MACHINEDRUM w/ BRUX @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MAY 29, 2024 The Velvet Underground on Queen Street was the site of many out-of-body experiences on Wednesday. The venue hosted Machinedrum, the American electronic music prodigy from North [...]
DEAD POET SOCIETY @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MAY 2, 2024 In a collision of poetic lyricism and raging rock, the Dead Poet Society mesmerized a sold-out crowd at The Velvet Underground in Toronto last night. This was the band’s first [...]
GLITTERER w/ GLIXEN & SO PERFECT @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MARCH 5, 2024 Glitterer and Glixen entered the city limits of Toronto on the gloomy Tuesday evening of March 5 combining melodic post-hardcore rock with dreamy shoegaze. It was [...]
SUICIDE COMMANDO W/ SOLAR FAKE & TRICK CASKET @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MARCH 23, 2023 A pioneer of the electro-industrial, EBM, and aggrotech music scene, Belgium-based Suicide Commando has been commanding darkened dance floors since [...]
NEON INDIAN @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO NOVEMBER 21, 2019 It was a rainy night in Toronto, but that didn’t stop fans from packing the house to watch electronic band Neon Indian at the Velvet Underground. As they are known for their fun and [...]
LITTLE SIMZ @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO JUNE 27, 2019 Fresh off the release of the album GREY Area, Little Simz came to Toronto for the last stop of her sold out North American tour. The 25-year-old hip hop artist started her set with the [...]
AJ TRACEY @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO JUNE 13, 2019 In the midst of the NBA finals, Aj Tracey was able to shut down Velvet Underground. Everything from the song selection to the vibe that AJ created was able to show how great of a performer he [...]
THE BLACK QUEEN w/ UNIFORM & SRSQ @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MARCH 13, 2019 Frontman Greg Puciato has been keeping himself busy since The Dillinger Escape Plan decided to call it a day. Even though Dillinger fans will miss the chaos, [...]
Cadence Weapon w/ Hua Li (化力) & Fat Tony @ Velvet Underground, Toronto November 3, 2018 Hua Li (化力) opened for Cadence Weapon to a crowd of about 20 people. She rapped and sang about old boyfriends and their new girls and how she is feeling [...]
Rina Sawayama @ Velvet Underground, Toronto September 15, 2018 Rina Sawayama and her DJ, Clarence Clarity, touched down last night for their first show in Canada which happened to sell out. After the release of her debut 2017 EP, RINA, she [...]
SPILL NEW MUSIC: GRETA VAN FLEET RELEASES NEW SINGLE “WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS” Lava Records Greta Van Fleet has released its brand new single, “When The Curtain Falls,” to fans via socials. The band have been on a runaway [...]
Ekali w/ Josh Pan & Y2K @ Velvet Underground, Toronto November 23, 2017 You may think that you’ve never heard of Ekali, aka Nathan Shaw, but there’s a good chance that you’ve listened to some of his music. The twenty-five-year-old [...]
John Cale: 50th Anniversary Of The Velvet Underground And Nico @ Brooklyn Academy Of Music, New York Novmber 17, 2017 Although it was November 17, 2017, when I walked into the Brooklyn Academy Theatre, with ambient music humming, cool [...]
Headstones @ Velvet Underground, Toronto June 2, 2017 There are some bands that lose their touch after reuniting. They don’t have the edge that made them cool or the energy that set them apart from other performers. Luckily, Headstones aren’t [...]
Headstones Little Army Cadence Music Since reforming in 2011, Kingston ’90s hard rock outfit Headstones have released one full length studio album, Love + Fury, as well as One In The Chamber Music, an acoustic album, along with a pair of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Range w/ Rome Fortune @ Velvet Underground, Toronto May 25, 2016 The Range, aka James Hinton, is finishing up his month-long North American tour (which started May 4) at the Velvet Underground – a downtown Toronto venue that recently [...]
