Compiled by Zoilus with the generous aid of ace assistants ERELLA GANON, LISA PARTICELLI and CHRIS RANDLE.

Corrections & additions welcome. Zoilus-approved shows are marked with a *star. Special picks are **double-starred. If it's not starred, it may mean I don't find it especially thrilling, or just that I don't know or am not sure enough to recommend it. Listings will be updated weekly. All info subject to change - this is a casual effort, please do call the venues. Sources include the Stillepost.ca Toronto board, Eye, Now, ListMe.ca, Canoe.ca, Soundlist, The Whole Note, Toronto Life and, as the saying goes, you - email or post in the comments with show information and disinformation.

May
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June
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THUR MAY 8

** PONY DA LOOK cd release, CAMOUFLAGE NIGHTS, DJ Finkelstein => Sneaky Dee's, 9 pm, $7 ($12 w/ cd)
** ELYN SOF, NAW, DOUBLE SUICIDE (Ryan Driver & Sandro Perri) => The Central, $5
* CROWDED HOUSE, DON MCGLASHAN => Music Hall (147 Danforth), $69.50 (May 7, 8)
* "The Professionals Vol. 1" hip-hop w/ SKYZOO (Brooklyn), TONA, ARCEE, DJs P-Plus and Musiklee Inzane => Rivoli, 9:30 pm, $10
* GRUVORIA, DJ David Dacks => Supermarket, 9:30 pm, $10
* CONVERGENCE ENSEMBLE => Somewhere There, 8 pm, $6
* Sounds Like Justice 4 benefit w/ FRED EAGLESMITH, 10,000 MANIACS, JOHN, MARY, THE VALKYRIES, THE SPOONS, BLUE PETER, LIBERTY SILVER => Courthouse, 9 pm, $30
MELANIE C => Phoenix, all ages, $35
Lend to End w/LOW LEVEL FLIGHT, KIRSTEN JONES, KUSH => Alice Fazooli's, $30
TASA, MONSOON => Lula Lounge, $15
ANCIENT CHINESE SECRET => Cadillac Lounge (every Thurs)
SWEET THING, ARKELLS => Mod Club, $12
ROCKY ROBERTS, THE BEAUTIES => Dakota Tavern
TWMFest w/ KEY WITNESS, FIVE BLANK PAGES, NUMBERS & FIGURES, THE EATONS => Rancho Relaxo, 9 pm, $7
MACRO FIESTA, BROCKWAY BIGGS (aka Pimp Tea) => Mitzi's Sister, 10 pm, $5
KEN REAUME, NORDIC NOMADIC, THE YOUNGEST => Tranzac, 9 pm, pwyc
SEE SPOT RUN, THREE STAR SEED, CLAYPINE, EXLEY => Horseshoe, $4
VANDERPARK, SLAVE TO THE SQUAREWAVE => Tattoo Rock Parlour, 9 pm, $8
JAY SPECTRE, AUTOBODIES, WILL THE CIRCLE => Silver Dollar, 9 pm
OUR FATHER, MARR, BREADFAN => Bovine, 9 pm, $5
HATCHETMAN, SURFACE TO SOUND, AMANDA KAYE => Smiling Buddha, 9pm, $5.

