Every since I discovered the in-app editor and enhancer on YouTube, I’ve been excited to fix the terrible videos I uploaded MANY years ago, when Youtube was primitive.
This is the most recent. Ron Leary performing at Phog with Mr. Chill (Kelly Hoppe) in 2007.
Excellent.
May
Wednesday 1 – RAINDANCE: Live Ammunition Film Pitch Contest
Friday 3 – Bootleg Glory (Toronto) w/ GREYS (Toronto) make surprise stop
Monday 6 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
ALSO – Graphic Novel Night starting at 8pm
Tuesday 7 – Phog’s Retro Arcade
Thursday 9 – MayWorks Health Discussion/Presentation followed by DJ Stephen Pender
Friday 10 – The Blue Stones Tour Kick-Off w/ The Zilis (Hamilton)
Saturday 11 – Middle Sister (Windsor) w/ This Machine Kills Robots (Windsor) Paul Jacobs (Windsor)
Monday 13 - Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Wednesday 15 – Motorleague (Halifax) w/ The Rowley Estate (Windsor) and Learning (Windsor)
Thursday 16 – Sarah Hiltz (Toronto) w/ Crissi Cochrane (Windsor) and Michael Hargreaves (Windsor)
Friday 17 – Ephemera (Peace River, NB) w/ Gary J. Van Lare (Windsor)
Saturday 18 – The Roncy Boys (Toronto)
Monday 20 - Open Mic Surgery with James O-L Tuesday 21 – TOAST Open Mic Poetry
Wednesday 22 – MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY
Thursday 23 – MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY
Friday 24 – Amos The Transparent (Ottawa) w/ Kalle Mattson (Ottawa)
EVENING – MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY
Saturday 25 – MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY
Monday 27 - Open Mic Surgery with James O-L Tuesday 28 – RIOT GRRRL
Tuesdays w/ Doll (Ottawa) Wednesday 29 – Poor Young Things (Toronto) w/ Gloryhound (Halifax)
Thursday 30 – Dean Drouillard (full band) w/ Joshua Van Tassel (Toronto)
Wednesday, April 10th, we have a show that I can’t quite remember being hyped like this in a long while.
Suuns (pronounced soons) has released all kinds of stuff into the web, including a stream of their newest album on CBC Music’s website, which had listeners beyond psyched for their upcoming Phog show.
From Pitchfork:
“The gentle psychedelia of Suuns is perfectly suited to the placid, unsettling visions that vocalist Ben Shemie is singing about here. “These same visions,” he moans repeatedly, invoking a relatable melancholy. “Takes years for things to change.” The band is from Montreal, but this song sounds as if it could have found a place on this year’s San Francisco psych-rock collection In a Cloud II, mediating between simple guitar rock and a more experimental sound.
The latter’s present in the shuddering bass that emerges about halfway through the song, eventually leading into a plaintive, proggy guitar bridge. The addition of more guitar textures suits the formerly synthy Sunns: Shemie’s meandering voice is better suited to navigating organic sound. Here he sounds a lot like Damon McMahon of Amen Dunes, another singer who consistently sounds as if he’s trying to escape from a heavy sleep while still haunted by the shadows of his dreams.”
Joining them will be a band that could headline a show at Phog FOR FUN…and have been on a Phog wishlist for a long time. We’re a little shocked to see this line-up, as we’ve had calls from Michigan from UBER-Darcys-fans who are coming to catch a glimpse of the Toronto quartet.
“Between the assiduous detail of the instrumental arrangements and the nuanced emotive power of the melodies, the Darcys bring a level of vision and maturity to their sophomore effort that is breathtaking…And the almost symphonic grandeur the Toronto quartet and producer Murray Lightburn bring to the songs, from the dense skirl of guitars driving Edmonton to Purgatory to the solemn, multitracked chorale adorning When I am New Again, is downright stunning.” – The Globe & Mail/J.D. Considine
The University of Windsor Lance cover story this week is none other than the Phog-organized Elliott Brood show at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday March, 30th. It begins at 9:45pm. The event is being run in conjunction with Jam Space…who will be supplying a great band (24 Sussex) to the bill, and who will be holding an 8-band performance earlier on the same day from 4:45pm until 7:30pm.
Locusts Have No King, a time-tested rockabilly/roots band from Windsor will be their explosive selves on Saturday as well, playing second in a line-up of three. It’ll be so great to hear them on a big system again.
To see the excellent story that appears in the Lance this week, well…HERE YA GO.
Tickets are $15 for the Elliott Brood, Locusts Have No King, 24 Sussex show, and if you feel like seeing the youngsters that’re learning the ropes, and playing some pretty solid classic rock tunes, the early evening show is $10.
April
Monday 1 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Friday 5 – Drink and Draw
Saturday 6 – Stiletto Flats (Toronto) w/ Kay Otay (Windsor)
Sunday 7 – Phog Philm Night
Monday 8 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Tuesday 9 – Elos Arma (Toronto) w/ Banned Books (Philadelphia), Red Red Run (Toronto) and Pseudopod (Windsor)
Wednesday 10 – Suuns (Montreal) w/ The Darcys (Montreal)
Thursday 11 – Little Foot Long Foot (Toronto) w/ Dearly Beloved (Toronto) and The Fisher Kings (Windsor)
Friday 12 – Wax Mannequin (Hamilton) w/ Mark Lotterman (Rotterdam) and The Unquiet Dead (Windsor)
Saturday 13 – Jean-Paul De Roover (Thunder Bay) w/ Tony Coates (Windsor)
Sunday 14 – World Art Games Closing Event
Monday 15 -Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Tuesday 16 – TOAST Open Mic Poetry Night
Wednesday 17 – Locusts Have No King (Windsor), Years of Ernest (Windsor), Tara Watts Band (Windsor), Joey “The Wiseguy” DesRoches (Windsor) and David Dubois (Windsor)
Thursday 18 – Barzin (Toronto) w/ Steven Maxwell (Windsor)
Friday 19 – Drink and Draw
Saturday 20 - Pick A Piper (Toronto) w/ What Seas, What Shores (Windsor) and Way Gone (Windsor)
Sunday 21 - Reannon Price Art Opening w/ Eric Welton (Windsor), Andrew MacLeod (Windsor) and Marion MacLeod (Windsor)
Monday 22 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Tuesday 23 – The Hoots (Winnipeg) w/ Surprise Party (Winnipeg) and Paul Jacobs (Windsor)
Wednesday 24 – Phreddy Wischusen (Detroit) is HUNGRY N’ SLUTTY (an evening of comedy) w/ Jon Peladeau (Windsor)
Thursday 25 – Vintage Vogue Dance Party / Fundraiser
Friday 26 – Sarah Smith (Toronto)
Saturday 27 - Better Weather (Windsor)
Saturday 27 – AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE – New Country Rehab (Toronto) w/ Eric Welton Band (Windsor) and The Long Lots (Chatham) – BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE
Monday 29 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Tuesday 30 – RIOT GRRRL TUESDAY
Imaginary Cities
Winner of the Western Canada Music Award for Best Pop Album of the year and long-listed for the Polaris Prize, IMAGINARY CITIES will be playing Phog this Thursday, March 21st. This 5-piece from Winnipeg has been stirring up a storm across the country, with subtle flavors of soul and R&B in the midst of their rich pop-rock palate.
Listen here to their new single “Chasing the Sunset, from their forthcoming album “Fall of Romance”:
Joined by fellow Winnipeg-born indie pop outfit BOATS and post-pop rockers FOAM LAKE from Saskatoon.
19+ welcome, $10 at the door.
