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Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Toronto-born and now Tennessee-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega, who released her third album, Tin Star, on October 8th via Last Gang Records, performed at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa last night with Toronto-by-way-of-Sarnia singer-songwriter Andrew Austin, who is best known for his song in the Alexander Keith’s “Toast This Life” … Continue reading
Photos by: Krista Hessey – Christian metalcore quintet August Burns Red, who released their sixth album, Rescue & Restore, in June via Solid State, which was produced by Carson Slovak (Century) and Grant McFarland (former This or the Apocalypse drummer), performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night with Arizona-based metalcore quintet blessthefall, who released their … Continue reading
Photos by: Dianna Lee – Montreal-based indie rocker Mac DeMarco, who released his debut album, 2, last October via Captured Tracks, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based shoegaze/indie-pop quartet Elsa, who released their new EP, I Do, last month via Mike Haliechuk’s (Fucked Up) … Continue reading
Photos by: Dianna Lee – Vancouver-based synthpop quintet and 2013 Polaris Prize shortlisters Young Galaxy, who released their fourth album, Ultrasubmarine, on April 23 via Paper Bag Records, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based power pop band Alvvays, which features The Rankin Family’s Molly Rankin, former Two Hours Traffic vocalist/guitarist Alec O’Hanley and … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – JUNO Award nominated Toronto-based indie rock quintet The Wooden Sky, who released their third album, Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun via Black Box, which was produced by Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Basia Bulat), and who are expected to release their fourth album sometime in 2014, performed a sold-out … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Illionis-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Lissie, who released her second album, Back to Forever, on October 14th via Columbia/Fat Possum, celebrated both her birthday and the start of her North American tour at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night with Welland, ON-based folk artist Grey Kingdom, who released his second album, Light, I’ll … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Austin, Texas-based guitarist Gary Clark Jr., who released his major label debut album, Blak and Blu, which was co-produced by frequent Green Day producer Rob Cavallo, last October via Warner Bros. Records, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Nashville-based roots rock and roll quintet The … Continue reading
Photos by: Julia Marcello – Toronto-based roots rock band Great Bloomers, who signed with Dine Alone Records last year and released their album Distant Fires that same year, performed their final ever show when they performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Wish. The show was a special one, not only it being their last, but … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Vancouver-based blues rock trio Head of the Herd, who released their second album, By This Time Tomorrow, via Universal Music Canada, which features the title track that features Mother Mother’s Jasmin Parkin, and it was produced by Garth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Biffy Clyro), performed at The Rivoli in Toronto last night … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Last night, the Melbourne, Australia-based Cut Copy brought a pervasively euphoric mix of indie synthpop to the exuberant crowd at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. Emerging during the surge of bedroom dream-pop in the mid-2000’s, musician and DJ Dan Whitford’s heady concoction of synth, electro-psychedelia, and Balearic rhythms propelled … Continue reading
