Adjusted Hours & Ticket Refunds

We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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Phil

wisecracking salesclerk/psychedelic swami

My top 15 of 2015


1 EZTV - Calling Out
2 COURTNEY BARNETT - Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit
3 RYLEY WALKER - Primrose Green
4 TRIPTIDES - Azur
5 TOBIAS JESSO JR. - Goon
6 JACCO GARDNER - Hypnophobia
7 ROYAL HEADACHE - High
8 LIAM HAYES - Slurrup
9 PARQUET COURTS - Content Nausea
10 MARTIN COURTNEY - Many Moons
11 ULTIMATE PAINTING - S/T
12 MIKAL CRONIN - MCIII
13 JOAN SHELLEY - Over And Even
14 KAMASI WASHINGTON - The Epic
15 WAND - 1000 Days

My top 15 reissues/archival releases of 2015


1 OS BRAZOES - S/T
2 THE KITCHEN CINQ - When The Rainbow Disappears: An Anthology 1965-68
3 BOB DYLAN - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-66
4 POWDER - Ka-pow! An Explosive Collection 1967-68
5 FRANCOISE HARDY - L’Amitié
6 JACKIE WILSON - NYC 1961-1966
7 MICHAEL HEAD AND THE STRANDS - The Magical World Of The Strands
8 ZAKARY THAKS - It's The End: The Definitive Collection
9 THE CITY - Now That Everything's Been Said
10 JOHN HULBURT - Opus III
11 FRANK SINATRA - Watertown
12 DION - Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
13 SNEAKERS - S/T
14 THE FAME GANG - Grits & Gravy: The Best Of The Fame Gang
15 ANNIE PHILIPPE - Sensationnel! Yé-Yé Bonbons 1965-1968 

My top 15 compilations of 2015


1 VA - Ork Records: New York, New York
2 VA - Popcorn Exotica
3 VA - Here Today! The Songs Of Brian Wilson
4 VA - Wizzz! Vol. 3
5 VA - Reaching Out: Chess Records At Fame Studios
6 VA - 100% Dynamite: Ska, Soul, Rocksteady & Funk In Jamaica
7 VA - Punk 45: Extermination Nights In The Sixth City - Cleveland, Ohio
8 VA - Happy Lovin' Time: Sunshine Pop From The Garpax Vaults
9 VA - Slow Grind Fever Vols. 3 & 4
10 VA - Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First
11 VA - All Aboard! Train Tracks Calling At All Musical Stations
12 VA - Instrumentals: Soul Style From The Sixties
13 VA - Troxy Music: Screen 2
14 VA - Songs For Swinging Ghosts
15 VA - R&B Hipshakers Vol. 4: Bossa Nova & Grits

My favourite artists are: Bo Diddley, The Kinks, The Byrds, Lee Hazlewood, Serge Gainsbourg, The Ramones, The Sadies

My all-time favourite album is: THE PRETTY THINGS - Emotions

The first album I ever bought was: THE BEATLES - 1967-1970 on LP

On Saturday nights, I throw down to: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Shakin' Fit (a blistering soul comp by the way...)

On Sunday mornings, I recover to: MARGO GURYAN - "Sunday Morning"

The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: The Gruesomes at Le Steppe in Montreal, 1985

My favourite album this year was: REDD KROSS - Researching The Blues

The best show I've seen so far this year is: The Hoodoo Gurus @ The Horseshoe

The band that should come out of retirement is: Frank Sinatra