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Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – The 2nd day of Iceland Airwaves 2013 featured Toronto-based punk trio and 2013 Polaris Music Prize short-listers METZ, along with New Jersey-based indie rock trio Yo La Tengo, who released their thirteenth album, Fade, back in January via Matador, Icelandic metal band Sólstafir, Icelandic dub-reggae eleven-piece Ojba Rasta, Icelandic post-hardcore band Endless Dark, Prins … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – UK heavy metal quartet Orange Goblin peformed at Mavericks in Ottawa on Tuesday night with California-based heavy metal band Holy Grail, who released their second album, Ride the Void, back in January via Nuclear Blast, Lazer/Wulf, Atlanta-based experimental metal trio Lazer/Wulf, who are currently working on their full-length debut album … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Community star, Donald Glover, (aka Childish Gambino), held an impromptu listening party at Trinity Bellwoods Park yesterday evening around 5pm for his new album, Because The Internet, out December 10th via Glassnote Records, which he played on a boombox Lloyd Dobler style. Afterwards, he took questions from fans about anything from … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Dublin, Ireland-based indie pop duo and twin sisters Ellie and Louise Macnamara, known collectively as Heathers, performed at The Rivoli in Toronto on Saturday night.
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Last night, the Sony Centre hosted two musical heavyweights, the Beach Boys leader and acclaimed solo musician Brian Wilson and iconic guitarist Jeff Beck. Playing to a crowd consisting of mostly seniors, Wilson was flanked by original Beach Boys Al Jardine and David Marks and backed by an 11-piece band that seamlessly … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Universal Music Canada and Sleepless Records hosted the hometown return of July Talk at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto last night, the very room where the band’s leading duo Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay initiated their mercurial music pairing. The private show at the warmly-lit frontiers-themed venue carried the autumnal … Continue reading
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – Florida-based pop-punk quintet Mayday Parade, who released their fourth album, Monsters in the Closet, on October 8th via Fearless, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on their “Glamour Kills” tour along with New Jersey-based pop-punk quintet Man Overboard, Florida-based indie rockers Stages and Stereos and Georgia-based indie rockers Cartel. … Continue reading
Photos by: Dianna Lee – Vancouver-based Orchestral dark pop quintet The Belle Game, who released their debut LP, Ritual Tradition Habit, on April 16th via Boompa Records/Bella Union, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with Vancouver-based electronic quartet Bear Mountain, which began as a solo project by frontman and vocalist Ian Bevis, and who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Toronto-born folk-rock singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega, who released her third album, Tin Star, on October 8th via Last Gang Records, performed at The Great Hall in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – In an evening of epic sensory exploration, Operanation: A Night of Temptation, which was held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto last night, and raised over $100,000 in support of the Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) Ensemble Studio, Canada’s premier training program for young opera professionals, was a night … Continue reading
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