Ronley Teper & The Lipliners

5 - Kiwi Jr. (see below)

+ FREE late night afterparties inside The Garrison

Happy Birthday Lydia Lunch!

Raising a glass to Lydia Lunch with a performance with Nick Cave, Die Haut and friends at the Tempodrome in Berlin from 1992.

That time The Ventures' Nokie Edwards teamed up with Gene Moles

Fans of The Ventures will dig Nokie Edwards' side project with fellow Mosrite ripper Gene Moles as The Marksmen

R.I.P. Errol Monteval Gayle aka Rothadam

Sadly, Toronto-based roots reggae great Errol Gale aka Rothadam has passed away at 79. He'll be greatly missed but his rebel spirit will live on!

Writes Chris Flanagan of Shella Records... 

Errol Monteval Gayle better known to the world as Rothadam has passed away at 79. I attended his funeral in Oshawa  and was honored to be asked to be a pallbearer by his wife Lisa.

After leaving Trenchtown, Rothadam favoured quality over quantity, only making  a few 45s in Canada on Half Moon, Ron Lew and Sid Lovejoy’s LMP imprint. Some of these tunes have since become sound system anthems 50 years on, championed by heavyweights like Amsterdam's King Shiloh Sound System.

Since the 2017 reissue, Rothadam was thrilled that there is a new, younger audience for his music and he  loved hearing stories of his songs being played across the globe.

I'm sharing a clip of him singing along to his "Rebel" 45 in the lobby of his building in Flemingdon Park, Toronto (view here).

If his music has made an impact on you please comment below and let us know where you’re tuning in from, I’d love to share this with his family.

Plans are in the works to make “Rebel/I was Born To be a Rebel”  available later this year.

R.I.P King Rothadam, I’m so glad to have known you! 

Happy Birthday Ronnie Wood!

Celebrating Ronnie Wood's birthday with The Birds appearance in The Deadly Bees, "How Can It Be?" and more!

Nichol Robertson's Country Flash @ The Bell & Beacon, Monday

Guitarist Nichol Robertson is joined by Kelly Sloan, Vivienne Wilder & Mike Belitsky in Country Flash. Starts at 9:30 pm.