Michael Rault, Expanda Fuzz, Sunshine & The Blue Moon and Queen of Swords [Megaphono 2018]

MEGAPHONO and CKCU FM 93.1 present

Michael Rault

Expanda Fuzz

SUNSHINE & THE BLUE MOON

Queen Of Swords

at House of Targ
1077 Bank Street

$10 advance / $12 doors
Free with MEGA PASS or FO’SHOWS wristband.
Advance tickets available in stores at The Record Centre, Vertigo Records, both locations of Compact Music, and online here > https://goo.gl/eVjTpZ

Doors at 9:00 pm
19+ / licensed

Michael Rault is a Toronto based singer, guitarist and songwriter fronting his own eponymously named band. A gifted multi- instrumentalist and arranger, his hooky blend of pop rock refracts an evolution of guitar based music through the ages. An era-defying mischievousness defines his synthesis of jukebox R’n’B, and acid psych as refracted through the experience of an adolescence spent idolizing the clever craftsmanship of the Beatles and the wiggy New Orleans textures of Dr. John in equal measure.

Expanda Fuzz was conceived attempting to rip apart a Pink Floyd song with a distorted bass, a fuzz-driven guitar through a ripped speaker cabinet and a Roland 404 sampler. The result is a unique brand of catchy, droney, post-punk songs that hook heavily into a psych-garage sound. Think Kim Deal fronting the Velvet Underground, or Mary Timony jamming with Suicide. In 2017, Expanda Fuzz released 2 EPs, “At War With Summer” and “The Last Of The Who Heads”. “Who Heads” reached #1 on CHUO’s weekly charts. They are currently preparing their first full-length release expected in 2018. “This two-piece would be equally at home playing to the beard-strokers at a Warhol Factory Party as they would be ignoring their neighbour’s angry knocks for making too much racket in the garage”. – Sled Island

Sunshine & the Blue Moon choose to experiment not only with sound, but mood as well, expanding their aural landscape beyond common signifiers. Blending influences and ideas from across genres and eras spanning from early blues, folk and country, to 60’s rock and soul, through eclectic 90’s grooves. One listen may place you on a rural road with your sweetheart, feeling the summer breeze as it rolls through the trembling leaves. While another might place you in a pulsing dream wanting nothing more than to escape the hot city streets, to shake and dance the through the night.

Queen Of Swords is the new project from Aerin Fogel, who played previously in The Bitters with Ben Cook (Fucked Up/Young Guv/Bad Actors Records etc). The Bitters released records with Captured Tracks, Mexican Summer, Sacred Bones, and Release The Bats, and had a period of touring and festival appearances including SXSW, NXNE, and Woodsist/Captured Tracks Fest.

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Organizers acknowledge that this event takes place on unceded Algonquin territory

Questions? Contact us at info@megaphono.ca

This event is part of the MEGAPHONO Music Showcase Festival & Conference in Ottawa-Hull
February 8-10, 2018
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