Time to Start Thinking About Canadian Music Week
Yes, it’s still more than a full season away, but CMW 2012 is already coming together.
And yes, it will be stupidly huge again: six days, 60 venues and an expected 900 acts comprising of 4,500 musicians from 40+ countries performing for more than 100,000 fans.
That hurt just typing it. Here are some early highlights:
- *Childish Gambino w/ Danny Brown | Saturday, March 24 | Sound Academy | 9 p.m.
– Tickets on sale Saturday December 10 @ 10 a.m.
- The Cat Empire w/ Tinpan Orange| Saturday, March 24 | Phoenix Concert Theatre | 9 p.m.
– Tickets on sale Friday December 9 @ 10 a.m.
- *Fanfarlo | Saturday, March 24 | Virgin Mobile Mod Club | 7:30 p.m.
– Tickets on sale Friday December 9 @ 10 a.m.
- Saul Williams w/ Spoek Mathambo | Friday, March 23 | The Great Hall | 9 p.m.
– Tickets on sale Friday December 9 @ 10 a.m.
- *The Trews w/ Poor Young Things and Diesel | Friday, March 23 | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8 p.m.
– Tickets on sale Friday December 9 @ 10 a.m.
- John K. Samson & The Provincial Band | Thursday, March 22 | The Great Hall | 9 p.m.
– Tickets on sale Friday December 9 @ 10 a.m.
- *Kings & Queens: Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/ special guest appearances by Amy Helm, Holly Cole, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Serena Ryder and more Queens to be announced | Wednesday March 21 | Massey Hall | 8 p.m.
– Tickets on sale Saturday December 10 @ 12 p.m.
- *The Saw Doctors | Tuesday, March 20 | Virgin Mobile Mod Club | All Ages | 8 p.m.
– Tickets on sale now
And would you like to see the current list of bands? Sure you would. And if you need more, go to here and here.
1977 – CANADA
A Friend In London – DENMARK
Aaron Glass – USA
Acres Of Lions – CANADA
Aerials Up – SCOTLAND
After Runnymede – CANADA
Agent Fresco – ICELAND
Air Marshal Landing – CANADA
Alissa Vox Raw – CANADA
Ambassadors – CANADA
Ambisonic – CANADA
Andrea Superstein – CANADA
Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers – CANADA
Ania Soul – CANADA
Ariane Moffatt – CANADA
Avery Island – CANADA
Baby June – CANADA
Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers – CANADA
Big John Bates – CANADA
Bloodgroup – ICELAND
Body Doubles – CANADA
Boxer the Horse – CANADA
Brad Fillatre – CANADA
Brasstronaut – CANADA
Bryce Jardine – CANADA
Busby Marou – AUSTRALIA
C T Z N S H P – CANADA
Cadence Weapon – CANADA
Careers In Science – CANADA
Carly Rae Jepsen – CANADA
Cartoon – BRAZIL
Christien Summers – CANADA
Cloud Castle Lake – IRELAND
Cody Allen – CANADA
Copacabana Club – BRAZIL
Corinna Rose – CANADA
Courage My Love – CANADA
Cowpuncher – CANADA
Dancing With Paris – CANADA
Daniela Nardi’s Espresso Manifesto – CANADA
Darrelle London – CANADA
David Fonseca – PORTUGAL
Deep Sea Arcade – AUSTRALIA
Def3 – CANADA
Dekadens – ROMAINA
Dibigode – BRAZIL
Dirty Names – USA
Dizzy G – CANADA
Dope D.O.D. – NETHERLANDS
Double Helix – CANADA
Dream Jefferson – CANADA
Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir – USA
Dry the River – UNITED KINGDOM
DVAS – CANADA
dyzack – NETHERLANDS
DZ Deathrays – AUSTRALIA
Elephant Stone – CANADA
Eli Wolfe – AUSTRALIA
ENDAST – CANADA
Endless Dark – ICELAND
Erin Barra – USA
Ewert and The Two Dragons – ESTONIA
Expensive Soul – PORTUGAL
FADE – JAPAN
Fanfarlo – UNITED KINGDOM
Fanny Bloom – CANADA
Farryl Purkiss – SOUTH AFRICA
Felix Zenger – FINLAND
Femme Accident – CANADA
Fiction in Motion – CANADA
Fighting For Ithaca – CANADA
Filligar – USA
Final Thought – CANADA
Fine Times – CANADA
Fire and Neon – CANADA
FIRExFIRE – CANADA
FM HI LOW – CANADA
French Wives – UNITED KINGDOM
Fur Eel – CANADA
Gabrielle Papillon – CANADA
Gavin Slate – CANADA
Give Me Something Beautiful – CANADA
Go Back To The Zoo – NETHERLANDS
Gold & Youth – CANADA
Golden Bloom – USA
Goodnight, Sunrise – CANADA
Great Big Pile of Leaves – USA
Greater Than Giants – CANADA
Grey Kingdom – CANADA
Guadalupe Plata – SPAIN
Hands & Teeth – CANADA
Helen Austin – CANADA
Hot Panda – CANADA
Hotkid – CANADA
Husky – AUSTRALIA
I.R.O.K. – UNITED KINGDOM
In Medias Res – CANADA
INAMBUSH – CANADA
