Eleven Presents: Whale Tooth, Burn Planetarium, Saskatoon Guitar Destroyer @ Jimmy Jazz
Show starts at 10 p.m. 19+ only, no cover.
Saskatoon Guitar Destroyer is actually not from Saskatoon, but Toronto. Liars. But this prairie girl won't hold it against the band. Especially because of the awesome high-hat action on the song Every Kid In This Town. It's so subtle that it just skims along over everything else, barely perceptible. But if it wasn't there, you'd miss it, and that's something to be proud of. Bumble Birds is just a fantastic waltz through rhythms and loopy little jazz flights of fancy that I don't want to say too much about it, lest I ruin the magic. Go see and find out.
So many up and coming Toronto bands are making their way to the top via Guelph. It's good to see, better to hear. Last summer, Guelph group Burn Planetarium posted a review that they wrote of their first ever show. Result: Hilarity. They've improved since then. Vastly. I've sung their praises before and I've no doubt I'll do it again. They remind me a little bit of Tokyo Police Club. The last time they updated, it was to let everybody know they were recording a new EP. They estimated it would be out in March. I can't wait to hear it.
Whale Tooth singer Elise LeGrow has the same warm timbre in her voice that Sarah Harmer does. And that is a real treat, because this band is TIGHT. Their writing is also superb, with songs that are short, sweet pieces of pop of the type you could expect of poppier singer songwriters in the 70s. If you hate pop records where every song sounds the same, if you are looking for a band that produces music that is the polar opposite of the aural turds squeezed out by Nickelback, if you like She & Him, if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, go see Whale Tooth tonight.
Louise Kent @ Carden Street Cafe
Show starts at 10:30 p.m., tichets are $10 at the door
Songstress Louise Kent is at the Carden Street Cafe tonight, singing songs from her new album, The Small Things. She's on the new label, Me To We Music, which is bringing something new to record labels: A consience. The label is part of the Me To We movement, brought to you by Craig and Marc Kielberger of Free the Children fame. Kent is not only a singer and performer, but a motivational speaker and Executive Director of Me To We.
Her record The Small Things is the debut album for Me to We Music and the label is raising awareness about social issues, as well as supporting Free the Children projects around the world. If the success of Free The Children is any indication, then I think Me To We can certainly inspire youth to "be the change."
posted by: Tanis Fowler, tfowler@guelphmercury.com
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