Adjusted Hours & Ticket Refunds

We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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My top 15 of 2015


1 YO LA TENGO - Stuff Like That There
2 MAX RICHTER - from SLEEP
3 TOBIAS JESSO JR. - Goon
4 JULIA HOLTER - Have You In My Wilderness
5 STEVE HAUSCHILDT - Where All Is Fled
6 BLANK REALM - Illegals In Heaven
7 SAM HUNT & DAVID KILGOUR - The 9th
8 TWERPS - Range Anxiety
9 POPS STAPLES - Don't Lose This 
10 EZTV - Calling Out
11 JOAN SHELLEY - Over And Even
12 DUCKTAILS - St. Catherine
13 TRIPTIDES - Azur
14 COLLEEN - Captain Of None
15 ROBERT FORSTER - Songs To Play

My top 15 reissues/archival releases of 2015

1 THE CITY - Now That Everything's Been Said
2 JIMMY HOLIDAY - Spread Your Love: The Complete Minit Singles 1966-1970
3 GARNET MIMMS - Looking For You: The Complete United Artists & Veep Singles
4 CHARLIE RICH - So Lonesome I Could Cry
5 FRANCOISE HARDY - L’Amitié
6 POPOL VUH/FLORIAN FRICKE - Kailash/Piano Recordings
7 THE SUPREME JUBILEES - It'll All Be Over
8 BOB DYLAN - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge, 1965-1966
9 ROYAL JESTERS - English Oldies
10 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Faithful
11 CARL HALL - You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-72
12 ARVO PART - Musica Selecta
13 JORDAN DE LA SIERRA - Gymnosphere: Song Of The Rose 
14 THE STAPLE SINGERS - Freedom Highway Complete: Live At Chicago's New Nazareth Church
15 ABLE TASMANS - A Cuppa Tea And A Lie Down

My top 15 compilations of 2015

 
1 VA - LateNightTales: Jon Hopkins
2 VA - Reaching Out: Chess Records At Fame Studios
3 VA - The Bert Berns Story Vol. 3: Hang On Sloopy
4 VA - Hung On You: More From The Gerry Goffin & Carole King Songbook
5 VA - Sweet Things: From The Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry Songbook
6 VA - Back To The River: More Southern Soul Stories 1961-1978
7 VA - The One-Derful! Collection: Mar-V-Lus Records
8 VA - The One-Derful! Collection: M-Pac Records
9 VA - The One-Derful! Collection: One-Derful! Records
10 VA - All About The Girls: Lost Girl Groups Of The 1960s
11 VA - When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly & Raw Black Gospel 1926-1936
12 VA - Keep A Hold On Him: More Garpax Girls
13 VA - Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou: Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
14 VA - The Wrecking Crew (OST)
15 VA - Loose The Funk: Rare Sould From Sound Stage 7 Records

My favourite artists are: Eddie & Ernie, Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, James Carr, Arthur Alexander, Joe Tex, OV Wright, Darlene Love, Larry Banks, Spiritualized, Yo La Tengo, David Kilgour/The Clean/, Robert Scott/The Bats, Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins, Bruce Springsteen, Epic Soundtracks. Carole King, George Harrison, Stars Of The Lid/Brian McBride/A Winged Victory For The Sullen

My all-time favourite music is: RICHARD STRAUSS - Death & Transfiguration/Four Last Songs, HECTOR BERLIOZ - Requiem, GABRIEL FAURE - Requiem, CHARLES GOUNOD - Messe Solennelles De Sainte Cecilia, RICHARD WAGNER - Entry Of The Gods Into Valhalla/Vorspiels from Das Rheingold, Prelude from Tristan und Isolde, RICHARD BRUCKNER - Symphony #7, BEETHOVEN - Symphony #9, MOZART - Piano Concerto #23, MELANESIAN CHOIRS - Chants From The Thin Red Line, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Born To Run", DAVID BOWIE "Heroes", JOHN CALE "Big White Clouds", The CITY/CAROLE KING "Wasn't Born To Follow" GAVIN BRYARS - The Sinking Of The Titanic, RICEBOY SLEEPS - Riceboy Sleeps

The first album I ever bought was: DEF LEPPARD - Pyromania (on cassette)

On Saturday nights, I throw down to: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Beg, Scream & Shout (60's soul boxset)

On Sunday mornings, I recover to: GABRIEL FAURE'S Requiem, CHARLES GOUNOD - Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile, BROTHERS & SISTERS - Dylan's Gospel 

The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: ) Mark Burgess (ex-Chameleons) at El Mocambo (1994), The Clean at The Bell House (2010)

So far, my favourite records/reissues of 2015 are: DAVID KILGOUR/SAM HUNT - The 9th, JIMMY HOLIDAY - Spread Your Love

The best show I've seen so far this year is: Mozart "Requiem" at Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Spiritualized at Massey Hall, David Kilgour at the Bunk Bar in Portland

The band that should come out of retirement is: Spacemen 3