Win tix to see the Tom Fun Orchestra at The Horseshoe along with a copy of their CD!!

We're partway through this 2009 concert going year, and for now, the Tom Fun Orchestra show that I saw back in January is sitting comfortably in my top 3 shows of the year. This band is one of the mostest funnest bands around and thankfully, they're coming back to Toronto again on Thursday August 6th at The Horseshoe Tavern. Opening for them will be a solo set by current Tom Funner Carmen Townsend, as well as local rock band The Coast.

I've got two tickets to giveaway to the show, along with a copy of their outstanding CD entitled You Will Land With a Thud.

All of the contest rules, along with mp3's and stuff, are posted here.

And while I've got your attention, here's some other stuff I've been up to:

I saw Sonic Youth at Massey Hall and talked about it here.
I attended a Bluegrass Festival in the town of Tottenham and talked about it here.
I saw Ohbijou perform an in-store at Soundscapes and talked about it here.

And I had a rather subdued involvement in this year's NXNE, but still managed to catch a little something everyday.

Day 1 is here featuring Spiral Beach, Amos the Transparent, The Love Machine, The Balconies, Pirate Love and Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.
Day 2 is here featuring Coeur de Pirate, One Hundred Dollars and The Deep Dark Woods.
And day 3 is here featuring The Sonics, The Zoobombs and The Dudes.

2 Giveaways: Flotilla and Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum.

Two giveaways happening this week, for new CDs just out this week:

Ticket/CD Giveaway & Review: Flotilla @ Tranzac, Thursday, 4 June.
CD Giveaway & Review: Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum's "Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head."

Review's of both albums, some free downloads, etc. Enjoy!

CONTEST: Holler, Wild Rose! Prize Pack

New Jersey's Holler, Wild Rose! is trekking on up to our fair city to play the Audio Blood Tea Party at The Boat on Sunday March 15th. They'll be sharing the stage with Great Lenin's Ghost, Our History of Cowboys and The Paint Movement. The cost is $5 and there is rumoured to be lots of free tea. To welcome them to our fair city, I've got a pretty cool prize pack to give away. It consists of the following:

1) A pair of tickets to the show
2) A copy of Holler, Wild Rose!'s Our Little Hymnal CD
3) A copy of Holler, Wild Rose!'s The Yarn EP
4) A Holler, Wild Rose! t-shirt.

Prety cool 'eh? If you feel like stretching out your CMW experience to one extra day, then check out the contest rules and read a review of Holler, Wild Rose!'s Our Little Hymnal CD on my little blog:

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CONTEST: Still Life Still, The D'Urbervilles and The Paint Movement @ The Silver Dollar

Three of the most enthusiastic bands in town are playing The Silver Dollar on Friday February 27th and I sincerely want you to be there.

Still Life Still is a spasmodic amalgamation of feedback and distortion mixed in with the melodic sound of collective chaos whose live show is incendiary.

The D'Urbervilles are an instantly likable band whose intense new wave sound is sure to satisfy any post-punk 80's loving appetite.

And The Paint Movement is the triumphant jazzy brass rock comeback that we've all unknowingly been waiting for.

Seeing all three of these together on the same stage is going to be ... wait for it ... epic! The cost for the show is only $6, but it can be free if you enter my contest. I've got two tickets to this Friday's show to giveaway and all of the reviews, downloads and rules can be found at my blog: It's Not The Band I Hate, It's Their Fans.

Giveaway: Ruby Coast, Winter Gloves, and Everything All The Time @ Horseshoe, 5 Feb.

Check it out. Get free tickets, a CD, and a t-shirt from this up-and-coming young Toronto band about to embark on their first US tour!

Ticket/CD Giveaway: The Tom Fun Orchestra, Bruce Peninsula, and The Darcys @ The Horseshoe, 31 Jan.

I've got my own contest running on my blog. And I forgot to mention yesterday that I got the listings up for this week. Busy!

CONTEST featuring Bruce Peninsula, Tom Fun Orchestra & The Darcy's

This one is pretty awesome guys! I don't know what I'm doing to deserve such amazing opportunities to give away stuff but you'd better jump on it while it lasts. Tom Fun Orchestra are playing The Horseshoe on Saturday January 31st with Bruce Peninsula and The Darcy's.

Here's what I've got to give away:

1) A pair of passes to the show at The Horseshoe on January 31st.
2) A copy of The Tom Fun Orchestra's 'You Will Land With A Thud' CD
3) A copy of The Darcy's 'Endless Water' CD
4) A digital download of Bruce Peninsula's 'A Mountain Is A Mouth' release.

A review of The Tom Fun Orchestra's You Will Land With a Thud CD as well as all of the contest rules are on my blog, over here.

Photo by Nathan Boone

Ticket/CD Giveaway: Dinosaur Bones 1 Year Anniversary Party, 17 Jan @ The Horseshoe.

Head on over to my blog to find details about an indie rock prize pack giveaway I'm running this week. It's for the Dinosaur Bones' one-year anniversary blowout show at the Horseshoe Tavern this coming Saturday. Promises to be a good night out.

CONTEST: Dinosaur Bones Prize Pack

If you haven't yet familiarized yourself with Dinosaur Bones, then I think it's about time that you did so. They will be celebrating one year of existence at The Horseshoe Tavern on Saturday January 17th and I sincerely want you to be there. Also on the bill is The Junction, Black Hat Brigade and The Paint Movement. Therefore, I've got a pretty cool prize pack that I'm giving away on my blog involving concert passes, an EP, mega-cool pins and a limited edition poster. Interested? Intrigued? Hungry?

Go to It's Not The Band I Hate... for all the details.

TICKET GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Whale Tooth, Amos The Transparent and Bellewoods @ Rancho Relaxo

Amos The Transparent are awesome! Whale Tooth are awesome! From what I've heard, Bellewoods are awesome! Therefore, seeing the three of them together on the Rancho Relaxo stage on Friday January 2nd, 2009 should be nothing short of awesome! That's why I am pumped to be giving away a pair of passes to this show over on my blog. The contest rules are ridiculously easy so if you're a fan of great music and you live somewhere in the general Toronto area, you really have no excuse for not entering.

Contest rules can be found on the blog with the insanely long url:
It's Not The Band I Hate, It's Their Fans