Holy Fuck at Lee's Palace - Concert Pictures

Toronto exquisite noisemakers Holy Fuck performed at Lee's Palace last weekend. Roy Cohen made these photos of the band.

"Tom Tom"

"Red Lights"

"Lovely Allen"

Field Trip 2016: Day 1, Band 11: Holy Fuck - Concert Pictures

Toronto's Holy Fuck delivered their intense instrumental explorations to the Fort York stage at Saturday's Field Trip. Their collaborative musical pieces were delivered at ear-splitting volume for maximum effect.

Check out some of their music:

"Tom Tom"

"Red Lights"

"Lovely Allen"

Field Trip announces 2016 line-up including The National, Robyn, July Talk, Of Montreal, Santigold, DIIV, many more

Field Trip has announced their 2016 line-up and what a great line-up it is. The National, one of the biggest indie alternative bands out there and a personal favourite, is headlining along with one of the most unique anti pop stars out there, and also a personal favourite, Robyn. July Talk, one of the absolute best live bands playing these days, is listed next.

Also on the stacked bill are Santigold, Of Montreal, DIIV, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Jazz Cartier, Boy & Bear, Bully, Holy Fuck, Plants & Animals, Basia Bulat, Dear Rouge, Ra Ra Riot, Tei Shi, Eliot Sumner, Meg Mac, Brave Shores and Kalle Mattson. Consistent with years passed, this is a diverse line-up that will attract a wide variety of music fans and lead to some amazing discoveries. 

This year's Field Trip will take place on June 4 & 5, 2016 at Toronto's Fort York / Garrison Common. Gates will open at 1pm both days, and the festivities will wrap up at 11pm on Saturday and 10pm on Sunday.

Tickets go on sale Monday, February 22 @ 10AM on Ticketmaster or at Toronto independent music retailers Rotate This (801 Queen St. W) and Soundscapes (572 College St.).

General Admission weekend passes are $125, VIP weekend passes are $200 and single-day passes are $75 for General Admission and $125 for VIP, plus fees and all that jazz. Kids under 12 get in for free subject to certain restrictions.

And some music from a number of the artists on this year's fantastic Field Trip line-up:

The National

Robyn

July Talk

Santigold

Of Montreal

DIIV

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires

Jazz Cartier

Boy & Bear

Bully

Holy Fuck

Plants & Animals

Basia Bulat

Dear Rouge

Ra Ra Riot

Tei Shi

Eliot Sumner

Meg Mac

Brave Shores

Kalle Mattson

Pic from Facebook.

Five-by-Five: Tunes to get the energy up

My main smart playlist has been in some kind of downtempo slow moaning hell this week. Here are some songs that hopefully form some kind of antidote.

Holy Fuck's "Lovely Allen"

"Echo Chamber" by Parts and Labour

The Twilight Sad with "I Became A Prostitute"

"Time To Pretend" by MGMT

Biffy Clyro's "A Whole Child Ago"

Holy Fuck that's a great song!

I used to do a "Favourites" thing where I posted a tune that is one of my favourites each Friday. I kind of stopped doing it because I pretty much post tunes that are my favourite no matter what day I post. I broke the "I have to do this every week" thing so I could just post a favourite tune whenever I want to.

And this is one of those times.

Radio is dead. I can't stand radio any more. Mostly crap music, stupidly narrow playlists, way too much talking and way, way too many commercials. I think most bands that aren't Justin Bieber or Beyonce tend to realize that. And so bands will use names that constitute radio suicide, such as Holy Fuck. Of course, in today's music biz, radio suicide doesn't mean much, and a band like Holy Fuck never would have gotten much in the way of radio play anyway. Although they should.

This is a great tune called "Lovely Allen" from their album LP. And in a somewhat ironic twist, I think I've heard this song in a commercial...



And here's a new tune called "Red Lights" from their latest album Latin. Everyone loves cat videos, right. Meow!