SECOND PASS – “SMILING DEADLY” SMILING DEADLY EP (2018) Independent Toronto March 30, 2018 Second Pass is a Canadian heavy rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Band members are: Veronica McNamee (vocals), Steve Pass (guitar), [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: GROUNDERS Grounders’ home base is an overflowing garage in Toronto’s West End, but the roots of their new album Coffee & Jam stretch much farther west. Since releasing their debut self-titled LP in 2015, [...]
THE POWER OF DIY AND THE FUTURE OF TORONTO’S PUNK SCENE INTRODUCING BBQ POPE Over the last five years, Toronto has seen an explosion of underground music that has begun to solidify the city as a hotbed for raw, visceral, and sincere [...]
DYLAN HENNESSY – “BLINK OF AN EYE” MIND OVER MATTER (MARCH 25, 2018) Independent Toronto March 25, 2018 “Writing Blink of an Eye was a long process, but ultimately rewarding. Sometimes songs will come out all at once, but [...]
Nils Frahm – All Melody World Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 23, 2018 It’s amazing to think that eight years ago only one audience member showed up – late and out of breath – to Nils Frahm’s concert at The Drake. “When he [...]
CBC MUSIC FESTIVAL – CANADA’S LARGEST ALL-CANADIAN FESTIVAL – ANNOUNCES 2018 LINEUP AT RBC ECHO BEACH SPECIAL CBC MUSIC TICKET PRE-SALE STARTS TODAY UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 22 CBC Music Festival returns for its sixth year to take [...]
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOUND AND FURY AN INTERVIEW AND LIVE REVIEW OF IDLES @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO March 20, 2018 There is a palpable duality to IDLES. In conversation, they are as open and considerate as their music is raw, punishing, and [...]
G-Eazy @ Rebel, Toronto March 14, 2018 Since emerging onto the scene in 2008, Gerald Earl Gillum, better known as G-Eazy, has made waves in the hip-hop scene coming out of Oakland, California. Yung Gerald was able to break through into [...]
MORGAN CAMERON ROSS – “PLEASE DON’T LET ME DOWN” SINGLE (2018) Independent Toronto March 16, 2018 Toronto singer/songwriter Morgan Cameron Ross is back with a new tune. Soulful and haunting, “Please Don’t Let [...]
Dashboard Confessional @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 10, 2018 You can never truly go home. Anyone who thinks that obviously hasn’t seen Dashboard Confessional live yet. Chris Carrabba and company took their Crooked Shadows tour north [...]
nTTx RELEASES GOTHSICLES PARODY “STRAIGHT UP BEAVER TIME” “To understand this… you must know The Gothsicles….and the humour.” Toronto’s nTTx does a parody of The Gothsicles song “Straight Up Otter [...]
Killy @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto March 8, 2018 Up and coming Toronto rapper Killy performed for a sold out crowd at the Phoenix Concert Hall last night. The Toronto rapper seemed to come out of now. He followed up “Kilimanjaro” with [...]
The Sheepdogs @ Massey Hall, Toronto March 3, 2018 Jimmy Bowskill plays guitar like it’s attacking him and he’s fending it off. And I mean that in the best possible way. His raw and emotional playing is in stark contrast to lead singer Ewan [...]
Lights w/ DCF & Chase Atlantic @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 1, 2018 Lights has continued to make waves in the Canadian music scene as a household name for many years. Since the release of her debut album, The Listening in 2009, [...]
Injury Reserve @ The Rivoli, Toronto February 25, 2018 If you like high energy lyrical rap, you’ll love Injury Reserve. Their last release Floss was their first album which they followed up this year with the EP Drive It Like Its Stolen. The [...]
The Discarded @ Duggan’s Brewery, Toronto February 24, 2018 The Discarded hit the stage last weekend for the EP Release, Manifesto show in true rock and roll style. The small and quaint venue didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits or enjoyment of [...]
Bananarama @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 23, 2018 Bananarama comes to Toronto for the first time ever and greets a sold out crowd at the Danforth Music Hall during a February thaw. Immediately you notice that the crowd is made of [...]
FRIGS Basic Behaviour Arts & Crafts FRIGS’s debut album Basic Behaviour has all of the hallmarks of post-punk — straight-ahead and pounding percussion, guitar tones that squeal and roll, and a lead singer that wails as often as sings. These [...]
SECRET SIGN – FEVER DANCE A Spill Exclusive Album Premiere Secret Sign is a Toronto-based electronic band producing sincere 80’s influenced pop, with a deep admiration for new wave, new romantic, and disco. Comprised of vocalist Kaila [...]
THE CROOKED – “GLOVE” SINGLE (2018) Independent Toronto February 14, 2018 What better day to release a song about love and lovers than on Valentine’s Day? The Crooked have done just that, releasing their catchy third [...]
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters w/ Seth Lakeman @ Massey Hall, Toronto February 17, 2018 Aside from the chilling set of perpetual goose bumps one always has being inside Massey Hall, a whole new dimension of shivers settled in [...]
NO POP, NO POMP A CONVERSATION WITH LONELY VAGABOND A child is in their parents’ living room, somewhere in Canada — or at least I am assuming it is Canada where they are — and they are listening to The Association’s Greatest Hits. Trying to [...]
Marilyn Manson @ Rebel, Toronto February 11, 2018 Fans had been looking forward to seeing Marilyn Manson at Rebel in Toronto for months before he injured himself when a stage prop that was not properly secured fell onto him and crushed his leg [...]
Brockhampton @ Rebel, Toronto February 8, 2018 The self-proclaimed American boy band Brockhampton seemed to have taken over 2017 with consistently dropping out-of-nowhere quality albums, three in total: Saturation I, Saturation II, and [...]
