Noname w/ Elton @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto January 3, 2019 Noname’s latest album Room 25 was among the year’s most talked about hip-hop albums. I showed up around the time the doors were opening and wasn’t surprised to see that the line was almost as long as the block. The opener, Elton, performed in front [...]
Born Ruffians w/ Luna Li & POESY @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto December 20, 2018 It was Thursday Night Fever at the Danforth Music Hall tonight as the artists of the Shondi Festoon (a night best celebrated with hot beer, dressing as your best friend, and placing cans around a festoon lamp) were dressed to [...]
The Josie Dye Show’s Holiday Sock Drop: FIDLAR w/ Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs + Dboy @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto December 13, 2018 Dboy took the stage in bondage masks for a blistering, performative punk rock set, complete with fake Balkan accents and a glorious piece of band propaganda behind [...]
Gisun Album Launch w/ Estyr + Kidou, Josh, Christie & Friends @ 99 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto December 6, 2018 Intimate, homey, and unique are the three words that come to mind to describe tonight at 99 Yorkville Ave. The unconventional venue, located upstairs in an office building, featured a stage setup with [...]
Ben Rosenblum Trio @ Burdock Music Hall, Toronto December 6, 2018 On a cool winter’s night, the Burdock Music Hall was transformed into a happening jazz lounge with the swinging, soulful, and searching piano stylings of New York native Ben Rosenblum, with a very inviting personality, and a cultural exchange [...]
Fast Romantics w/ Jacquie Neville & The Honest Heart Collective @ The Observatory, Ottawa November 30, 2018 Have you ever gone back to visit your old college, only to feel as if you never left? Now take that feeling and add great music to the mix and you have the Fast Romantics concert that took place at the [...]
Corey Hart @ The Lounge At Live Nation, Toronto November 29, 2018 Never surrender, and never say “never”. Five years after giving a nearly four-hour “farewell” concert in Montreal, Corey Hart will be embarking on a new Canadian tour next spring. The tour was announced in The Lounge at Live Nation, in front of [...]
The Dirty Nil w/ Dead Soft & Warp Lines @ Babylon Nightclub, Ottawa November 28, 2018 Ottawa holds a special place in the history of the Dirty Nil for a couple of reasons. Their Breakthrough Group of the Year Juno Award in 2017 was presented at the ceremony in Ottawa and bassist Ross Miller played his first [...]
VNV Nation w/ The Rain Within & Holygram @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto November 28, 2018 Following the release of their highly anticipated new album Noire, Hamburg, Germany-based industrial project VNV Nation fronted by Ronan Harris, took the album on the road with a brand new stage and light show as well [...]
Generation Axe @ The Rapids Theater, Niagara Falls (NY) November 24, 2018 The Heavy Metal gods of thunder descended on Niagara Falls, New York tonight, and blessed their worshipers with rich, delicious, shredded masterpieces of yester-yore. The Generation Axe tour, starring Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde, Steve Vai, [...]
Travis Scott @ Scotiabank Arena, Toronto November 21, 2018 Travis Scott’s AstroWorld tour, was an incredible experience. Everything from the performance to the stage design, was able to show unbelievable Travis Scott is as a performer and creative. The night was filled with nothing but great energy. As soon as [...]
Freddie Gibbs w/ Derin Falana @ The Velvet Underground, Toronto November 19, 2018 Beginning in the late 2000s Freddie Gibbs released a string of critically acclaimed projects and gained himself a devoted cult following. This includes 2014s Piñata, a collaborative project with producer Madlib, and one of the best [...]
Echo And The Bunnymen w/ Enation @ The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto November 17, 2018 English rock outfit Echo and the Bunnymen have been making music since their debut album Crocodiles launched in 1980. Since then they have released 13 studio albums and have gone through numerous line-up changes in their [...]
Don Ross w/ The Ontario Philharmonic Strings @ Regent Theatre, Oshawa November 17, 2018 For the uninitiated, Don Ross is a Canadian acoustic guitar icon. He has been releasing albums of fingerstyle guitar music since 1989, with his most recent album being A Million Brazilian Civilians in 2017. Ross was the winner [...]
Yellow Days w/ Yeek @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto November 14, 2018 Yellow Days packed the hall tonight at Lee’s Palace. Opening for the quirky George van den Broek, also known as Yellow Days, was Los Angeles-based indie pop artist, Yeek. This was to be his last tour date with the artist and those who will be at [...]
Stevie Wonder @ Casino Rama, Orillia November 9, 2018 Few artists remain who are legendary in musicianship and talent; even fewer have had such an impact that they helped shape an era of popular music and continue to influence it for decades onward. Stevie Wonder is just one of those musicians and while on his [...]
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