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 [...]
Enter Shikari w/ Single Mothers & Milk Teeth @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto February 6, 2018 Supporting their fifth studio album The Spark, Enter Shikari came to Toronto and blew the roof off of Lee’s Palace. To really kick off the concert, [...]
Yung Lean w/ Thaiboy Digital @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 2, 2018 Yung Lean is a Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter who has steadily grown his cult following since releasing his viral music video for “Ginseng Strip 2002” back in [...]
Drop Top Alibi w/ One In The Chamber, Uforia &The Matte Black Finish @ The Hideout, Toronto February 2, 2018 To celebrate the release of their latest music video for “Home” off their debut self-titled EP, Drop Top Alibi took over Toronto’s [...]
WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN GEARED TOWARDS THE ARTISTS A CONVERSATION WITH INDIE WEEK FOUNDER DARRYL HURS While most do not know Darryl Hurs by name, those who are active members of Toronto’s musical community — musicians and supporters of the scene — are [...]
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 [...]
ICONIC CANADIAN REGGAE ARTIST SNOW CELEBRATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS 90s NO. 1 HIT “INFORMER” NEW VERSION OF TRACK TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 26th Darrin Kenneth O’Brien, the Canadian reggae artist known as SNOW, is celebrating the 25th [...]
Typhoon @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto January 23, 2018 For a band that wrote such a dark and moody album as 2018’s Offerings, Typhoon is a band that sure knows how to put a smile on a crowd’s face. Despite some minor technical issues to start [...]
CATL – “BABY, YOU ALL WRONG” BIDE MY TIME UNTIL I DIE (2018) Toronto Romanus Records (US) January 22, 2018 Toronto’s catl have been bashing out Mississippi blues-inspired rock ‘n’ roll for the better part of the last decade. [...]
Cadence Weapon Cadence Weapon Upper Class Recordings Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, artist Roland “Rollie” Pemberton, better known as Cadence Weapon, recently dropped his fourth full-length release. The new self-titled album, has earned him [...]
WOLFE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS TO TORONTO’S THE GREAT HALL WOLFE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL “WINTER BALL” TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 17th EVENT HOSTED THIS YEAR BY LANA GAY Wolfe Island Music Festival is excited to return to [...]
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 [...]
JAMES BRYAN – “BACK IN THOSE LOVING ARMS FEAT. DIVINE BROWN” SINGLE (2018) Toronto Independent January 17, 2018 Few songwriter/producers balance musicality and inspiration in the studio as effortlessly as James Bryan. Hailed as [...]
THE WET BANDITS – “THE OPTIMIST” SINGLE (December 14, 2017) Toronto Independent January 16, 2018 Want a quick cure for the winter blues? Have a listen to today’s Track of the Day. A fast paced, energetic little power [...]
Wine Lips w/ Possum & Seance Sisters @ The Bovine Sex Club, Toronto January 14, 2018 Toronto three-piece Wine Lips offers up a dose of infectious punk-infused garage rock. The Saturday night set at famed local Toronto venue The Bovine saw [...]
