There are tons of great music docs on right now at Hot Docs. It’s one of the best film festivals around, and this year they’re showing some love to music.
From The Socalled Movie (“If Woody Allen and Lil Wayne had a love child it would be Josh Dolgin…”), to Listen To This, an excellent film about a music program at an inner-city Toronto elementary school.
Check out this list of hot music docs (on the Hot Docs website).
City Sonic artist, Geddy Lee (Rush) will be on the big screen once again in “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.” If you haven’t landed your tickets to the sold-out screening kicking off Hot Docs this year, you can still stand in the rush line.
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, the latest from Banger Films, screens Thursday, April 29th 9:30pm at the lovely Winter Garden Theatre.
While you’re waiting for the film to start, get our free iPhone app or go to http:m.citysonic.tv on your smartphone and check out Bruce McDonald’s City Sonic film about Rush and their historic gig at Massey Hall.
We’ve teased you with rumours of an iPhone app. Well, today’s the day. We are delighted to announce than you can now experience City Sonic on your mobile. And we don’t just mean watching the docs on the go (although we’re chuffed when you do.) We’re talking about all the new, exclusive, bonus features you can now unlock using the free City Sonic iPhone app.
For each of our City Sonic films, there are hidden extras: rare archival audio and photos, previously unreleased songs, live performances, original featurettes and more. You can now access them a few different ways. By visiting the locations of the films — using our handy map interface, GPS and your own feet, find our codes on historic hotspots around the city that will unlock bonus content. Or, answer some quiz questions, and be rewarded. You might even get lucky — with the help of your GPS — and trip hidden content by walking past certain City Sonic locations.
City Sonic’s mission has always been about more than just making music movies. It’s also about connecting music fans with the locations where music history happens. With the new app, we invite you to get outside and take part. Free from the iTunes App Store, and on most other smartphones, at m.citysonic.tv. As always, let us know what you think.
As the last year of this decade winds to a close, the team behind City Sonic would like to thank you for being part of our inaugural year. Producing and premiering the 20 films about Toronto’s music history is just a beginning, and we are already looking forward to 2010. Stay tuned for more development hoopla surrounding our mobile phone application, which will allow you to experience City Sonic on the streets. We’ll be partnering with exciting music events and offering more contest opportunities too.
It’s been a particularly interesting year to be documenting the venues where our local music scene lives: several notable music spots have made big announcements. Shortly after shooting there with Cancer Bats earlier in 2009, the Adrift Clubhouse shut its doors. Last month, it was reported that the Cameron House is up for sale, followed by news that the Big Bop (aka Reverb/Kathedral) is closing at the end of January 2010. But ch-ch-ch-changes can be for the better: Maple Leaf Gardens is set to re-open after a decade of dormancy, as a supermarket-Ryerson rink hybrid. And new hot spots are blooming all the time — witness the Garrisson, addition to the Dundas/Ossington hipster prefecture and new home for the Wavelength series. That’s where you’ll find us hanging out in February when they celebrate Wavelength’s 10th Anniversary. See you next year!
Sad news tonight for the Toronto music community. Haydain Neale, lead singer of Jacksoul, has died from lung cancer at the age of 39. According to a statement released by his family, The Juno-award winning singer passed away Sunday, November 22 after a seventh-month long, private battle with the disease — this after recovering from a car accident in 2007 that put him in a coma. For many of us, the last we heard from Neale was that he was in rehabilitation and working on a new Jacksoul record, due out next week. This news of his death comes as a shock and early reports are vague on details but you can read more about Neale’s life and the new record in the coverage from The National Post. Messages of condolences can be sent to: haydainnealefamily@gmail.com
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