Has anyone else ever noticed how goddamn photogenic the Silver Dollar is? We had a great time playing there this weekend, with plenty of sweet snapshots to prove it (like Mark Coatsworth’s awesome images below). We even nabbed some live footage, which is available for your viewing pleasure on our new videos page. Enjoy!

Photo by Mark Coatsworth

Photo: Mark Coatsworth

Missed our December gig at the Horseshoe? Never fear, Weirdies fans. Music blogger Jamie Thompson from Urban Flute Project was there with his trusty recorder.

Check out his live recording of “Bad Chemicals”, and then get your ass to the Silver Dollar this Saturday night to hear it in person.

Photo: Jamie Thompson

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On Dec. 15, The Weirdies are playing one of Bookie’s Nu Music Nights at the Horseshoe. And that can only mean three things… Nu songs! Nu rock moves! Nu glasses! (Seriously, every single Weirdie has new glasses. Are you gonna miss that shit?)

It’s a Tuesday night, but suck it up and come anyway. It’s been ages since we’ve played and this is your last chance to see us in 2009.

After a bit of a winter hiatus, The Weirdies are back in action. We’re heading to Montreal on May 29 for a headlining spot at L’Esco (4467a St. Denis). Tell your friends!

Thanks to The Bon, Drunkula and everyone who came out to rock in the new year with The Weirdies at Trash Palace. Minx’s memory of the night is kind of hazy, but she woke up with bruises on her wrist from playing too hard, so she suspects it was a good show. (She does remember people dancing in the front row and singing along to “Fuck Switzerland.”) Happy 2009, folks!

We’ve got two shows coming up this month, celebrating Space Weirdie’s birthday with the Pillow Fight League and playing at Wavelength, so come check ‘em out!

NYE at Trash Palace. Photo by Dawn Weaver.

Come party with us on New Year’s Eve! Tickets are now available at Eyesore Cinema (801 Queen W).

We were stoked to discover this week that The Weirdies had been played on Minx’s all-time favourite podcast: The CBC Radio 3 Podcast With Grant Lawrence!

Download Episode #183 and listen for yourself, as we rub proverbial shoulders with Canadian hometown heroes The Sadies, Sloan and Land of Talk.

Our album, The Weirdies In 3D, just got reviewed in Exclaim by Sam Sutherland:

The Weirdies in 3D is fun, loud, raunchy and flat-out awesome. Comprised of ex-members of Toronto garage rock institutions Tijuana Bibles, the Pin-Ups! and the Threat, the Weirdies play songs about planetarium knife fights and cuffed jeans, and they’re great. With the swagger of the Detroit Cobras and the classic riffs of the MC5, songs like “Let’s Get Hot” manage to ride the line between nostalgia and relevance, making for a record that stays exciting for its entire running length — 12 songs in a brisk 24 minutes. It’s worth noting that drummer Space Weirdie makes a living doing screen-printing and design, and the truly badass artwork that accompanies this disc is a genuine asset to the music. Listen to the record and touch that CD sleeve. Both rule. (Independent)

This week, The Weirdies got all dressed up for a Halloween party at the Cadillac Lounge. But the best part of the night was the part you didn’t see: your three favourite garage-punkers crammed into Space’s bathroom as the boys helped Minx apply her dead-prom-queen makeup. It’s all love here at Weirdies headquarters. Happy Halloween!