The Acorn
The Horseshoe (370 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, April 28), doors 8:30 pm. $14, advance $10. HS, RT, SS, TM.
The critically respected Ottawa band have been injecting their experimental folk rock with more electric textures and psychedelic freak-outs in recent years, but still manage to preserve the strong melodic sensibility that initially caught our ear. It’s been almost a year since they dropped their last album, No Ghost, so you might get a sneak preview of some new material tonight.
Silent Shout
With Kidstreet, Foxfire, Powers, Kashka
The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (April 29)
Live synth-pop dance party action.
Battles
Mod Club (722 College), Friday (April 29)
Critically loved NYC art rockers.
Rural Alberta Advantage, Hooded Fang, Modern Superstitions
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Friday (April 29)
See preview.
Malajube, Library Voices, Whale Tooth
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (April 30)
Francophone weirdo dance rock.
Devin The Dude, 4th Pyramid, Kaewonder
Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Saturday (April 30)
Underground hip-hop hero.
Breakandenter
With Tim Xavier, Jamie Kidd, Arthur Oskan, Martin Fazekas, Waseem
Radiolaria (1166A Dundas West), Saturday (April 30)
See preview.
The Kills, Cold Cave, The Entrance Band
Sound Academy (11 Polson), Sunday (May 1)
See preview.
Low, Memoryhouse
Mod Club (722 College), Monday (May 2)
Reluctant “slowcore” pioneers.
Tinie Tempah
Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Monday (May 2)
The UK’s next big hip-hop hope.
Hope Rising!
With Rufus Wainwright, Alicia Keys, K’naan, Angélique Kidjo and more
Sony Centre (1 Front East), Tuesday (May 3)
See preview.
Trouble In The Camera Club Book Launch
With The Ugly, Damian Abraham, Don Pyle and many more
The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Wednesday (May 4)
See T.O. Notes.
The Death Set, Win Win, Mighty Atom
Steelworkers Hall (25 Cecil), Wednesday (May 4)
Hip-hop-influenced spaz punk.
