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By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Metal beasts GWAR took over Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre on Tuesday night, who filled the venue with blood and spared no one. Opening band, Iron Reagan, are a hardcore punk metal band who openly admitted on stage that they were brought on tour because GWAR thought they are fun to drink with. This loud and heavy group of men … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Cherie Currie, who began her career in the legendary band, The Runaways along side Joan Jett and Lita Ford, who are best known for the songs “Cherry Bomb”, “Queens of Noise”, and “Neon Angels On the Road to Ruin”, and who recently went back in the studio with Matt Sorum of Velvet … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Americana indie rock band Ha Ha Tonka, who released their fourth album, Lessons, on September 24th via Bloodshot Records, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Toronto-based folk-rock seven-piece The Most Loyal, who released their first self-titled album on June 13th via Loyalist Club Recordings, and Toronto-based country-blues … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Acclaimed Canadian progessive metal quintet Protest The Hero, who released their fourth album, Volition, on October 29th via Razor & Tie, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto on Saturday night with UK metalcore quartet Architects, who released their fifth album, Daybreaker, last May via Century Media/Zestone, and Ottawa-based progressive metal … Continue reading
Photos by: Dakota King – Toronto-based noise/stoner rock trio Fiction Issue, who released, PCP Ekoms I Demo, last November, performed at The Rockpile East in Toronto on Saturday night with Toronto-based hardcore punk band Dead Mouth, who released their new album, Hardcore Death, on May 24th and Doom Squad, who released their new self-titled EP, on June 25th via … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Charli XCX, a twenty-one year-old UK-native, is one of many who have trickled through the cyber floodgates. Her story is similar to the makings of other new, internet-based artists. Over the past few years she has quietly developed a fan base, recording her first album at the age of fourteen and … Continue reading
Photos by: Julia Marcello – Toronto-based indie rock quintet Wildlife, who released their second album, On The Heart, on March 5th via Wax Records, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Toronto-based “apocalpyse pop” band Bravestation, who released their new album, IV, on May 14th, and Canadian rock duo The Canadian Shield (Doug Gorrie (guitar, … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Nova Scotia-based Juno Award-winning rapper Classifed, who released his self-titled third album on January 22nd via Halflife Records/Sony Records, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night as part of the The Captain Morgan Rock The Boat concert series.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Northwestern Indiana’s Native, who released their sophomore album, Orthodox, on August 20th via Sargent House, and who have “quietly built themselves a large word-of-mouth following in the underground as an incendiary live act, through their impeccable musicianship, ominous chords, apocalyptic vocals and innovative rhythms hit with an intensity that can only be … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof (@lukeottenhof) – Vancouver’s Hannah Georgas took to Ottawa’s National Arts Centre last night, as she warmed hearts and lifted spirits for a solid 90 minutes of electro-pop fun. Crammed with couples huddled around their tables in the NAC’s cozy Fourth Stage, the candle-lit, café-esque room hung from Georgas’ every whim. Introduced by … Continue reading
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