APRIL - AUGUST 2011

• APRIL 5 •

CAPILLARY ACTION (Philadelphia)
DOLDRUMS (Montreal)
BURLS (Montreal)
THE ELASTIC FOUNTAINS (Montreal)

Casa del Popolo
6/8$

• APRIL 9 •

CASPIAN (Mylene Sheath | Boston)
ARMS + SLEEPERS (Expect Candy | Boston)
EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS (Montreal)
SAMSARA (Montreal)

Casa del Popolo
7/9$
9pm

• APRIL 15 •

THE AMERICAN DOLLAR (Yesh | NYC)
SIBIAN + FAUN (Montreal)
MIA VERKO (Montreal)

Casa del Popolo
6/8$
9pm

• APRIL 16 •

LES BOIS FRANCS (Montreal)
DEPOST (Trois Rivieres)
EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS (Montreal)

L'Esco
7$
9pm

ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ

THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY @ CASA DEL POPOLO

MAY 28

LAUREL HALO (Hippos in Tanks | NYC)
D'EON (Hippos in Tanks | Montreal)
SWING & SKIP DJS (HGLDT + Backlash)

MAY 29

GROWN UPS (Topshelf | Chicago)
SOLIDS (Montreal)

May 28 - 8$/10$
May 29 - 5$/7$

ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ

• JUNE 19 •

Suoni Per Il Popolo / Blue Skies Turn Black and the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire present

LICHENS (Kranky | Chicago)
SOFT CIRCLE (Eastern Developments | NYC)
SOUFFLE (Montreal)

Casa del Popolo
11$
8:30pm


• AUGUST 9 •

ROSETTA (Translation Loss / Cavity / Mylene Sheath | Philadelphia)
BRAVEYOUNG (The End | Greensboro)

Casa del Popolo
8$/10$
8:30pm

fall updated

Suoni Per Il Popolo + the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire present

Tuesday, October 12 2010

EXPO 70 (Kansas City, Missouri | Beta-Lactam Ring / Kill Shaman / Immune)

QUILT (Brooklyn, New York | Quilt Recordings / Magic Bullet Records / This Quiet Army Records)

SUNDRIPS (Montreal, Quebec | Fadeaway Tapes)

http://www.myspace.com/expo70
quilt.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/sundrips

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
doors at 8:30pm
$8/10
Tickets available at Casa del Popolo, Cheap Thrills, L’Oblique, Phonopolis, and Atom Heart

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the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Thursday, October 28 2010

BENOIT PIOULARD (Portland, Oregon | Kranky / Type/ Ghostly International)

BLUE HAWAII (Montreal, Quebec | Arbutus)

http://www.myspace.com/pioulard

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
8$/10$
9pm

+ NAT BALDWIN (Dirty Projectors) + SUFFIX + THE BULLETPROOF TIGER TBA SOON

FALL 2010

AUGUST


Blue Skies Turn Black and the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire present

Sunday, August 8 2010

MAPS AND ATLASES (Chicago, IL | Barsuk / Sargent House)

CULTS (New York City, NY | Forest Family)

LAURA STEVENSON AND THE CANS (New York City, NY | mem. Bomb the Music Industry, Latterman / Asian Man Records)

Il Motore
179 Jean Talon
10$/12$
9pm

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the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Friday, August 13 2010

GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! (Keene, New Hampshire | Loves in Heat)

HORST (Montreal, Canada)

http://www.myspace.com/giraffesgiraffes

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
6$/8$
9pm

SEPTEMBER


the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Monday, September 13 2010

THE BRONZED CHORUS (Greensboro, North Carolina | Hello Sir Records)

HEY PREDATOR! (Montreal, Canada | Aribin Sillah Recordings)

LES BOIS FRANCS (Montreal, Canada | Oeil du Tigre)

http://www.myspace.com/thebronzedchorus
http://www.myspace.com/heypredator
http://www.myspace.com/boisfrancsmtl

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
6$
9pm

-
the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Tuesday, September 14 2010

