Normally this would go in the events section, but it’s kinda last minute and by the time I send out the next events list it’ll be over. The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra is playing an early show (7:30 pm) at the Tranzac tomorrow (Thursday, April 24). Audio from the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra is available at http://www.parkdalerevolutionaryorchestra.com.
At the Music Gallery This Saturday
The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra has scored a nice review from John Terauds at the Toronto Star: There are performers around the world who demolish conventional wisdom by proving there doesn’t have to be a chasm between classical and pop, and you can write and perform intelligently without resorting to sonic abstraction. Toronto’s Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra…
New Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra CD
Yesterday, Benjamin Mueller-Heaslip dropped by with a copy of the brand new Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra disc “Truth in the Dark. For those of you not familiar I have written quite a bit about Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra before, their sound is largely their own (some influences though are mentioned in the article linked to above.) There…
New Recordings from Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra
Five Tracks recorded live at the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra’s September 20th show at the the Tranzac are available on their website at http://www.parkdalerevolutionaryorchestra.com/music.html. The next Pardale Revolutionary Orchestra show will be on October 4 at Clinton’s in Toronto with the “melodramatic” (cabaretish) Raha – Definitely not your average pop show.
The Star Notices The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra
If you’ve been reading this blog then you know about the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra but, if you’d like a second opinion there is a great writeup in the Star today by John Terauds. “These urban guerrillas lurk in the city’s darker corners as they prepare each attack. Some are solo campaigns, but most rely on…
the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra: Nothing to Fear
Way back in 1975, a local radio station in Cleveland booked Devo to open for Sun Ra as a joke, billing them as a Bad Company cover band. What the audience heard that Halloween night was nothing that they were expecting, nothing they had ever heard before and with no point of reference most of…
Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra, Tuesday at Mitzi’s Sister
If you haven’t been to Mitzi’s Sister yet (1554 Queen St. West, Toronto) it’s a nice, intimate venue with good, inexpensive food and some nice beers on tap. If you’re about on Tuesday, come on out for the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra.
the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra
In 1977 playing punk rock in a small bar was pretty punk rock. In 2007 nothing could be much more punk rock than playing classical music in a small bar (especially if you add in classical reworkings of Brian Eno.) So, I’ve added the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra to the band blogs. For those of you…