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Photos by: Stephen McGill – Juno Award nominees Hollerado celebrated the release of their second studio album and their first in four years since 2009’s Record in a Bag, White Paint, last night at an intimate show at Rivoli with opener and acclaimed children’s performer Fred Penner.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – With their former At The Drive-In band-mate Omar Rodríguez-López performing with his new band Bosnian Rainbows a few blocks away at the MOD Club, former guitarist Jim Ward and drummer Tony Hajjar and their band Sparta invaded Toronto’s Lee’s Palace last night with support from Toronto-based rockers The Dirty Nil and Seas, … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill – The 2013 Folk Alliance Conference takes place from February 20-24 at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto and last night it featured many notable folk acts including Willow Rutherford, The Sultans Of String, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and JF Robitaille.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Ken Stringfellow, who is best known as a founding member of The Posies, as well as for his long-standing work in studio and onstage with REM, and Big Star, performed songs from his latest solo release Danzig in the Moonlight, released in October 2012, at The Drake Hotel Underground last night with opener … Continue reading
Words by: Curtis Sindrey | Photos by: Stephen McGill – The fourth and final installment of Wavelength 13 last night featured mysterious new electro-drone group Cell Memory & Castle If, who also performed at Fucked Up’s “Long Winter” music series back in November, Guelph/Toronto surf rockers Legato Vipers, who were accompanied by Toronto vaudeville and burlesque troupe The Harlettes, who … Continue reading
Words by: Curtis Sindrey | Photos by: Stephen McGill – The second night of Wavelength Festival THIRTEEN went down at The Great Hall last night and featured Toronto-based danceable spazz-punk band Thighs, which includes members of Odonis Odonis and Pants & Tie, Young Mother’s Jesse Laderoute’s glam rock side-project Blonde Elvis, Montreal/Vancouver-based pastoral electro-pop duo Blue Hawaii, featuring BRAIDS vocalist Raphaelle Standell-Preston, 2012 … Continue reading
Words by: Curtis Sindrey | Photos by: Stephen McGill – The inaugural event of Wavelength Music Festival THIRTEEN began at Parts & Labour last night with Toronto-based punk rock trio This Mess, who released their debut album this week, followed by psych-instrumental act Fresh Snow, who is one of Wavelength’s new projects is the Artist Incubator series, Lullabye Arkestra, who’s performance was … Continue reading
By: Stephen McGill – In their Canadian live debut, 2012 Mercury Prize nominees The Maccabees performed a set that relied heavily on material from their 2012 album Given to the Wild, including “Child,” “Given to the Wild (Intro),” and “Feel To Follow,” at Toronto’s MOD Club last night.
By: Stephen McGill – With support from noise punkers K-Holes, Teenager and punkers Ex-Cult, Ty Segall, who released three albums in 2012 alone, Hair, Slaughterhouse, and solo album, Twins, released on October 9th, brought his chaotic blend of ’70s rock, grunge and punk to Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre on Wednesday night.
By: Stephen McGill – Juno Award winner and 2007 Polaris Music Prize short-list nominee Julie Doiron brought her unique blend of indie folk rock to Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern on Friday night. Construction of Destruction, whose latest album, 2012’s Winter Studies EP, included a spirited cover of Neil Young’s “Last Dance,” Vancouver’s Jordan Klassen, who released a … Continue reading
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