Those house-wreckin' Cheater Slicks return to Toronto for a blowout with Thine Retail Simps & Thee Terrible Threes on Tuesday!
Here's the scoop...
CHEATER SLICKS are back in Toronto to play the Monarch Tavern on August 11th!
Without a doubt, CHEATER SLICKS are among the most abrasive and confrontational band that “rock” music has yielded over the past four decades. Brutal, noisy, misanthropic, unfiltered and utterly delightful, they are legends of playing loud and taking no prisoners.
They’re out on the road with the ever elusive THINE RETAIL SIMPS, Montreal’s mischievous garage rock miscreants. Much indebted to the path carved by the likes of CHEATER SLICKS, THA SIMPS take no prisoners.
And newly added, we've got THEE TERRIBLE THREES, the self described "Toronto's Worst Garage Punk Unknowns." A band that's ready to remind you that the guitar was a weapon meant to be wielded on Spadina Avenue.
Advance tickets for The Cheater Slicks with Montreal's Retail Simps and Toronto's Thee Terrible Threes at The Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton St.) on Tuesday, August 11 (doors at 7 pm) are $30.73 and available via Dice right here.
Wednesday's launch party for Nick's Mortal Komedy LP at Thirsty & Miserable is sold out. Second show added on June 4th.
Writes the Flanster...
"Can’t even believe this is happening! My new album MORTAL KOMEDY is out June 1st. I just picked up the vinyl copies yesterday. They look really good. I’m so happy with how the album turned out. Thank you to the monarch, Davida Nemeroff for putting out the vinyl on her label Tujunga and to Michael Palumbo for recording the show and patiently mixing and co-producing it with me!Would love to see you at the release show."- Nick Flanagan
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Yes, you've heard those things right. Nick Flanagan! Mortal Komedy! Next Wednesday (June 3)! Tickets very very limited as Thirsty and Miserable (2102 Dundas St West), while being a great bar, is SMALL. That means not many seats! As expected, Wednesday's show is now sold out. So another show has been added for Thursday (June 4). Tickets are $27.94. Get 'em while you can via Dice righthere. Don't sleep, they'll be gone fast!
Nick, aka FLANS, will have copies of 'Mortal Komedy' on vinyls! With an S! Brought to you by Tujunga Records! You can also purchase a digital copy of the new album via Bandcamp right here.
The latest incarnation of Dead Meadow are joined by Cory Shane and Witchrot at the Garrison tonight at 7 pm.
Here's the scoop...
Dead Meadow are a band hailing from Washington D.C, United States who formed in 1998. Since debuting, the band have released seven studio albums and become one of the most respected cult acts in the world of stoner rock.
Forming from the ashes of two D.C based bands called The Impossible Five and Colour, the first incarnation of Dead Meadow was formed by guitarist and vocalist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille and drummer Mark Laughlin. With their seamless combination of prime 70's heavy metal , 60's psychedelia and lyrics cribbed from Tolkien and Lovecraft, the band signed to Fugazi bassist Joe Lally's record label Tolotta Records in 2000, a mere two years after they formed. Their self-titled debut album followed in the same year, which impressed BBC Radio One legend John Peel enough to ask them record a session for his evening radio show. However, as the band couldn't afford to fly to London and record it, Dead Meadow became the first band in the session's 37 year history to record their session outside of the BBC's studios.
2001 saw the release of their second album “Howls From The Hills” and after the release of their live album “Got Live If You Want It” in 2002, the band signed to Matador Records in 2003, making them labelmates of Pavement, Guided By Voices and Belle and Sebastian. Ever since then, the band have remained one of the most consistent acts in stoner rock, with seven acclaimed studio albums to their name and a live show that could knock anyone for six. They've earned the respect of the likes of The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe (no easy feat) and inspired acts like Wolfmother, who reinterpreted the Dead Meadow track “Everything's Goin' On” as “Pilgrim” on their second album “Cosmic Egg.” After the sad passing of original bassist Steve Kille on April 18, 2024, Dead Meadow released Voyager To Voyager in 2025 with Steve's final contributions. Since Kille's passing, the band have continued on performing with guest musicians, notably including Caleb Dravier who runs the cassette label Jungle Gym Records and plays in the drone duo Spectral Fields with Jason Simon.
Tickets for Not Dead Yet's presentation of Dead Meadow with Cory Shane and Witchrot at The Garrison on Wednesday, April 22 at 7 pm are $36.82 and available here. Watch a few songs from a recent performance below.
