Comments on: Review of Doves' Kingdom Of Rust

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:15:36 +0000

incredible…this is the 2nd reissue of whirlpool. cherry red reissued it in 2006 or 2007 with some b-sides as bonus tracks. i guess someone might as well cash in again while the “shoegaze” revival is still happening!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:57:43 +0000

I think Franz Ferdinand have a good chance of being there. Have not played a proper sized show (e.g. ricoh coliseum) in Toronto for a long time, lots of people who missed their small Lees/Kool Haus shows will be yearning to see them, and they have a big gap in their touring schedule around then.

And cb, I have heard that the Rogers Picnic will be on July 19 @ Fort York this year.

By: cb

cb — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:33:06 +0000

how bout MBV, Blur and Echo & The Bunnymen….last year was disappointing…I hope they step it up this time round.

Frank any word on Rogers picnic?

By: monkeyinabox

monkeyinabox — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:45:19 +0000

Hope Sky Larkin gets the issue sorted out. It’s a good CD and I saw them live with Los Campesinos! Good stuff.

By: Frank Yang

Frank Yang — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:26:27 +0000

yeah, but it’s also a lot easier to shuttle down the 401 than to fly cross-continent

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:20:27 +0000

Slackers! If I’m not mistaken, didn’t VFest and Osheaga share the same acts on the same weekend a couple of years ago (Saturday’s bands there were here Sunday and vice-versa)? In that case, we could get Incubus after all (we can always dream…)

By: Frank Yang

Frank Yang — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:59:26 +0000

another whole pile of bands to eliminate:

http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/

Outside Lands in SF is that weekend, so no PJ, Beasties, Modest Mouse, Incubus, MIA…

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:24:26 +0000

True, but now KoL are huge here. I was thinking of them as a band that could be billed just below the headliner anyway.

That’s what I’m afraid of with the festival. I believe a shift in the target demographic is possible. Nothing says Northern Ontario like The Tragically Hip! I hope they don’t do this and keep that Brit vibe going. Blur would be a good choice.

By: Frank Yang

Frank Yang — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:19:04 +0000

Foo Fighters are a much bigger band than KoL, and have the sort of fanbase that’d see them twice in a short amount of time. My impression was that though a big deal in the UK, they couldn’t get arrested in NOrth America until this new record. That could be wrong, but I don’t know if I’d bank on so relatively green a headliner for something like that.

As for the Hip, getting them would also represent a fairly significant shift in target demographic, though maybe that’s what they’ve decided tehy need. The Toronto V has always tried to maintain that kind of Brit/Alt vibe – the Hip would be a much more populist choice. It would really surprise me if it was them.

Only other thing I can think is bands NOT doing the Summer festival circuit but using it as a launching point for a Fall jaunt.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:13:30 +0000

Apparantly the Kings Of Leon show was very close to sold out. Last year Foo Fighters did a show in the Spring and came back for VFest. Kings Of Leon are festival whores, so I figured they would be there.

Remember, this will draw a lot of people that may not go see The Tragically Hip shows at Massey Hall. I think just as people who live downtown find it to be a daunting task to go anywhere noth of the city, people who live north may feel the same way about going to Massey Hall. I think they have to be considered a possibility.

So if Green Day isn’t playing, there really aren’t many choices left for headliners who can actually bring people out to this event. Radiohead are also at Reading/Leeds, so they are out. Maybe The Cure? Tool? I hope the line-up is decent and this thing is a success.