It’s been a busy and fun couple weeks, and there’s still lots of fun stuff coming up!

Aetherborn returned to the Opera House this past Saturday night to open for Kittie, which was a lot of fun. Packed house, good crowd!

Andre & the J-Tones recently hit up Boxcar Sound Recording studio in Hamilton to do some live filming. Things sounded great in the control room, and I’m looking forward to sharing the footage with all of you. J-Tones are also back in full effect, after a brief quiet period over the holidays, and are gearing up for our European debut in August. Check the gigs page for more info. Still working out some of the dates, and there’ll be some can’t-miss fundraiser gigs leading up to it.

The Brad Cheeseman Group also has some upcoming Toronto dates: March 9 at the Gallery (with The Lazer Wolf Massive) and April 13 at the Central (with DRUNKmusicforDRUNKpeople). Really excited about both of these nights and looking forward to debuting some more new material. Also, take a listen to some live recordings from a recent performance here.

The debut performance of the Brad Cheeseman Group was a great success! Thanks to Homegrown Hamilton for hosting the event, and to Under the Weather for sharing the stage!

Check out this clip from the event!

Next up: the group is playing on Jan. 23 in the Humber College auditorium at at 8:30pm. This event is free and will be a great evening of modern jazz pieces and will feature all of the boys in the group. There are some other gigs in the works, so keep checking back for more updates!

Under the Weather & Brad Cheeseman Group (debut) at Homegrown Hamilton. January 14, $5. Doors at 9pm.

An evening of original contemporary jazz and fusion compositions.

My favourite/most-played albums of this year:

• Ari Hoenig Lines of Oppression
• Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver
• Chris Tarry Rest of the Story
• Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction and Ghost
• Feist Metals
• Gilad Hekselman Hearts Wide Open
• James Blake James Blake
• Kimbra Vows
• Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning
• TesseracT One

Many other great releases this year as well!

Looking forward to a busy next few weeks:

Check the gigs page for more details, but there’s always fun gigs with Andre & the J-Tones on the radar (as well as an exciting New Years Eve gig to be announced), a string of shows with the Geritol Follies, sitting in with Rainey & the Mannequins, etc.

Some cool stuff on the radar:
- Debut performance of the Brad Cheeseman Group in January, featuring all original compositions and arrangements.
- Another big gig in the new year with Aetherborn