Purity Ring w/ Hana @ Winspear Centre, Edmonton @ Edmonton, Alberta October 21, 2016 Hometown shows tend to be special occasions when bands reunite with their friends, family, and original supporters. For the latest leg of Purity Ring’s tour in [...]
Andrew Collins Trio @ Hugh’s Room, Toronto October 21, 2016 Hugh’s Room is no stranger to a range of musical talent. The intimate venue supports a plethora of genres – including Blues, Folk, Bluegrass, and Jazz – but it is rare [...]
Colin James @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto October 18, 2016 Although October’s been fairly cool this year, things were heating up in the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. As reputation has it, the popular bar has hosted a number of famous musicians [...]
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott @ Hugh’s Room, Toronto October 16, 2016 “This is my new favourite brand of whiskey,” mumbles Folk patriarch Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, brandishing a plastic water bottle underneath the green lights of the Hugh’s [...]
Julian Taylor Band @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto October 7, 2016 Toronto’s a vibrant and bustling city, but within the doors of Lee’s Palace was an even more fun and lively collection of talented musicians performing. Julian Taylor band was set [...]
Sonic Avenues + Special Guest Strange Attractor @ La Vitrola, Montreal October 6, 2016 An intimate crowd gathered at La Vitrola last night for the much-anticipated launch of Sonic Avenues’ latest album – Disconnector. A low-key setting fused [...]
Derrick May @ Apollo Inc., Toronto (secret location) October 1, 2016 Derrick May, another legend, is a prominent Detroit-born DJ and producer with residential ties to Chicago. Born in 1963, Derrick May grew up with friends, Juan Atkins and Kevin [...]
MNFSTO10 FESTIVAL ft. ANDERSON PAAK & THE FREE NATIONALS, KAYTRANADA + DANIEL CAESAR @ TD Echo Beach, Toronto September 17, 2016 This year’s MNFSTO10 Festival of Community and Culture marked a big year since it was founded in 2007. A [...]
DJ Harvey @ Coda, Toronto September 17, 2016 DJ Harvey, nicknamed “The Keith Richards of Dance Music” and “One of 25 DJs that rule the earth” by Rolling Stone, brought his blend of trippy Disco to command the decks alongside Young Marco at Coda [...]
TURF – Toronto Urban Roots Fest @ Fort York Garrison Common, Toronto September 16-18, 2016 Day One Modern Space Fun, fun, fun. That was the order of the day for Toronto’s newcomer Modern Space. As a selected participant in [...]
Jeff Scroggins & Colorado And The Foggy Hogtown Boys @ Junction City Music Hall, Toronto September 15, 2016 Like many University of Toronto alumni, my first taste of Bluegrass in the city began inside the red walls of the Silver Dollar Room, [...]
in/future Festival 2016 @ Ontario Place, Toronto September 15-25, 2016 In/future, dubbed “A Festival of Art & Music at Ontario Place,” premiered September 15-25, 2016 at the abandoned Ontario Place grounds. Presented and overseen by Art [...]
L7 @ The Ritz, Manchester September 10, 2016 Like many bands of a certain era (well, my youth), L7 is enjoying a second wind of popularity and success. Unfairly castigated for a couple of media-focused incidents that occurred way back in 1992, [...]
Dolly Parton @ Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto September 9, 2016 Dolly Parton kicked off the Canadian leg of her Pure & Simple tour, her largest North American tour in 25 years, on September 9 in Toronto. The stripped-down production fit the [...]
Electric Island Festival 2016 @ Toronto Island, Toronto September 4th & 5th, 2016 Electric Island hosted its first two-day finale this past Labour Day weekend on Toronto Island. Event organizers Embrace, Coda, and Platform brought a [...]
Prophets Of Rage @ Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto August 24, 2016 When the initial announcements came out about supergroup Prophets of Rage, with Rage Against The Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk and replacement singers [...]
Boris @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto August 11, 2016 Near the beginning of Boris’ set, when the shrouded Takeshi plucked his ungainly double-necked bass/guitar, I felt something hit the top of my head. No, not the swirly nub of a flicked-on [...]
Zakk Wylde w/ Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown + Jared James Nichols @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto August 8, 2016 Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society made their scheduled Toronto appearance on August 8, 2016, at the Phoenix Concert [...]
Hiatus Kaiyote @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto July 29, 2016 Hiatus Kaiyote (HK) tore it up in Toronto’s historical venue the Phoenix Concert Theatre on Friday, July 29. The band played to a packed house, but not before the majestic [...]
Limblifter @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto June 30, 2016 Limblifter: according to Ryan Dahle, it is another word for a landlubber. A landlubber? The band’s performance last night in front of packed house at Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern [...]
Magic Giant w/ A Fellow Ship @ The Garrison, Toronto June 22, 2016 Folk band Magic Giant rocked The Garrison during their In The Wind tour across North America. Their songs consisted of prominently fast-paced hits, causing everyone in the crowd [...]
Bad Willow @ The Cameron House, Toronto June 16, 2016 Toronto-based musician Alina Libkind is the opener for Bad Willow at The Cameron House Back Room. She begins her electro-pop set at 9:45pm, with clear musical influences from artists such as [...]
The Joy Formidable Wednesday June 15, 2016 The Mod Club Welsh power trio The Joy Formidable hit the Mod Club for NXNE and to support their latest album Hitch. Even the fact that the album has been released everywhere but Canada couldn’t damper [...]
Keeping Jazz Vibrant In Canada An Interview With Peter Shea: Artistic Director & Co-Creator Of The Festival Peter Shea, artistic director of the Third Annual TD Niagara Jazz Festival, had a chance to sit down with Spill Magazine to fill us [...]
