The dynamic IDIB duo of Desire & Johnny Jewel join the expansive Project Nowhere event at six west end T.O. venues Oct 2 to 4.
Here's the scoop...
Project Nowhere returns for a third year to Toronto's west end on OCT 2-4, 2025. The full lineup of artists has arrived, promising the best of underground heavy hitters and up-and-coming talent from Toronto and beyond!
The festival's multi-venue format will span six spaces along Dundas West - Nineteen Seventy Eight (Expo Vintage Outlet), St. Anne's Parish, The Garrison, The Baby G, BSMT254, and Hank's Liquor. Show-hopping with a 3-day pass (for $119.60) is highly encouraged - the only way to experience all the shows one's heart desires, all weekend long.
Tickets for the Desire's highly-anticipated show with Johnny Jewel and Kat Duma at St. Anne's Parish Hall on Thursday, October 2 at 7:30 pm are $32.31 advance and available right here. Tickets for Friday night's boffo blast featuring Teke::Teke with Orbital Ensemble and Miserable Weekend also at St. Anne's Parish Hall at 7:30 pm are $32.31 and available here. Saturday's main event will be The Mystery Lights sharing a bill with Detroit's Shadow Show and The Mersey Sound at The Garrison at 8:30 pm. Tickets are again $32.31 and available here. Check out Project Nowhere's full-lineup, schedule and info at the event site right here: https://www.projectnowhere.org/.
PROJECT NOWHERE VENUES
St. Anne's Parish Hall - 651 Dufferin St.
Nineteen Seventy Eight - 1978 Dundas St. W.
The Garrison - 1197 Dundas St. W.
The Baby G - 1608 Dundas St. W.
BSMT254 - 254 Lansdowne Ave
Hank's Liquor - 1415 B Dundas St. W.
Here are a couple of clips of Desire accompanied by Johnny Jewel along with some performance footage of Teke::Teke, a stylish Shadow Show video and a KEXP performance by The Mystery Lights followed by a listing of Project Nowhere's scheduled shows for October 2nd and 3rd.
Detroit pop-psych trio Shadow Show juast released their hot new single via Rogue Records out of Toulouse, France. Watch the boffo new video below.
Here's the scoop from Rogue Records...
Following the release of their sophomore album, Fantasy Now! (Little Cloud Records/Stolen Body Records), Detroit's psych-pop power trio Shadow Show return with a double a-side 45 via Rogue Records on October 10th. "Baba Yaga" dances after dark under the influence of 70s eastern European grooves, showcasing the group’s flexibility and willingness to transcend genres. "Spy Balloon" harnesses the whimsical psychedelia of the 1960s ala Syd Barrett, and emphasizes the group's utilization of the studio as an instrument with inclusions of synthesizers, tape delays, and other various overdubs to their harmonious wall of sound. Get a copy via Bandcamp right here.
Watch the new video for Shadow Show's "Baba Yaga/Spy Balloon" followed by a performance of "Spy Balloon" with an introduction by DJ Jonathan Toubin followed by a performance of "Baba Yaga" in Detroit. Catch Shadow Show live at with Midlife at Lee's Palace on Saturday (October 12) – get tickets here – and at Montreal's L'Escogriff Bar Spectacle (4461 Saint Denis) on Monday (October 14). Read a recent Shadow Show interview with Starmaker Machine interview right here.
"Baba Yaga / Spy Balloon" video credits:
Directed by Cooper Arent
Co-directed by Shadow Show (Ava East, Kate Derringer, Kerrigan Pearce)
Camera assistant/key grip - Tommy Barnes
Narration by Jean-Baptiste Zurbach
Special thanks to Barbara Ludlow
“Baba Yaga” / “Spy Balloon” written and performed by Shadow Show
Featuring...
Cameron Frank - drum machine, percussion
Kelly Jean Caldwell - flute
John Szymanski - synthesizer
Co-produced by Shadow Show and Cameron Frank
Engineered by Cameron Frank and Kate Derringer at High Bias Recordings, Detroit
Detroit's Shadow Show will be playing songs from their new album, Fantasy Now! at the Monarch Tavern. Get tickets right here.
Here's the scoop on Fantasy Now!
Ava East, Kerrigan Pearce & Kate Derringer
Hailing from Detroit, Shadow Show is an uncompromising power trio that combines elements of 60’s garage-psychedelia into a 21st century modern pop-art incarnation. Sleek and spellbinding, the music sweeps you up into frenetic grooves and dazzling harmonies. Their music pushes the boundaries of what can be, yet remains deeply rooted in the raw, untouchable Detroit sound.
Three years ago, Shadow Show released their debut album, “Silhouettes,” in the US (Burger Records) and UK (Stolen Body Records). Since then, they have dedicated themselves to writing, arranging, and producing their epic masterpiece, “Fantasy Now!”, while occasionally taking breaks for full length US, UK, and EU tours, as well as obtaining support dates with bands like Automatic, Death Valley Girls, The Nude Party, and the 5.6.7.8’s, to name a few. “Fantasy Now!” is a huge step forward from their debut LP, reaching a more ambitious Sgt. Peppery psychedelic vision that includes swirling pop melodies, fuzz guitar hooks, flutes, tympani, backwards surprise twists, and a magical medieval a capella interlude.
Shindig Magazine says Shadow Show "transport the listener down a spiral into the mind's eye.” AllMusic praises their "kaleidoscopic explosion of tremolo guitars and mod pop vocal harmonies,” and YouTube user KEVIN_USA1980 commented "These songs, those harmonies and their stylish sensibilities defy all reasonable expectations after hearing them simply described as Detroit Garage Rock." The band has recently completed a USA tour, and full USA and European dates are being booked for Spring 2024.
Shadow Show’s transcendental triumph, “Fantasy Now!” was written, recorded, and produced by Shadow Show in Detroit, MI, with the exception of “Aunt Maizy,” recorded live in London, UK. Mastered by Warren Defever (Third Man Records, His Name Is Alive). The album will be released worldwide February 16, 2024 on Little Cloud Records (US) and Stolen Body Records (UK).
Pre-order Fantasy Now! via Bandcamp right here. Check out the "Mystic Spiral" video shot by McKenzie Pearce with editing by Kerrigan Pearce and projections by Craig Adams, followed by the new clip for "Aunt Maizy" along with performances of "Charades," "Aunt Maizy" and "On A Cloud" after the track listing below.
