Jody Glenham, and Tariq Hussain @ Little Mountain Studios

Jody Glenham at Guilt & Company

Jody came back from tour out East and we got to see her jam it out with two other musicians at Guilt and Company...not a bad Friday night.

NXNE

Another month, another event happening in Toronto that I wish I could attend. (These are the reasons that Toronto is calling my name again...)

North by North East is an awesome music festival that stretches over a few glorious days in June. It's a festival where I saw some of my good friends play for the first time...Hey Ocean, Dan Mangan, Lotus Child, Hollerado. I distinctly remember walking down Queen Street with Ashleigh Ball, and sitting on the floor of The Hideout listening to Dan Mangan sing his MySpace song.

Anyways...MANY of my new friends are playing in the city and I've put together a list of their set times if you are reading this in Toronto and want to check them out.

Oh and below that is a screen shot of the NXNE page for Rah Rah with my breaking hearts photo...

Hollerado:
16th Mod Club 8pm
18th HRCafe midnight
19th CN Tower 8pm
http://www.myspace.com/Hollerado

Said The Whale:
18th Yonge & Dundas Square 7:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/saidthewhale

Jody Glenham
17th Cameron House midnight
http://www.myspace.com/jodyglenham

Library Voices
19th horseshoe 9pm
http://www.myspace.com/thelibraryvoices

Maurice
19th Gladstone 8pm
http://www.myspace.com/wearemaurice

Rah Rah
18th Bread & Circus midnight
20th El Mo 11pm
http://www.myspace.com/rahrahband

The Mountains & The Trees
17th Gladstone 9pm
http://www.myspace.com/themountainsandthetrees

The Zolas
19th Gladstone - 10pm
http://www.myspace.com/thezolas

We Are The City
18 Rancho Relaxo 11pm
http://www.myspace.com/thecitiesmusic

The After Party Party

Post Mangan concert we went over to Moxon's house party...JUST caught part of Jody Glenham performing and somehow I convinced Dan to play me Life On Mars (Shawna joined in too)...Here are some party shots...

Frances May

My beautiful friend Jody Glenham started a wonderful side project with the talented Rich Britton called Frances May.
A few weeks before the show Jody had sent me the music they recorded and it made me beyond excited to hear them play it live.

The show was excellent, and I suggest that you click here to go to their myspace and have a listen yourself!

Photos of the show at the Biltmore below:

Last week in music...

First up last week was the oh-so-talented Hannah Epperson and her loop pedals performing at The Backstage Lounge:



Later that week The Rio Theatre hosted a Piano Recital. Artists included: Read more »

And The Winner Is....

WE ARE THE CITY!

My favourite part of watching WATC win $150,000, was watching their girlfriends freak out...and then seeing the boys in shock on stage.

The three of them are so genuinely nice, and insanely talented, that you couldn't help but smile the entire time.

Oh yah...Bend Sinister picked up $50K, The Left got $75K and there was a giant concert that happened too:
(To see all of the photos, go here: www.mcavoy.ca/peakfinale )

Catch Up/Wrap Up!

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've blogged...but it makes sense given that I shot 5 shows in 6 days and then flew to Ontario for Christmas.

So to sum up my last days in Vancouver before Christmas:

Saturday the 12th:
Aidan Knight @ The Media Club, where I finally met/got to hear the WONDERFUL Jody Glenham



Monday the 14th:
The Aidan Knight Experience continued with a show at the Biltmore, where We Are The City also came to support. Very nice guys. And THEN I ran (and taxied) as fast as I could The Media Club, but still missed Dave Vertesi's set...my friend and fellow photographer Mark Cohene was having an art show that night. After I checked that out, I went and relaxed for the rest of the night at the Racoon's Christmas Party:





Tuesday the 15th:
Racoons @ Fortune! See post.

Wednesday the 16th:
DAY OFF! zzzz.

Thursday the 17th:
Ridiculous spandex suited Topless Gay Love Tekno Party took over my 2nd home (aka the Media Club)(with opening act For British Eyes Only) and a giant dance party began, which led to my going home covered in sparkles and confetti...




Friday the 18th:
The Zolas & Hey Ocean at the Vogue. I seriously love the lighting in this venue. My favourite part of the evening was getting access to the closed off balcony to take some shots, and then taking a 2 minute dance break...which amused me because only the band could see me. Dave-O even waved...







Saturday the 19th:
NIGHT BEFORE MY 8AM FLIGHT!
I was once again at the Media Club (they're so good to me) for Undercover Brothers...a selection of cover/tribute bands, of which I caught Neverland (Michael Jackson) and Wheezler (Weezer). It was great fun and I even cut my knee wide open:






Longest Post ever! Hope you liked all the shots.