ACTION BRONSON & EARL SWEATSHIRT w/ BOLDY JAMES & THE ALCHEMIST @ HISTORY, TORONTO MAY 9, 2022 This collaboration tour I must admit, I never saw coming. While both artists had their come up around the same time, they both have wildly different sounds, though they both share a great humour when performing. [...]
NIGHTWISH w/ BEAST IN BLACK @ HISTORY, TORONTO MAY 4, 2022 Live music has returned to Toronto after a lengthy series of lockdowns and fans couldn’t be more ecstatic. Musicians are also eager to return to touring and what better way for Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish to kick off their North American tour [...]
DOROTHY w/ JOYOUS WOLF & CLASSLESS ACT @ VARSITY THEATER, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) MAY 2, 2022 Classless Act, A five-piece from LA kicked off the night with their flavour of high energy rock that is similar to the likes of The Hives, Audiovent and The Strokes. Clear driving vocals backed by high tempo instrumentation [...]
STRANGE ADVANCE @ HOLLYWOOD THEATRE, VANCOUVER APRIL 26, 2022 Strange Advance returned triumphantly to the stage for the first time in over 30 years, at Vancouver’s classic art deco 1930s Hollywood Theatre. The event was absolutely packed, with anticipation in the air and the crowd thirsty to hear tunes not played [...]
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 Vancouver’s post-punk outfit made their long-awaited arrival on Toronto soil [...]
ALT-J w/ PORTUGAL. THE MAN & CHERRY GLAZERR @ COCA COLA COLISEUM, TORONTO APRIL 17, 2022 The amalgamation of Alt-J’s and Portugal. The Man’s psychedelic rock sound became a highly anticipated show when the tour was announced last September. The result? The event of a millennium as the tour poster suggests and [...]
SARAH HARMER @ VOGUE THEATRE, VANCOUVER (BC) APRIL 14, 2022 For the first time since the 2018 Juno Awards, Sarah Harmer performed live in Vancouver, this time at the historic Vogue Theatre. Harmer tore through her six-studio album catalogue with a powerful two-plus-hour performance of songs. Flanked by her band, [...]
KENNYHOOPLA w/ INCASE WE CRASH @ AXIS CLUB (FORMERLY THE MOD CLUB), TORONTO APRIL 6, 2022 Nothing beats live music. There is something about just forgetting all of life’s problems for a moment while you listen to your favourite artists live. I’m happy to say KennyHoopla & Incase We Crash live last night at the [...]
JERRY CANTRELL w/ LOLA COLETTE @ HISTORY, TORONTO MARCH 29, 2022 Following the release of his 2021 solo record, Brighten, Alice In Chains’ guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell has embarked on his long-awaited solo tour. With support from Lola Colette, Cantrell brought the Brighten Tour to Toronto’s History for a [...]
BROWNMAN & ARECIBO FEAT. LUIS FRANCO @ SUPERMARKET, TORONTO MARCH 26, 2022 Brownman Ali and Arecibo recently performed at the Supermarket in Toronto’s Kensington Market. This exciting, energized and exploratory Latin-jazz outfit delves deeply into Cuban, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian, Venezuelan and [...]
SEVENDUST w/ TETRARCH & DEAD POET SOCIETY @ SKYWAY THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) MARCH 22, 2022 Sevendust’s third Studio album Animosity was released November 2001 and within four months it was certified gold. The veteran rockers are now trekking across the US on a massive tour in celebration of their 21st [...]
BLACKTOP MOJO, STÖRMBREAKER, TRIGGER ARMADA & THE CELLAR DOOR @ THE CABOOZE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) MARCH 19, 2022 In a dimly-lit biker bar along the light rail tracks of Minneapolis lies the Cabooze, where a soulful, groove-grunge four-piece from Palestine Texas, Blacktop Mojo, headlined their eighth stop of a [...]