CAPILLARY ACTION (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Discorporate)

SPECIAL GUESTS TBA

http://www.myspace.com/capillaryaction

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
Price TBA
9pm

-

the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Saturday, September 18 2010

CASPIAN (Boston, Massachusetts| (the Mylene Sheath)

THISQUIETARMY (Montreal, Canada | Alien8 / Killerpimp / Basses Frequances / Elevation)

EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS (Montreal, Canada | Aribin Sillah)

http://www.myspace.com/caspiantheband
http://www.myspace.com/thisquietarmy
http://www.myspace.com/saccidananda

Bar St Laurent 2
5550 St Laurent
7$/9$
9pm

-

Blue Skies Turn Black and the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Tuesday, September 21 2010

HOLY SHIT!

Bar St Laurent 2
5550 St. Laurent
Price TBA
9pm

OCTOBER


the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Monday, October 11 2010

SIX GALLERY (Columbus, Ohio | Superball/EMI)

LOOKING FOR LOCALS

http://www.myspace.com/sixgallery

Casa del Popolo
4234 St Laurent
7$
9pm

-

the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Wednesday, October 13 2010

QUILT (Brooklyn, New York | ex. Romance of Young Tigers | Quilt Recordings / Magic Bullet Records / This Quiet Army Records)

EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS (Montreal, Canada | Aribin Sillah)

quilt.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/saccidananda

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
6$
9pm

-

the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire presents

Thursday, October 28 2010

BENOIT PIOULARD (Portland, Oregon | Kranky / Type/ Ghostly International)

http://www.myspace.com/pioulard

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
8$/10$
9pm

SPRING 2010!

Wednesday, April 14 2010

CASPIAN (Boston, Massachusetts | Mylene Sheath / Radar / Make My Day)

ARMS AND SLEEPERS (Boston, Massachusetts / Portland, Maine | Expect Candy / Friend of Mine / Ericrock)

LOCAL T.B.A.

http://www.myspace.com/caspiantheband
http://www.myspace.com/armsandsleepers

Le Divan Orange
4234 St Laurent
7$ Advance Tickets at Cheap Thrills, Phonopolis + Atom Heart
9$ at the Door
9pm

(TORONTO: April 13 @ Rancho Relaxo, search "A Mountain Far presents..." or get in touch with me for more info)

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the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire and Blue Skies Turn Black present

Friday, April 16 2010

LYMBYC SYSTYM (Brooklyn, New York / Tempe, Arizona | Mush / Magic Bullet / &)

SLOW SIX (Brooklyn, New York | New Albion / Western Vinyl)

MIA VERKO (Montreal, Canada)

http://www.myspace.com/thelymbycsystym
http://www.myspace.com/slowsix
http://www.myspace.com/miaverko

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
10$ advance and at the door
Tickets available online soon
9pm

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the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire Presents

A Two Year Anniversary Series

Monday, May 17 2010

SVARTE GREINER (Norway | Type)

THE SIGHT BELOW (Seattle, Washington | Ghostly)

LOCAL T.B.A.

http://www.myspace.com/svartegreiner
http://www.myspace.com/thesightbelow

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
Price TBA
9pm

(Three more shows TBA between May 17 - June 10)

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the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire Presents

Saturday, June 26 2010

THE AMERICAN DOLLAR (Queens, NY | Tesh / Ericrock)

SAMSARA (Montreal, Canada)

LOCAL T.B.A.

http://www.myspace.com/americandollarband
http://www.myspace.com/samsaramtl

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
5$/7$
9pm

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the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire Presents

Tuesday, July 20

METAVARI (Fort Wayne, IN | Crossroads of America / Friend of Mine)

LOCALS T.B.A.

http://www.myspace.com/metavari

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
5$
9pm

Nadja / Caspian / Picastro / Feuermusik / Arms and Sleepers

Hello.

