music

Revolutionary Hip-Hop

Jul 29 2008 - 3:30pm
Jul 29 2008 - 5:30pm
Location: 
Alex P Keaton

After 4 months of doing out of town shows, London's own TESTAMENT is back to rip the mic. here in LO city for the first time since the F*@# WAR show in March. 
DJ PARADIGM will also be spinning the best revolutionary hiphop including joints off Immortal Technique's new album, so don't miss the realest 2-hours of hip-hop the APK has ever seen! 
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AfroFesta

Jul 19 2008 - 11:00am
Jul 19 2008 - 11:00pm
Location: 
Covent Garden Market

 

Afrofesta, a festival celebrating African-Carribbean-Canadian Culture, is happening at the Covent Garden Market. Check out the Afrofesta website for more details.

 

Ghost Bees with special guest

Jul 25 2008 - 10:00pm
Jul 26 2008 - 2:00am
Location: 
the wick

a halifax based band self described as being similar to: 

slicing a grapefruit and really long hair that sways from side to side.

 

check them out on the myspace.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendi...

 

i am excited about this band. 

Aeolian Rocks: A CBC Bandwidth Live Recording

Jul 15 2008 - 6:28pm
Jul 16 2008 - 12:02am
Location: 
Aeolian Hall (795 Dundas)

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Alan Neal from CBC’s "Bandwidth" and "Canada Live" is coming to host Home County this summer. He’s coming a week early to profile the local London music scene. Olenka & the Autumn Lovers will be one of the bands profiled at this event, which will be a live performance/live recording that will be broadcast on CBC at a later date. Doors 6:30pm. Show starting at 7:30pm with me and the band on first. Other acts include The Two-Minute Miracles, Chris Chown, and The Joys.

WHERE: Aeolian Hall (795 Dundas)
WHEN: 6:30p doors; 7:30p show
HOW MUCH: $10 @ door, or via Aeolian Hall box office (519.672.9750)

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Sunfest 2008

Jul 3 2008 - 6:00pm
Jul 6 2008 - 10:00pm
Location: 
Victoria Park

Sunfest is Canada's Premier Celebration of the Global Arts, held without admission fee in beautiful Victoria Park, London, Ontario.

This unique, high profile event features over 30 top professional world music & dance and jazz ensembles based in Canada and abroad.

http://www.sunfest.on.ca/index.php

See you there!

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SHAKE APPEAL

Jul 22 2008 - 10:00pm
Jul 23 2008 - 2:30am
Location: 
Call The Office

Every Tuesday night...

If you can dance to it, then DJ's Rob Gordon and Johnny Law play it! From 60's garage rock to glam rock and punk from the 70's, to 80's new wave and 90's Britpop, to the latest indie and electronic music. We play something for all musical tastes.

Get there early with your favourite requests, and stay late for the cheap import cans!

DRINK SPECIALS (all night)

- $4 import tallboys (Beck's, Stella, Lowenbrau, Guinness, Boddington's)

- $4 Grolsch swingtop bottles

- $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon bottles

There's also weekly LP, CD and DVD giveaways courtesy of Grooves Records.

No cover. 19+ only.

More info here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8379827061  read more »

The London Underground

Jun 24 2008 - 10:00pm
Jun 25 2008 - 2:15am
Location: 
Call The Office

Every Tuesday night, Grooves Records and 94.9 CHRW present... 

 

 

Plus weekly LP & CD giveaways from Grooves

Bring your favourite requests and come out for some mid-week dancing!

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May 26th, 1945

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They set to work at once,
sowing the sky with fire. Bursts of light flashed everywhere in the
darkness like Christmas trees, lifting their flame high into the night,
then fell back to earth in whistling bouquets of jagged flame. Barely
quarter of an hour after the raid started, the fire, whipped by the
wind, began to scythe its way through the density of that wooden city.
As they fell, cylinders scattered a kind of flaming dew that skidded
along the roofs, setting fire to everything it splashed, and spreading
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Strathroy Turkeyfest Battle of the Bands

Jun 20 2008 - 4:00pm
Jun 20 2008 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Alexandra Park, Strathroy,ON

Hey folks!  Come support our local youth and their music! 

Next Wave Youth Centre and Bell Aliant present the 2008 Turkeyfest Battle of the Bands, Friday, June 20th 4-8pm @ Alexandra Park in Strathroy.

1st Prize: $300, plus featured set at Turkeyfest (June 21st) and 24 hours of recording time with Blue Room (value = $960.00)

2nd Prize: $200

3rd Prize: $100

There will also be a prize for People's Choice!  read more »

Its the Final Countdown

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Anyone who's a fan of the hijinx of the television show Arrested Development might enjoy this one. I don't suspect there to be man Europe fans here.

 

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