So many shows this week! Get to it.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
CKUT presents: Squalor + Cheap Wig + Balltripper @ Cabaret Playhouse
Squalor’s experimental noisy sludge + fuzzy lo-fi wailers Cheap Wig + the psychedelic stoner punk of Balltripper = a good time.
Show starts at 9 p.m., $7.
Do you like your thrash with a fair amount of free jazz thrown in? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Show starts at 10 p.m., $7.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5
Castle + Buffalo Theory + Tunguska Mammoth + Abyssed + Near Grey + Watcher @ Foufounes Électriques
San Francisco’s Castle are great and all but there are some solid openers representing Montreal here. Get there early not to miss Watcher and Near Grey.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., $10 via Xtrem Productions or at the door.
Golden Tombs + The Hydrothermal Vents @ Casa del Popolo
Man, Golden Tombs are such a trip to see live. Go get lost in their cinematic psych-influenced spaghetti western-meets-folk.
Show starts at 9 p.m., $6.
La Forêt rouge (cassette launch) + The Crib Death of the Un-Cool + Goddard x Pelchat @ 185 Van Horne
La Forêt rouge was formed in 2002 by Olivier D’Amours (GGRIL, Monocytes) and David Dugas Dion (ex-CRABE, David and the Woods, Gens Chrétiens) and made long improvisational compositions influenced by psychedelic post-rock. They were ahead of their time and then, after a brief existence, the band went on an indefinite hiatus. They are back and will be releasing a new cassette on Montreal label Cuchabata Records. Supporting them are The Crib Death of the Un-Cool — made up of Sam Shalabi and Chris Burns, two legends of the Montreal underground improv/experimental scene — and free jazz/noise duo made up of James Goddard (Public Transit, Skin Tone) and Alex Pelchat (Shining Wizard, Drøm Før Du Dør).
Show starts at 9 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
A Devil’s Din + Balltripper @ Barfly
Psych-rockers A Devil’s Din and Balltripper both lost their gear and jam space to a fire recently and are putting on this show (with borrowed gear) to help raise funds to replace what they’ve lost. For those who’d like to help out but can’t make it to the show, they are accepting donations through money transfer at adevilsdin@gmail.com.
Show starts at 6 p.m., PWYC.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
Andrew Sisk presents The Passing of the Buffalo + Aim Low @ Casa del Popolo
I will let the event description speak for itself here: In the spring of 2011, Andrew Sisk scanned the stacks of a used bookstore and spotted the thin, aged spine of an antique book titled The Passing of the Buffalo. Published in 1916 in Vancouver, the prologue caught Sisk’s eye as it spoke of the fate of one of North America’s first natural resources, the wild buffalo. Through the book’s prologue, five acts and epilogue, the author details the rapid decline of the buffalo in a beautifully poetic and educated tone from behind the mysterious pen-name, Buckskin. Its verses reveal a warning for our time and a beauty long forgotten.
Sisk was inspired to spread the book’s message through music and pay homage to a great work.
Show starts at 8 p.m., $8.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
Witching Hour Full Moon Halloween Party: Collision of Dimensions @ Theatre Rialto
This sounds like it’s going to be totally crazy. Witching Hour have made a name for themselves throwing parties that include many kinds of media and other more unconventional activities like yoga and meditation. There’s always a live music component — usually electronic DJs and bands — as well as live painting and film screenings. Marie Davidson headlines this edition curated by No Exist and QuebékisŤanz.
Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 in advance at Phonopolis, X20 and Cheap Thrills; $12 at the door.
