Over The Top Festival Returns

04/20/09 2:16pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Over The Top Festival will mark its eighth anniversary when it returns to Toronto from May 21 to 23.

Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains, $100, The Ghost Is Dancing, Timber Timbre, The Darcys, Think About Life, Tiny Masters Of Today and Clues (featuring ex-members of The Unicorns and Arcade Fire) are among those playing this year's event.

A variety of films will also be screened during the festival, including Ebay And Bald Static, a short directed by Chad VanGaalen. It will make its world premiere on May 23 at the National Film Board Of Canada's John Spotton Theatre.

Tickets to all the shows, films and theatre events are on sale through Ticketweb and Toronto record stores Rotate This and Soundscapes. More information about the festival can be found on its website.

Here's the music schedule for this year's Over The Top Festival:

May 21:
Merzbow w/Growing and Metz @ Polish Combatants Hall
Clues w/The Ghost Is Dancing and The Darcys @ Sneaky Dee's
Baby Dee w/Timber Timbre and Ghost Bees @ 67 Nassau Street
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains w/Dinosaur Bones, Friendly Foes and Bayonets @ Whippersnapper Gallery

May 22:
Think About Life w/Tuneyard and Bayonets @ Polish Combatants Hall
MV+EE w/Woods and $100 @ Whippersnapper Gallery
Mecca Normal @ 67 Nassau Street
Ulysses & The Siren w/The Narrative and Cool Dad @ Sneaky Dee's

May 23:
The Budos Band w/Word People and DJ John Kong @ Polish Combatants Hall
Tiny Masters Of Today w/Windom Earle and The Superstitions @ Whippersnapper Gallery
Shellshag w/Fiasco and guests @ Sneaky Dee's
Five Blank Pages w/Oh No Forest Fires and Boys Who Say No @ The Mod Club