FRENCH POLICE w/ SOCIAL ORDER @ LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO NOVEMBER 14, 2025 Nearing the end of their North American tour, French Police rolled into Toronto with Social Order in tow, and the crowd showed up with their dancing shoes on. From the [...]
THRICE w/ MODERN COLOR & DOWNWARD @ DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO NOVEMBER 4, 2025 Fresh off the release of Horizons/West, Thrice has embarked on a fall tour to bring their new album to life for audiences, and on the brisk evening of November [...]
SEXTILE w/ AUTOMATIC @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 After 30 years the iconic Velvet Underground will be closing its doors. Luckily, it has a slate of shows scheduled through October, so artists and fans have a chance to say [...]
COMEBACK KID w/ INCENDIARY, PROWL, PUNITIVE DAMAGE & MELT AWAY @ DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Twenty years ago, a little band from Winnipeg released an album that would forever cement them as one of the most important [...]
OMD w/ WALT DISCO @ HISTORY, TORONTO JULY 4, 2025 The crowd at History on Queen Street East last night was a sea of silver-streaked synth-pop devotees who came to greet legendary English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, [...]
SEXTILE YES, PLEASE SACRED BONES LA’s electronic punk techno rave two-piece Sextile are back with their new album yes, please, and they’ve managed to push their sound even further on this infectious collection of beat-pounding songs. We’re [...]
BAYSIDE w/ SINCERE ENGINEER @ THE OPERA HOUSE, TORONTO APRIL 1, 2025 New York emo veterans Bayside came to Toronto celebrating their 25th anniversary and did it by playing consecutive nights at The Opera House. Each night with a unique set so [...]
REFUSED w/ QUICKSAND & SUNDOWNER @ HISTORY, TORONTO MARCH 23, 2025 Refused are fucking dead, and they really mean it this time. At least in the live sense. The influential Swedish rock band have just begun their farewell tour where they plan [...]
MOLCHAT DOMA w/ SEXTILE @ HISTORY, TORONTO February 19, 2025 Molchat Doma, one of the most interesting new wave, post-punk bands to emerge in the past decade brought their instantly recognizable style to Toronto. Fresh off the release of Live At [...]
FINOM, MEG ELSIER & BEAMS @ THE BABY G, TORONTO NOVEMBER 7, 2024 What a night for live music in the city of Toronto, and what better way to celebrate than with Music City’s own Meg Elsier, accompanied by the amazing and talented Finom from [...]
DIIV w/ HORSE JUMPER OF LOVE & FULL BODY 2 @ THE CONCERT HALL, TORONTO AUGUST 2, 2024 After the anticipated release of the band’s fourth LP, Frog in Boiling Water, DIIV have been on the road sharing these new songs with audiences for the [...]
KNOCKED LOOSE w/ SHOW ME THE BODY, LOATHE & SPEED @ HISTORY, TORONTO JUNE 5, 2024 Fresh off the release of You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To, Knocked Loose just wrapping up their North American tour with support from Speed, Loathe, and [...]
PREPARE THE GROUND – KONTRAVOID & KEN MODE @ THE GARRISON, TORONTO MAY 31 & JUNE 2, 2024 Prepare the Ground took Place in Toronto over the weekend with an absolutely stellar and varied line up of bands taking place at numerous [...]
JESUS PIECE w/ SANGUISUGABOGG, PEELING FLESH & GAG @ THE OPERA HOUSE, TORONTO APRIL 8, 2024 Jesus Piece made their return to Toronto on Wednesday evening playing in the largest venue they’ve played in the city so far, proving their reach has [...]
GLITTERER w/ GLIXEN & SO PERFECT @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MARCH 5, 2024 Glitterer and Glixen entered the city limits of Toronto on the gloomy Tuesday evening of March 5 combining melodic post-hardcore rock with dreamy shoegaze. It was [...]
Fucked Up Oberon Tankcrimes Toronto’s very own punk veterans Fucked up are back with Oberon, their new EP out on Tankcrimes, which is a very fitting home considering the heavier direction the band has gone on this record. Named after the king of [...]
ALICE GLASS @ LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 Alice Glass was welcomed with open arms as she returned home to Toronto for a stop on her Trauma Bond tour at Lee’s Palace. Fellow Toronto singer-songwriter Anna Sofia opened the show [...]
HEALTH w/ PERTURBATOR & STREET SECTS @ THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 After passing through the lobby and entering the main floor, the sea of black clothing and dinginess couldn’t have paired better with the bass and [...]
SHAME w/ THEY HATE CHANGE @ LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 4, 2022 After a slight delay, South London’s Shame returned to Toronto and every attendee at Lee’s Palace on Sunday can now confidently say that frontman Charlie Steen has stared [...]
ACTORS w/ AUS!FUNKT @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO APRIL 21, 2022 “I haven’t played in this club since 1998. I was four years old,” joked Actors’ frontman Jason Corbett. The crowd collectively smiled and didn’t stop for the next hour as [...]
METZ Atlas Vending Sub Pop Records “I woke up to hear the dial tone/And the sound gets stuck between my teeth”, utters Alex Edkins in “Pulse”, the opening track of Atlas Vending, the long-awaited fourth full-length from METZ. Those words, along [...]
Metz Automat Sub Pop Toronto’s elegant noise punk trio METZ are back with a new LP consisting of non-album singles, rarities, and B-sides. Automat brings all these songs together in one place for the first time and will surely be a delightful [...]
THE BLACK QUEEN w/ UNIFORM & SRSQ @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MARCH 13, 2019 Frontman Greg Puciato has been keeping himself busy since The Dillinger Escape Plan decided to call it a day. Even though Dillinger fans will miss the chaos, [...]
DAUGHTERS @ LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO MARCH 10, 2019 After an 8-year hiatus, Daughters made their triumphant return last year in October with the release of You Won’t Get What You Want and many fans have considered it to be the bands [...]
