Tuesday, January 2, 2018

2017 Report - What the Heck did High Heels Lo Fi do this year?


17 live shows!
March 10 - Stop, Drop & Roll, Toronto
March 16 - Stop, Drop & Roll Fundraiser, Toronto
March 24 - Opera House, Toronto
March 31 - Grey Goat, Newmarket
April 29 - Junction City Music Hall, Toronto
May 27 - Stop, Drop & Roll, Toronto, Booty Session EP release
June 13 - Bovine Sex Club, Toronto
July 8 - Stop, Drop & Roll, Toronto
Sept 3 - Euro Lounge (Stop, Drop & Roll), Toronto
Sept 23 - Cherry Cola’s, Toronto
Sept 30 - Manny’s Place, Brantford, Xpress Yourself
Oct 13 - Jimmy Jazz, Guelph
Nov 8 - The Piston, Toronto, Indie Week
Nov 18 - Queens of Noise Fest, Cherry Cola’s, Toronto
Dec 1 - The Atria, Oshawa
Dec 8 - Jimmy Jazz, Guelph
Dec 31 - TO Lounge, New Year’s Eve, Toronto

12 Toronto shows, plus Newmarket, Brantford, Guelph, Oshawa

I’ve always wanted to play the Opera House. I’ve VJd there, and helped with some events, but hadn’t played on that lovely stage until I got a message from Spacker telling me 4 hours before the show that we were playing that night. Bizarre, fabulous, random, amazing! The gal working lights that night is incredibly talented. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lorEEsH7jKc (Holy crap, Jackie shreds here!)

In April, Doug and I were interviewed for See Rock Live, and by “interviewed” I mean that we just yattered, as we do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jEsizrWA58

In May we released “The Booty Sessions” - 7 versions of Mississauga Booty Call, including Transylvania Booty Call, Orion Slave Girl Booty Call, and North Pole Christmas Booty Call.
Available for purchase here: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/highheelslofi7 and on iTunes

In July, Spacker Dave announced that he would be moving to California to be with his darling lady. We thank him for his two years on this deranged project. At his last show in July, we held “live auditions” with a few bass players, mainly as a joke. But Mark Watts was a such a sassy player and good dude that we had to keep him. He shall forever after be known as “the New Kid” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk2JBqZImbg

Here’s video of his first real show with us, titled, “New Kid Fail”. Yeah, we’re mean. But funny is funny.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCopEan6Tg

We played Indie Week in November, and got a half decent recording of our fairly new song, “Bad Girls”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluX-txJGjg

On December First we posted a Christmas Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ6G35uR1qw

Around December 20th was the 11th anniversary of when I came up with the name High Heels Lo Fi. Wow. Time flies. It’s amazing how much this project has evolved.

On Wed. Dec. 27th we did our first live online show (and dorked around) at http://twitch.tv/highheelslofi  If you didn’t catch it - no worries. There will be many more!

We posted the 13 Days of Drinkmas at http://highheelslofi.com/13.html Check out our drink suggestions and recipes, especially those from Doug AKA “Canada’s Deadliest Bartender”.

We had band toques made, and now our demented brains are cosy and warm! We have a few left - they’re super soft, black with hot pink logo, and only $20.

THANK YOU to all of you lovely people who come out to shows, check us out online, share our links, and dig our energy. Your entertainment is the reason we haul gear in the freezing cold at 4am, sweat our butts off on stage, practice until far past our bedtimes, and are always brainstorming new things. Without rock & roll people, we have no point.
THANK YOU to Doug Lea, Jackie Moore, Spacker Dave Vestaloyne, and Mark Watts for giving their time and energy to making this band even better through 2017.
THANK YOU to Mike Bryant for recording our EP, and sound teching our first Twitch show. THANK YOU to our High Lo Go Gos for shaking their cute duffs on stage! (especially Kelly Robotham, Pixie Kostr, Magdalena BB) THANK YOU to everyone who books us for shows! (especially Matt Groopie, Tina Sixx)

What are we planning for 2018?
New songs, new recordings, more live online concerts, a talk show, and more! We will be playing at Cherry Cola’s on Tuesday February 13th for the Crapnation Issue #7 launch party. Since it is the day before Valentine's, expect some unusual love songs.

Love, Hugs, and ROCK & ROLL FOREVER!
~ Cynthia

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Saturday, December 23, 2017

13 Days of Drinkmas



Please click above to check out recipes and drink suggestions from the band. 
Happiest Holidays!

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Video - Bad Girls

https://youtu.be/KluX-txJGjg

Video - New Kid Fail

https://youtu.be/uOCopEan6Tg

See Rock Live interview

https://youtu.be/0jEsizrWA58

Video - The New Kid

https://youtu.be/Tk2JBqZImbg

So many shows!

Saturday, November 18 we are playing at Cherry Cola's in Toronto. Tuesday, November 28 we are playing at the Bovine sex club in Toronto. Friday, December 1 we are playing at the Atria in Oshawa. Friday, December 8 we are playing at Jimmy Jazz in Guelph. Sunday, December 31 we are playing at TO Lounge in Toronto. details at http://highheelslofi.com - we really hope to see you out at a show soon, especially if you haven't seen the latest lineup. Our party people list is now Cynthia, Doug, Jackie, Mark. we have become maximum rock 'n' roll-you've been warned!

Monday, March 27, 2017

New Photo Album

We have some exciting shows coming up... Fri. March 31 in Newmarket, Thurs. April 6 at Shameful Tiki, Sat. April 29 at Junction City Music Hall. Get on the mailing list HEREfor show updates! Facebook Album

part of Get Me Some

Covering Green Day

Live from the Opera House

New Video - a cover of Gaybar by Electric Six

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

We stole a song from The Black Void:

Fri Oct 7 at @Cherry_Colas

We're playing Fri Oct 7 at @Cherry_Colas with #QueensOfNoiseFest - don't miss it!

https://www.facebook.com/events/908307355942009/

Come to Toronto's sexiest live music venue for an amazing 4 nights of music by some of Ontario's top female fronted and all female bands! Come celebrate girl power in style!

Friday October 7:
1245- Anti Queens (ALMOST all female punk rock)
https://www.facebook.com/TheAntiqueens/?fref=ts

12-1230- High Heels lo Fi (female fronted drunk rock)
https://www.facebook.com/HighHeelsLoFi/?fref=ts

1115-1145- Black Cat Attack (female fronted horror punk)
https://www.facebook.com/BCA666/?fref=ts

1030-11- Graffiti Crimes (female fronted pop punk)
https://www.facebook.com/TheGraffitiCrimes/?fref=ts

945-1015- The Sours (all Girl 90s girl rock tribute)
https://www.facebook.com/thesoursband/?fref=ts

Special guest dj Joan from Little Foot Long Foot


$10 per night (except Wednesday October 5 which is $5)
19+
doors at 9pm each night
200 Bathurst St - just north of Queen

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Show Report: Sat. Nov 14 - Buck's Tavern, Brantford

High Heels Lo Fi Show Report
Sat. Nov. 14 - Brantford - Buck's Tavern

Babbling from Cyn, Doug, Spacker Dave, and Jackie

C - We managed to round up 7 of us plus our driver in the huge white prisoner transport van, leave the city a few minutes early, hit almost no traffic, and arrive at dinner early. Christmas miracle? Apres-Halloween miracle? Who knows, we had 4 High Lo Go Gos and a mission! Dinner was great for catching up with some Brantford friends, and carbo loading. I won't lie, I was pretty sassafrassin nervous about being on stage without a guitar to hide behind, and in a new venue where anything could explode, so some chatter and comfort food was a lovely distraction.

D - All you can eat ribs? What a great idea just before a gig....burp!

C - We couldn't load into the venue until after 9, because they had line dancing. That's still a thing? I actually had no idea. But there were lots of people there when we arrived.

D - Must have been a great line dance night. Actually the first venue where I've ever met a gay black cowboy. I can cross that off the list now.


C - All I had to set up was my mic. It was weird. Other than fetching water, I felt oddly out of place. But once we got going, it was amazing! Strange, alien, but amazing!

D - I could have sworn I read that as Feltching water!

C - I swear I saw some "tough guys" singing along full blast to "Eff the Day Job"! Doug, how was the view with 4 GoGos in front of you?

