Pipedown! Presents: Eddyevvy wsg Bare Claws & Drunk at the Library
July 28, 2018
Pipedown! Presents: Kill No Albatross, Jupiter Hollow & Mute Union
July 27, 2018
Doors at 7:00 PM
Show at 8:00 PM
Tickets at door $10/PWYC
For Burlington-based rock band Kill No Albatross, their forthcoming EP “Speak True Evil” is a definitive statement. The record blends the accessibility of rock, the technicality of prog, and the energy of hardcore through intelligent songwriting, bold guitar work, and emotional intensity. KNA will be supporting the release with a Canadian summer tour run that includes a slot on the Vans Warped Tour.
With support from local rockers Mute Union and Barrie-based progressive metal powerhouse Jupiter Hollow, this will be a wild, energetic night that you don’t want to miss.
Silence Presents: The Sam Kirmayer Trio w/ Jonathan Chapman & Ben Zweig
July 26, 2018
Doors at 7:30 PM
Concert at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15 at the door
Sam Kirmayer, jazz guitarist, composer and native Montrealer, is a young musician who plays with “a fearlessness and momentum that promise much, much more to come” – Katie Malloch (CBC Jazz Beat & Tonic). Drawing inspiration from masters like Wes Montgomery and Grant Green, Sam eschews effects in favour of a clear, direct tone and maintains firm roots in the blues and hard bop traditions. In 2017, CBC Music included Sam in their list of the “35 best Canadian jazz musicians under 35”. His trio, with bassist Jonathan Chapman and drummer Ben Zweig (NYC) will perform music from his 2017 debut “Opening Statement”, his upcoming sophomore album “High and Low” as well as compositions from the other members of the group and choice standards.
In April 2017, Sam released his debut album, Opening Statement, on Montreal label Chromatic Audio. A straight-ahead quartet date, the album features a mixed set of originals and standards, with a strong supporting cast of New York based pianist Sean Fyfe and Montreal stalwarts bassist Mike De Masi and drummer Dave Laing. In a 4 star review, All About Jazz called Opening Statement “strong-minded, well-spoken and worth relishing many more times than once.”
Sam’s sophomore album, High and Low is set for a 2018 release on Cellar Live, this time in an organ trio featuring New York based organist Ben Paterson, with Dave Laing returning on drums. Meanwhile, he maintains an active performance schedule with several weekly residencies in Montreal and frequent appearances elsewhere in Quebec and Ontario. Spring 2018 will also see Sam’s first tour of the west coast.
Sam completed an Undergraduate degree in Jazz Performance at McGill University in 2016 with Outstanding Achievement and Dean’s Honour List standings. He has also been the recipient of several awards and scholarships including the Oliver Jones Jazz Scholarship from Vanier College, the David Moyse Guitar Scholarship from McGill, an Artist Development Grant from FACTOR and the Julian Award of Excellence from CJSF 90.1FM.
Dru Jacey Presents: Baby Labour wsg Animatist & VERSA
July 21, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Doors at 7:00PM
Show at 8:00PM
Tickets 15$ at the door
Free food with admission
(Vegan friendly options available)
(pssst…The tacos are all vegan…sshh…)
Capping off their newest album release tour, Baby Labour is playing their last show here, at Silence.
Progressive experimental Indie fans, heed the following…
“When I first heard Guelph native band ‘Baby Labour’, the experience I had could be described as such:
like being struck by a cargo train full of hawaiian print T-shirts propelled by a rupturing dam through a rip in the space-time continuum, where a hydra beast with the heads of a ranting Pythagoras, rambling Tesla and alternate reality zombie version of Flea from RHCP lectured me on the importance of critical thinking whilst treating me to a luncheon of Beethoven score sheets and mustard. “
– Dru
Silence Presents: Sandro Manzon w/ Nick Zubeck & Friends
July 8, 2018
Doors at 7:30 PM
Show at 8:00 PM
Tickets are $15 at the door
Sandro Manzon
Sandro Manzon is a Canadian musician/composer (formerly The Tender Threads) founded in 2013. This lounge-rock four piece originated in Ontario, Canada and has since spent time living and working on developing his music and performance throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
Sandro Manzon engages with a variety of disparate musical genres such as lounge-rock, experimental, contemporary classical, traditional folk, country, among others.
Sandro is also an active composer of concert and film music, and has worked on a multitude of short films, animated shorts, documentaries etc. His concert music has been played throughout Canada, and at festivals in Europe and Asia.
Nick Zubek
Nick Zubeck is a songwriter, guitarist, singer, teacher and recording artist from Toronto, and is currently living and working in Guelph, Ontario. He has recorded and released five full length albums under his own name, and has been involved with many other artists and projects over the last 15+ years.
As a guitarist and sideman, Nick has contributed to many projects including Polmo Polpo, Barzin, Great Lake Swimmers, Old Maps, and Western Terrestrial. Nick was hired to play with Sun Kil Moon in 2014, and has since toured Europe, Asia and the U.S. multiple times, playing Pitchfork Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, La Route De Rock, and many other festivals and concert halls.
Pipedown! Presents: Ostrich Bouquet w Oddsfische & Dru Jacey
July 6, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Silence Presents: Mapstone wsg/Jsun
July 5, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM