Producer for the likes of D’Angelo, Jay Z and John Legend, music critic, world-class DJ, extraordinary op-ed writer, co-frontman for Jimmy Fallon’s in-house band – Questlove is a busy man. Most recently we saw him at Tattoo spinning for an extremely packed house and slightly miffed at our lack of excitement for his rarer B-sides. It’s a wonder he has any time for the project for which he’s best known: the original live hip-hop band, the Roots.
Happily for music lovers, Quest hasn’t forgotten his, er, beginnings. The band just released their 11th studio album, the acclaimed …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, which continues to do what the band does best: examine, analyze, criticize and offer an alternative to contemporary club-banging hip-hop. See them live when the Roots headline Luminato this weekend.
Saturday (June 7) at David Pecaut Square (55 John), 8 pm. $35. TM. luminatofestival.com.
Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas West), Thursday (June 5)
Canrock power-poppers.
w/ Jennifer Castle, Eucalyptus, Michael Mucci & Ben Grossman, Thom Gill
Jam Factory Co (2 Matilda), Thursday (June 5)
Blues folk singer/songwriter + more.
Edward Day Gallery (952 Queen West), Friday (June 6) to June 15
Collett and surprise guests.
Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Friday (June 6)
See preview.
The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), Friday (June 6)
Montreal electro-house turntablist.
w/ the Kills, Fucked Up, Shad, A Tribe Called Red, Broken Social Scene, Constantines, Chvrches and others
Fort York Garrison Common (250 Fort York), Saturday (June 7)
See Fucked Up preview.
David Pecaut Square (55 John), Sunday (June 8)
Energetic indie pop.
The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Sunday (June 8)
Spencer Krug’s solo project.
Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Sunday and Monday (June 8 and 9)
Blues-tinged folk rock.
David Pecaut Square (55 John), Tuesday (June 10)
See preview.
Sound Academy (11 Polson), Tuesday (June 10)
French electronic-tinged indie rock.
Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Tuesday (June 10)
The music of Daniel Lanois.
The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), Wednesday (June 11)
See preview.
