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KYEO/CSA Present: Born Ruffians + Fond of Tigers – 09/16/2010

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Thursday September 16, 2010
KYEO & The CSA Present:

Born Ruffians

If Born Ruffians’ 2008 debut album Red Yellow and Blue was the result of a talented and precocious gang of freshmen, their 2010 follow-up, Say It, would be the project they left school to finish — a declaration that they’re smart and ambitious enough to make it on their own, and furthermore, that they’re in it for the long haul.

Taking two weeks to record the album, the band finds itself teaming up again with producer Rusty Santos. The Ruffians and co. holed up at Mississauga’s Metalworks studio and loosed the reins on their ambitions, experimenting with Minimoogs and saxophones before eventually scaling much of it back in the mixing process. The result is a very mature album, further amplifying the band’s unique voice and sound, ready to take them as far as they want to go.

Fond of Tigers

Continent & Western–simultaneously more experimental and more accessible than previous Fond of Tigers releases–shows the band honing its unique blend of avant-garde textures and post-rock structures while expanding its range to include vocals and additional members. Toronto’s Sandro Perri (Constellation Records) lends vocals and lyrics to “Vitamin Meathawk”, while Swedish experimenter Mats Gustafsson brings his intense saxophone and electronics push to “Grandad”. Bandleader Stephen Lyons also takes the microphone for the lush, unhurried closing track, “Upheaval”.

While the textures and tonalities of experimental improv are still present, Continent & Western emphasizes song structure and melodic detail over some of the more esoteric directions taken on 2007’s Release the Saviours.

Called “post-everything”, Fond of Tigers have been developing their hypnotic and intense music since 2003. Since its origins as a solo project of guitarist Stephen Lyons, the group has expanded to include its signature double-drumkit attack and processed violin and trumpet textures along with the artfully layered hooks. Featuring seven of Vancouver’s leading creative musicians, Fond of Tigers play a layered, nuanced music that explores musical possibilities ranging from the smallest gesture of extended technique, to the full avant-rock bombast possible with a wild, double-drum-kit-led septet. The group has shared stages with Tortoise, Deerhoof, the Grande Mothers, Shad, Mats Gustafsson, Sandro Perri, Chad VanGaalen, and others. Notoriously hard to categorize, Fond of Tigers continue to evolve and explore a musical territory in the outlands of avant-rock.

Special Guest:

DJ Charless

Thursday September 16, 2010
The Ebar 41 Quebec St. Guelph
Doors at 10:00 PM
All-ages/Licensed

$10 with non-perishable food item
$12 without

Tickets Available:
The Bookshelf – 41 Quebec St. – Guelph
Orange Monkey – 005 Princess St. – Waterloo
CSA Office – University of Guelph – UC Room 274
(non-perishable food items will be accepted at ticket outlets)

All proceeds benefit Out on the Shelf
All food items collected will benefit the Guelph Food Bank.

musicprogramming [at] gmail [dot] com

UPCOMING KYEO/CSA SHOWS:

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 14: CARIBOU – THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS @ Ebar – 41 QUEBEC ST. GUELPH – 9:30 PM – $20 w/food donation /$22 – AA/LIC benefit for: GUELPH FOOD BANK www.caribou.fm www.russianfuturists.com

THURSDAY OCTOBER 28: CFRU GLAM SLAM BALL – ft. KING NEPTUNE & HIS TRIDENTS – SHEEZER @ Ebar – 41 QUEBEC ST. – GUELPH – 10:00 PM – $12 w/food donation /$14 – AA/LIC benefit for: www.cfru.ca

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12: JASON COLLETT – AL TUCK – BRY WEBB @ Dublin Street United Church – 68 SUFFOLK ST. W. – GUELPH – ? PM – $? – AA www.sundaycinema.ca www.arts-crafts.ca

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18: GRAND ANALOG – D-SISIVE @ Ebar – 41 QUEBEC ST. – GUELPH – 10:00 PM – $12 w/food donation /$14 – AA/LIC benefit for: www.outontheshelf.ca www.myspace.com/grandanalog www.myspace.com/dsisive

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15: STAY OUT OF THE MALL IX – RICKWHITEALBUM – ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS – RICHARD LAVIOLETTE & THE OIL SPILLS @ Ebar – 41 QUEBEC ST. – GUELPH – 9:30 PM – $10 w/food donation /$12 – AA/LIC benefit for: www.cancer.ca www.myspace.com/rickwhitealbum www.myspace.com/1hundreddollars www.myspace.com/richardlavioletteandtheoilspills

