The Blank Tapes and Oh Sees play Toronto's Night Owl Festival in October

The Blank Tapes new Super Bloom EP is out now. Get your 4-night pass for the Night Owl Festival October 11-14 right here.

Garage Rockin' Craze doc screens @ Lee's Palace, September 29

 Mario Cuzic's fab doc on Tokyo's vibrant underground music scene screens as part of the Night Owl Festival.

Night Owl Festival w/ Tess Parks @ Adelaide Hall, Friday

Toronto's amazing Tess Parks launches the first night of Night Owl at Adelaide Hall starting at 9 pm sharp.

Night Owl at Adelaide Hall on Friday 
12:45AM - Christian Bland and The Revelators (Austin, TX) buzzed psychedelia http://on.fb.me/1Nx3li8 http://levitation-austin.com/artist/christian-bland-the-revelators/
"Daughters of The Sun"- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuj1qHNKWLY

12AM - Heaters (Grand Rapids, MI) holy water pool psych
http://on.fb.me/1Wg9UwX
http://www.thefader.com/2015/09/15/heaters-premiere-holy-water-pool
"Mean Green" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpNsB2p748o

11:15PM - Saffron Sect (Toronto) medieval pop
http://on.fb.me/1jOSvdU
https://weirdcanada.com/2015/02/new-canadiana-saffron-sect-pinch-of-chalk/ https://opticalsounds.bandcamp.com/track/pinch-of-chalk

10:30PM - Tess Parks (Toronto/UK) blood hot psych
http://tessparks.tumblr.com/
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/15/tess-parks-anton-newcombe-review-king-tuts-glasgow "Cocaine Cat" (w/ Anton Newcombe) - https://youtu.be/j8BfnbmSwgc

9:45PM - The Auras (Toronto) jangle psych
http://on.fb.me/208L1mu
https://theauras1.bandcamp.com

9PM - Mimico (Toronto) synth pop
http://on.fb.me/1Wga3Rg
https://mimico.bandcamp.com

Seattle's Night Beats will be previewing their new album Who Sold My Generation at the Horseshoe.

Night Owl at The Horseshoe on Saturday
12:45AM - Night Beats (Seattle, WA) soulful garage
http://on.fb.me/1S7UUvh
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/11/night_beats_rel_1.html
"Hex" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DdlyRL9o4

12AM - L.A. WITCH (Los Angeles, CA) soothing psych
http://on.fb.me/1jOSLcL
http://pantheonmag.com/dark-distorted-witches-l-a-witch
"Get Lost" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgvLyU05asg

11:15PM - Mexican Slang (Toronto) atmospheric psych
http://on.fb.me/1MgHFDB
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mexican-slang-fever-premiere
"Halcyon" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU5uhW8TLy4

10:30PM - Hooded Fang (Toronto) garage punk
http://on.fb.me/1O5BqJn
"Ode To Subterrania" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii9gtNGGzk4

9:45PM - B-17 (Toronto) drone psych
http://on.fb.me/1WgSP0A
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/b-17-raven_hair_video

9PM - Fill Spectre (Toronto) fuzz garage
http://on.fb.me/1k7zToQ
http://fillspectre.bandcamp.com/