FRANK TURNER @ THE QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 10, 2019 Frank Turner fans were treated to a full evening experience of stripped-down acoustic music and elaborate stories tonight at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The show was split into [...]
THE AWESOME MUSIC PROJECT – AN EVENING OF SONGS, STORIES AND SCIENCE @ THE GLADSTONE HOTEL, TORONTO OCTOBER 10, 2019 Music changes everything. It is a simple statement but perhaps a more powerful truth than we realize. The Awesome Music [...]
VICTORIOUS SKY TOUR – ALTER BRIDGE & SKILLET FEATURING DIRTY HONEY @ MYTH LIVE, MAPLEWOOD (MN) OCTOBER 8, 2019 Soulful southern style rock filled the MYTH LIVE arena on the Maplewood Minnesota stop of the Victorious Sky Tour, featuring [...]
WILCO w/ LORD HURON @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO OCTOBER 8, 2019 Wilco kicked off their North American tour tonight with a visit to Toronto’s Budweiser Stage to celebrate their latest release Ode to Joy. The evening started with Ode to Joy’s [...]
GHOST w/ NOTHING MORE @ THE ARMORY, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) OCTOBER 5, 2019 Saturday October 5th, 4:45 PM, outside The Armory in downtown Minneapolis, two lines formed from each of the main entrances in the drizzling rain for the 93X Haunting featuring [...]
ALICE COOPER w/ THE STRANGLERS & MC5 @ MANCHESTER ARENA, MANCHESTER OCTOBER 4, 2019 Alice Cooper hit the stage tonight at Manchester Arena in support of his current release, Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back: Alice Cooper, along with opening acts [...]
ENTER SHIKARI w/ CAN’T SWIM @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 3, 2019 The show had just sold out at the Mod Club Theatre on a misty, chilly night. In the venue, there was a visible fandom for UK band Enter Shikari. About a third of [...]
INJURY RESERVE @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 1, 2019 Injury Reserve is an abstract hip hop group consisting of producer Parker Corey, and rappers Stepa J.Groggs and Ritchie With a T. They’re known for mixing jazzy boom bap with [...]
NICK CAVE @ CONVOCATION HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 Nick Cave brought his “Conversations” tour to Toronto at Convocation Hall tonight. Billed as an evening of talk and music, it was an intimate affair with the singer-songwriter opening [...]
SHONEN KNIFE @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 Shonen Knife had the crowd engaged from the start with their sweet melodies and high energy performance at The Hard Luck Bar tonight. Their sound is a perfect balance of punk and pop, with [...]
JOSEPH w/ DEEP SEA DIVER @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Weeknights in the big city can be a bit on the quiet side, but a couple hundred fans found the fun at The Mod Club on a Tuesday night. Less than two weeks after [...]
MAC DeMARCO @ RBC ECHO BEACH, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 The fact that Mac DeMarco had broken one of his most cherished guitars before tonight’s performance at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach did not slow down the multi-instrumentalist from his usual [...]
GHOST @ ROGERS PLACE, EDMONTON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 The almighty Ghost returned to Edmonton on their Ultimate Tour Named Death with an astonishing display of live instrumentation driven by top-level showmanship. I was blown away at the [...]
K.FLAY @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 “Welcome to the Solutions Tour.” A pre-recording of K.Flay plays as she takes the stage along with her backing bandin the dark, as the anticipating crowd cheers on with excitement. [...]
AVATAR @ MYTH LIVE, MAPLEWOOD (SAINT PAUL), MINNESOTA (MN) SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 A large thunderstorm rolled past just north of MYTH LIVE in Maplewood (Saint Paul), Minnesota as the line for entry formed across the parking lot and into the next. [...]
JUDAH & THE LION @ THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 American alternative band Judah & The Lion made a stop in Toronto to perform to an energetic crowd in support of their latest album, Pep Talks, where the band shows [...]
KAMELOT w/ SONATA ARCTICA & BATTLE BEAST @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 A single Toronto stop on their Shadow Theory tour simply wasn’t enough for symphonic powermetalersKamelot thus prompting a return engagement [...]
PERIPHERY w/ VEIL OF MAYA & COVET @ SKYWAY THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 The Skyway Theatre was quite full when Covet took the stage. David Adamiak, the bassist, entered stage-right removed his shoes and stated; “Tom DeLonge [...]
NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS w/ ESTHER ROSE @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 It was wall-to-wall humanity at Toronto’s venerable Horseshoe Tavern, as fans crowded in to welcome pub-rocker-turned-gentleman-songsmith Nick [...]
2019 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE GALA @ THE CARLU, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 For the 14th year in a row, the Canadian Music Industry gathered to celebrate the best in Canadian music at the 2019 Polaris Music Prize Gala, which was held tonight at the [...]
EVE TO ADAM w/ KRASHKARMA @ GREAT RIVER ARTS CENTER, LITTLE FALLS (MN) SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 The End of Summer Bash hosted by the local The Dark FM radio show and Great River Arts in downtown Little Falls MN welcomed national recording artist Eve [...]
girl in red @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Marie Ulven’s side project, girl in red, is breaking out in huge strides as she stopped by Hard Luck Bar in Toronto tonight in support of her debut album, Beginnings. As the lights dimmed, [...]
FONTAINES D.C. @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 In recent memory, there are few bands that have left me as excited by their debut as did Fontaines D.C. when they released Dogrel in April of this year. It is an [...]
RIOT FEST 2019 @ DOUGLAS PARK, CHICAGO SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2019 The first night of Riot Fest 2019 set a high bar for the rest of the festival, just for it to be repeatedly jumped right over throughout the weekend, with no hesitation. The festival [...]
