The Foreign Resort @ The Hideout, Toronto April 22, 2017 There are many times in which I walk into a venue not knowing what to expect at all, I simply go in and listen and discover, it makes me feel like those baseball recruiters who would [...]
Canadian Music Week 2017 Toronto, Ontario April 18-22, 2017 Here we go again, Toronto! Presenting the Spill Magazine extended coverage of the 2017 Canadian Music Week mayhem! Zoobombs w/ MunizO, Little Boxer and KNIFEY @ The Silver Dollar [...]
Why? w/ O (Formerly Eskimeaux) @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto April 17, 2017 The crowd streamed in in a steady pace, and for an Easter Monday night in Toronto, the club filled up pretty quickly. O (formerly known as Eskimeaux) opened the show [...]
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 [...]
Godboogie Play Music & Dance VizzTone Label Group Toronto-based super group, Godboogie, has roots in blues and rock ‘n’ roll through its mash-up of world-class, award-winning musicians including singer/harmonica player Jerome [...]
Camp Summerdaze :: Toronto’s Summer Retreat Experience @ Toronto Island, July 28-July 30 July 28-July 30 As summer fast approaches, so does festival season. For seasoned underground electronic music lovers, 2017 marks the much-anticipated [...]
Chicano Batman @ The Velvet Underground, Toronto April 4, 2017 What would you get if the 1960’s Brazilian psychedelic rock group, Tropicana, reincarnated into a Chicano lounge-rock quartet? Possibly Chicano Batman, the macho tuxedo-sporting Los [...]
Union Duke @ Tranzac Club, Toronto April 1, 2017 During a bluegrass show in the front lounge of the Tranzac, I once saw the grim reaper nonchalantly pass by the glass doors on his way to the main stage. Not as strange as it sounds. The venue [...]
Prozzäk @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 29, 2017 Welcome to The Hot Show. 1999 was a simpler timer. Bill Clinton was President, everyone’s biggest fear was Y2K and the internet was obsessed with a dancing baby. For kids born between the [...]
Fred Thomas & The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (TWIABP) @ The Hard Luck Bar, Toronto March 23, 2017 On March 23, the Hard Luck Bar hosted Fred Thomas and The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid [...]
Secret Society Sessions Two-Year Party @ Pacific Junction Hall, Toronto March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017 marked the 2nd anniversary of Toronto house music social collective, Secret Society Sessions. To celebrate, the popular mid-week [...]
Folk Fights Back Toronto @ Tranzac Club, Toronto March 21, 2017 Earlier this week, on Brunswick avenue at the Tranzac Club, Folk Fights Back Toronto had its second event. The musician-led organization has launched a series of shows across North [...]
Milky Chance @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto March 18, 2017 As with most concerts, there are few elements more important than the crowd. It doesn’t matter who is on stage, if they lose the crowd the joy is more or less over. Luckily Milky [...]
Bad Pop @ The Smiling Buddha, Toronto March 7, 2017 As usual for March, the cold and wet night kept many Torontonians from venturing out of their warm homes. Tuesday night isn’t exactly the most popular night to go out, especially for [...]
Dinosaur Jr @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 10, 2017 When J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr. roll into town, the mandate is simply to be the there without question. When the show was announced in December, social media was buzzing hard and the [...]
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 [...]
The Dig @ Velvet Underground, Toronto February 28, 2017 For the first time in three years, American rock band The Dig made their fourth stop in Toronto for their North American Bloodshot Tokyo tour. The show was attended by about 50 loyal fans [...]
Run The Jewels @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 19, 2017 “That was chaos. Absolute chaos” Rapper/Producer El-P tells the crowd following a particularly energetic performance of “Stay Gold”. While he may have been talking about one [...]
Andy Black w/ William Control & Palaye Royale @ The Opera House, Toronto February 15, 2017 The crowd in front of Toronto’s Opera house had gathered quite early and the queue turned around the block. Hundreds of fans were shivering in [...]
LITTLE SCREAM RETURNS TO TORONTO ON MARCH 14 AT DANFORTH MUSIC HALL WITH LOCAL NATIVES CULT FOLLOWING OUT NOW VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS Beginning March 14 in Toronto at The Danforth Music Hall, Little Scream will bring her soulful dance party from [...]
BROS @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto February 10, 2017 Ewan and Shamus Currie saunter onto the stage as if fresh from the pages of Creem Magazine circa 1973. It’s a miserable snowy February night and the crowd inside Lee’s Palace is hungry [...]
Begonia @ The Drake Underground, Toronto February 9, 2017 Begonia’s performance on Thursday night was a wonderful escape from the sub-zero temperature of the streets outside. Toes frozen and nose running, I stepped into the dim and warm room at [...]
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46th Annual JUNO Awards Nominee Press Conference | #JUNOS @ Rebel, Toronto February 7, 2017 While awards aren’t everything, appreciating our Canadian artists is, and the JUNOS are where that really happens. The 2017 Juno awards will mark [...]
