Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Hugh Laurie, who is best known to North American audiences as Dr. Gregory House on the hit television show, House, and who will be appearing in the upcoming film, Tomorrowland, starring George Clooney, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night in support of his new album, Didn’t … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based electronic dream pop trio Au Revoir Simone, who released their fourth studio album, Move In Spectrums, on September 24th, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with “voguish summertime goth/Pop/New Wave” New York City-based quartet Selebrities, which evokes a sound of 80s-fetishising pop, and who released their debut EP, … Continue reading
Photos by: Sarah Rix (@beets) – R&B/Soul artist and fashion extraordinaire Janelle Monáe, who released her second studio album, The Electric Lady, last month via Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night in support of the album as part of her “Electric Lady” tour, with Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter Kae Sun, who released his second studio album, Afriyie, back … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Many are content that quality, relatable, and positive hip-hop exists in a market saturated with oversized egos andtwerking, but nothing makes you feel more privileged of that fact than when you actually get to experience it live. Attendees of Shad’s show at The Opera House in Toronto last night can attest to … Continue reading
Photos by: Sarah Rix (@beets) – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, who released her fourth studio album, The Idler Wheel…, last June, and singer-songwriter Blake Mills performed at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto last night as part of their “Anything We Want” tour.
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Wednesday night at the Phoenix Concert Theatre saw hip hop super-group Deltron 3030 (which features producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del the Funky Homosapien and Kid Koala) making their Toronto stop on their current tour to support their new album, Event 2. Deltron 3030’s own master turntablist Kid Koala opened the show. Rocking three turntables, his beat juggling … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – Irish dance-punks Two Door Cinema Club, who released their Changing of the Seasons EP last month via Parlophone, performed the second of two shows in Toronto last night, (the first being at the MOD Club on Monday night), this time at The Danforth Music Hall with New York City-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Auckland, New Zealand-based synthpop quintet The Naked and Famous, who are named after Tricky’s 1996 song “Tricky Kid”, with the line “everybody wants to be naked and famous”, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night, in support of their new album, In Rolling Waves, which was released last month … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Juno Award-winning punk rock quartet Billy Talent, who released their fourth studio album, Dead Silence, last September via Warner Bros. Records/Roadrunner, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night, with Pittsburgh-based punk-rock quartet Anti-Flag, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut self-titled album, which was released in September 2003 and it … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Toronto-based indie rockers The Darcys played an intimate show at Adelaide Hall last night to celebrate the release of their new album, Warring. Performing for just about an hour, The Darcys demonstrated how carefully they constructed this record so that it sounded good while listening to it at home, but it sounded even better in a live … Continue reading