Gobble Gobble (San Francisco/Edmonton) Saturday, September 25th at Phog

We don't know anything like this yet.
If you want to dance...Phog is actually the best building in downtown for it this Saturday...for real.
This band is new to our senses, and is only recently on our radar.

To put it plainly, this band has more fans than the Phog Lounge Group on Facebook. Lots of people know just how incredible this is...

I have been stopped at least a dozen times by hardcore music fans in Windsor asking me if this is actually true or not, Gobble Gobble playing Phog...and when I look surprised at their excitement, they go on to explain that this band is simply unlike anything else they've ever seen.

The synth/pop/dance band is going to be a gift to anyone smart enough to come out. They have been loved by NME, Pitchfork, and Stereogum.
Here's the proof:
http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14327-lawn-knives/

http://stereogum.com/367382/gobble-gobble-seizure-to-the-metronome/mp3s/

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122&title=the_dead_weather_scissor_sisters_muse_ph&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#music
http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14228-wrinklecarver/

Video proof:

Allie Hughes...would you see the show?

This wonderful performer, Allie Hughes, might come to Phog soon. Would you come and see her perform? Her videos are reason enough...
According to Musebox, "She's opened for Mother Mother, Chromeo, and the Do.  She also opened for Born Ruffians on their hometown CD release party earlier this summer at The Horseshoe."


ALLIE HUGHES - O Chad from Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca) on Vimeo.

Friday, September 24th - An Evening of Reading and Amazing Live Music presented by Biblioasis

On Friday, September 24th we'll be kicking off our Fall publishing season with a four author launch at the Phog Lounge.  Windsor born and raised Alexander MacLeod will be launching his long-anticipated first collection of short stories.  Light Lifting offers a suite of darkly unflinching urban elegies, all of them set in the streets of our fair town.  London's A.J. Somerset will be launching his Metcalf-Rooke winning novel Combat Camera, about a burned-out Pulitzer-prize winning photographer who washes up in Toronto and takes a job with a low-budget pornographic impresario, then hatches a plan which just might save his career, an actress he gets involved with and, hopefully, himself.  Marius Kociejowksi will be here from England to launch his Pigeon Wars of Damascus, the follow up to his best-selling Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool (destined to become a classic, Adam Thorpe, TLS), Kociejowski returns to post 9-11 Damascus to discover an Islamic society in search for its true self.  And poet Norm Sibum will read from his two latest collections, The QWF nominated Pangborn Defence, and Smoke and Lilacs (Carcanet, distributed by Biblioasis.)

To round out the night, Kenneth, Marion and Lewis MacLeod will be providing musical entertainment into the late hours in support of Lewis's just released album For Sale As Is.  It promises to be a great night of books and music. 

Hope to see you out there.

Phog's September/October Schedule of Events

September
2 - Blood On The Flat Track (roller derby documentary)
3 - Tony Coates w/ Alec Lauziere
4 - Cut Throat Britva (Toronto) w/ Square Root of Margaret
8 - JUICE Open Mic Poetry
10 - Mike Hargreaves and Crissi Cochrane (5PM ALL AGES)
10 - Paint (Toronto) w/ Red Rows and The Tyres (Night 19+)
11 - The DoneFors (Toronto) w/ The Rheostats (London)
14 - FREE SHOW - NO COVER - Scatterheart (Vancouver) w/ The Eric Welton Band
16 - Bend Sinister (Vancouver) w/ Will Currie and The Country French (Toronto) w/ The Zolas
17 - Steph Copeland CD Release!
18 - Ten Indians
Thursday 23 - Young Rival (Hamilton) w/ The Pack A.D. (Vancouver)
Friday 24 - Alexander MacLeod Book Launch/Reading followed by Kenneth MacLeod
Saturday 25 - Gobble Gobble (San Francisco) w/ TBA
Tuesday 28 - Moon Duo (San Francisco)
Wednesday 29 - Allison Brown w/ Scott Cook (Alberta) and The Hung Jury
Thursday 30 - Motown in Yo'Town FREE Dance Party

