May 5 @ Supermarket

Valery's first CD is being released this Tuesday and the release party follows on Thursday, May 5.

I'm guessing most fans of the Slean will enjoy her music - check her out @ www.valerygore.com if you haven't already.

$5 door and there's already a few passioneers queued up to attend.


...jim

She's releasing her CD at a Supermarket?

Oh Sweet One.... :wink:

you really do need to move yourself downtown mom ami...

Supermarket is an uber cool restaurant/club in Kensington.

http://www.supermarkettoronto.com/


...jim

aha! that explaisn it... I've never been to Kensington :'(

8 More months... 8 more months....

8 more days and I'll have a Toronto phone number... that's a step right? lol

btw, thanks to PreciousThings for turning me on to Valery Gore.

Nice find PT!

Now you just have to get your butt down to TO to join us for the show!

...jim

[quote:a7ea9cbb97="Sweet One"]aha! that explaisn it... I've never been to Kensington :'([/quote:a7ea9cbb97]

never been to Kensington?! *gasp* well you'll have to come to the show then huh?

Living in TO has spoiled me, once you've lived here (or there rather as I'm stuck in Sudbury for just under a week more....) you never want to be anywhere else, you eventually miss the convience of the city.

[quote:2d4ee46479="joleary"]btw, thanks to PreciousThings for turning me on to Valery Gore.

Nice find PT!

Now you just have to get your butt down to TO to join us for the show!

...jim[/quote:2d4ee46479]

I'm very tempted to! :/ I actually think I'm going to try and sneak up for a week or two to Toronto inbetween summer jobs and hit a few concerts... stalk valery and slean.. you know, the norm haha

[quote:12a6a257d6="elizalavelle"]Living in TO has spoiled me, once you've lived here (or there rather as I'm stuck in Sudbury for just under a week more....) you never want to be anywhere else, you eventually miss the convience of the city.[/quote:12a6a257d6]

Hells yeah! And a fair well to ya, elizalavelle. Enjoy Toronto for the both of us.

I liked her set very much, and it was a great night out.

Elliott Goes and Photographs were my fave songs. I haven't picked up her album yet, but I might be more inclined to grab Royal W's. I would see Val again sometime. liked most about seeing her play was all the friendlyness between her, band, and the audience.

It was a pretty nice venue too. Simular to the rivoli in some sense.
I don't recall ever seeing that many good looking people together in a long long time. Things were pretty.

Cameron Bay.

Royal Wood is playing again June 16th at 290 George St N.

I am SO there.

~ng

Show was terrific - both Royal Wood's opening set and Valery's extended set. She was definitely enjoying the glow of a successful CD release.

Now Magazine named it a "Critics Pick" this week with a "NNNN" rating;

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2005-05-05/music_discs10.php

Yet again the Slean is invoked as a benchmark
[quote:267bc561e8][i:267bc561e8]There's nothing more potent than a gal and her piano. Tori Amos redefined how we look at the instrument, Sarah Slean made her concerto-like soundscapes accessible, and now Gore is breaking new ground with this worthy debut. Her quirky, poetic verse is delivered in a voice with earthy roots and cabaret flair. It's hard to grasp where the songs are heading, but this is Gore's strength. She goes from gritty tavern-blues ballad to tiptoeing as a delicate songstress, quietly chiming the piano keys. Attention to detail textures the album with a style that's confident and playful...Jessica Russell[/i:267bc561e8][/quote:267bc561e8]

I'll add in my two cents to repeat that the show really was great. I'll be picking up both Valary and Royal Wood's cds as soon as I can

Damn too bad i missed it! damn my cold!

sidenote to Jim: on the way home on the GO that night i was SOOO TIRED that when I was sleeping i almost fell off my seat :shock: :shock: :shock:

my leg basically collapsed and I almost fell over. it was fuc*ing embarasssingg. and then i thought of you, laughing at me

Some pictures from the night. Most of them still blurred even when I played with the settings. A few of them would have been good shots, and in some I don't mind the action captured by them. Here are a few, the first 2 being the clearest.

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hope those images dont take to long to load,
it was eazier then posting links.

I heard today that the Super Market is the place to be on a Wednesday nite for those into the Mod scene and like old Motown
is that your friend who spins that nite Jim?

I'm up for heading down sometime although I have never clubed on a wednesday. haha

Cameron Bay.