Mac DeMarco
Mac DeMarco’s brand of surfy garage pop isn’t for everyone. The prolific Montreal-living musician loves pitch-shifting his vocals and guitar on record, making low-budget Tim & Eric-style music videos, and giving off a tongue-in-cheek, irreverent vibe. His music is the sonic equivalent of stumbling off an amusement park ride with a stomach full of cotton candy: fun, woozy, unsettling. But don’t be fooled. Beneath the weird, DeMarco is a terrifically skilled guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. And lots of us are on board. His debut full-length album, 2, has earned him Pfork love and recently made the Polaris Music Prize long list.
Sunday (June 30), doors 7 pm, the Hoxton (69 Bathurst). $14. RT, SS, TW.
Melechesh, Vreid, Lightning Swords of Death, Reign of Lies
Annex Wreckroom (794 Bathurst), tonight (Thursday, June 27)
West Bank black metal.
Bettye LaVette, the James Hunter Six
Nathan Phillips Square (100 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, June 27)
LaVette steps in for an ailing Sharon Jones.
Keys N Krates
Harbourfront Centre WestJet Stage (235 Queens Quay West), Friday (June 28)
Live rap and house beat remixers.
Just Blaze
The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), Friday (June 28)
DJ/producer for Jay-Z and Eminem.
Waka Flocka Flame, Peter Jackson, GINZ
Famous Night Club (1325 Eglinton East), Saturday and Sunday (June 29 and 30)
Dirty South rap.
Ketamines, UBT, Sheer Agony, Zebrassieres
Hard Luck Bar (772a Dundas West), Saturday (June 29)
See preview.
Yes Yes Y’all Pride Edition
w/ Jiggly Caliente, Shi Wisdom, DJs Shaydakiss & A-Rock, YYY Crew
Annex Wreckroom (794 Bathurst), Saturday (June 29)
Queer hip-hop/R&B/dancehall party.
Digital Dreams
w/ Porter Robinson, Richie Hawtin, Art Department, Dubfire, Tiësto, Damn Kids and many others
The Flats at Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lake Shore West), Saturday and Sunday (June 29 and 30)
See preview.
Vazaleen: Shame
w/ The Hidden Cameras, Rawbert, Miss Barbara Fisch, Max Mohenu
Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Sunday (June 30)
Will Munro’s queer rock party lives on.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Maximum Hedrum
Echo Beach at Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lake Shore West), Monday (July 1)
New York City dance punk.
Yeasayer
Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Tuesday (July 2)
See preview.
John Grant
Drake Underground (1150 Queen West), Wednesday (July 3)
Unflinching orch-electro alt folk.
Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, the Battle of Santiago, Groove Institute
Opera House (735 Queen East), Wednesday (July 3)
Nigerian Afrobeat singer/songwriter.
