Union Duke @ Tranzac Club, Toronto April 1, 2017 During a bluegrass show in the front lounge of the Tranzac, I once saw the grim reaper nonchalantly pass by the glass doors on his way to the main stage. Not as strange as it sounds. The venue [...]
Rational Youth w/ YlangYlang @ This Ain’t Hollywood, Hamilton April 1, 2017 When a good friend casually mentioned that she was going to head down to Hamilton to see Rational Youth, I did not hesitate for a second, and asked if I could join [...]
Prozzäk @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 29, 2017 Welcome to The Hot Show. 1999 was a simpler timer. Bill Clinton was President, everyone’s biggest fear was Y2K and the internet was obsessed with a dancing baby. For kids born between the [...]
The Zolas @ The Starlite Room, Edmonton March 25, 2017 While the West coast native Zolas hail from Vancouver they are a familiar sight around Edmonton. Since last March they have visited the city three times bringing fresh tunes, energy, and [...]
Fred Thomas & The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (TWIABP) @ The Hard Luck Bar, Toronto March 23, 2017 On March 23, the Hard Luck Bar hosted Fred Thomas and The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid [...]
Secret Society Sessions Two-Year Party @ Pacific Junction Hall, Toronto March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017 marked the 2nd anniversary of Toronto house music social collective, Secret Society Sessions. To celebrate, the popular mid-week [...]
Folk Fights Back Toronto @ Tranzac Club, Toronto March 21, 2017 Earlier this week, on Brunswick avenue at the Tranzac Club, Folk Fights Back Toronto had its second event. The musician-led organization has launched a series of shows across North [...]
Andy Shauf & Aldous Harding @ The Regent, Los Angeles March 21, 2017 Shortly after his sold-out show at The Echo, Andy Shauf returned to Los Angeles to woo a packed house at The Regent. Shauf’s most recent album has picked up a lot of [...]
STRFKR @ THE NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN, EDMONTON March 19th, 2017 For their first trip to Edmonton, STRFKR brought an energetic show, striking lights, and their label mates Psychic Twin. In the early hours of the evening, Psychic Twin began their set [...]
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 [...]
Mother Mother @ Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton March 16, 2017 With voracious energy, Mother Mother claimed the stage within the exposition halls of the Shaw Conference Centre. This Vancouver-based alternative rock quintet has built a [...]
Bad Pop @ The Smiling Buddha, Toronto March 7, 2017 As usual for March, the cold and wet night kept many Torontonians from venturing out of their warm homes. Tuesday night isn’t exactly the most popular night to go out, especially for [...]
SXM Festival 2017 @ St. Martin-Sint Maarten March 15-19, 2017 Scintillating SXM Festival delivers a stunning second year in St Martin. What’s better than hearing you’re favourite DJ among beautiful, music-loving souls in a tropical [...]
Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers @ The Capitol Theatre, Edmonton March 11, 2017 Ben Caplan is a rather unassuming fellow until he opens his mouth. His bearded and manbunned exterior is almost perfectly accentuated by his thunderous roaring [...]
Dinosaur Jr @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 10, 2017 When J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr. roll into town, the mandate is simply to be the there without question. When the show was announced in December, social media was buzzing hard and the [...]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah w/ Steady Holiday @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto March 7, 2017 On March 7, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (CYHSY) graced the silver confetti stage of the Horseshoe Tavern along with a solo set from Steady Holiday serving as [...]
The Rural Alberta Advantage w/ Jordan Norman & The Wisdom Teeth @ The Needle Vinyl Tavern, Edmonton March 3, 2017 To round out their successful road testing tour The Rural Alberta Advantage (The RAA) returned to frontman Nils [...]
The Dig @ Velvet Underground, Toronto February 28, 2017 For the first time in three years, American rock band The Dig made their fourth stop in Toronto for their North American Bloodshot Tokyo tour. The show was attended by about 50 loyal fans [...]
Matthew Good @ River Cree Resort & Casino, Edmonton February 25, 2017 After Craig Stickland’s opening set, an operatic introduction and a vocal recording presented Matthew Good to the anticipating crowd. Good, who is now in his [...]
Alejandro Escovedo and Jesse Malin @ Federal Underground, Long Beach February 22, 2017 The Federal Underground is one of those unique intimate venues that, when you see a show there, you feel a little a part of a secret tribe. It has an [...]
Run The Jewels @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 19, 2017 “That was chaos. Absolute chaos” Rapper/Producer El-P tells the crowd following a particularly energetic performance of “Stay Gold”. While he may have been talking about one [...]
Wavelength Music Festival 2017 – #WL17 @ The Garrison, Toronto February 17, 2017 On the night of February 17th, Wavelength started off the 17th iteration of its annual festival at the Garrison in Toronto. The Wavelength Festival is one of [...]
Andy Black w/ William Control & Palaye Royale @ The Opera House, Toronto February 15, 2017 The crowd in front of Toronto’s Opera house had gathered quite early and the queue turned around the block. Hundreds of fans were shivering in [...]
Animal Collective (DJ Set With Avey Tare & Geologist) @ The Basement Of Globe Theatre, Los Angeles February 12, 2017 On Sunday February 12, in the basement of the Globe Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, there was a Day-Glo hipster dance party [...]
