DEFIANCE OHIO, BARN OWL, BYRON, Steelworkers Hall (25 Cecil Street), $5-$10 (PWYC), all ages .
MAYLEE TODD video premier, The Drake, doors 8 pm, $5 to midnight, $10 after.
FRI SEPT 17 CARIBOU, Phoenix, all ages, $15.
THE CHARLATANS, Lee's Palace, $32.50.
THE BEAUTIES, The Horseshoe, $12.
SHIRAZ ENSEMBLE, Music Gallery, $20/$25.
STEVEN McKAY, HOODED FANG, SLOW HAND MOTEM, guests, back/sale, The Garrison, 9 pm, $3.
SAT SEP 18 THE MICAH BARNES TRIO, Young Centre, $15.
THE BEAUTIES, The Horseshoe, $12.
DAVID BAZAN, MYNABIRDS, Lee's Palace, $12.50.
ARTHUR’S LANDING (Mustafa Ahmed — percussion, Joyce Bowden — vocals and guitar, Ernie Brooks — bass guitar and vocals, Steven Hall — vocals and guitar, Bill Ruyle — drums, James Duncan — trumpet) play songs of Arthur Russell, NICK STORRING, GLISSANDRO 70 DJs, Music Gallery, $10-$20.
SLAVE TO THE SQUAREWAVE, CHANG-A-LANG, HARD LUCK BAR, doors 9 pm, $10.
TURNING POINT, guest DJ Quantic, The Garrison, 9 pm, $10.
MON SEPT 20 POLARIS PRIZE GALA.
JOE PERNICE in conversation with STUART ROSS (pb book launch plus some songs), Clinton's,
WED SEP 22 M.I.A., Sound Academy, all ages, $40-$75.
TEENAGE FANCLUB, The Horseshoe, $25.
STRANGE BOYS, GENTLEMAN JESSE & HIS MEN, CATL, The Garrison, 9 pm, $9.
THU SEP 23 TEENAGE FANCLUB, The Horseshoe, $25.
GOLDEN DOGS, Soundscapes, 7 pm, free.
EVE & THE OCEAN, JOEL BATTLE, guests, The Garrison, 9 pm, $5.
FRI SEP 24 Wavelength 307 w/MINOTAURS, FOND OF TIGERS, EUCALYPTUS, more, The Garrison, pwyc.
MARY GAUTHIER, Hugh's Room, 8:30 pm, $32.50.
MIDLAKE, ROGUE WAVE, Opera House, $19.50.
SAT SEP 25 BEST COAST, Lee's Palace, $13.
YOUNG RIVAL, PACK A.D., guests, The Garrison, 9 pm, $10.
SUN SEP 26 World Jazz for Haiti (benefit cd launch) w/ GEORGE KOLLER, JOHN MCDERMOTT, LAILA BIALI, AARON DAVIS, MIKE JANZEN, LUANDA JONES, MANINHO COSTA, MARK MOSCA, DK IBOMEKA, SHUFFLE DEMONS, ANDRE ROY, TOM REYNOLDS TRIO, JANE BUNNETT, Hugh's Room, 8:30 pm, $25.
Carl Wilson embarks on a personal quest to understand the perplexing popularity of Céline Dion and her music, and through it what we really talk about when we talk about taste. ..."Brilliant"- Alex Ross (The New Yorker)