Indie Week Media Launch Party 2019 @ The Hideout, Toronto October 17, 2019 Indie Week’s Pre-Launch Party at the Hideout was a showcase of musical prowess, diverse genres, andcaptivating personalities. Introducing the artists, Indie Week founder [...]
TAKING A SONG THAT WE LOVE AND DRESSING IT UP IN A DIFFERENT OUTFIT A CONVERSATION WITH NICK ROSE OF DWAYNE GRETZKY It was 2012, when a group of friends who jammed together doing covers of popular songs managed to garner themselves a residency [...]
COIN w/ THE ELWINS @ THE OPERA HOUSE, TORONTO OCTOBER 10, 2019 It was a full house tonight at The Opera House, as the excited crowd was ready to be entertained by American indie pop band Coin. Canadian indie band The Elwins were the openers for [...]
FRANK TURNER @ THE QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 10, 2019 Frank Turner fans were treated to a full evening experience of stripped-down acoustic music and elaborate stories tonight at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The show was split into [...]
THE AWESOME MUSIC PROJECT – AN EVENING OF SONGS, STORIES AND SCIENCE @ THE GLADSTONE HOTEL, TORONTO OCTOBER 10, 2019 Music changes everything. It is a simple statement but perhaps a more powerful truth than we realize. The Awesome Music [...]
WILCO w/ LORD HURON @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO OCTOBER 8, 2019 Wilco kicked off their North American tour tonight with a visit to Toronto’s Budweiser Stage to celebrate their latest release Ode to Joy. The evening started with Ode to Joy’s [...]
ENTER SHIKARI w/ CAN’T SWIM @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 3, 2019 The show had just sold out at the Mod Club Theatre on a misty, chilly night. In the venue, there was a visible fandom for UK band Enter Shikari. About a third of [...]
INJURY RESERVE @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 1, 2019 Injury Reserve is an abstract hip hop group consisting of producer Parker Corey, and rappers Stepa J.Groggs and Ritchie With a T. They’re known for mixing jazzy boom bap with [...]
ATOMZERO UNVEIL THE VIDEO FOR “TECHNOLOGY” – THE LATEST SINGLE FROM THEIR TECHNOPHILIA ALBUM ANALOGUETRASH RECORDS Toronto-based Atomzero are very much a creation of the modern world. Finding inspiration in an age where [...]
NICK CAVE @ CONVOCATION HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 Nick Cave brought his “Conversations” tour to Toronto at Convocation Hall tonight. Billed as an evening of talk and music, it was an intimate affair with the singer-songwriter opening [...]
SHONEN KNIFE @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 Shonen Knife had the crowd engaged from the start with their sweet melodies and high energy performance at The Hard Luck Bar tonight. Their sound is a perfect balance of punk and pop, with [...]
JOSEPH w/ DEEP SEA DIVER @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Weeknights in the big city can be a bit on the quiet side, but a couple hundred fans found the fun at The Mod Club on a Tuesday night. Less than two weeks after [...]
MAC DeMARCO @ RBC ECHO BEACH, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 The fact that Mac DeMarco had broken one of his most cherished guitars before tonight’s performance at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach did not slow down the multi-instrumentalist from his usual [...]
K.FLAY @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 “Welcome to the Solutions Tour.” A pre-recording of K.Flay plays as she takes the stage along with her backing bandin the dark, as the anticipating crowd cheers on with excitement. [...]
JUDAH & THE LION @ THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 American alternative band Judah & The Lion made a stop in Toronto to perform to an energetic crowd in support of their latest album, Pep Talks, where the band shows [...]
KAMELOT w/ SONATA ARCTICA & BATTLE BEAST @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 A single Toronto stop on their Shadow Theory tour simply wasn’t enough for symphonic powermetalersKamelot thus prompting a return engagement [...]
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 [...]
girl in red @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Marie Ulven’s side project, girl in red, is breaking out in huge strides as she stopped by Hard Luck Bar in Toronto tonight in support of her debut album, Beginnings. As the lights dimmed, [...]
FONTAINES D.C. @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 In recent memory, there are few bands that have left me as excited by their debut as did Fontaines D.C. when they released Dogrel in April of this year. It is an [...]
VIRGINIA TO VEGAS @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Virginia To Vegas is always about having a good time, and that is exactly what everyone had at tonight’s performance at the Mod Club Theatre. As the lights dimmed, the audience [...]
THE RACONTEURS w/ OLIVIA JEAN @ THE SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Is everybody in? Security was tight and mobile phones were locked as The Raconteurs made everyone look up and pay attention. The Nashville-based [...]
WATCH “DO NO WRONG” – THE NEW VIDEO FROM CANADIAN INDIE ROCKERS FAST ROMANTICS POSTWAR RECORDS Toronto-based indie rockers Fast Romantics recently dropped a super fun video for their CBC chart-topping single “Do No Wrong”. [...]
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THROW IT UP (DIJAHSB, HAF N’ HAF, LINCOLN WOODS, VIBEBYMELO, PATRIK) @ SMILING BUDDHA, TORONTO AUGUST 23, 2019 Toronto’s Smiling Buddha was overflowing with excitement tonight as it hosted Throw It Up, a nonprofit event created by The Soul Space [...]