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Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Over 900 people came out for the fifth annual Riverfest Elora this past weekend, which took place in the scenic Bissell Park in Elora, Ontario. This is the first year that Riverfest has booked artists from outside of the province and in addition to the headliner in Toronto-based indie rock quartet Born … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Heavy metal legends gathered last Sunday at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre for the 2013 edition of Dave Mustaine’s Gigantour. Five superstar bands that Mustaine handpicked travelled through North America for most of the summer with a final stop in Toronto. Unfortunately these icons didn’t quite get the audience they deserve, playing to a venue that … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Did you miss British folk-rock singer-songwriter Passenger (aka Mike Rosenberg), and Australian singer-songwriter Stu Larsen at The Phoenix Concert Theatre earlier this week? Well, in addition to playing that gig, both musicians also performed a serene, impromptu set in Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto yesterday afternoon.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Acclaimed blues-rock singer-songwriter John Mayer, who will release his sixth studio album, Paradise Valley, on August 20th, and who recently recovered from surgery due to a granuloma on his vocal cord, returned to Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre last night for his ongoing “Born and Raised” world tour, which is in support of his … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – British folk-rock singer-songwriter Passenger (aka Mike Rosenberg), who fronted the band of the same name from 2003-2009, who only released one album, 2007’s Wicked Man’s Rest, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Australian singer-songwriter Stu Larsen, who “doesn’t have a fixed address” as “three years ago he … Continue reading
Photos by: Bobby Singh (@FOHPhoto) – As a lead-up to their performance at Wakestock in Collingwood, ON, LA-based indie rock quartet Silversun Pickups played an in-studio session at 102.1 the Edge in Toronto, where they performed a brief set including hit singles “Panic Switch”, from their 2009 album, Swoon, and “Lazy Eye”, from their 2006 debut … Continue reading
Photos by: Dakota King (@dakotamakala) – The Summer Slaughter Tour, which was founded in 2001 and has visited Canada since 2008, once again invaded Toronto’s Sound Academy last night with headliner, New Jersey-based mathcore quintet The Dillinger Escape Plan, along with Washington D.C.-based instrumental progressive metal trio Animals as Leaders, Maryland-based progressive metal sextet Periphery, San Diego-based deathgrind … Continue reading
By: Duncan Boyd – Pop superstars Backstreet Boys, who are currently promoting their eighth studio album, In A World Like This, and celebrating their 20th anniversary together, packed the Molson Ampitheatre in Toronto last night with waves of screaming girls, as if it had time warped back to 1999. Yet now, the screaming tweens of the decade before have … Continue reading
By: Laura Molinaro (@Laura_Molinaro5) – The Grove Music Festival, which took place on August 3rd, was originally slated to take place at The Commons at Butler’s Barracks in the Niagara-on-the-Lake region but due to significant backlash from the community, the festival moved to a new, all-embracing Toronto location: the historic Garrison Common at Fort York. … Continue reading
By: Chiara DiAngelo (@chiarabella) – Running an hour behind schedule, when Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, took the stage – finally – he thanked everyone for their patience. Explaining that the band had left Lollapalooza in Chicago later than expected, most of the audience had likely arrived to the venue before them. Dressed in … Continue reading
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