Beck
Beck has made a career out of ricocheting from quirky electro-rocker to melancholy psych folkie. He’s pretty mellow yellow on his newest album, Morning Phase – as the title suggests- but don’t expect a subdued performance at the Sony Centre.
Live, Beck can be irreverent and off-the-cuff. At a recent date in Dallas, he danced and shimmied, and threw a cover of Billie Jean into the mix plus older hits like Devils Haircut and breakthrough Loser.
Openers the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Sean Lennon’s new project with Charlotte Kemp Muhl, return just weeks after their Hoxton gig, and their 60s psychedelia-tinged tunes should be the perfect complement.
Friday (June 27), Sony Centre (1 Front East), doors 7 pm, all ages. $49.50-$79.50. LN, TM.
Teen
Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Thursday (June 26)
Brooklyn sibling indie rockers.
Measha Brueggergosman
Royal Conservatory’s Koerner Hall (273 Bloor West), Thursday (June 26)
Opera singer extraordinaire.
Rapper’s Delight
w/ Maestro Fresh Wes
Harbourfront Centre WestJet Stage (235 Queens Quay West), Friday (June 27)
Canada Day hip-hop celebration.
The Antlers
Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), Friday (June 27)
Melancholy chamber pop.
Against Me!, Crackpuppy, the Cliks
Yonge-Dundas Square, Friday (June 27)
See preview.
Digital Dreams
w/ Tiësto, Justice, Luciano, Deep Dish, Art Department and others
The Flats at Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lakeshore West), Saturday and Sunday (June 28 and 29)
Two days of pumping electro.
Hercules and Love Affair, Peaches, Light Fires, Betti Forde, Dickey Doo
WorldPride Bud Light South Stage (411 Church), Saturday (June 28)
See preview.
White Lung, Pop. 1820
Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Sunday (June 29)
See preview.
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Sunday (June 29)
Vazaleen benefit for Will Munro fund.
Bombino, Shauit
Harbourfront Centre WestJet Stage (235 Queens Quay), Monday (June 30)
Psych-world Niger singer/songwriter.
August Alsina
Guvernment (132 Queens Quay East), Tuesday (July 1)
New Orleans hip-hop/R&B musician.
Born Ruffians
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Wednesday (July 2)
Rambunctious indie rock.