Wintersleep @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto March 5, 2016 As I file into Lee’s Palace among a sea of people I can hear the droning sound of openers “Walrus” filling the room. It’s 10PM and the place is rammed tight with fans, a cute and interesting [...]
Young Empires w/ Banners @ The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto February 27th, 2016 “Lots of sexy people here!” proclaimed Matthew Vlahovich, lead singer of Young Empires during the group’s set at the intimate Mod Club on Toronto, Ontario. There were [...]
Wolfmother @ Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 27th, 2016 Wolfmother are back? Truth is they never went anywhere, but amidst the turmoil of many lineup changes they may have lost some of their steam in the public eye. Not that that seemed to [...]
Peppina @ Resident LA, Los Angeles February 18, 2016 Finnish songstress Peppina swung briefly through Los Angeles on her way back to her native Helsinki via Park City, Utah, Washington DC and New York City this week. All in all, she’s been in [...]
Jeff Martin w/ No Sinner @The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto January 7th, 2016 Sad eyes, sad eyes Where you going with that confidence? Sad eyes, sad eyes Where you going with that confidence? ~Jeff Martin, “Still Water” It isn’t every day one gets [...]
Ian Fletcher Thornley w/ Chris Caddell: Share Your Secrets Tour @The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto December 16, 2015 The Share Your Secrets Tour made its last 2015 stop at the Mod Club on Wednesday night. But fans can rejoice, as the tour will [...]
Oscar At 90 Birthday Concert @Koerner Hall, Toronto December 11th, 2015 Friday December 11th, 2015 will go down as a very historic moment for Koerner Hall, where they put on a concert to cement the ever-present legacy of the great Canadian jazz [...]
The Lowest Of The Low @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto December 5th, 2015 Memories of 90’s jangle pop! This was the night that frontman Ron Hawkins and the gang returned to Toronto with their homecoming, high energy set to a raucous, [...]
White Reaper @ Smiling Buddha, Toronto November 25th, 2015 Fun Fun Fun!! That was all that was on the menu at The Smiling Buddha, when a tiny packed house had gathered to welcome White Reaper. Oh yes, and a whole bunch of poppy keyboard hooks, [...]
Nada Surf @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto November 16th, 2015 Just what we needed….Nada Surf delivering the existential goods! At exactly 10:10pm, the band from New York City, New York brought a Horseshoe Tavern crowd back to where it all [...]
Finger Eleven @ Molson Canadian Studio, Hamilton November 10th, 2015 It was an excited hometown crowd filing into the Molson Canadian Studio in Hamilton on a Tuesday night for Burlington boys Finger Eleven. The club was filled with old friends [...]
Painted Palms @ The Garrison, Toronto November 8th, 2015 The Garrison may have been the venue, but there were clearly no prisoners in the house when Painted Palms took over on one of a small handful of Canadian stops of their current North [...]
The “Order Of Canada” Band @ Koerner Hall, Toronto October 23rd, 2015 It was a spirited night of all things Canadian when Koerner Hall hosted an all-star big band made up of Order of Canada recipients and seasoned Toronto jazz stars. [...]
Garbage @ The Phoenix, Toronto October 26th, 2015 They say one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure. If this is true, The Phoenix Concert Theatre made Toronto one of the richest places in the world Monday night, as Garbage was in [...]
IAMX & Mr. Kitty @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto October 23rd, 2015 Lee’s Palace was the place to be last Friday night to catch IAMX’s live performance promoting their brand new release, Metanoia. The show was part of the band’s [...]
Wavves @ The Opera House, Toronto September 27th, 2015 Garage punk band Twin Peaks and three-year-old band under Ghost Ramp, Steep Leans opened for Wavves in Toronto on their recent tour. They played at The Opera House, a really rad venue with [...]
Diemonds Never Wanna Die Album Release Party @ The Hard Luck Bar, Toronto September 4th, 2015 With a brand new album under their wings, Diemonds has been pounding the pavement across Canada for a while now. Never Wanna Die was released in Canada [...]
Big Music Fest 2015 @ McLennan Park, Kitchener July 11th, 2015 Blazing sunshine, scorching heat, a beautiful outdoor setting, and a kick ass combo of bands were the perfection recipe to make Big Music Fest 2015 a huge success. With a full day [...]
The Tragically Hip @ The Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto July 1st, 2015 The Molson Canadian Amphitheatre was a sea of red & white on July 1st. Thousands of patriotic Canadians doing their national duty draped in our official colours and [...]
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic @ Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto June 19th, 2015 From 9:00 on the dot until just after 11:00, I probably witnessed and experienced one of the most electric, mind-blowing, and otherworldly concert [...]
Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project @ Koerner Hall, Toronto March 28th, 2015 2012 marked the 100th birthday of Toronto-born jazz legend Gil Evans. The composer, arranger, and bandleader is best remembered for his collaborative works with [...]
CBC Music Festival @ TD Echo Beach, Toronto May 23rd, 2015 The second annual CBC Music Festival was many things. It was a fun day in the sun for families; it was a tight ship as far as set times, changeovers, and technical operations go; and it [...]
Die Mannequin/ Secret Broadcast @ This Ain’t Hollywood, Hamilton May 3rd, 2015 Though only a handful of people had made their way over to This Ain’t Hollywood, it didn’t deter Secret Broadcast and Die Mannequin from finishing [...]
The Alex Goodman Chamber Quintet @ Jazz Bistro, Toronto April 30th, 2015 On what would be the first of three nights at the Jazz Bistro, rising star jazz guitarist Alex Goodman brought in his newly formed chamber quintet to showcase its unique [...]
