Behind Sapphire is going to make their December 1st show (with The Elwins) after a much-publicized detaining in China while on tour…

When I heard that members of the band were being held in a Chinese prison…I was beyond concerned, but within days of finding out, the news changed for the better. Click here for the full story of the 10 days spent in detention…and then bring your butts out to their show on Thursday, December 1st to give the warm Windsor welcome to a fellow Canuck happy to be on Canadian soil…playing their first gig in our town.

December 2nd…a Friday…we have the Juno-nominated D-Sisive bringing some killer hip-hop to Phog along with the much-loved Windsor DJ…dstruct.o playing in support. This will be his second time at Phog…and we’re super excited to have him back with his tour-mate, CityReal.

From D-Sisive’s CBC Radio 3 profile:
“D-Sisive, a prolific Canadian rapper, best known for his Juno Award-nominated EP The Book, his hit single “Nobody With A Notepad” (for which D-Sisive and collaborator Muneshine won SOCAN’s fourth annual ECHO Songwriting Prize) and his 2009 Polaris Music Prize-nominated album Let the Children Die (which was launched by the success of “Nobody With A Notepad”).

D-Sisive first emerged in the late 1990s with a number of independent singles which were popular in the Toronto hip hop scene, but took a six-year break from performing and writing due to a battle with depression following his mother’s death in 2001 and father’s death in 2007. The death of his mother inspired him to release the EP J.A.C., named after her, while D-Sisive’s response to losing his parents is heavily documented on releases such as The Book and Let the Children Die. Despite this absence, his talents were showcased on DJ Format’s popular 2005 album If You Can’t Join ‘Em… Beat ‘Em, and D-Sisive performed alongside fellow Canadian rapper Abdominal in the music video for DJ Format’s hit single ‘3 Feet Deep’. Further, a collection of recordings from the early period of D-Sisive’s career has been released on a widely available bootleg entitled Yesterday. The Mixtape.”

November
Wednesday 23 – Shred Kelly (Fernie, BC) w/ The Creekside Strays (London) and The Phonogarde
Thursday 24 – Charlotte Cornfield (Montreal) w/ Ben Caplan (Halifax) and Kara Kaufmann (Windsor)
Friday 25 – Schomberg Fair (Toronto) w/ Leighton Bain (Windsor) and The Pat Robitaille Band
Saturday 26 – The Heels (Toronto/Windsor) w/ Menos Mal
Monday 28 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Wednesday 30 – Grace Laporte Art Show Closing Party – FREE

December
Thursday 1 – Beyond Sapphire (Vancouver) w/ The Elwins and Den-igan
Friday 2 – D-Sisive (Toronto) w/ CityReal (Vancouver) and dstruct.o (Windsor)
Saturday 3 – EARLY – Chase Davidson BMX video premiere and Paul Jacobs performs
EVENING – Kenneth MacLeod and the Windsor Salt Band
Sunday 4 – FILM NIGHT – Home Alone
Monday 5 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Thursday 8 – SHOW AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE – The Sadies, Sunparlour Players, Locusts Have No King, and Field Assembly
$15 Advanced or $20 at the Door
– AT PHOG – FREE Shirk Dance Party with DJ Stephen Pender starts at 10:30pm
Friday 9 – The Tyres w/ Eric Welton Band
Saturday 10 – Ron Leary (Toronto) w/ Tara Watts AND with Scotty Shooze Hughes, Kenneth MacLeod and Robin Pirson
Monday 12 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Tuesday 13 – Crissi Cochrane Video Shoot 5pm-9pm
Wednesday 14 – Jackie Robitaille Collective Party – Guests TBA
Friday 16 – The Tighe Brothers Band w/ The Blue Stones
Saturday 17 – Run With The Kittens (Toronto) w/ Speakeasies (Guelph)
Sunday 18 – FILM NIGHT – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Monday 19 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Wednesday 21 – “Myskow Family n’ Friends Christmas Sing-Along”
Thursday 22 – Joe Strummer Day (CJAM Event) with several acts!
Friday 23 – ASK w/ Years of Ernest & Construction and Destruction (Halifax)
Saturday 24 – The Unquiet Dead – Christmas Eve Special w/ R.Y.E. and George Manury
Monday 26 – Open Mic Surgery with James O-L
Friday 30 – Kenneth MacLeod and The Windsor Salt Band