FRI MAY 9

* QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE => El Mocambo (sold out)
* AIMEE MANN in-store => Sonic Boom, 6:30 pm, free
* CUT COPY, BLACK KIDS => Lee's Palace, The Phoenix, $17
* ELIZABETH SHEPHERD QUINTET cd launch ("Parkdale"!), Footprint DJs, John Kong => Gladstone Ballroom, 9 pm, $10 adv, $15 door
* CULTURE REJECT, ALEX LUKASHEVSKY, JENNY OMNICHORD = > Cinecycle, 8 pm
* SANDRO PERRI, CRY RUMBLE, LISA BOZIKOVIC => Tranzac, 10:15 pm, pwyc
* TWMFest w/ BETH IN BATTLE MODE, FOX JAWS, AMOS THE TRANSPARENT, THE COAST GUARD => Rancho Relaxo, 9 pm, $7
FLO RIDA, DANITY KANE, DAY 26, DONNIE => Rogers Centre (1 Blue Jays Way), $40-$89
THE SHOVELS => Dakota
BILL COLGATE & THE URBAN GUERRILLAS => Gladstone, 7 pm, pwyc
HOT MONOGAMY, DANCE ELECTRIC, SECRET PUBLIC, AGES OF MEN => Silver Dollar, 9 pm, $5
A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION, PURR, BERNADETTE & THE NORTH, THE HEAVY => Horseshoe, $6
HAMILTON TRADING COMPANY, ETHERS, SPIES, BARE TEETH => Lee's Palace, $5
MERCY NOW, JERRY LAGER & THE SITUATION, THE PAPERMAKERS => Mitzi's Sister, 10 pm
RAYNA, CORMAC CLEARY, THE CITY, SPACE IS FOR STARS, SUNDY DETOX => Smiling Buddha, 9 pm
PETER ELKAS BAND, ZEUS => Rivoli, $8
ROB SZABO, DAVE MARTEL => Cameron House (Back Room), 10 pm, $10
TALIXZEN, LAF-O, GHOST TELEVISION, MOONBASS => Concord Cafe, 10 pm
COLISEUM, VICTIMS, TRASHTALK, CROSSROAD => Sneaky Dee's, 9 pm, $10

SAT MAY 10

** Tribute to James Brown w/ BOOTSY COLLINS & THE HARDEST WORKING BAND, BOBBY BYRD BAND, more => Kool Haus, all ages, $39.50POSTPONED
* Avant-Mutek w/ PHEEK, MOSSA, JAP_ => Drake Underground, 11 pm-2 am, $5
* DOA, CLASS ASSASSINS => Horseshoe, $10.50
* FOGGY HOGTOWN BOYS => Brunswick House, 3:45 pm (every Sat)
* MIX AND SUN AND CLOUDS => Somewhere There, 8 pm, $6
* (weewerk) presents UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF MONTREAL, RYAN SHEARING & THE GHOST OF BELLE STARR, CANTEEN KNOCKOUT => Dakota, $5
* NINA NIELSEN, KAT BURNS (Forest City Lovers),GAVIN GARDNER (The Wooden Sky) => Tranzac (Tiki Room), 9:30pm, pwyc
* THE WEATHER STATION, AUDREY BRANKLEY => Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 10 pm, pwyc
* TWMFest w/ TIN BANGS, SCHOMBERG FAIR, MARK BERUBE & THE PATRIOTIC FEW, THE CHEAP SPEAKERS => Rancho Relaxo, 9 pm, $7
* "We've Got Joy!" w/ THE BLOOR STREET GOSPEL CHORUS => Bloor Street United Church, 7:30 pm, $7-$12
* ELASTOCITIZENS, THE HEAVY => Lee's Palace, $10
THE PRIDDLE CONCERN (in-store) => Soundscapes, 5pm, free
No Shame w/ THE D'URBERVILLES, THE DETAILS, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS => Drake Underground, 7:30pm (early show), $5
JASON KENEMY'S UPSIDE DOWN (feat blake howard, dave clark, lewis melville, frank perna, more) => Gift Shop (1550 Queen W), $5
CAMERON FAMILY SINGERS => Cameron House, front room, 6 pm (every Sat)
CADILLAC RANCH MATINEE => Cadillac Lounge, 4 pm (every Sat)
JAH CUTTA => Rivoli, $12.50
TEENAGE X, THE WEIRDIES => Trash Palace (89B Niagara St.), 3 pm
Heavyweights w/ KON & AMIR (Brooklyn, Boston), FOOTPRINTS, DJ SERIOUS, KAEWONDER => Revival, 10 pm, $15
THE WILDERNESS => Cameron House (Back Room), 10pm
SON ROBERTS BAND, STEVE STRONGMAN BAND => Silver Dollar, 9:30pm, $10
BOMBING NEVERLAND, BEAUTIFUL NOTHING => Bovine, 9 pm, $7
CHINESE FOOD, EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME, CANCEL WINTER => El Mocambo (First Floor), 9 pm, $7
Music of Irving Berlin w/ ORIANA WOMEN'S CHOIR => Jane Mallett Theatre (27 Front East), $10-$25
BACH CHILDREN'S CHORUS => Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge), 7:30 pm, $20-$24
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, POISON THE WELL, THROWDOWN => Sound Academy, all ages, $28
MAEVENS, ADAM FAUX => Mitzi's Sister, 9 pm
SIMEON ROSS (Infighter), CRAIG SMITH, KATELYN DAWN, DAVID PORTEOUS => C'est What, 10 pm, free
LES KILT, FLYING EYES => Tranzac (Main Hall), 9 pm, $5
JOHNNY WENT UNDER, FIRST PERSON SHOOTER, ADA => Blue Moon, $7

