We’re back to the Bovine this Friday night !!  We’re playing The Reed Effect’s CD release party and it’s also a celebration of Corey’s 27 years of adequate eating/sleeping/breathing to sustain himself !  We are on at the witching hour (midnight).  Come early so you don’t miss our friends Charming Ruins, you will NOT regret it.  They will charm the pants off ya.

We’re also participating in a pretty rad event called “Fake Band Night”.  The event page says “All your favorite local rockers battling it out in fake bands formed by draw. One night only. Don’t miss this.”  This  will also take place at our beloved Bovine on May 19th.  Steve’s in a synth-pop band, Scottie’s in a Misfits-esque band and I (Caitlin) am in a Metal band called Phallaxy which totally kicks all of the other bands’ asses.  Just sayin’.

Question:  When is it the most fun to be a musician in Toronto?

Answer:  June 13th-17th….in other words….NXNE!  Why? Because you get to galavant around like a deliquint hooligan, enjoy killer bands from around the world and indulge in free food and beverages at the various schmoozfests !  You wanna come get into some trouble with us?  Find us at the Hideout on Friday June 15th.  We’re playing at 1 in the AM.

STAY TUNED for some fun tour-related news that will be happening this summer.  BC is headin’ to BC.  That’s right, the wild wild WEST.

Our boys from Cincinnati, Mad Anthony, arrived in TO on Monday and RAWKED the Bovine with Flash Lightnin’.  It was a double serving of dangerous and we brought our appetites.

Wednesday was World War Wicked at the Whore’s Shoe (better known as the Horseshoe, but this looks cooler).  We were thrilled to play the legendary venue’s kick-off to CMW party and were immediately excited by the turn-out….in our experience, week nights (aka school nights) at 9:30 can be a tough draw…but the gods were smiling on us that fine evening.  Despite sweatin’ like Rob Ford on stage, the set felt like a million bucks.  Read all ’bout it here and here .

We were lookin’ for more trouble, so we crashed Cherry Cola’s and caught Mad Anthony in the act…of setting the place ablaze.  They’re not just arses who arse around, but actual arsonists.  (By ”arse around”, please see the photo below taken in our washroom ) In all seriousness, they are one hot band.  If you missed them during their brief stay, you should be slapped.

We were so happy to be reuinted with our dear friends and were excited to show the boys a good time in Toronto.  While in Ohio and Kentucky, the MA boys, along with our other Cinci boyfriends, Banderas , showed us a great time and we wanted to return the favour.  We wanted to make sure they caught some quality music while in our neck of the woods, so we took ‘em to see  Emma-Lee  at the Drake and then Happy Endings at the Bovine.  An excellent finale to a wonderful visit.  We miss’em already.

Saturday night we brought the Schwing to the Shwa.  We played the Atria for oh-so-rockin’ band The Bone Devil ’s release party.  This was a very entertaining and exciting show….it involved monster masks, balaclavas, neon glow tubes and an impromptu jam session with a brass section.  A killer two-piece, The Watershed Hour and an insanely good band called Fishead Phil rocked our socks off.  We had such a good time, we didn’t want to leave….but we had to , cause we were runnin’ on fumes.

Now we’re nursin’ colds and sore throats…neo citron and echinacea cocktails galore!We’re getting revved up for this weekend cause we’re playing the Phog Lounge in Windsor on Saturday with ASK and Tyres!  We’re stoOoOoOoOoked! Watch out Windsor.

Our definition of arsing around.

This weekend is going to be a hot-heavy MESS.  Friday night, we’re playing with Montreal Metal-heads Barn Burner and Vancouver’s Slow Learners (members of Ladyhawk) at the most legendary of all taverns…The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern(which I almost always misspell as Hores Shoe).  We’re damn excited to be on this darn bill.

It’s going to be such an aural assault, one Dr. even posted this warning on his blog :

“Friday night at the Horseshoe will cause inner ear nerves to become damaged and they will not properly transmit their signals to the brain. Those who attend this concert may complain that people seem to mumble or that they hear, but do not understand, what is being said.”

Sweet Jeezus!

If we’re not stone-deaf Saturday morning, we’ll be hittin’ the road for Harrisburg Pencil-Vania where we’ll be playing Double K Tavern as part of the Millenium Music Conference.  We’re looking forward to playing the You-Ess-of-EH again….Here’s a photo we snapped on tour in Chicago during a particularly patriotic moment :

THE BOVINE -Friday May 11th -Toronto, ON

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