D - Once again, kept the ass in the back and the asses out front. Speaking of which, how many times did you bend over straight legged that night Cynthia?

C - Shush. I was a perfect lady. Heh heh. One guy pulled me aside after the show to tell me that I sounded like Joplin. I thanked him, but admitted this wasn't water proof mascara so please don't say anything else nice to me. hahaha

D - Of course if you really sounded like Joplin, I would run to the hills. Let's hope he was talking about Scott and not Janice.

C - Then there was "The Duel"...

S - Upon discovering a man wearing virtually identical pants, I felt a burning rage, deep inside of me! Due to the absence of a glove, I strolled over and smacked him across the face with a pom pom, decreeing "I demand satisfaction!" Seeing as this is Canada and firearms are not readily accessible, we agreed to duel with plastic shotguns against innocent digital deer. Despite my rampant, longstanding vegetarianism, I proved myself to be the superior huntsman! Turn out he was also a fellow bass man and the bass which he most covets is the Rickenbacker 4003, which I happened to play that night. I wish him well, but I think he learned who wears the red pants in this town!


C - Really enjoyed Less Than Three, and both of Waking Life's sets. So good! We'll be dragging them to Toronto to play with us again soon!

D - I've really enjoyed Less Than Three as well...wink...wink!

C - Jackie, what was your first show with HHLF like, and did you still respect us in the morning?

J - Okay, here's my thoughts: This show was, on every level, a positive experience for me. Gillian said she had the best time ever at a one of my shows! I was a little nervous about playing a C&W bar in Brantford, but I never felt threatened or intimidated.

C - A guy was showing me that deer hunt game, and how you lose points if you shoot a doe. He said, "In this bar, we respect women!" I think that was a good sign!

J - I thought the sound on stage was terrible. How is it that I am standing directly in front of my amp and I can barely hear it, but the whole room can hear it just fine. Every body said we sounded great, so that's the main thing. The vocals were a little weak, but I'm sure they sounded just fine over by the bar, WHERE THE PA SPEAKERS WERE...

C - Ha ha ha! Yeah. The bar wasn't really set up for rock bands. Dan did the best he could with the sound.

J - I thought it was a little strange how the place cleared out, but after I heard about the line dancing it all made sense. I'm surprised they stayed as long as they did.

C- Yeah, Nikole said that the place usually clears at midnight, so we shouldn't take it personally. Please tell me that I didn't snore on the way home. Or at least not too loudly. We made it from Brantford to the CN Tower in 49 minutes. Zero traffic, except for that one arsehole who zoomed by us doing at least 180. I sincerely hope he didn't hurt anyone but himself that night!

C - thanks to everyone who came out - we'll be there again soon!

Monday, November 16, 2015

FOUR people in the band?

Well, I guess Doug knows how to count to four, from the song-counting-in that he does. Check out our first Toronto show with the new lineup on Sat. Dec. 5 at Cherry Cola's!

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

We're playing at Lee's Palace on Nov 5!

Check out HighHeelsLoFi.com - SHOWS for details & link for advance tickets. Don't miss this one!!!!

Monday, June 1, 2015

Songs for the Escaped High Park Peacock:

Toronto, please alert any musicians you know who play cover songs. For the foreseeable future, the following songs may only be played with the proper dedication to our hero, the Toronto Peacock On The Run.

- Freebird, Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Free as a Bird, the Beatles
- Runaway, Del Shannon
- Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
- Breakin the Law, Judas Priest
- Jailbreak, Thin Lizzy
- Born Free, Andy Williams
- Escape, 30 Seconds to Mars
- I Wanna break Free, Queen
- Into the Great Wide Open, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- Vogue, Madonna
- Birdhouse in your Soul, They Might be Giants
- Bird on a Wire, Leonard Cohen
- FLy like an Eagle, Steve Miller Band
- Where Eagles Dare, Iron Maiden
- Sexy and I Know It, LMFAO
- I'm Too Sexy, Right Said Fred
- Strutter, KISS
- Strut, Sheena Easton
- Bye Bye Birdie
- Rockin Robin, Bobby Day
- Fly Robin Fly, Silver Convention
- Gonna Fly Now (Rocky's Theme), Bill Conti
- Peacock, Katy Perry