TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAYMEN @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO DECEMBER 13, 2023 The electrifying performance by The Trans-Canada Highwaymen set the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern ablaze with a booming and high-energy set. This band of Canadian legends [...]
RAYLAND BAXTER w/ FLYTE @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO OCTOBER 23, 2023 Rayland Baxter’s much-anticipated return to Toronto was an evening of sheer perfection, leaving the audience in awe. The Horseshoe Tavern was brimming with eager fans [...]
MOBIUS RADIO w/ DROP TOP ALIBI & DR. DRAW @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO AUGUST 18, 2023 Hot off the release of their debut, eponymous album, a progressive concept record narrated by iconic Canadian DJ and author Jeff Woods, Mobius Radio [...]
PROTOMARTYR w/ WEIRD NIGHTMARE @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO JUNE 13, 2023 Protomartyr may be the greatest post-punk band of this generation. The Detroit group was formed in the early 2010’s by Joe Casey who needed an outlet after his father [...]
BITCHFEST! 2023 – HIGHLIGHTING FEMALE, NON-BINARY, TRANS AND TWO-SPIRIT VOICES IN THE MUSIC SCENE ACROSS THE GTA “As a result of their efforts, Cachia and Konopka have fostered a community that has connected artists and venues”, says The [...]
ACTORS w/ AUS!FUNKT @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO APRIL 21, 2022 “I haven’t played in this club since 1998. I was four years old,” joked Actors’ frontman Jason Corbett. The crowd collectively smiled and didn’t stop for the next hour as [...]
THE HORSESHOE TAVERN CHILL-O-RAMA FEATURING SKYDIGGERS & THE SADIES w/ ELLIOTT BROOD @ CITYVIEW DRIVE-IN, TORONTO JULY 17, 2021 Where does one go on a hot, summer evening in Toronto? Perhaps the drive-in for a triple bill, featuring Elliott [...]
JANE’S PARTY w/ FRANKIIE & SIDE HUSTLE @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO OCTOBER 31, 2019 It was a chill Halloween night, but that was not going to stop Jane’s Party warming things up at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. The band is [...]
ARIEL POSEN INVITES YOU ON TO FAMILIAR GROUND IN NEW 45min STUDIO SESSION VIDEO TORONTO TOUR DATE OCTOBER 28th @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN Canadian roots, blues and alt rocker Ariel Posen invites audiences onto Familiar Ground with a new video — [...]
NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS w/ ESTHER ROSE @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 It was wall-to-wall humanity at Toronto’s venerable Horseshoe Tavern, as fans crowded in to welcome pub-rocker-turned-gentleman-songsmith Nick [...]
Canadian Music Week 2019 Toronto, Ontario Black Mountain @ Yonge And Dundas Square (Photos by Jason Fitzpatrick) [sk_grid id=”45652″ initial_load=”15″ gallery_gap=”5″ max_load_more=”6″ [...]
The Crooked @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto October 4, 2018 To mark the release of their brand new EP, First Place Silver, The Crooked put on a celebratory show tonight, almost a year and a half since playing their first gig together at [...]
WOODEN SHJIPS w/ HOLY WAVE & ZONES @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO JUNE 5, 2018 Banging out blissful music against an ever-shifting psychedelic light show backdrop, Wooden Shjips plays a spellbinding show at the Horseshoe Tavern. Neither the [...]
LAST BULLET – “GIMME TIME” 80-69-64 (2017) Independent Toronto January 27, 2018 Last Bullet. This is it. After almost nine years together, one of Toronto’s hottest rock bands is calling it quits, much to the shock and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Teenage Head Fun Comes Fast Warner Music For a punk growing up in Canada in the 1970’s and 80’s, Teenage Head was as essential to the genre as were The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and The Stooges. The band captured Canadian punk rock and [...]
Indie Week 2017 Toronto, Ontario November 7-12, 2017 Danielle Bourjeaurd @ The Mod Club Theatre (Photos by Susana Meza) [sk_grid id=”29922″ initial_load=”4″ gallery_gap=”5″ max_load_more=”6″ [...]
FASTER, WEIRDER AND EXCELLENT A CONVERSATION WITH BECKY BLACK OF THE PACK A.D. For Becky Black, the Pack A.D.’s latest album, Dollhouse (dropping October 13th) is part statement on the unnerving world around us and part strange experimentation. [...]
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David McPherson – The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern: A Complete History Dundurn Press – September 23, 2017 ISBN – 10:1459734947 ISBN – 13:9781459734944 Book Review By Gabrielle Bossy The Horseshoe Tavern has been a dive bar [...]
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Jerry Leger @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto August 9, 2017 Jerry Leger took the middle set at the Horseshoe Tavern tonight, performing a series of songs from his catalogue, including his latest release: Nonsense and Heartache. The iconic Toronto [...]
ROOFTOP LOVE CLUB – “OSCILLATE” SINGLE (2017) Independent July 11, 2017 Toronto garage blues duo, Rooftop Love Club, thicken their reverberant riff-rock with Jake’s fuzzed-out baritone guitar and Jacob’s versatile, [...]
