CONTEST: Win tix to see the Tom Fun Orchestra live along with a copy of their latest CD!!!

Way back in January, I told you about a nine piece cluster rock outfit from Cape Breton known as the Tom Fun Orchestra. Described by many as Tom Waits meeting the Arcade Fire, the band has a hyperactive sound that is authentic in keeping with its Maritime origins, while still incorporating enough outside influences such as jazz, blues, mob rock and horn section empowered epics to keep things very interesting throughout the course of the entire album. If you're interested in other bands to name drop in association with them, they actually remind me of The Pogues more than anyone else, while their CD, You Will Land With A Thud, was produced by Gordan Gano of the Violent Femmes. Still, as great as the album is, nothing could have prepared me for the merry chaos that ensued upon seeing them live. This band is fun, fun, fun and as I type this at the halfway mark of this current concert going year, their January show at the Horseshoe is sitting comfortably amongst the top three shows that I've attended so far this year. It even had the ability to arouse the generally stoic ensemble that is a Toronto audience, and this, my friends, is no simple feat.

Well if you were one of the unfortunate ones who had to miss that show, thankfully, you didn't have to wait too long for that second chance because their summer tour has begun, which means that they're returning to The Horseshoe Tavern on Thursday August 6th. Opening for them will be local band The Coast and a solo set by fellow Tom Funner Carmen Townsend. The show is going to set you back a whopping 8 bucks.

CONTEST: Still, if you'd rather spend that $8 on beer, than I've got two tickets to this show to giveaway, along with a copy of Tom Fun Orchestra' latest CD: You Will Land With A Thud. If you're interested in this one, email me at quadb2001 [at] gmail [dot] com with "I Want To Tom Fun Tonight" in the subject line, and your full name in the body.

Contest is now closed. Congrats to Ashley G and thanks to everyone who entered.

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