Hollerado
Hollerado have found ways to stand out in the crowded world of indie rock primarily by making damn fine videos. They first grabbed attention with 2010’s Americanarama, which parodied American Apparel CEO Dov Charney and starred Dave Foley of Kids in the Hall.
But they one-upped themselves big time recently with So It Goes, from 2013’s White Paint, out on Royal Mountain. The song and video tell the true story of singer Menno Versteeg’s Dutch grandfather’s life being spared by a Nazi soldier, and his finding a way to return the favour. Unbelievably powerful stuff.
The boundlessly energetic Toronto-based four-piece headline the Danforth Music Hall, with the Zolas and Pup in the opening slots.
Friday (September 13) at the Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), doors 7 pm, all ages. $15.50-$19.50. RT, SS, TM.
Shadowy Men on A Shadowy Planet
Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington), tonight (Thursday, September 12) and September 19 and 26
Rock residency.
Savages
Opera House (735 Queen East), tonight (Thursday, September 12)
Mega-intense British post-punk.
Deerhunter
Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), tonight (Thursday, September 12)
Ambient, arty, punky five-piece.
Shigeto, Beacon, Heathered Pearls, Mymanhenri
The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (September 13)
See preview.
Tyga
Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Friday (September 13)
Hotel California hip-hop tour.
Blood Ceremony, Biblical, Cauchemar
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (September 14)
Flute-tinged doom metal.
Teenanger, Cellphone, Comet Control
Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Saturday (September 14)
See preview.
Chvrches, XXYYXX
Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), Sunday (September 15)
Scottish electro-pop.
Chelsea Light Moving, Speedy Ortiz
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Sunday (September 15)
See preview.
Arctic Monkeys
Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Sunday (September 15)
See Q&A.
Majical Cloudz, Matthew E Duffy
Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Tuesday (September 17)
Brooding electronic pop.
Scout Niblett
Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Tuesday (September 17)
English lo-fi singer/songwriter.
Rae Spoon
Gladstone Melody Bar (1214 Queen West), Wednesday (September 18)
See cover story.
Pere Ubu
Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Wednesday (September 18)
Experimental groove rock.
Eamon McGrath, Camp Radio, Miesha & the Spanks
Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington), Wednesday (September 18)
Toronto-via-Edmonton folk-punk.