October 2002

Toronto Music Scene News

NOT-SO-OK COMPUTER
Thomas and the Evil Computer, the frenetic-pop project of unabashed Rob Crow/Heavy Vegetable/Pinback fanatic Jan Rudy, has a new CD available for public interface, entitled La gendarmie royale, on Browntown Records. The release party happens Tuesday Oct. 1 at Holy Joe's, with guests Cougar Melons, and a free piece of cake for every CD purchased -- while quantities last, of course.

NOT-SO-RUSTY CAGE
The Music Gallery celebrates what would have been the 90th birthday of 20th century classical giant and founder of "indeterminacy" John Cage with three concerts. On Oct. 24, American experimental composer Jim Tenney plays Cage; Oct. 26, solo pianist Stephen Clarke tackles works by Cage, Tenney and Toronto's Martin Arnold; and Oct. 27, Montreal violinist Malcolm Goldstein leads quartet performances of Cage, Satie, T.O.'s Udo Kasemets and his own work. The M.G. is located in St. George-the-Martyr Church in Grange Park, north of Queen and John.

SPIDERS ON THE MOVE
Mean Red Spiders will be out on the road this month in advance of the release of their third CD for teenage USA, Still Life Fast Moving (reviewed on page 15). After playing T.O.'s Tequila Lounge Friday Oct. 4 with murder balladeer Johnny Dowd and Deep Dark United, they hit the Maritime rock circuit Oct. 24-29. The official release party for Still Life Fast Moving happens Nov. 16 at the Riv.

MO' BANDS ON TOUR
Do Make Say Think head all the way out west for a North American tour with Constellation labelmates Fly Pan Am, starting Oct. 1 and lasting all month. They return home for a show at Lee's Palace Nov. 3. And The Creeping Nobodies are out on the road as you read this, alongside Kosher Rock labelmates Deep Dark United and Blackeyes for various dates on the East Coast to Oct. 5.

Toronto Show Listings

SATURDAY OCT. 5
Japanese spazz-rock cult faves Melt Banana at the with Summa No One (led by ex-American Flag-ger Ayal Senior) and The Sick Lipstick. Tequila Lounge.

SUNDAY OCT. 6
Wavelength: The Two Minute Miracles + Anagram.
Hair-metal meets indie-rock with Rockupuncture and The Newfound Interest In Connecticut. Go here for the history on this one. Kathedral.

FRIDAY OCT. 11
m@b comic release (for What are we waiting for?) with The Barcelona Pavilion, Kevin Drew and DJ Heavy Early. Clinton's.
Saint Dirt Elementary School continue their Friday residency at the Tranzac with guests Monica Fedrigo (cello), Brodie West (alto), Wes Neil (acoustic bass).

SATURDAY OCT. 12
Brooklyn "chamber punk" ensemble Barbez with Currently In These United States. Clinton's.
Free jazz with the Ken Aldcroft Trio +1 (Ken Aldcroft -- guitar, Evan Shaw -- saxophones, Gordon Allen -- trumpet, Nick Fraser --drums). The Black Swan.

SUNDAY OCT. 13
Wavelength: Jonasson + Beef Terminal + special "surprise" guests The Constantines + Royal City.
Electro whizzes I Am Robot And Proud and Kimonophonic with One Caballero. NASA, 609 Queen St. W.

TUESDAY OCT. 15
Toronto expat Berliner Peaches headlines the Electroclash Tour 2002 with Chicks on Speed, Wit and Tracy & the Plastics. Tequila Lounge.

WEDNESDAY OCT. 16
New Yorkers +/- (featuring half of Versus) with High School Champion's Christiana, Montreal's Spengler and North (formerly Anorak). Tequila Lounge.

THURDSAY OCT. 17
The Meligrove Band CD release for Let It Grow (on Endearing/Ductape), with The Carnations and Bicycles. Lee's Palace.
Aaron Booth supports his new disc Transparent with guests The Roscoe Project and Greg McPherson. The Silver Dollar.
Oshawa rock'n'rollers The Mark Inside's CD release. Sneaky Dee's.

FRIDAY OCT. 18
Montreal politico-techno by 1-Speed Bike with Brooklyn Beats' Criterion & Doily. Rancho Relaxo.
The Sadies' CD release for Stories Often Told. Lee's.

SATURDAY OCT. 19
Rare live performance by Suction Records' Solvent vs. Lowfish, with Detroit's Ectomorph, plus DJs Will Munro and Greg Clow. The Rivoli.
Punk-rock grrls Psychopathos' CD release with Just Like The Movies. Sneaky Dee's.

SUNDAY OCT. 20
Wavelength: Venus Cures All reunion + Eamonn Vitt + The Plath's last show.

TUESDAY OCT. 22
Moody Vancouverites Radiogram and Nicole Steen of Coal. Horseshoe. Free.

WEDNESDAY OCT. 23
Mtl. post-rock breakbeat-ers Dr Noh with Sinewave and dB. B-Side, 129 Peter St..

THURSDAY OCT. 24
Escape Goat Records CD compilation release with sets by The Creeping Nobodies, Kitchens & Bathrooms and From Fiction. Sneaky Dee's.

FRIDAY OCT. 25
"Fall music" with Picastro, Michelle McAdorey and Alien8's Tanakh. The Cameron House.

SUNDAY OCT. 27
Wavelength's Halloween party: Corpusse + The Weird Library of Art.

WEDNESDAY OCT. 30
Kranky Texans Stars of the Lid with the Mirobolous Trio and Polmo Polpo. The Rivoli. $10.

THURSDAY OCT. 31
Halloween party with Suck My Disc collective artists The Electric Shoes, The Mark Inside, Anagram, Another Blue Door, The Postage Stamps plus DJs Derek Westerholm and Valerie Uher. Sneaky Dee's. Woo, scary!

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