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By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Toronto-based synthpop trio Dragonette and Vancouver-based Indie-Electro-RNB trio Dirty Radio brought the dance party to the CNE last night in Toronto. Performing to a relatively smaller, family-filled crowd proved to be a challenge for each group because of their unique, sometimes eclectic sound, but they each managed to find their way with pockets of the audience, ending the day for many … Continue reading
By: Laura Molinaro (@Laura_Molinaro5) – Held in the packed dirt of the once lush field space at Fork York in Toronto, day 2 of Riot Fest Toronto ensured that the summer music festival season went out with a bang. As fans moshed to the likes of up-and-coming Toronto-based punk quartet Single Mothers, grunge legends Dinosaur Jr. and … Continue reading
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
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Seattle grunge survivors Alice In Chains, who released their fifth studio album (second album with new frontman William DuVall, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, in May, headlined the Toronto stop of the Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival @ Molson Amphitheatre on Tuesday night.
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: Dale Benvenuto – The third annual Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival invaded Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre last night, which featured headliners Alice In Chains, along with Seattle-based hard rock quartet Walking Papers, which features former Guns N’ Roses bassist and current Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan, Toronto-based garage rock trio Danko Jones, Copenhagen, Denmark-based alt rock trio New … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Gypsy folk punk rockers Gogol Bordello took over Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall last night for the first of two shows at the venue. The group is touring in support of their latest album, Pura Vida Conspiracy. Opening the show was Toronto’s own Brendan Canning, one of the founding members of Broken Social … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Sunday night marked the end of the opening weekend of the 2013 CNE and what better way to end it then with an hour and a half set from The Beach Boys, or at least two of them. Ottawa natives Brothers Dubé opened the show with a five-song performance, two of which were covers. The three young brothers, … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Long standing Vancouver based indie-rockers; The New Pornographers took to the CNE band shell on Saturday night. Even though the six to eight piece ensemble hasn’t released a new album in three years, that didn’t kill the enthusiasm of long time admirers in the audience. Beginning their set with “Moves”, the … Continue reading
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