THURSDAY DECEMBER 16: STAY OUT OF THE MALL IX – TBA – METZ – PS I LOVE YOU @ Ebar – 41 QUEBEC ST. – GUELPH – 9:30 PM – $10 w/food donation /$12 – AA/LIC benefit for: www.cancer.ca www.myspace.com/metztheband www.myspace.com/psiloveyouband

KYEO Presents: JIM GUTHRIE & HIS LITTER + MINOTAURS – June 24th

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:58:06 +0000

Thursday June 24, 2010

KYEO Presents:

JIM GUTHRIE & HIS LITTER
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THE MINOTAURS

Jim Guthrie

Jim Guthrie is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and home rock super hero. He has recorded both as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Islands, Royal City and Human Highway. He was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, and currently lives in Toronto. Guthrie first made a name for himself by releasing a series of self-produced cassettes, and subsequently released albums on his namesake label, Three Gut Records. He was nominated for a Juno Award for his 2003 album Now, More Than Ever, which was recently released on vinyl for the first time. After a long hiatus, Guthrie has returned to live performance with a killer eight-piece band, known as his Litter. Jim is not unlike a cat in many ways.

The Minotaurs

Spearheaded by Nathan Lawr, the Minotaurs consists of current or ex-members of Rheostatics, Constantines, Holy Fuck and Royal City, among others. While Lawr is best known for working with artists like Constantines, Royal City, Jim Guthrie, FemBots and Feist, the Minotaurs have served as his solo songwriting outlet in recent years and he’s released some great records, such as 2007’s wonderful folk-pop affair, A Sea of Tiny Lights. It’s fair to say that his latest album, The Thing, speaks to his true musical passion and is unlike anything Lawr has ever explored publicly. In addition to Lawr, the Minotaurs are now made up of ex-Rheostatic and former Ron Sexsmith collaborator, Don Kerr, Holy Fuck/King Cobb Steelie’s Kevin Lynn, Jeremy Strachan of Canaille, Paul Aucoin of Hylozoists, and guitar-wielding brothers Dan and Ryan Levecque. Also lending a hand on the new record is Bry Webb of Constantines, who shows up for some guest guitar and vocals, and the Wooden Sky’s Gavin Gardiner, who lays down some guest vocals. On The Thing, the Minotaurs explore the sound of Fela Kuti’s funky Afrobeat, delivered from a heartfelt, indie sensibility. The result is a vibrant, spirited new turn for the gifted and adventurous music of Nathan Lawr. The Minotaurs’ The Thing is out August 17th on Static Clang Records.

Special Guest:

DJ Charless

Thursday June 24, 2010
The Ebar 41 Quebec St. Guelph
Doors at 10:00 PM
All-ages/Licensed

$8 with non-perishable food item
$10 without

Tickets Available at the Door
(non-perishable food items will be accepted at the door)

All proceeds benefit Out on the Shelf
All food items collected will benefit the Guelph Food Bank.

musicprogramming [at] gmail [dot] com

UPCOMING KYEO SHOWS:

KYEO/CSA Present: Evan Gordon & The Sad Clowns + Ian Blurton+Huron=Happy Endings – 02/18

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:37:53 +0000

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KYEO & The CSA Present:

Thursday February 18, 2010

EVAN GORDON & THE SAD CLOWNS
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IAN BLURTON+HURON=HAPPY ENDINGS

Evan Gordon & The Sad Clowns

Over the past 15 years, Evan Gordon has made some of the most groundbreaking rock ‘n’ roll to ever come out of Canada. Gordon has left an indelible mark on early songs and records by Jim Guthrie, Royal City, Constantines, and even his father, folk singer James Gordon, all of whom have gone on to find audiences well beyond Wellington County. Now a member of such notable bands as the Magic, Islands, and the Skeletones Four, Evan’s been so busy that he’s neglected his own band, the Sad Clowns. All that changes with the dirty, sexy rock ‘n’ roll quintet’s first show in forever. If you like your classic rock from the future, don’t miss the return of Evan Gordon and the Sad Clowns.

Ian Blurton+Huron=Happy Endings

Huron is a rock ‘n’ roll band from Hamilton, Ontario. Formed in early 2008, by the end of that year they began tracking their debut record with producer Sir Ian Blurton (Weakerthans, Cursed, Amy Millan). The result will see the light of day this spring, on Latent Recordings/Fontana North. Huron describe it as “a big old southern-fried Sabbath riffin’ affair, with heavy nods to electric Neil Young, the Beatles and The Band. Sometimes the Floyd and the Dead get the better of us and it gets psychedelic. Often it’s some combination of those.” Most recently Huron have teamed up with Blurton to form a new band called Happy Endings. Best known for leading Change of Heart and C’mon, Blurton explores his love of heavy, psychedelic, stoner rock in Happy Endings. For the project’s new record, Blurton played almost every instrument on record himself, with the exception of a couple of appearances by Damon Richardson on drums. Scott from Raising the Fawn has a big vocal part on the record; Michael Thompson has an incredible trumpet part that lasts about 15 seconds but is unbelievably memorable; and Kevin Drew plays guitar. For this show, Huron will play their own set and then back Blurton up as Happy Endings.

