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Friday, March 29th Tickets on Sale Friday, January 11th. $15 +tax in advance, $20 at the door http://www.thewoodenskymusic.com https://casperskulls.bandcamp.com Swimming in Strange Waters is The Wooden Sky’s fifth album. The Indie Rock band has been a favourite across Canada for the last 10 years. The band (made up of Gardiner, multi-instrumentalists Simon Walker and Andrew Wyatt, violinist Edwin Huizinga and drummer Andrew Kekewich) started writing and recording demos in a small farmhouse in rural Quebec in January 2015, but then put them aside as they embarked on a year-long tour in support of their previous album, Let’s Be Ready. When they resumed work on the album in March 2016, Gardiner says the band caught a severe case of “demoitis”, a condition wherein “you fall in love with the scrappiness of the demos.” So rather than completely re-working them, they decided to record the album in the same way as the demos: in Gardiner’s home studio, using old tape machines and live off the floor. The resulting album is a sonic maelstrom that sees the band exploring unchartered waters, where textural psychedelia inspired by the Paisley Underground movement melds into quiet, acoustic cyclical guitar melodies, before once again transforming into a bombastic, Johnny Cash-esque rally against the XL Keystone pipeline in Canada. While Let’s Be Ready found the Wooden Sky writing a pure “rock and roll” album, Swimming in Strange Waters sees the band experimenting once again. “I feel like we’re back on track,” says Gardiner. On every album, the Wooden Sky’s aim is to somehow capture the band’s live performance, to compress that adrenalin and vigour into a collection of songs that’ll inevitably be played through headphones and crappy computer speakers. It’s a tall order, considering the Wooden Sky has become known for both high-energy, sold-out rock shows and their...

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BadHabits Entertainment Presents : Dzeko! In 2018, Dzeko collaborated with Dutch DJ Tiësto alongside featured guests Preme and Post Malone, to release the new single "Jackie Chan". Supporting Sets : ?? ?? Online Tickets Now Available! Early Bird - SOLD OUT ! Tier 1 - $20 Final Tier - ? Door -? Online Tickets: https://www.ticketgateway.com/event/view/dzekoatthegrand Mobile Ticket Sellers: Hard Copies Available Friday March.8th.2019 Doors | 10pm | 19+ Vaild I.D

Presented by Crosscut Distillery Sat. March 30 // 8PM // $10 Door //$5 Advance Tickets available at: Cosmic Dave's Vinyl Emporium The Townehouse Tavern High Road Records and Glass The Outside Store Good Luck General Store The Refinery Crosscut Distillery A night of debauched performance art, post-punk, and rock and roll. Starting off nice & early, with a DJ to close out the night. 9 PM - The Almighty Rhombus (Sudbury, Pop/Rock) Got a few new rounds in the chamber 9:45 PM - Wax Mannequin (Hamilton, Psych Folk) Wide-ranging, genre-spanning, edgy, catchy and powerful. 11 PM - B.a. Johnston (Hamilton) Canada's reigning champ of indie showmanship. Grab a copy of his new album "The Skid is Hot Tonight" 12AM - Kommissars (Sudbury, Post-Punk) Relentless, blistering post punk to blow yr hair right back

Welcome 2019 ... Our Sunday Afternoons have been great this year... Richard Mende and Paul Loewenberg take a couple hours to play old Blues, Ragtime, Bluegrass, Gospel with a touch of Folk music. About half the time we have special guests join in on Bass or Fiddle or Dobro or Banjo... but the rest of the time it's 2 music encyclopedias playing the best from 1800 to about 1960. More often is the 1920's and 30's. We love it when the kids dance. Bring the kids, bring your parents... meet your friends. Have a great meal... One last afternoon of peace and good music for the season. We are back in January with more Fats Waller, Mississippi Sheiks, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, The Carter Family and more. If you are a player and want to get in on the kitchen jam... come and talk to us...

Friday, April 12th - The Sadies - doors 8:00pm - $20 + tax adv. $25 at the door The Sadies bring their signature blend of country, psychedelic, rock and surf into rifle-scope focus on Internal Sounds, further underscoring their reputations as musicians’ musicians. Always at the top of the list when discussing musical chops and live intensity, The Sadies are now more intent than ever on making their mark as songwriters. In one turn as heavy as a sledge, and on the other flitting across melodies with the ease of so many sparrows, The Sadies prove once again that denying them now is simply prolonging your conversion. So go on, pull up that screeching wooden chair that bows with your weight. Slide it up next to the turntable and drop the needle, The Sadies are a sure thing…tomorrow isn’t. The Sadies have been playing at the Townehouse Tavern since before they were a band... We first met Dallas Good as part of Phono-Comb in 1996 and met Travis around the same time with Neko Case. It is always a thrill to have them back as one of North America's premier live acts. They recently wrapped a bunch of shows with Kurt Vile and continue to spend a piece of their year backing up the world's greatest artists while spending the rest of their time blazing their own trail. Doors - 8:00pm Shaky Stars - 8:30pm Kinfolk (Featuring Bruce and Margaret Good) - 9:30pm The Sadies - 10:30pm

