Ever After Music Festival 2017 @ 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener June 2-4, 2017 This weekend was filled with bass, sweat and broken necks at Ever After Music Festival in Kitchener. This year was the festivals third installment, with the past two years having headliners such as Skrillex, Zedd, Diplo, and [...]
CBC Music Festival | #CBCMusicFest @ RBC Echo Beach, Toronto May 27, 2017 Going into the festival, I didn’t know what to expect, other than mediocre weather. Turns out, I was ready to discover new music and kickstart the festival season. The 5th annual CBC Music Festival took over RBC Echo Beach in Toronto for the [...]
Movement Electronic Music Festival 2017 @ Philip A. Hart Plaza, Detroit May 27-29, 2017 Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom. A cacophony of thunderous techno and hip hop ricochets off the concrete structures throughout Hart Plaza. People of all ages, dressed as rockers, candy ravers, a gorilla, or normal looking peeps wearing [...]
Canadian Music Week 2017 – Phase 2 Toronto, Ontario April 18-22, 2017 Keeping the CMW momentum going, Toronto! There was so much to see and do this week we had to designate a second CMW post! Here’s Phase 2 of the Spill Magazine extended coverage of the 2017 Canadian Music Week festivities! Matt Mays [...]
Canadian Music Week 2017 Toronto, Ontario April 18-22, 2017 Here we go again, Toronto! Presenting the Spill Magazine extended coverage of the 2017 Canadian Music Week mayhem! Zoobombs w/ MunizO, Little Boxer and KNIFEY @ The Silver Dollar (Article by Josie Northern Harrison) On Tuesday, April 18, Canadian Music [...]
SXM Festival 2017 @ St. Martin-Sint Maarten March 15-19, 2017 Scintillating SXM Festival delivers a stunning second year in St Martin. What’s better than hearing you’re favourite DJ among beautiful, music-loving souls in a tropical paradise? Seeing them at the highly acclaimed, Canadian-curated SXM [...]
Wavelength Music Festival 2017 – #WL17 @ The Garrison, Toronto February 17, 2017 On the night of February 17th, Wavelength started off the 17th iteration of its annual festival at the Garrison in Toronto. The Wavelength Festival is one of many events hosted by Wavelength Music – a non-profit arts [...]
TURF – Toronto Urban Roots Fest @ Fort York Garrison Common, Toronto September 16-18, 2016 Day One Modern Space Fun, fun, fun. That was the order of the day for Toronto’s newcomer Modern Space. As a selected participant in Spotify’s Spotlight 2016 program, this is one band that is going places [...]
in/future Festival 2016 @ Ontario Place, Toronto September 15-25, 2016 In/future, dubbed “A Festival of Art & Music at Ontario Place,” premiered September 15-25, 2016 at the abandoned Ontario Place grounds. Presented and overseen by Art Spin’s Layne Hinton and Rui Pimenta, in partnership with Small World [...]
Electric Island Festival 2016 @ Toronto Island, Toronto September 4th & 5th, 2016 Electric Island hosted its first two-day finale this past Labour Day weekend on Toronto Island. Event organizers Embrace, Coda, and Platform brought a captivating array of outstanding underground Electronic talent from Toronto [...]
The Joy Formidable Wednesday June 15, 2016 The Mod Club Welsh power trio The Joy Formidable hit the Mod Club for NXNE and to support their latest album Hitch. Even the fact that the album has been released everywhere but Canada couldn’t damper the spirits of a pumped-up crowd who were clearly very familiar with [...]
Bestival 2016 @ Woodbine Park, Toronto June 11-12, 2016 Saturday Elliott Vincent Jones: Newcomer Elliott Vincent Jones got things started Saturday afternoon with his quirky brand of Synth Pop. His combination of awkward dancing and a Jim Morrison-like singing stance made him one of the most interesting acts of the [...]
SATE | YARDLETS | THE WORRIERS | TOWERS | FIRST GHOST | MARDEEN | BIG EYES | SHAWNEE | FULL OF HELL ARTIST NAME: SATE 1. What’s your favourite thing about a festival like NXNE? Seeing my friends play, discovering new bands and being inspired by both. 2. What should we expect from your live show? A raunchy, [...]
CBC Music Festival 2016 | #CBCMusicFest @ TD Echo Beach, Toronto May 28, 2016 Thirty degrees, hotter still with the humidex. Every inch of shady real estate, from the VIP platform’s interstices of deck-overhang, to the audio engineer’s steely tent of respite, is occupied by a.) teenage couples fantasizing about [...]
Canadian Music Week 2016 Toronto, Ontario May 2-8, 2016 Now in its 34th year, Canadian Music Week is recognized as one of the premier entertainment events in North America focusing on the business of music. The Canadian Music Week festival spans 10 nights of performances, with 1,000 showcasing bands at more than [...]
RIOT FEST 2014 Downsview Park, Toronto September 6-7th, 2014 After a long night of thunderstorms and torrential downpour across the GTA, thousands of eager fans shuffled into Downsview Park for this summer’s last big festival. Celebrating their tenth year, this was RIOT FEST’s third annual Toronto experience. In [...]
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