Just wanted to announce the first batch of shows I am promoting in 2010. They are;

Feuermusik, Depost Through The and Robin, Mathieu & David
January 29 at Casa del Popolo

Nadja, Picastro and Robin, Mathieu & David
February 21 at le Divan Orange

Caspian and Arms and Sleepers
April 14 at le Divan Orange

More information can be found further down and many more shows will be announced soon.

I am also pleased and proud to announce the addition of the following bands to the roster of bands I book in Canada;

the American Dollar (Ericrock)
Belong (Carpark / Table of the Elements)
Gregor Samsa (Own / Kora)
Look Mexico (Suburban Home / Stiffslack)
Lymbyc Systym (Mush / Magic Bullet / &)
Metavari (XRA / Friend of Mine)
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie (Kranky)

Expect to see most or all of these bands in Montreal at some point this year.

Thanks,

David

| THE GRAND THEFT OTTOMAN EMPIRE PRESENTS |

Friday, January 29

FEUERMUSIK (Toronto, Ontario | ex. Rockets Red Glare | Standard Form / Outside)

DEPOST THROUGH THE (Trois Riviers/Louisville, Quebec | Aribin Sillah)

ROBIN, MATHIEU & DAVID (Montreal, Quebec | Aribin Sillah)

http://www.myspace.com/feuermusik
http://www.myspace.com/depostthroughthe

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
5$
9pm

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

NADJA (Toronto, Ontario | Hydra Head / Alien8 / the End | Last Montreal Show for 2 Years!)

PICASTRO (Toronto, Ontario | Polyvinyl / Monotreme)

ROBIN, MATHIEU & DAVID (Montreal, Quebec | Aribin Sillah)

http://www.myspace.com/nadjaluv
http://www.myspace.com/picastro

Le Divan Orange
4234 St Laurent
7$ Advanced Tickets at Cheap Thrills, Phonopolis, Atom Heart
9$ at the door
9pm

-

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

CASPIAN (Boston, Massachusetts | Mylene Sheath / Radar / Make My Day)

ARMS AND SLEEPERS (Boston, Massachusetts / Portland, Maine | Expect Candy / Friend of Mine / Ericrock)

LOCAL T.B.A.

http://www.myspace.com/caspiantheband
http://www.myspace.com/armsandsleepers


Le Divan Orange
4234 St Laurent
7$ Advance Tickets Available at Cheap Thrills, Phonopolis + Atom Heart
9$ at the Door
9pm

(Toronto: 3/14 at Rancho Relaxo - a Mountain Far presents)

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| THE GRAND THEFT OTTOMAN EMPIRE TOURS |

the Grand Theft Ottoman Empire
Canadian Booking Agency
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Spring 2010 Roster
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Algernon Cadwallader (Be Happy)
the American Dollar (Ericrock)
Antarctic (Hello Sir)
Arms and Sleepers (Expect Candy / Friend of Mine)
Balmorhea (Western Vinyl)
Belong (Car Park / Table of the Elements)
the Bronzed Chorus (Hello Sir)
Caspian (Mylene Steath)
Gifts From Enola (Mylene Steath)
Gregor Samsa (Own / Kora)
Look Mexico (Suburban Home / Stiffslack)
Lymbyc Systym (Mush / Magic Bullet / &)
Metavari (XRA / Friend of Mine)
This Town Needs Guns (Sargent House - All of North America w/ Love of Everything)
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie (Kranky)
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(rip) Romance of Young Tigers (Magic Bullet)
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Antarctic! the Bronzed Chorus! Aidan Baker! Animal Hospital!

THE GRAND THEFT OTTOMAN EMPIRE VERY PROUDLY PRESENTS ITS FALL LINEUP FOR 2009!

Monday October 26

Please Don't Put Charles on the Money (mem. GY!BE, Exhaust)
Antarctic (St Augustine - Jacksonville FL / Hello Sir Records)
the Bronzed Chorus (Greensboro, North Carolina / Hello Sir Records)
Hey Predator! (Aribin Sillah)

http://www.myspace.com/antarcticsounds
http://www.myspace.com/thebronzedchorus
http://www.myspace.com/heypredator

LE DIVAN ORANGE
4234 St Laurent
7$
EARLY SHOW. FIRST BAND AT 9pm SHARP.