SUN MAY 11

** CLINIC, SHEARWATER => Lee's Palace, 9 pm, $15
** EL PERRO DEL MAR, LYKKE LI, ANNA TERNHEIM => Mod Club, $15
** JIM WHITE => Horseshoe, 9:30 pm, $12.50
* THE NYMPHETS (Montreal), TROPICS, SOUR NOTES => Rancho Relaxo, 9 pm, $5
* Wavelength 412 w/ THE GUEST BEDROOM, WE VERSUS THE SHARK, ORN => Sneaky Dee's (431 College), pwyc
* THE BACKSTABBERS COUNTRY STRINGBAND => Gladstone "Melody Bar," 5-8 pm, pwyc (every Sunday)
* Avant-Mutek w/ STEPHEN BEAUPRE, NOAH PRED => Drake Sky Yard, 5-8 pm, $5
* THE KENSINGTON HILLBILLIES => Cameron House, 6 pm (every Sun)
* KEVIN QUAIN & THE MAD BASTARDS => Cameron House, 10 pm (every Sun)
LUCIANO, QUEEN IFRICA, ETANA, JAH MESSENJAH BAND => Sound Academy, $40
BLUEGRASS BRUNCH => Dakota Tavern, 11 am - 3 pm (every Sun)
Barn Dance w/ THE BEAUTIES => Dakota Tavern, 10 pm (every Sun)
JULIE LEAHY, SCHOLA SPEI => Gladstone Hotel, $15
DEAD CITY CITIZENS, TWISTED HAZARD, THE DAILY TIMES => Reverb, all ages, 7 pm, $10
Lazy Sunday Matinee w/ OLENKA => Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), 2:30 pm, pwyc
Gather Round w/ IDLE TIGERS, HAMILTON TRADING CO. => The Boat, 9 pm, pwyc

MON MAY 12

* Tiki Room Rat-drifting series (every Monday in May) w/ KELLY HOOD, THE ALLISON CAMERON BAND => Tranzac Tiki Room, pwyc
* BLUEGRASS MONDAYS => The Local, 396 Roncesvalles, free (Every Mon)
RATTLESNAKE CHOIR (country) => Dakota (every Monday)

TUE MAY 13

** LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES => St Andrew's Church, 73 Simcoe St, 8 pm, $35 adv
** VTO8 w/ FRANZISKA BAUMANN & MATTHIAS ZIEGLER (voice & flute), CHRISTINE DUNCAN'S ELEMENT CHOIR => Music Gallery, 8 pm, $10-$20
** NOBUO KUBOTA & AL MATTES, TRIO SNOW => Somewhere There, 8 pm, $6
* HARD SKIN, FUCKED UP, BRUTAL KNIGHTS, BAD SKIN => Wrongbar, $10
ZAKI IBRAHIM, KAMAU, CANDY COATED KILLAHZ => Mod Club, 9 pm, $12