Special Guest:

DJ Charless

Thursday February 18, 2010
The Ebar 41 Quebec St. Guelph
Doors at 10:00 PM
All-ages/Licensed

$8 with non-perishable food item
$10 without

All proceeds benefit Out on the Shelf
All food items collected will benefit the Guelph Food Bank.

musicprogramming [at] gmail [dot] com

UPCOMING KYEO/CSA SHOWS:

THURSDAY MARCH 11: THE BONFIRE BALL ft. JASON COLLETT – ZEUS – TBA @ Ebar – 9:30 PM $12 w/food donation /$14 – AA/LIC benefit for: www.outontheshelf.ca

THURSDAY APRIL 15: OLD MAN LUEDECKE – PAT LEPOIDEVIN – TBA @ Ebar – 10:00 PM – $8 w/food donation /$10 – AA/LIC benefit for: www.outontheshelf.ca

KYEO/CSA Present: CLUES + ETAOIN SHRDLU + LES MAMMOGRAPHES – Jan. 14, 2010

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KYEO & The CSA Present:

Thursday January 14, 2010

CLUES
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ETAOIN SHRDLU

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LES MAMMOGRAPHES

Clues

Clues was founded by Alden Penner and Brendan Reed, both active for years in the Montreal music scene. Alden was one-half of Unicorns, a band that burned bright and fast at the beginning of the century, and Brendan has been a member of a number of groups, including the endless, Endless Forever. They began building Clues quietly and in near-secrecy during the summer of 2007, playing a series of unadvertised shows in small Montreal venues. Their early performances elicited passionate responses and made it clear that Alden had an awesome batch of new tunes in the works, a glorious voice to deliver them with, and a brilliant foil in Brendan as his co-conspirator.
By 2008, friends Ben Borden, Lisa Gamble, and Nick Scribner had been recruited from the Montreal art and music scenes; a few more exuberant shows went down, the sound building and strengthening every time. With the band’s foundations fully cemented, Clues began work on a debut record towards the end of the year.
During live shows and on recordings, the band share and trade-off on an extensive array of instruments and create a twitchy, urgent, utterly original music that expands Montreal’s (already diverse) pop music lexicon. Clues incorporates multiple drummers, horns, a table of fried electronics (including a Commodore 64 and an OLPC), saw and pianette alongside their trusty electric guitars and basses.
Through their founding and early work as a band, Clues has remained close to home, dedicated to collaborating with and supporting fellow independent artists. In 2008, Reed started VillaVillaNola, a digital music store featuring recordings by predominantly local artists who have flourished underground but who otherwise receive sparse attention. Strong ties to the independent music community, together with shared ideals, led Clues to collaborate with Montreal’s Constellation, who released the band’s debut record in May of 2009.

Etaoin Shrdlu

Featuring members of Rockets Red Glare, Weights and Measures, and I Can Put My Arm Back On You Can’t, the personnel list in Etaoin Shrdlu (there is no proper pronunciation) reads as an all-star lineup for the Southern Ontario post-hardcore scene. In the same way that their name is taken from a forgotten reference within the printing industry, the band was originally conceived as a side project to explore a style of instrumental music that was felt to be lost or abandoned by contemporary bands. The result is a series of songs that are precisely executed and riddled with tension, while still being heavy, groove oriented, and surprisingly catchy. Their new, debut album Mating Calls is one of the biggest sounding albums of the year!

Les Mammographes

A late addition to the bill, Les Mammographes are a band from Quebec City and you can learn more about them here: http://www.myspace.com/lesmammographes

Special Guest:

DJ Charless

Thursday January 14, 2010
The Ebar 41 Quebec St. Guelph
Doors at 10:00 PM
All-ages/Licensed

$8 with non-perishable food item
$10 without

All food items collected will benefit the Guelph Food Bank.

musicprogramming [at] gmail [dot] com

UPCOMING KYEO/CSA SHOWS:

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18: IAN BLURTON+HURON=HAPPY ENDINGS & THE SAD CLOWNS @ Ebar – 9:00 PM $8 w/food donation /$10 – AA/LIC benefit for: www.outontheshelf.ca