past in-store performances
El Perro Del Mar plays at Soundscapes 03/04/2007
photo courtesy of Frank Yang & Chromewaves
In the past, we have been fortunate enough to host many of our favourite musicians, both local and from around the world. We've even had a few book signings. Here's a close-to-complete list of the in-stores Soundscapes has hosted so far (our dating methods improved around 2004...), not to mention some not-so-hidden photos and videos. Enjoy!
Badly Drawn Boy (Manchester, UK)
Buck 65 (Halifax, NS)
Constantines (Guelph/Toronto, ON)
Royal City (Guelph/Toronto, ON)
Jim Guthrie (Guelph/Toronto, ON)
Gentleman Reg (Guelph/Toronto, ON)
Deep Dark United (Toronto)
Immortal Lee County Killers (Nashville, TN)
Neil Halstead (Newquay, UK)
Toschak Highway (NYC/London, UK)
Steve Wynn (NYC)
Broken Social Scene (Toronto)
Stars (Montreal, PQ)
Fembots (Toronto)
Brian Jonestown Massacre (Los Angeles, CA)
Gruff Rhys-Super Furry Animals (Cardiff, Wales)
Quadraped (Toronto)
Portastatic (Chapel Hill, NC)
Fruit Bats (Chicago, IL)
North Mississippi All Stars (Hernando, MS)
Jim James-My Morning Jacket (Louisville, KY)
Eleni Mandell (Los Angeles, CA)
Monks-book signing
Great Lake Swimmers (Toronto)
Matthew Barber (Toronto)
Sondre Lerche (Bergen, Norway)
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner (Brooklyn, NYC/Toronto)
03/05/2004 Detective Kalita (Toronto)
03/05/2004 Andrew Vincent (Ottawa, ON)
03/06/2004 Nathan Lawr (Toronto)
05/18/2004 Feist (Toronto/Paris, FR)
05/20/2004 Tim Posgate (Toronto)
06/02/2004 Sixtoo (Montreal, PQ)
06/29/2004 Iron and Wine (Florida/Texas)
07/24/2004 Howie Beck (Toronto)
08/29/2004 Apostle of Hustle (Toronto)
09/14/2004 Lily Frost (Toronto)
09/21/2004 Junior Boys (Hamilton, ON)
10/02/2004 Deep Dark United (Toronto)
10/08/2004 Bob Wiseman (Toronto)
10/17/2004 Peter Elkas (Toronto)
11/18/2004 Royal Wood (Toronto)
01/25/2005 Ken Reaume (Toronto) & Otto Hauser-Espers/Vetiver (Philadelphia, PA)
02/05/2005 Greenfield Main (Ottawa, ON)
02/12/2005 Justin Rutledge (Toronto)
03/05/2005 Harris Newman (Montreal, PQ)
03/06/2005 A Girl Called Eddy (NYC)
03/13/2005 Jens Lekman (Gothenburg, Sweden)
03/31/2005 Great Lake Swimmers (Toronto)
05/05/2005 Roots Manuva (South London, UK)
05/19/2005 Johnny Dowd (Ithaca, NY)
06/10/2005 The Old Soul (Toronto)
06/26/2005 Julie Doiron (Moncton, NB) & Snailhouse (Montreal, PQ)
06/28/2005 The Most Serene Republic (Milton, ON)
07/26/2005 Cuff The Duke (Oshawa, ON)
07/28/2005 Ray LaMontagne (New Hampshire)
08/15/2005 Jon Rae and the River (Toronto)
09/01/2005 The Greenhornes (Cincinnati, OH)
09/15/2005 The Fembots (Toronto)
09/25/2005 The Deadly Snakes (Toronto)
10/01/2005 Elliott Brood (Toronto)
02/05/2006 Matias (Toronto)
03/05/2006 Howe Gelb (Tucson, AZ)
04/14/2006 Jana Hunter (Houston, TX)
05/04/2006 The Concretes (Stockholm, Sweden)
05/21/2006 The Creeping Nobodies (Toronto)
06/20/2006 The Hylozoists (Toronto)
08/08/2006 Andre Ethier (Toronto)
10/05/2006 FM3 (Beijing, China)
10/27/2006 Kid Koala (Montreal, PQ)
03/04/2007 El Perro Del Mar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
03/09/2007 Wayne Petti (Oshawa, ON)
03/13/2007 Of Montreal (Athens, GA)
04/15/2007 Great Lake Swimmers (Toronto)
04/22/2007 The Phonemes (Toronto)
05/27/2007 33 1/3 series: Trout Mask Replica book launch
06/10/2007 Andrew Rodriguez (Toronto)
06/26/2007 Andre Ethier (Toronto) & Rick White (Moncton, NB/Toronto)
08/28/2007 Mark Olson (Los Angeles, CA)
09/14/2007 Jah Youssouf (Mali, Africa)
09/19/2007 Basia Bulat (London, ON)
10/16/2007 The Old Soul (Toronto)
10/18/2007 Sandro Perri (Toronto)
10/28/2007 Tunng (London, UK)
11/13/2007 Andy Swan (Toronto)
11/24/2007 The Acorn (Ottawa)
02/19/2008 Jeffrey Lewis (New York, NY)
03/05/2008 Bon Iver (Raleigh, NC/Eau Claire, WI)
03/06/2008 Immaculate Machine (Victoria, BC)
03/08/2008 Laura Barrett (Toronto)
03/09/2008 Forest City Lovers (Toronto)
04/12/2008 Tall Firs (Brookyn, NY)
04/24/2008 Peter Moren (Stockholm, Sweden)
04/27/2008 Born Ruffians (Toronto/Midland, ON)
05/10/2008 The Priddle Concern (Toronto)
05/23/2008 Eric Chenaux & Ryan Driver w/ Skins (Toronto)
06/25/2008 Feuermusik (Toronto)