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By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Japandroids opened Toronto’s newest concert venue with a sold out show on Monday night along with opening act, San Diego-based garage punk duo Crocodiles. Adelaide Hall, which also contains the Tap House bar above it, was recently renovated and morphed into a two-level concert venue. The space holds a capacity of 680 people, but that … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – The 3rd day of NXNE brought performances by Toronto-based indie rock quartet July Talk at MOD Club, Montreal-based rock duo AroarA at The Silver Dollar, synthpop artist Big Black Delta at The Garrison, along with a pair of in-store performances at Urban Outfitters by Toronto-based indie rock duo Dusted, whose … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – During day 2 of NXNE, we saw budding Toronto-based “chillwave pop” quartet DIANA at The Horseshoe, Montreal-based electronic band Braids, who released their new 12″ single In Kind // Amends, last month, and Montreal-based electronic-pop duo Blue Hawaii at The Silver Dollar. Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, who just performed with the aforementioned musical collective … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – The Uncluded, which features indie rapper/producer Aesop Rock and folk singer/songwriter Kimya Dawson performed at The Black Box Theatre in Toronto last night with New York City-based punk rock artist Hamell On Trial.
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Toronto’s 99 Sudbury found itself the host of 23-year-old English folk singer Laura Marling last night as part of her ongoing tour promoting her new album, Once I Was An Eagle, out May 27. Opening the show was Toronto’s own Devin Cuddy of the Devin Cuddy Band, son of Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo fame. … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – The first of punk legends Anti-Flag’s two consecutive Toronto dates at the Hard Luck bar was, to say the least, a fantastic, and for many, a nostalgic time. Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Anti-Flag has an extensive catalog, which allows them to play just about anything they want and on each show … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Brooklyn-based folk rock band Laura Stevenson and the Cans, who released her first album under the name Laura Stevenson in April called Wheel, performed at The Drake Hotel last night with Toronto-based indie rock quartet The Box Tiger.
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – The undisputed kings of punk rock cover bands took the stage Friday night at the Phoenix to perform their spirited renditions of musical classics. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a pop punk super-group consisting of Fat Mike from NOFX, Spike Slawson of Swingin’ Utters, Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters, and Joey Cape and Dave Raun of Lagwagon. High Top … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – The fifth annual In The Soil Festival took place in St. Catharines last weekend and the three-day festival was full of both industry veterans like Toronto-based indie rock/alt-country quartet The Sadies and local musicians like grunge/country singer Phil Bosley, experimental folk-blues group Oak and Elm and folk-rock trio Paper Bag Palace. … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – St Catherines indie-pop quintet Lambs Become Lions performed at Mansion House in St Catherines last night with support from The Atlantic.
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