WED MAY 14

** VTO8 w/ XU FENGXIA (China, guzheng), GUNDA GOTTSCHALK (Germany, violin, viola), ROB CLUTTON (Toronto, double bass) => Coleman Lemieux Dance Studio, 304 Parliament, 8 pm, $10-$20
* ROB'S COLLISON => Somewhere There, 8 pm, $6
* High Lonesome Wednesdays w/ CRAZY STRINGS => Silver Dollar (every Wed.)
* THE RED EYED BOYS => Cameron House, 6-8 pm, pwyc (every Wed.)
AS I LAY DYING, MISERY SIGNALS, EVERGREEN TERRACE => Phoenix, all ages, 7 pm, $22
FLASH LIGHTNIN' (southern boogie) => Dakota Tavern (every Wed)

THUR MAY 15

** Improv w/ MARY MAGARET O'HARA (voice), AIDAN CLOSS (guitar/piano), LARRY POTTER (vibraphone) => Tranzac, 10 pm, pwyc
* South Asian Music Series w/ ABHIJIT POHANKAR => Lula Lounge, $20-$25
* LILY FROST, PAUL LINKLATER, MY DIVINE LIGHT (Jose Contreras) => Tranzac, 9 pm
* CONVERGENCE ENSEMBLE => Somewhere There, 8 pm, $6
LYMBYC SYSTYM => Silver Dollar, $7
GEORGE GROSMAN TRIO (jazz) => St John's York Mills Anglican Church (19 Don Ridge), 12:15 pm, free
A TROPHY LIFE, BURY THE BULLY, INLAND => Kathedral, all ages, 6 pm, $10
Tribute to Domenic Troiano w/ BRENDA RUSSELL, ROY KENNER, JAY JACKSON, SHAKURA S'AIDA => Palais Royale Ballroom (1601 Lakeshore West), 6:30 pm, $100
RAE BILLING cd release, JACQUES & THE SHAKY BOYS => Dakota, 8 and 10:30 pm respectively

FRI MAY 16

* Punchclock Showcase II w/ANAGRAM, NIFTY, $100 => WhipperSnapper Gallery
* BRITISH SEA POWER => Lee's Palace, $15
TOKIO HOTEL => Sound Academy, all ages, $34.50

SAT MAY 17

* Punchclock Showcase II w/BOB WISEMAN, RICHARD LAVIOLETTE, more => WhipperSnapper Gallery
* FOGGY HOGTOWN BOYS => Brunswick House, 3:45 pm (every Sat)
TASA => St Nicholas Anglican Church, $15
CAMERON FAMILY SINGERS => Cameron House, front room, 6 pm (every Sat)
CADILLAC RANCH MATINEE => Cadillac Lounge, 4 pm (every Sat)
THE ROYAL CROWNS => Dakota

SUN MAY 18

** Wavelength 413 w/ THE WINKS, SECRET MOMMY, THE CLEEF => Sneaky Dee's, pwyc
** VTO8 w/ KTL (Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))), Khanate + Peter Rehberg a.k.a. Pita), NEMETH (UK), SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY => Music Gallery, 8 pm, $20-$25
* THE BACKSTABBERS COUNTRY STRINGBAND => Gladstone "Melody Bar," 5-8 pm, pwyc (every Sunday)
* THE KENSINGTON HILLBILLIES => Cameron House, 6 pm (every Sun)
* KEVIN QUAIN & THE MAD BASTARDS => Cameron House, 10 pm (every Sun)
BLUEGRASS BRUNCH => Dakota Tavern, 11 am - 3 pm (every Sun)
Barn Dance w/ THE BEAUTIES => Dakota Tavern, 10 pm (every Sun)

MON MAY 19

* Tiki Room Rat-drifting series (every Monday in May) w/ TANIA GILL, THE GUAYAVERAS => Tranzac Tiki Room, pwyc
* BLUEGRASS MONDAYS => The Local, 396 Roncesvalles, free (Every Mon)
RATTLESNAKE CHOIR (country) => Dakota (every Monday)
DOSH, ANATHALLO => El Mocambo, $12.50
JOEY BELLADONNA, SIN DEALER, REDEEMER, CAYM => Reverb, 7 pm. $22.50