TOMMY AND THE COMMIES + LES LULLIES US TOUR! VIA SUDBURY, ONTARIO AND MONTPELLIER, FRANCE!! JOINING FORCES FOR SLOVENLY RECORDINGS MINI FEST THROUGH THE EAST COAST / MIDWEST!!! ACCOMPANIED BY AFTERPARTY DJ, PETE SLOVENLY https://www.facebook.com/djpeteslovenly + THE APE-ETTES (GARAGE POP FROM SUDBURY) https://theape-ettes.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/theapeettes/ + 1 TBA AUDIO&VISUAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdnvejyO1ew - WATCH TOMMY & THE COMMIES LIVE IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xZyhNNJzX0 - LES LULLIES NEW "NIGHT CLUB" VIDEO - "The slogan “Punk is dead” is nothing more than a cop-out. Tommy and the Commies — from Sudbury, Ontario, CA — prove that the genre is timeless. The trio unleashes a time-warp of blistering, classic punk rock on their 8-song debut album Here Come Tommy and the Commies. Prior to forming, Jeff Houle was the mastermind behind garage punk band Strange Attractor. The trio’s frontman, Tommy Commy, convinced Houle to start a band by dragging him into a bathroom stall during a punk show and playing some demo recordings. Here Come Tommy and the Commies is packed with prolific hooks and 77-era punk swagger. The opening track “Devices” needs no introduction. The trio jumps in feet first with simple, raw, and catchy hooks. “Permanent Fixture” and “Suckin’ In Your 20’s” comprise of potent, repeat melodies — yet the songs are short enough not to become tedious." - Dillon Price via soundrenaissance.net

Welcome 2019 ... Our Sunday Afternoons have been great this year... Richard Mende and Paul Loewenberg take a couple hours to play old Blues, Ragtime, Bluegrass, Gospel with a touch of Folk music. About half the time we have special guests join in on Bass or Fiddle or Dobro or Banjo... but the rest of the time it's 2 music encyclopedias playing the best from 1800 to about 1960. More often is the 1920's and 30's. We love it when the kids dance. Bring the kids, bring your parents... meet your friends. Have a great meal... A great afternoon of peace and good music. We are back next week with more Fats Waller, Mississippi Sheiks, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, The Carter Family and more. If you are a player and want to get in on the kitchen jam... come and talk to us...

Rock lives! Partner (Sackville Rock) This is just about as rock as we can get. Nonstop riffs. Polarist short-list. SOCAN Songwriting Prize winners. They shredded live on CBC. It's going to be insane. Dirty Princes (Sudbury Rock) It's starting to become more of a performance piece than a band at this point. Tickets are $10 at the door. Sunday night! Early set times! All-ages! Co-presented with Sudbury Pride.

8pm: Come check out Chicks with Picks Acoustic Duo 9pm: The Caverners: Canada's Premier Beatles Tribute band from Niagara Falls. See it for yourself. The Caverners will hold your hand back to The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, then drive your car and take you on a yellow submarine to meet nowhere men, axmen, and people named Jude, Lady Madonna and John and Yoko. It's a ride you don't want to miss! Every piece of Caverner costume and gear has that unmistakable Beatle look, right down to the British Vox amplifiers and the classic Ludwig Ringo drum kit. All the great songs are there too, everything from She Loves You to Day Tripper, from Help! and A Hard Days Night to Get Back to Hey Jude. The boys have yet to perform without their crowds screaming, stamping their feet and yelling for more. Every part of the show is done with the utmost authenticity, right down to the Liverpudlian accents. This event is presented by our Major Event Sponsor: Schuster Boyd McDonald and Official Radio Sponsor: Rewind 103.9FM in support of Our Children, Our Future.

Friday, April 19th - Ace & the Cobras - $7.00 at the door 8:00pm doors, 9:00pm showtime. Don Kunto gets groovy tonight with Ace & the Cobras. The band started out several years ago with a motive of honouring the great music of Motown Records and has continued to evolve into a groove machine. Zach Weill on keys brings a great funk and soul to the band... put your dancing shoes on and come out early. the band plays from 9:00pm on... We will finish the night with some Motown and Stax DJ work.