Brockhampton @ Rebel, Toronto February 8, 2018 The self-proclaimed American boy band Brockhampton seemed to have taken over 2017 with consistently dropping out-of-nowhere quality albums, three in total: Saturation I, Saturation II, and [...]
Enter Shikari w/ Single Mothers & Milk Teeth @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto February 6, 2018 Supporting their fifth studio album The Spark, Enter Shikari came to Toronto and blew the roof off of Lee’s Palace. To really kick off the concert, [...]
2018 Juno Award Nominations @ The Great Hall, Toronto February 6, 2018 The 2018 road to the Junos kicked off this morning at The Great Hall in Toronto, where this year’s Juno nominees were announced at a press conference hosted by CARAS [...]
Yung Lean w/ Thaiboy Digital @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 2, 2018 Yung Lean is a Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter who has steadily grown his cult following since releasing his viral music video for “Ginseng Strip 2002” back in [...]
Drop Top Alibi w/ One In The Chamber, Uforia &The Matte Black Finish @ The Hideout, Toronto February 2, 2018 To celebrate the release of their latest music video for “Home” off their debut self-titled EP, Drop Top Alibi took over Toronto’s [...]
Santana @ House Of Blues, Las Vegas January 27, 2018 Carlos Santana is an artist who needs little, if any, introduction. From his entrance on stage at Woodstock in 1969, his near fifty-year career has been nothing short of illustrious. Even now, [...]
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 [...]
Avenged Sevenfold @ Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa January 21, 2018 Up for their first Grammy award, nominated under the Best Rock Song category for their song “The Stage,” Avenged Sevenfold is currently on tour with Breaking Benjamin and Bullet [...]
WINTERFOLK XVI PREVIEW & BENEFIT @ HUGH’S ROOM, TORONTO January 21, 2018 Last year, Hugh’s Room announced it was closing its doors. Like many fans, I waited with bated breath, sorry to see yet another beloved Toronto venue cease to [...]
Flobots w/ Tropidelic @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto January 17, 2018 The polar vortex in Southern Ontario couldn’t keep fans of Flobots away from going to the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern for the “Rise + Shine Tour”. A small [...]
Wine Lips w/ Possum & Seance Sisters @ The Bovine Sex Club, Toronto January 14, 2018 Toronto three-piece Wine Lips offers up a dose of infectious punk-infused garage rock. The Saturday night set at famed local Toronto venue The Bovine saw [...]
August Burns Red w/ Born Of Osiris & ERRA @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto January 6, 2018 August Burns Red kicks off their tour supporting their new album Phantom Anthem with two Canadian dates, their second being Toronto at The Danforth [...]
Not Your Parents’ Caribbean Cruise…Or Maybe It Is? Classic Rock Royalty Stars Aboard The Moody Blues Cruise IV January 2-7, 2018 The New Year’s Eve hangovers had barely lifted when The Moody Blues Cruise IV: Sur La Mer set sail from the [...]
July Talk @ Massey Hall, Toronto December 23, 2017 Three sold out nights at Massey Hall; July Talk returned home in a big way. I caught them on the third and final night of their stint at Massey Hall, and although there were some issues, July [...]
Alexisonfire @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto December 15, 2017 While an illness in the band forced them to be reschedule the shows from their original dates in late June, Alexisonfire always brings insurmountable energy forth when they do hit [...]
The Tea Party – 20 Years Of Transmission @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto November 30, 2017 With a career spanning decades, The Tea Party, playing on a late Thursday night at the Horseshoe Tavern’s 70th Birthday concert series, was more [...]
Children Of Bodom @ Bronson Centre, Ottawa November 29, 2017 Children of Bodom kicked off their 20th anniversary tour at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa on Wednesday, with Uncured, Lost Society, and Carach Angren. Their set was nothing less than [...]
Diamanda Galás @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto November 26, 2017 It took me a decade to see Diamanda Galás a second time, and for many of those who were with me at the Danforth Music Hall on Sunday, November 26th, 2017, the wait was even [...]
Todd Rundgren @ St. George Theatre, Staten Island November 25, 2017 The St. George Theatre in Staten Island is a superior venue. Not too big, great acoustics, affordable ticket prices, affordable refreshments and a landmarked, i.e. historic, [...]
Ekali w/ Josh Pan & Y2K @ Velvet Underground, Toronto November 23, 2017 You may think that you’ve never heard of Ekali, aka Nathan Shaw, but there’s a good chance that you’ve listened to some of his music. The twenty-five-year-old [...]
Big City Cough w/ Animal Parts: Born At Night Album Release Residency @ The Dakota Tavern, Toronto November 21, 2017 As they await Big City Cough, a hushed crowd is aglow from the stringed lights draped across the stage at Dakota Tavern. Its [...]
John Cale: 50th Anniversary Of The Velvet Underground And Nico @ Brooklyn Academy Of Music, New York Novmber 17, 2017 Although it was November 17, 2017, when I walked into the Brooklyn Academy Theatre, with ambient music humming, cool [...]
Kamasi Washington @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto November 16, 2017 If you feel like you need a boost of life, Kamasi Washington’s emotional jazz and bebop infused melodies are certainly the remedy. Proving his talents with the release of his [...]
Silversun Pickups w/ Minus The Bear @ Rebel, Toronto November 12, 2017 A rainy, nearly above freezing night couldn’t stop true fans from going to REBEL; the newly renovated and renamed nightclub Sound Academy, for the Silversun Pickups show. [...]