TUE MAY 20

* THRONES, OCRILIM, WYRD VISIONS, WOMEN IN TRAGEDY => The Boat, $8
NUDIE & THE TURKS cd release, DAN KERSHAW => Dakota Tavern

WED MAY 21

** KANYE WEST, RIHANNA, LUPE FIASCO, N.E.R.D => Molson Amphitheatre, $39.50-$84.50
* Toronto Blues Society anniversary w/ SHAKURA S'AIDA => Yonge-Dundas Square, 12:30 pm, free
* High Lonesome Wednesdays w/ CRAZY STRINGS => Silver Dollar (every Wed.)
* THE RED EYED BOYS => Cameron House, 6-8 pm, pwyc (every Wed.)
Cool Drummings Percussion Festival w/ LIAM TEAGUE, ARPA TAMBORA, BEVERLEY JOHNSTON, RICHARD MOORE => MacMillan Theatre, U of T (80 Queen's Park), $10-$30
Cool Drummings w/ RAGING ASIAN WOMEN TAIKO DRUMMERS Percussion Festival, Walter Hall, U of T (80 Queen's Park), 6:30 pm, $10-$30
FLASH LIGHTNIN' (southern boogie) => Dakota Tavern (every Wed)

THUR MAY 22

** THE LONG BLONDES => Lee's Palace, doors 8:30 pm, $15
* LAL cd launch => Wrongbar
* NIGHTWOOD, TOMBOYFRIEND, THE BOOKS ELUSIVE => Rancho Relaxo, 9 pm, $5
* PETER CASE => Dakota Tavern, 10:30 pm
Tin Pan North fest (Nashville-style songwriters) => Dakota, 7-10 pm (also May 23)
BARBARA FRIS, WILLIAM SHOOKHOFF (soprano, piano) => St John's York Mills Anglican Church (19 Don Ridge), 12:15 pm, free
THE MOSCOW VIRTUOSI, OLGA KERN (piano) => Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe), $45-$90
Cool Drummings Percussion Festival w/ TAMBUCO, GLEN VELEZ => MacMillan Theatre, U of T (80 Queen's Park), $10-$30
CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: Led Zeppelin 4 => Phoenix, $12-$20

FRI MAY 23

** LOS CAMPESINOS => Lee's Palace, $13.50
* SARAH SLEAN => Danforth Music Hall, 7 pm, $27.50
* OPETH, 3, DEATHMARCH => Sound Academy, all ages, 7 pm, $31.75
UH HUH HER => Mod Club, $15
Tin Pan North fest (Nashville-style songwriters) => Dakota, 7-10 pm (also May 22)

SAT MAY 24

** NAS => Kool Haus, all ages, $44.50
** Cool Drummings Percussion Festival w/ EVERGREEN CLUB CONTEMPORARY GAMELAN, SUBA SANKARAN, JENNIFER MOORE => Walter Hall, U of T (80 Queen's Park), $10-$30 * Cool Drummings Percussion Festival w/ TOCA LOCA, THE MCGILL PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE => Walter Hall, U of T (80 Queen's Park), 3 pm, $10-$30
* LAURA VEIRS, LIAM FINN => El Mocambo, $10
* FOGGY HOGTOWN BOYS => Brunswick House, 3:45 pm (every Sat)
South Asian Music Series w/ GUNDECHA BROTHERS => Enwave Theatre (231 Queens Quay West), $25-$30
CAMERON FAMILY SINGERS => Cameron House, front room, 6 pm (every Sat)
CADILLAC RANCH MATINEE => Cadillac Lounge, 4 pm (every Sat)
KT TUNSTALL => Music Hall (147 Danforth), all ages, $34.50
REVIVAL DEAR => Dakota Tavern

