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Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Vancouver-based punk rockers White Lung stormed into Toronto’s Hard Luck Bar last night with support from Hamilton-based garage punkers TV Freaks and Toronto rock quartet Teenanger.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – New York City synthpunkers Mindless Self Indulgence performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night where they played a slew of their hits including “Shut Me Up,” “Straight To Video,” from 2005’s You’ll Rebel to Anything and “On It,” from 2008’s If, along with songs from their forthcoming album How … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Welsh alt rockers The Joy Formidable performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night in support of their second studio album Wolf’s Law, released in January, with support from Brooklyn-based Team Spirit and Boston-based rockers RIBS.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Chelsea Light Moving, the new band fronted by Sonic Youth founder Thurston Moore, performed at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace last night with support from Fossils. The band, who consists of bassist Samara Lubelski, who played violin with Moore on his last two solo LPs (2007’s Trees Outside The Academy and 2011’s … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Country punk-rockers Lucero, along with supporters Shovel & Rope, performed at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre last night. Dubbed “one of the hardest working bands in the music industry,” Lucero is infamous for performing 150-200 shows per year since 2001. Charleston, South Carolina folk duo Shovels & Rope consists of Michael … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill – The fourth night of CMW (March 22) featured UK post-punkers Savages, who’s live EP I Am Here, has begun cementing them as a must-see live band, Young Rival, The Zolas and roots rocker Dustin Bentall.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – With a new look, consisting of blond-streaked black hair, a stark contrast from her wholesome, red-headed glow, and a new lo-fi surf-punk-inspired album Girl Talk, English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, with openers Supercute!, who will release their new, Kate Nash-produced album DON’T PoP MY BUBBLE on June 11th, 2013, performed at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern last night.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Syracuse, New York indie rockers Ra Ra Riot performed at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace last night in support of their third album Beta Love, which was released in January, with openers Pacific Air, which consists of twins, Ryan and Taylor Lawhon. They will be releasing their debut album in April.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Former Hüsker Dü and Sugar guitarist Bob Mould performed a sold-out show at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern last night with support from Minneapolis indie rockers Now Now, in support of his tenth studio album Silver Age, released in September 2012 via Merge.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Melbourne, Australia, “americana outlaw country rockers” Henry Wagons, who released their latest album Expecting Company in January, visited Toronto’s The Dakota Tavern last night with opener Devin Cuddy (son of Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy), who released his debut album Volume One, in October 2012.
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