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Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – The ninth annual Riot Fest, which snagged a newly reunited The Replacements as Sunday’s headliner, invaded Toronto’s Fort York yesterday afternoon with a line-up that mostly included hardcore, screamo and hard rock bands, including headliners A Day to Remember, San Diego-based post-hardcore quartet Piece The Veil, Buffalo-based metal band Everytime I … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Newly reunited Nashville-based Americana string band Old Crow Medicine Show, who released their comeback album, Carry Me Back, last July, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Welland, ON-based alternative country singer-songwriter, former frontman for indie rock band Attack in Black and two-time Polaris Music Prize nominee Daniel Romano, … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – English pop-rock artist and former ’80s star Adam Ant, who released his sixth abum, Adam Ant Is The Blueback Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter, in January, performed at The Phoenix in Toronto with LA-based glam rock band Prima Donna, who are currently working on a follow-up to their 2008 album, … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Acclaimed blues-rock singer-songwriter John Mayer, who will release his sixth studio album, Paradise Valley, on August 20th, and who recently recovered from surgery due to a granuloma on his vocal cord, returned to Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre last night for his ongoing “Born and Raised” world tour, which is in support of his … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Richmond, Virginia-based folk-punk singer-songwriter Tim Barry, who is best known as the former lead singer of the Richmond, Virginia-based punk rock quintet Avail, performed at The Hard Luck Bar in Toronto last night with alternative country artist Cory Branan, who released his first album in six years, Mutt, in May 2012 via Bloodshot Records, and Des Ark … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Newly reunited Chicago-based indie rock quartet The Hush Sound, who took a hiatus from 2008 to 2012, and who is expected to release their first LP since 2008 later this year, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie rock trio The Little Black Dress and St. … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – American-Israeli “gypsy-punk” trio Balkan Beat Box performed at The MOD Club in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Arkansas-based spoken word rock trio Listener, who released their fourth studio album, Time Is A Machine, on June 18th performed at The Silver Dollar in Toronto last night with Oshawa-based sextet Hairy Holler, who released their debut album, To: Many Women, in October 2012, and who plays self-described “Sleazy Tavern Pick Pocket Music”, … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Chicago-based indie soul quintet JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, who describe themselves as “Otis Redding fronting The Stooges”, and who released their lastest album, Howl, in May via Bloodshot Records, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Windsor-based Motown/rock band The Walkervilles, who will be performing at Hillside Festival later this … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – English post-punk quartet Wire, who formed in 1976, and who released their new album, Change Becomes Us, in March via Pink Flag, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night, during a short North American jaunt that will see them perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 19th, with … Continue reading
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