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this quiet army records + the grand theft present

Friday, November 14

Sianspheric (Hamilton, Ontario / Sonic Unyon Records)
My Dad Vs. Yours (Ottawa, Ontario)
Electroluminescent (Hamilton, Ontario)
thisquietarmy (Killer Pimp, Alien8)

Casa Del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
7$
9pm

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Friday November 20

Hey Predator (Aribin Sillah)
Sleep for the Nightlife (Toronto, Ontario)
Hoefizer or maybe someone else i dunno

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
5$
9pm

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this quiet army records and the grand theft present

Saturday, November 28

Ghidrah (Aun vs. TQA vs. Maggot Breeder)
Aidan Baker (of Nadja)
Animal Hospital (Mister Records, Mutable Sound, Barge Recordings / Boston, USA)
le Chat Blanc Orchestra (Chat Blanc Records / Quebec City)

Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
7$
9pm

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April 1 2010

THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS (Sargent House/Big Scary Monsters - Oxford UK)
Love of Everything (mem. Make Believe/Joan of Arc - Polyvinyl Records)

http://www.myspace.com/thistownneedsguns
http://www.myspace.com/loveofeverything

Venue tbc soon
6$ ad/8$ door

Gifts From Enola! Constants! Antarctic! the Bronzed Chorus!

Friday August 14

Gifts From Enola (Virginia, USA, Mylene Sheath)
Kimika
Hoefizer

www.myspace.com/giftsfromenola
www.myspace.com/hoefizer
www.myspace.com/kimikaband

Green Room
5386 St Laurent
6$

September 12

Constants (Radar Recordings, Boston)
The Yage Letters
Sugarshack


Casa Del Popolo
4873 St Laurent


Friday October 9

Arms and Sleepers
locals TBA (wanna play?)

Casa Del Popolo
4873 St Laurent
5$

October 26

Antarctic (St Augustine - Jacksonville FL / Hello Sir Records)
the Bronzed Chorus (Greensboro, North Carolina / Hello Sir Records)
Hey Predator!

Venue TBA soon!!

Friday November 20

Hey Predator
Sleep for the Nightlife
Hoefizer

Casa del Popolo
5$

April 9 2010

Super awesome exciting band from the UK!!!

Maps + Atlases! Lymbyc System! Luke Envoy! So Many Dynamos! Picastro!

Summer shows! Yeah!! Posters to come!!

BSTB and grand theft present
June 8th

08 June, 2009

MAPS & ATLASES (Sargent House)
SO MANY DYNAMOS (Vagrant)
MIA VERKO

Il Motore
179 Jean-Talon Ouest

June 8th

Luke Envoy (FWD / Tempa / Hotflush)
Livingstone
HGLDT
DJ KHAN

Jupiter Room
7$ ad/10$ door

http://www.reprisemusicgroup.com/agency/audio/Luke_Envoy_Radio_1_Jan_2009.mp3

Aribin Sillah Recordings 2nd birthday

June 19/20

confirmed bands include:
Hey Predator!
Saccidananda
A Crawling Theory Under Carwrecks
Tomcat Combat
Depost Through The
Ancestors
A History Of
Picastro (Polyvinyl records)

Friendship Cove
215a Murray

July 1

What Seas What Shores (Windsor, Ont/Valkyre Records)
Sugarshack

venue tba

July 14

Capillary Action (Philadelphia, USA/Natural Selection (US)/Discorporate (EU))

venue tba

grand theft + bstb present

July 21

Lymbyc System (Austin/New York/Arizona, Magic Bullet)
+guests

tba

Thursday August 13

Gifts From Enola (Virginia, USA, Mylene Sheath)
Irepress (Boston)

Venue TBA

new shows!

