U2 @ CENTRE BELL, MONTREAL JUNE 5, 2018 If you attended U2’s performance at the Bell Centre on the Montreal stop of their ‘eXPERIENCE+iNNOCENCe’ tour, you probably had a great time. One of the biggest rock bands out there came and [...]
WOODEN SHJIPS w/ HOLY WAVE & ZONES @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO JUNE 5, 2018 Banging out blissful music against an ever-shifting psychedelic light show backdrop, Wooden Shjips plays a spellbinding show at the Horseshoe Tavern. Neither the [...]
ILLUMINATION CONCERT SERIES – DEATH FROM ABOVE w/ TEENANGER & CASPER SKULLS @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO MAY 31, 2018 The Torontonian stop of the Canada wide Aurora Illumination Series was simply memorable. The Phoenix [...]
Damien Jurado w/ Naomi Wachira @ The Great Hall, Toronto May 16, 2018 Damien Jurado returned to Toronto on May 16, 2018, and it was a welcomed return. Accompanied by Joshua Gordon on guitar, Jurado performed most of his new, brilliant album, [...]
Margaret Glaspy @ The Great Hall (Longboat Hall), Toronto May 15, 2018 Longboat Hall could not have possibly been a better venue for this event; oozing history, the circular basement room allowed for an intimate closeness with the performer that [...]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver May 8, 2018 Unknown Mortal Orchestra recently dished out a fluid and dynamic set of pop-blended rock to a sold-out Vancouver audience. Touring in support of their newly released fourth [...]
Canadian Music Week 2018 Toronto, Ontario May 7-14, 2018 Hey again, Toronto!! Welcome to the Spill Magazine extended coverage of the 2018 Canadian Music Week mayhem!! Vallens @ The Opera House (Article by Susana Meza) Vallens opened the night [...]
Protest The Hero w/ Destrange & Good Tiger @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto May 4, 2018 Coming to a close on their 10-year anniversary tour for their album Fortress, Protest the Hero played The Danforth Music Hall May 4th, 2018. To hype [...]
COME SLEEPWALK WITH ME BRIAN FALLON & THE COMFORTING SURPRISES OF FINDING SUCCESS It’s a few hours before Brian Fallon’s sold out show at Toronto’s historic Danforth Music Hall. As he sits in the green room of the 1500 capacity hall, Fallon [...]
INTRODUCING BRASSHOUSE A CONVERSATION WITH TOO MANY ZOOZ Beginning their careers in the depths of the New York subway terminals, the guys from Too Many Zooz have come a long way. The group skyrocketed to fame after a live video of them went [...]
Alice In Chains w/ The Walking Papers @ Massey Hall, Toronto May 1, 2018 After half a decade, Alice In Chains made an explosive return to Toronto at Massey Hall last night. This tour, being their first major North American tour since 2013 to [...]
Levitation Festival 2018 @ Carson Creek Ranch, Austin April 26-29, 2018 This April, dedicated live-music fans and psychedelic enthusiasts flocked to the world music capital for Levitation, a four-day celebration of psychedelic music. Originally [...]
Brian Fallon & The Howling Weather @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto April 24, 2018 Torontonians have had a rough week. Without getting into the details, the violence of Monday, April 23 rd has left the entire city shaken. Grieving and [...]
The Wild! w/ The Lazys @ The Music Hall Concert Theatre, Oshawa April 20, 2018 Tonight, The Wild! and The Lazys brought their tour to Oshawa. These two amazing bands showed the true reach of their fan base. Walking into a venue with barely any [...]
John Cooper Clarke @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto April 12, 2018 It was a night of Manchester poetry in Toronto on April 12, 2018. John Cooper Clarke made a triumphant return on a cold Thursday night, but for the near sold out crowd at Lee’s [...]
Paul Nelson Band @ Cadillac Lounge, Toronto April 6, 2018 Paul Nelson has been performing for a lot of years, playing with Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton and Slash to name three. He even earned himself Grammy nominations and an award for producing [...]
Drive By Truckers w/ Erika Wennerstrom @ The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto April 3, 2018 There is a leather box. It looks vintage, and it is empty and wide open on the side of a planter. Then there is a single playing card, a King, all alone. No one [...]
Rod Stewart @ Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa March 30, 2018 Rod Stewart’s show at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa was a feast for the eyes, as well as the ears and the heart. Moving through generations of songs with backdrops to match, [...]
Too Many Zooz @ The 27 Club, Ottawa March 29, 2018 When you can put on a show like Too Many Zooz, it’s no surprise that last night’s show at the 27 Club in Ottawa was sold out. The amount of raw energy the trio brought to the stage had the [...]
Nils Frahm – All Melody World Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 23, 2018 It’s amazing to think that eight years ago only one audience member showed up – late and out of breath – to Nils Frahm’s concert at The Drake. “When he [...]
G-Eazy @ Rebel, Toronto March 14, 2018 Since emerging onto the scene in 2008, Gerald Earl Gillum, better known as G-Eazy, has made waves in the hip-hop scene coming out of Oakland, California. Yung Gerald was able to break through into [...]
Dashboard Confessional @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 10, 2018 You can never truly go home. Anyone who thinks that obviously hasn’t seen Dashboard Confessional live yet. Chris Carrabba and company took their Crooked Shadows tour north [...]
Our Lady Peace @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton March 9, 2018 I remember standing in my gym clothes outside our high school football stadium hearing that Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon was dead, succumbing to a drug overdose at the tender age [...]
Our Lady Peace w/ Matthew Good & The Ascot Royals @ TD Place Arena, Ottawa March 8, 2018 While some may classify it as ‘dad rock’ at this point in their careers, that doesn’t stop either Our Lady Peace or Matthew Good from bringing out a [...]