SUN MAY 25

*** SoundaXis fest: "Concrete Toronto Music" curated by Jonny Dovercourt and Carl (Zoilus) Wilson w/ KNURL, SMITH & WIERNIK, SANDRO PERRI & TONY DEKKER, CCMC, CARLA HUHTANEN/WALLACE HALLADAY (voice/sax) => Polish Combatants Hall, 206 Beverley St., 8 pm, $10-$20 (also June 1 matinee show @ the Ontario Science Centre, buses are available)
* Wavelength 414 w/ THE DEAD SCIENCE, MT SILVER, WOMEN => Sneaky Dee's, pwyc
* Doors Open/SoundaXis w/ EVERGREEN CLUB CONTEMPORARY GAMELAN feat NANO S., "Priangan: Abode of the Spirits" Gamelan workshop/ceremony followed by concert => Music Gallery, free from 2-4 pm, concert @ 5 pm, $10-$20
* THE BACKSTABBERS COUNTRY STRINGBAND => Gladstone "Melody Bar," 5-8 pm, pwyc (every Sunday)
* THE KENSINGTON HILLBILLIES => Cameron House, 6 pm (every Sun)
* KEVIN QUAIN & THE MAD BASTARDS => Cameron House, 10 pm (every Sun)
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE => Horseshoe, doors 8:30 pm, $9
YOSHIDA BROTHERS => Enwave Theatre, $30
THE EXPOS, PDH, STOP DROP N SKANK => Reverb, all ages, 6:30 pm, $13
THIS VERY DAY, STAINED GLASS ROMANCE, MAVERICK => Kathedral, all ages, 7 pm, $10
BLUEGRASS BRUNCH => Dakota Tavern, 11 am - 3 pm (every Sun)
Barn Dance w/ THE BEAUTIES => Dakota Tavern, 10 pm (every Sun)

MON MAY 26

* BLUEGRASS MONDAYS => The Local, 396 Roncesvalles, free (Every Mon)
RATTLESNAKE CHOIR (country) => Dakota (every Monday)
SHERYL CROW, KT TUNSTALL => Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lakeshore West), 7 pm, $40.75-$70.75
HELIO SEQUENCE => Horseshoe, $10

TUE MAY 27

GREG HOBBS, JOEL STEWART & THE FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS => Dakota
ERIC CLAPTON, *ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND => Molson Amphitheatre, 7:30 pm, $41-$225
TALISKER PLAYERS => Trinity-St Paul's, May 27 & 28, $10-$30

WED MAY 28

** FIREWATER => Horseshoe, $10
** RILO KILEY => Phoenix
* High Lonesome Wednesdays w/ CRAZY STRINGS => Silver Dollar (every Wed.)
* THE RED EYED BOYS => Cameron House, 6-8 pm, pwyc (every Wed.)
KEVIN RAMESSAR ( guitar competition) = > Yonge-Dundas Square, 12:30 pm, free
FLASH LIGHTNIN' (southern boogie) => Dakota Tavern (every Wed)
TALISKER PLAYERS => Trinity-St Paul's, May 27 & 28, $10-$30

THU MAY 29

** JON-RAE (formerly of The River) => Horseshoe
* ISLANDS => Phoenix, $12
South Asian Music Series w/ AUTORICKSHAW, BEN GROSSMAN => Lula Lounge, $15
TWO ROADS HOME (folk duo) => St John's York Mills Anglican Church (19 Don Ridge), 12:15 pm, free
YOAV => Mod Club, $12.50
THE WARPED 45s => Dakota

FRI MAY 30

* JULLY BLACK => Music Hall (147 Danforth), all ages, $27.50
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE, MELISSA MCCLELLAND => Trinity-St Paul's, $18
BRADLEY BOY, PATRICK BREALEY => Dakota