October
Saturday 2 - FAM FEST -
9:30pm – Abigail Lapell
10:00pm – Meters to Miles
11:00pm – TBA
12:00pam – Eric Welton Band
1:00am – Square Root Of Margaret
Sunday 3 - FAM FEST - FILM SCREENINGS – 9PM
Selected Works From:
Eric Boucher
Mike Evans
Brent Kore
Sean Macleod
Nirvana The Band The Show
Chris Paco
Michael Poirier
Chris Quick
Jared Rabb
Rose City Sessions
Benjamin Young Hart
Wednesday 6 - FAM FEST - 8:00pm – JUICE POETRY
11:15pm – Kick Everything
12:15am – The Stick
Thursday 7 - FAM FEST - In-House DJ Aj Jimenez
10:00pm – TBA*
10:45pm - Black Vegaz
11:30pm – Flow and Smooth
12:15am – Academy
Saturday 9 - 10:15pm – Silent Movie Type
11:15pm – Avery Island
12:15am – Explode When They Bloom
1:15am -The Peace Leeches

Friday 15 - Square Root of Margaret CD Release
Saturday 16 - Red Rows, six gallery, the bulletproof tiger
Sunday 17 - FREE SHOW - NO COVER - The Falklands (Edmonton) w/ Plus Perfect (Vancouver) w/ State of Us (Windsor)
Wednesday 20 - Olenka and the Autumn Lovers (London) w/ The Locusts Have No King, and The Rheostats (London/Windsor)
Friday 22 - Pat Robitaille CD Release w/ Efan! and Adam Rideout Arkell
Saturday 23 - Ron's 65th Party - Ten Indians 
Sunday 24 - Ron's 65th Party - Part 2
Tuesday 26 - Rah Rah (Regina) w/ We Were Lovers (Regina) and James O-L and the Villains
Friday 29 - Language Arts (Vancouver) w/ Ruby Coast (Toronto)
Saturday 30 - Poughboy w/ The Vaudevillianaires
Sunday 31 - Hannah Georgas' (Vancouver) w/ Allie Hughes (Toronto) and Jody Glenham (Vancouver)

Minced Meat and Big Fish Small Pond deliver a Hip-Hop Night for FREE!

Join us Thursday August 26 at 8:00PM for a live hip-hop showcase at Phog Lounge! Bring your friends, it's free!

Phog Lounge and Phog Phest on A Channel with Christie Bezaire

Thanks so much to Christie Bezaire for featuring us on A Channel News!

Phog Phest 2 - A Preview

Just a friendly reminder, as we are less than a week away from Phog Phest 2...

Tickets are $10.
They're being sold by Joe Rabie (Red Rows), David Dubois (Locusts Have No King - often found at Taloola Cafe :)), Jamie Greer (The Magic Hall of Mirrors - often found at The Manchester), and Phog Lounge itself.

We're looking at an amazing gathering of local music creators, supporters, and awesome weather.

The forecast is already calling for sunny skies with a high of 30 and a low of 20! It's the ideal day to be at a music festival!

We'd be honoured if you found us, and our large outdoor festival (in Phog's parking lot) to celebrate the local music scene on this Saturday, August 14th.

CJAM 99.1FM will be live-streaming a portion of the evening on the radio, which is thrilling!

Thanks.

Phog Phest 2 music schedule:
1pm-1:40 - Red Rows
2pm-2:40 - Lindy
3pm-3:40 - James O-L and The Villains
4pm-4:40 - Locusts Have No King
5pm-5:40 - Bulletproof Tiger
6pm-6:40 - The Mark Inside
7pm-7:40 - Grand Analog
8pm-8:40 - Magic Hall of Mirrors
9pm-10:00 - Young Rival

No alcohol consumption allowed after 11pm.
This will be a great opportunity to head out to the other music venues in Windsor that make this scene as vibrant as it is. Their shows should just be getting underway around that time. A perfect night of music for all venues in the core.

Local product vendors include:
Big Fish Small Pond
CJAM 99.1FM
Jason Deary
Printhouse / Denial
Silver Heart Boutique
Slice of Style
SPOTVIN Creative
Windsor Eats
Windsorite.ca


VIDEOS:
LINDY

JAMES O-L AND THE VILLAINS

THE LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING

THE BULLETPROOF TIGER

Rose City Sessions - The Bulletproof Tiger from Rose City Sessions on Vimeo.

THE MARK INSIDE

GRAND ANALOG

MAGIC HALL OF MIRRORS

YOUNG RIVAL