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Photos by Neil Van – The fourth and final day of TURF featured performances from Glasgow-based indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, Neko Case, who is best known as a member of Vancouver-based indie rock band The New Pornographers, Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, Australia-based ska and jazz band The Cat Empire, Hamilton-based folk-rock duo Whitehorse, New Jersey-based indie … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Day three of TURF saw performances from Los Angeles-based Celtic punk seven-piece Flogging Molly last night at Fort York, along with Brooklyn-based indie rockers The Hold Steady, Canadian alternative rock pioneers The Lowest of the Low, UK-based folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner, Nova Scotia-based indie rocker Matt Mays, Los Angeles-based folk rockers Dawes, … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – The second day of TURF featured performances from beloved Hamilton-based indie rock quintet Arkells, Los Angeles-based neo-soul/indie-pop band Fitz and The Tantrums, who released their new album, More Than Just a Dream, in May via Elecktra Records, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, Oklahoma-based singer JD McPherson and Oregon-based punk-bluegrass band Larry and His … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Acclaimed Nova Scotia-based rockers Joel Plaskett Emergency performed during the first day of the Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF), which bills itself as the first multi-day downtown Toronto outdoor roots music festival since 1995, along with Scottish indie-pop quintet Camera Obscura, who released their new album, Desire Lines, on June … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Oakland, California-based indie rock quintet Rogue Wave, who are currently touring in support of their fifth studio album Nightingale Floors (out June 4th via Vagrant Records), performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with support from New York-based five-piece Caveman, who released their self-titled second album in April via Fat Possum … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – The fifth and final day of NXNE brought us Los Angeles-based noise rock trio Nightmare Air, which consists of Dave Dupuis (ex- Film School), Swaan Miller, and Jimmy Lucido, and whose debut LP, High In The Lasers, was released in May, and Copenhagen punk band Lower, who are apart of Copenhagen’s budding underground … Continue reading
Photos by Neil Van – Day 4 of NXNE brought us Toronto-based hardcore punk favourites and 2009 Polaris Music Prize winners Fucked Up, Danish four-piece punks Iceage, Vancouver punk quartet White Lung, Toronto-based blues duo CATL, and London, ON-based punks Single Mothers, who we covered earlier this month when they opened for American Nightmare, at The Horseshoe … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – On day 3 of NXNE, we covered The Luyas, who were nominated for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize long-list for their 2012 album, Animator, at Sneaky Dee’s, electronic pop duo Still Corners, whose second album, Strange Pleasures, was released on May 7th, via Sub Pop, and Brooklyn-based experimental indie rock duo Buke … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – During the 2nd day of NXNE, we caught electronic mad-man Dan Deacon at The Horseshoe Tavern, Montreal-based francophone singer-songwriter Coeur de Pirate (English: pirate heart), and Toronto-based blues singer Michael Rault at The Great Hall and Montreal-based doom-pop shoegazers No Joy at Blk Box, who released their second album, Wait to … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Our first night of NXNE began with Montreal-based electro-pop artist Caila Thompson-Hannan (aka Mozart’s Sister), who we first saw back in August 2012 when she opened for Tune-Yards, Calgary based indie rock quartet Reuben and the Dark and Toronto-based indie rock quintet Grounders, who will also be performing at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre on … Continue reading
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