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, [...]
Sallie Ford w/ Molly Burch @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto April 9, 2017 The Horseshoe Tavern featured two musicians that brought their retro-inspired songs to the ever-changing city of Toronto. On the bill for this night was Molly Burch and [...]
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 [...]
SATE w/ The Damn Truth & Les Deuxluxes @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto November 17, 2016 Down at The Horseshoe Tavern, the night was all about Canadian bands with powerful frontwomen who captured their audience. Well into the beginning of [...]
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 [...]