Grand Theft Ottoman Empire / Aribin Sillah weekend

Romance of Young Tigers (Dayton, Ohio / MAGIC BULLET RECORDS)
Please Don't Put Charles on the Money (members Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Exhaust)
Thisquietarmy 
GARDEN OF HONOREAH aka Heathrow (members of Depost Through The)

27 March 2009 (friday)
L'ENVERS 185 Van Horne
6$

This is what music magazine Alternative Press says about Romance of Young Tigers;

Much like the Serengeti, the options for amusement in Dayton, Ohio, are quite limited. Fortunately for us, this trio spent their time learning how to deftly balance ambient guitar textures (cf. Sigur Ros, Robert Fripp, My Bloody Valentine) with the kind of girth usually found within the Hydra Head stable. 

Depost Through The 
Crawling Theory Under Carwrecks 
Place Hands

28 March 2009 (saturday)
Casa Del Popolo

thegrandtheftottomanempire.blogspot.com
www.romanceofyoungtigers.net/
www.myspace.com/romanceofyoungtigers
www.myspace.com/thisquietarmy
www.myspace.com/aribinsillahrecordings
www.myspace.com/placehands

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TQA (r) presents;

SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRONES, VOL. 1
SUNDAY APRIL 5TH, 2009
13h00-21h00
PWYC

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Anti-School Year (Montreal)
Organ Drones
http://www.myspace.com/antischoolyear

Aun (Montreal)
Black Drones
http://www.myspace.com/martindumais

Cloudscapes (Montreal)
Homemade Guitar Pedals
http://www.myspace.com/cloudscapes

de.i.te (Montreal)
Ghostly Ambient 
http://www.myspace.com/deite73

Electroluminescent (Hamilton)
Psychedelic Ambient 
http://www.myspace.com/electroluminescent

Hoefizer (Montreal)
Pedal Drones Through Pedals 
http://www.myspace.com/hoefizer

David Lauzon (Ottawa)
Progressive Ambient
http://www.myspace.com/davidlauzon

Maggot Breeder (Montreal)
Experimental Noise Drones
http://www.myspace.com/maggotbreeder

The Montreal Nintendo Orkestar (Montreal) 
Nintendo DS & Pedals Duo
www.myspace.com/montrealnintendoorkestar

Naw (Toronto)
Ambient Dub Laptop
www.myspace.com/nawmusic

thisquietarmy (Montreal)
Shoegaze Drones
http://www.myspace.com/thisquietarmy

Shane Whitbread (Ottawa)
Heavy Drones
http://www.myspace.com/fivewayssound

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Friday July 10

Saccidananda (Album release on Valkyre Recordings and Aribin Sillah Recordings)
+ guests 

Casa Del Popolo

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Thursday August 13

Gifts From Enola (Mylene Sheath)
+ more TBA

Venue TBA

arms + sleepers/thisquietarmy/baltic sea/depost through the

hello !

Hello,

I am David and since May 2008 I have been organizing shows in Montreal, Quebec, Canada under the name the grand theft ottoman empire. So far we have done/we will do shows for bands like Tera Melos (Sargent House/Temporary Residence), Lymbyc System (Magic Bullet), Maps and Atlases (Sargent House) Olafur Arnalds (Erased Tapes), Luke Envoy (FWD / Tempa / Hotflush), Romance of Young Tigers (Magic Bullet), So Many Dyamos (Vagrant), Arms and Sleepers (Expect Candy), Gifts From Enola (Mylene Sheath), Junius (Radar Recordings), Please Don't Put Charles on the Money (ex Godspeed you black emperor, exhaust), Tunturia (Valkyre), Thisquietarmy (Killer Pimp/Elevation/Foreshadow), Irepress (Boston), the Baltic Sea (Ericrock) and others. We have also established ourselves as the official Canadian bookers for Balmorhea (Western Vinyl, Canadian tour March 2010) and Romance of Young Tigers (Montreal + Toronto March of 2009, future CDN shows to come). The intention of this blog is to serve as a website for TGTOE and to give updates, news, show announcements, to show some photos, and so forth. Please enjoy and feel free to send any questions, comments or inquiries to thegrandtheftottomanempire AT gmail DOT com

Thanks!!

David M