Inch Chua – SINGAPORE
Ineke Vandoorn & Marc van Vugt – NETHERLANDS
Infinite I – CANADA
Jabe – USA
Jackson Firebird – AUSTRALIA
Jacqui Sutton – USA
Jane’s Party – CANADA
Jerry Lindqvist – FINLAND
Jessi Teich – USA
Jessica Lurie – USA
Jessica Rose – CANADA
Jesuslesfilles – CANADA
Joal Kamps – CANADA
Jody Glenham – CANADA
Jordie Lane – AUSTRALIA
Journeys – SWITZERLAND
JP Hoe – CANADA
Juliann Kuchocki – CANADA
Junior Battles – CANADA
Kalle Mattson – CANADA
Katalina Kicks – ENGLAND
Katie Rox – CANADA
Keek – CANADA
Kestrels – CANADA
Kids and Explosions – CANADA
Kids at Risk – AUSTRALIA
Lacerda – CANADA
Level 10 Band – USA
Linda Martini – PORTUGAL
Little City – CANADA
Longital – SOLVAKIA
Louise Burns – CANADA
Lynzie Kent – CANADA
Mad Ones – CANADA
Mansions – USA
Marc O’ Reilly – IRELAND
Marcus Doo & The Secret Family – SPAIN
Margot Roi – CANADA
Mary Stewart – CANADA
Matt Track – CANADA
Max Burgundy – USA
Maybe Refuge – CANADA
McAlister Drive – USA
Measure – USA
Melanie Peterson with Blair Stutz – CANADA
Melissa Cameron – CANADA
Mike Edel – CANADA
Miri – ICELAND
Mise en Scene – CANADA
Missing In Venice – CANADA
Misstress Barbara Live With Girls On A Ducati – CANADA
Modernboys Moderngirls – CANADA
Most People – CANADA
Mushy Callahan – CANADA
My First Tooth – UNITED KINGDOM
My Skin Against Your Skin – TAIWAN
Nash – CANADA
Nightbox – CANADA
Ninette & The Goldfish – SPAIN
Noiserv – PORTUGAL
Ntjam Rosie – NETHERLANDS
Of Verona – USA
Ol Savannah – CANADA
One Bad Son – CANADA
Organ Thieves – CANADA
PAPERMAPS – CANADA
Parks & Rec – CANADA
Patti Cake – CANADA
Paula & Karol – POLAND
Pet Conspiracy – CHINA
Peter Katz – CANADA
phonogarde – CANADA
PKEW PKEW PKEW (gunshots) – CANADA
Racoon Bandit – CANADA
Ralf Wiggum – CANADA
Random Recipe – CANADA
Rebekah Higgs – CANADA
Recovery Child – CANADA
Red Nightfall – CANADA
Redxdown – CANADA
Rejects United – PORTUGAL
Renée Yoxon & René Gely – CANADA
Repartee – CANADA
Revelstoke – CANADA
Ria Mae – CANADA
Rik Van Den Bosch – SPAIN
RIZE – JAPAN
Rococode – CANADA
Ron Davis – CANADA
RPTZR – CANADA
Rubber Kiss Goodbye – UNITED KINGDOM
Rubberbandits – IRELAND
Saidah Baba Talibah – CANADA
SaulPaul – USA
Schiller – GERMANY
Secret Broadcast – CANADA
SECRETTES – CANADA
Seward – SPAIN
Shred Kelly – CANADA
Sigmun – INDONESIA
Siôn Russell Jones – UNITED KINGDOM
Sizhukong – TAIWAN
Slow Motion Shoes – UNITED KINGDOM
Some Community – BRAZIL
Something Good – CANADA
SonReal – CANADA
Spoek Mathambo – SOUTH AFRICA
Stuck On Planet Earth – CANADA
Sun Wizard – CANADA
Sydney Wayser – USA
Tara Priya – USA
Telephunken – SPAIN
Tesla Rossa – USA
TFHouse – CANADA
The Arka Teks – CANADA
The Ascot Royals – CANADA
The BackYard Devils – CANADA
The Big Sleep – USA
The Breaks – CANADA
The Cunninghams – CANADA
The Curious Incident – UNITED KINGDOM
The Danks – CANADA
The Elwins – CANADA
The Gay Nineties – CANADA
The Intermission – PERU
The Jessica Stuart Few – CANADA
The Lines – UNITED KINGDOM
The Love Machine – CANADA
The Lucky Ones – CANADA
The
Lytics – CANADA
The MacHams – CANADA
The Marrieds – CANADA
The Matinee – CANADA
The Mercy Now – CANADA
The Michael Shand Trio – CANADA
The Midtown Collective – USA
The Mojo Fins – UNITED KINGDOM
The Motorleague – CANADA
The North – CANADA
The Provincial Archive – CANADA
The Saw Doctors – IRELAND
The Schomberg Fair – CANADA
The Standstills – CANADA
The STRAIN – CANADA
The Underdogs – PORTUGAL
The unquiet dead – CANADA
The Vasco Era – AUSTRALIA
The Vickers – ITALY
The Wilderness – CANADA
This is Head – SWEDEN
Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold – CANADA
Tiny Danza – CANADA
Today I Caught The Plague – CANADA
Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party – CANADA
Twin Atlantic – SCOTLAND
Two Crown King – CANADA
Two Hours Traffic – CANADA
Victoria Banks – CANADA
WASTER – CANADA
We Are The City – CANADA
Wild Domestic – CANADA
Winter People – AUSTRALIA
World’s End Press – AUSTRALIA
X-Wife – PORTUGAL
Yellow Monsters – SOUTH KOREA
Young Ones – CANADA
Young Statues – USA
Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet – NETHERLANDS
…. and hundreds more previously announced.