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Yonge Dundas Square Indie Fridays
July 29 - Aug.31 The hippest indie artists perform every Friday from July 29th – August 31st from 8-10pm. Beer
Garden provided by Hard Rock Cafe, opening at 4:00pm. Plus, check out the Virgin Mobile Members Lounge in the Hard Rock Cafe beer garden for the best seats in the house.
June 29th Paper Lions
Paper Lions cross genres and generations with their pop-rock, folk, blues, barbershop show. Their energy, passion and sheer musicianship have been bringing audiences to their feet
(legitimately) everywhere from concert halls, to clubs, to outdoor festivals. Full of talent, personality, and phenomenal originality, Paper Lions are destined to be your new favourite live band. Paper Lions won Pop
Recording of the Year from the East Coast Music Awards. They have performed with Cake, illScarlett, Collective Soul, The Watchmen, CCR, and many others. July 6th Sunparlour Players
Sunparlour Players have become a collective, 3 unique and creative individuals who embrace both the dark and light in their songs. Dusty landscapes, rural backdrops and desolate
times: themes that wouldn't be out of place in a Cormac McCarthy novel are matched with the fervour and joy of a gospel revival, usually all within one song. On stage, Sunparlour Players take their fans through a roller
coaster of emotion and energy, thunderous stomping one moment and delicate strumming the next, always backed by the bands boundless energy. July 13
th Zeppelinesque
Zeppelinesque is Canada's best Led
Zeppelin tribute act, and for years has been blowing the socks off such stages as The Opera House, Lee's Palace and The Horseshoe Tavern. Their extensive catalogue of songs includes masterpieces like "Dazed and
Confused", "Heartbreaker" and "Kashmir" as well as obscure fan favourites like "In The Light". Frank Nevada's voice is a dead ringer for Robert Plant and the entire band has a huge passion for Zeppelin's magic.
July 20th The Beauties
The Beauties were formed in 2006 at a tavern in the west end of Toronto. Darin McConnell and Shawn Creamer share guitar and vocal duties, Jud Ruhl streams the lead guitar while
Paul Phisterer and Derek Downham keep time as the unapologetically stoic rhythm section. A four-song, self-titled EP quickly established The Beauties as a band to watch out for, earning them coveted support slots with
acts such as Broken Social Scene and Alejandro Escovedo. Three years later, they continue to remind the crowds of the tightly-knit seams that stem from rock and roll! July 27th The Bright Light Social Hour
The Bright Light Social Hour is an American rock band from Austin, Texas who has built their growing reputation through exhilarating widely-acclaimed live shows. They released
their debut full-length album in late 2010, utilizing the best elements of vintage and modern recording and just released "New Year's Live," a 4-track live EP recorded during their sold-out set at The Parish
Austin on New Year's 2011 and touring nationwide steadfast in their singular aim - enduring rock and roll! August 3rd The Magnificent 7's
From their Winnipeg, MB home, the Magnificent 7's have traveled
thousands of miles, touring incessantly. This 5 piece band features the incredible vocals of stand up bassist Ida Sawabe, Guitarists TJ Blair and Matt Magura, Old Time fiddling of Andy Bart and machine gun banjo picking
and deadly slide guitar of David Nishikawa. They maintain a 100% acoustic live show while blurring the lines between bluegrass, old time country and rock and roll. August 10th Samantha Martin and The Haggard
One of the rising stars of Toronto's roots-rock scene, Samantha Martin and the Haggard pay tribute to the classic R&B, Soul, Rock and Country Stars of years gone by in a way
that few today do. Recent comparisons include Adele and Amy Winehouse. Samantha's voice "is a force of nature", she's the "real deal". For the Yonge-Dundas Square show Samantha and the Haggard are joined by Gospel
Divas, The Tonettes (Amoy and Ciceal Levy and Marlene O'Neill). August 17th Young Rival
This trio hails from Hamilton, Ontario, a city most widely-known for its blue-collar work ethic - a
quality that Young Rival have always proudly embraced. With a sound that is both raw and hazy, dark and melodic, this band delivers an undeniably unique brand of grit-infused, wildcat rock and roll. With shows and tours
alongside The Sadies, Born Ruffians and Tokyo Police Club, this young band occupies a unique - and important - position in today's indie landscape with glowing reviews from press outlets across Canada, including 4 star
write-ups in both major Toronto weeklies, NOW and EYE WEEKLY. August 24th Raoul and The Big Time
Raoul and The Big Time (Maple Blues Award Winners and NOW Magazine: Best Toronto Blues
Artists) formed in 1998 playing their first show in the backroom of The Cameron House and have gone on to play clubs and major festivals across the country (Vancouver Folk, Ottawa Blues and Montreal Jazz), release four
critically acclaimed recordings and have been featured on radio, television and in film. "The Big Time swing with conviction"- The Globe and Mail August 31st Cuff The Duke
After almost ten years as a band and four albums to its credit, Toronto's road-warriors Cuff the Duke have made … a concept record. Ten tracks on a theme that flow like a film,
like a good book, one filled with emotional highs and lows, plot twists, and universal truths. "Morning Comes" is a story about change, about confronting loss, about – as one track calls it -- "Standing on the Edge" and
having the courage to look across to an unknown future on the other side. The eleven-track album was produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor and is the first part of a two part album. ________________________________________ |
