Typhoon @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto January 23, 2018 For a band that wrote such a dark and moody album as 2018’s Offerings, Typhoon is a band that sure knows how to put a smile on a crowd’s face. Despite some minor technical issues to start [...]
Cindy Wilson @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto September 6, 2017 Cindy Wilson, founding member of the iconic B-52s, is writing and performing new music once again in the form of tracks from her latest solo work, Change. Change, a full-length CD that [...]
The Flatliners @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto June 16, 2017 I walked past a few dozen people standing in a thick cloud of smoke outside of Lee’s Palace. For whatever reason, The Flatliners always seem to attract a strange mix of punks and frat [...]
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 [...]
Why? w/ O (Formerly Eskimeaux) @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto April 17, 2017 The crowd streamed in in a steady pace, and for an Easter Monday night in Toronto, the club filled up pretty quickly. O (formerly known as Eskimeaux) opened the show [...]
Milky Chance @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto March 18, 2017 As with most concerts, there are few elements more important than the crowd. It doesn’t matter who is on stage, if they lose the crowd the joy is more or less over. Luckily Milky [...]
BROS @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto February 10, 2017 Ewan and Shamus Currie saunter onto the stage as if fresh from the pages of Creem Magazine circa 1973. It’s a miserable snowy February night and the crowd inside Lee’s Palace is hungry [...]
VOWWS @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto February 4, 2017 An unassuming duo took the stage of Lee’s Palace this past Saturday night. Decked out in all black and leather, the two quietly geared up to perform amidst a loud room of chattering audience [...]
Cloud Nothings Life Without Sound Carpark Records While attending high school in Cleveland, Cloud Nothing’s 25 year-old frontman, Dylan Baldi, would spend hours driving around the suburbs listening to music. If it sounded okay to him in [...]
KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW TO PLAY TORONTO’S LEE’S PALACE ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26th The King Khan and BBQ Show are continuing their 2016 North American tour which started October 27th in Seattle. Their newest record Bad News Boys was [...]
Royal Canoe @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto October 27, 2016 Last week’s Royal Canoe show at Lee’s Palace was an exceptionally challenging performance for the group to pull off. Just earlier in the week, the band experienced a substantial mid-tour [...]
Julian Taylor Band @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto October 7, 2016 Toronto’s a vibrant and bustling city, but within the doors of Lee’s Palace was an even more fun and lively collection of talented musicians performing. Julian Taylor band was set [...]
TUNS BRINGS ACCLAIMED DEBUT LP TO TORONTO ON NOVEMBER 4 AT LEE’S PALACE EAST COAST SUPER-GROUP OF CHRIS MURPHY, MATT MURPHY, AND MIKE O’NEILL SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT NOW VIA ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS Comprised of Chris Murphy (Sloan), Matt [...]
Boris @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto August 11, 2016 Near the beginning of Boris’ set, when the shrouded Takeshi plucked his ungainly double-necked bass/guitar, I felt something hit the top of my head. No, not the swirly nub of a flicked-on [...]
THE PACK A.D. REVEALS NEW TRACK “FAIR ENOUGH” VANCOUVER DUO’S NEW ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE AUGUST 12 VIA CADENCE MUSIC NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK The Pack A.D.’s Becky Black and Maya Miller are two musicians who sound like five [...]
The Pack A.D. w/ PS I Love You & Greylands @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto June 4, 2016 Spill was lucky enough to check in on The Pack A.D. and friends PS I Love you and Greylands last week at Lee’s Palace in Toronto! In lieu of a [...]
THE PACK A.D. ANNOUNCES POSITIVE THINKING & PERFORMS IN TORONTO ON JUNE 4 @ LEE’S PALACE VANCOUVER DUO’S NEW ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE AUGUST 12 VIA CADENCE MUSIC The Pack A.D. don’t have the time or patience to fuck around. They are two [...]
THE PACK A.D. REVEALS NEW VIDEO FOR “SO WHAT” NATIONAL TOUR COMES TO TORONTO ON JUNE 4 AT LEE’S PALACE WATCH THE VANCOUVER DUO’S NEW VIDEO FOR “SO WHAT” With power duo Pack A.D.’s latest single already tearing up the radio waves it’s time to [...]
CONTEST CLOSED FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS (ALONG WITH 2 CDs) TO SEE RA RA RIOT AT LEE’S PALACE ON APRIL 14th! [contestfriend contest=”9999″] *CONTEST CLOSES: MONDAY APRIL 11, 2016 @ MIDNIGHT SPILL WANTS TO SEE YOU WIN [...]
Wintersleep @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto March 5, 2016 As I file into Lee’s Palace among a sea of people I can hear the droning sound of openers “Walrus” filling the room. It’s 10PM and the place is rammed tight with fans, a cute and interesting [...]
WOLF PARADE REUNITE ANNOUNCE 2016 RESIDENCY SHOWS (NY, TORONTO, LONDON) New York: Bowery Ballroom May 17-21 Toronto: Lee’s Palace 5/24-26 London: Scala 6/14-15 Wolf Parade have reunited after a 5-year hiatus and scheduled a series of residency [...]
ZEUS ANNOUNCES ONTARIO TOUR DATES CANADA’S PREMIERE MODERN CLASSIC ROCK BAND HITS THE ROAD FOR A STRING OF LATE 2015 DATES After recently releasing their own version of the Toronto Blue Jays team theme song “OK Blue Jays” in the afterglow of the [...]
IAMX & Mr. Kitty @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto October 23rd, 2015 Lee’s Palace was the place to be last Friday night to catch IAMX’s live performance promoting their brand new release, Metanoia. The show was part of the band’s [...]