SAT MAY 31

** SoundaXis fest w/ FRANCES-MARIE UITTI (cello, Amsterdam) & LORI FREEDMAN (clarinet/bass clarinet, Montreal) => Music Gallery, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, $10-$25
** Extermination Music Night VII w/LULLABYE ARKESTRA, THE WALTER HAUL, TROPICS, LSDOUBLEDCUP => location tba, pwyc
* FOGGY HOGTOWN BOYS => Brunswick House, 3:45 pm (every Sat)
SUZIE MCNIEL => Mod Club, all ages, 7 pm, $12
OH SUSANNA => Dakota Tavern
COHEED & CAMBIRA , BARONESS => Sound Academy, all ages, $32.50
JONAH MATRANGA => Drake Hotel, $10.50
CAMERON FAMILY SINGERS => Cameron House, front room, 6 pm (every Sat)
CADILLAC RANCH MATINEE => Cadillac Lounge, 4 pm (every Sat)
The Classic Big Band Summer Bash w/GLENN CHIPKAR & THE SWING SHIFT BIG BAND ORCHESTRA, more => Palais Royale, $50

SUN JUN 1

MON JUN 2

TUE JUN 3

WED JUN 4

* High Lonesome Wednesdays w/ CRAZY STRINGS => Silver Dollar (every Wed.)
* LICKIN' GOOD FRIED (feat singer Alex Pangman, members of the Backstabbers) => Cameron House, 7-9 pm, pwyc (every Wed)

THU JUN 5

FRI JUN 6

** MARTHA WAINWRIGHT => Mod Club, 7 pm, $20
* ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE => Trinity-St Paul's, $25

SAT JUN 7

SUN JUN 8

** CHRIS CAWTHRAY (drums) & ROB CLUTTON (bass) => Somewhere There, 8 pm, $6
* STYROFOAM (Antwerp) => El Mocambo, $8.50

MON JUN 9

TUE JUN 10

WED JUN 11

* High Lonesome Wednesdays w/ CRAZY STRINGS => Silver Dollar (every Wed.)
* LICKIN' GOOD FRIED (feat singer Alex Pangman, members of the Backstabbers) => Cameron House, 7-9 pm, pwyc (every Wed)

THU JUN 12

* Better Reasons fest (benefit for Sketch youth-art program) w/ FOREST CITY LOVERS, THE MAGIC, EVENING HYMNS => Tranzac, 8 pm, pwyc
MONEY MARK => Horseshoe, $20

FRI JUN 13

* Better Reasons fest (benefit for Sketch youth-art program) w/ PRAIRIE CAT, THE BICYCLES, HENRY FLETCHER, PETER PROJECT, LILY FROST, films, more => Tranzac, 8 pm, pwyc
* EVAN DANDO => Horseshoe, $20
SWERVEDRIVER => Lee's Palace, $20

SAT JUN 14

* REDD KROSS => Lee's Palace, $20
* Better Reasons fest (benefit for Sketch youth-art program) w/ NIF-D, THE PHONEMES, TRADITION, MATIAS ROZENBURG => Tranzac, 5 pm, pwyc, with BBQ

SUN JUN 15

MON JUN 16

TUE JUN 17

WED JUN 18

* High Lonesome Wednesdays w/ CRAZY STRINGS => Silver Dollar (every Wed.)
* LICKIN' GOOD FRIED (feat singer Alex Pangman, members of the Backstabbers) => Cameron House, 7-9 pm, pwyc (every Wed)

THU JUN 19

* BACHMAN-CUMMINGS, KIM MITCHELL => Molson Amphitheatre, $22.50-$89.50

FRI JUN 20

** ELLIOTT BROOD cd release => Horseshoe, $12.50
ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE, STEPHEN PAGE, more => Harbourfront Centre, Jun 20 & 21, $25-$36
IVANA SANTILLI => Revival, $15
THE NATIONAL PARCS, GRAND ANALOG => Supermarket, $10

SAT JUN 21

SUN JUN 22

MON JUN 23

TUE JUN 24

WED JUN 25

* RJD2, AMIT + DJ T-Lo => Mod Club, $21
* High Lonesome Wednesdays w/ CRAZY STRINGS => Silver Dollar (every Wed.)
* LICKIN' GOOD FRIED (feat singer Alex Pangman, members of the Backstabbers) => Cameron House, 7-9 pm, pwyc (every Wed)

THU JUN 26

FRI JUN 27

SAT JUN 28

MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE, THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE => Kool Haus, $23.50

SUN JUN 29

MON JUN 30