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 [...]
Killy @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto March 8, 2018 Up and coming Toronto rapper Killy performed for a sold out crowd at the Phoenix Concert Hall last night. The Toronto rapper seemed to come out of now. He followed up “Kilimanjaro” with [...]
The Sheepdogs @ Massey Hall, Toronto March 3, 2018 Jimmy Bowskill plays guitar like it’s attacking him and he’s fending it off. And I mean that in the best possible way. His raw and emotional playing is in stark contrast to lead singer Ewan [...]
Lights w/ DCF & Chase Atlantic @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 1, 2018 Lights has continued to make waves in the Canadian music scene as a household name for many years. Since the release of her debut album, The Listening in 2009, [...]
Injury Reserve @ The Rivoli, Toronto February 25, 2018 If you like high energy lyrical rap, you’ll love Injury Reserve. Their last release Floss was their first album which they followed up this year with the EP Drive It Like Its Stolen. The [...]
The Discarded @ Duggan’s Brewery, Toronto February 24, 2018 The Discarded hit the stage last weekend for the EP Release, Manifesto show in true rock and roll style. The small and quaint venue didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits or enjoyment of [...]
Bananarama @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 23, 2018 Bananarama comes to Toronto for the first time ever and greets a sold out crowd at the Danforth Music Hall during a February thaw. Immediately you notice that the crowd is made of [...]
Burger Records Burger-A-Go-Go Tour @ Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver February 22-23, 2018 Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre set the scene for an action-packed two-night event courtesy of the Burger Records Burger-A-Go-Go tour. With a line-up featuring 8 [...]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club w/ Night Beats @ The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver February 19, 2018 California rock outfit Black Rebel Motorcycle club graced the presence of a sold out Commodore Ballroom as part of a major North American tour. [...]
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters w/ Seth Lakeman @ Massey Hall, Toronto February 17, 2018 Aside from the chilling set of perpetual goose bumps one always has being inside Massey Hall, a whole new dimension of shivers settled in [...]
Simple Minds @ Albert Hall, Manchester February 14, 2018 St. Valentines Day and the idealist and retro surroundings of a former church would be the venue for Simple Minds return to Manchester with a different approach undertaken to promote [...]
Marilyn Manson @ Rebel, Toronto February 11, 2018 Fans had been looking forward to seeing Marilyn Manson at Rebel in Toronto for months before he injured himself when a stage prop that was not properly secured fell onto him and crushed his leg [...]
Trails, LUKA & Keturah Johnson: Megaphono @ NAC, Ottawa February 9, 2018 Now on its fourth year in Ottawa, Megaphono’s objective is clear: Bring Ottawa’s music scene back to life and make it so artists and industry workers alike don’t have [...]
Erasure @ O2 Apollo, Manchester February 8, 2018 Growing up as a young rock fan in the eighties, Erasure were always one of my guilty listening pleasure. Alien totally to the rest of my hard-edged and heavier musical tastes. Since seeing them on [...]
