The Harpoonist And The Axe Murderer @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto September 10th, 2015 ‘Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna /And was blowin’ sad while Bobby sang the blues . . .’ – “Me And Bobby McGee,” Kris [...]
Diemonds Never Wanna Die Album Release Party @ The Hard Luck Bar, Toronto September 4th, 2015 With a brand new album under their wings, Diemonds has been pounding the pavement across Canada for a while now. Never Wanna Die was released in Canada [...]
Big Music Fest 2015 @ McLennan Park, Kitchener July 11th, 2015 Blazing sunshine, scorching heat, a beautiful outdoor setting, and a kick ass combo of bands were the perfection recipe to make Big Music Fest 2015 a huge success. With a full day [...]
Polaris Music Prize Polaris Reveals The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Short List The Polaris Music Prize 2015 Short List was revealed at The Carlu Hotel in Toronto on July 16th. After a few opening remarks by Polaris Founder and Executive Director, [...]
Secret Broadcast Gets Lucky With Traffic Stop While Filming New Video – Wait…What???: An Interview With Matt Lightstone Of Secret Broadcast Toronto-based band Secret Broadcast have gained a reputation for their creative, yet low [...]
Field Trip 2015: A Look At What’s Happening At The Fort York Music Festival Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, 2015 Toronto’s Historic Fort York & Garrison Common will once again be hosting the annual Arts And Crafts Field [...]
Bestival 2015: The UK Fest Hits Toronto On June 12 and 13th, one of the UK’s largest music fests will be heading to Canada for the first time ever. Bestival will be taking over Toronto Islands’ Hanlan Point, for two days of music and [...]
Polaris 2015: Here’s The Long And Short Of It It’s that time of year again! The Polaris Music Prize is getting set to announce their 2015 Long List Nominees. Having brought the long list reveal in past years to Vancouver, Montreal [...]
The Pack A.D. Meta Animal Nettwerk Well, the Pack is back. This time Vancouver’s rock duo, The Pack A.D., have released a four track EP, which follows closely on the heels of last year’s Do Not Engage. The album contains a re-release [...]
Die Mannequin/ Secret Broadcast @ This Ain’t Hollywood, Hamilton May 3rd, 2015 Though only a handful of people had made their way over to This Ain’t Hollywood, it didn’t deter Secret Broadcast and Die Mannequin from finishing [...]
The Charlatans UK Modern Nature BMG/Chrysalis Modern Nature has been making waves. It is The Charlatans UK’s first release since the death of drummer and long-time member Jon Brookes, who died of brain cancer in August 2013 at the age of [...]
Limblifter @ This Ain’t Hollywood, Hamilton March 26th, 2015 If you were to judge the level or “size” of a performance based on the size of the outside of the venue, you would be sadly misguided. It would be a huge underestimation, as it [...]
Embracing One’s Second Sight: An Interview With Tim Baker Of Hey Rosetta! Bless the broken bowl Make it whole; make it better than it was before Make it better than it was before! – Hey Rosetta!, “Kintsukuroi,” from the album Second [...]
The New Pornographers & Operators @ Hamilton Place, Hamilton February 8th, 2015 Despite freezing rain and horrible driving conditions, a handful of people had found their way to Hamilton Place, and were standing around waiting in eager [...]
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS – WHAT’S BEHINDTHE POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE GRAND JURY Each year, the Polaris Music Prize is awarded to the artist whose album has been chosen as the best album of the year, based on artistic merit and creativity. The [...]
Thought Beneath Film Cartographers MapleMusic Recordings/Fontana North The thoughts that lie beneath the film, the thin veil of disguise, are not always what they seem. So it is with Thought Beneath Film’s Cartographers. It would [...]
The Pack A.D. Do Not Engage Nettwerk Music Group Look down, look away. I am not responding to that. Do not engage. We all know it. It’s that vibe you send out when you don’t want to engage in conversation in public, or respond to [...]
