Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Punk legends Rancid, who will release their new as of yet untitled album later this year, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night, with Transplants, who will release their new album, In a Warzone, on June 25th via Epitaph.
Photos by: Bruce Emberley (@thefuzzy8) – Toronto-based folk/rock sextet The Maladies of Adam Stokes, who released their debut LP ‘City of Trees’, in late 2012, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern last night as part of NXNE, while Toronto-based country/blues quartet Samantha Martin and the Haggard, who is a regular performer at The Dakota Tavern, performed at The Supermarket. … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Our first night of NXNE began with Montreal-based electro-pop artist Caila Thompson-Hannan (aka Mozart’s Sister), who we first saw back in August 2012 when she opened for Tune-Yards, Calgary based indie rock quartet Reuben and the Dark and Toronto-based indie rock quintet Grounders, who will also be performing at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre on … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Moody – After spending eight years apart, Chicago-based pop-punk trio Spitalfield celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2003 album, Remember Right Now, when they performed at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto on Tuesday night.
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Nostalgia ran high throughout the Air Canada Centre last night as newly reunited indie electronic pop duo The Postal Service brought their decade-old album, Give Up, to Toronto. The ACC’s “theatre” configuration was barely half full when the duo of Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Jimmy “Dntel” Tamborello (joined on tour … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Los Angeles-based death/metalcore quintet The Faceless performed a sold-out show at Mavericks in Ottawa, along with Massachusetts-based deathcore/metalcore quartet Within the Ruins, local metal sextet Today I Caught The Plauge, which was their final show under that name as they are now officaly known as The Kindred, and Bay Area-based deathcore quintet … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Sacramento, California-based dance-punk sextet !!! (chik chik chik) performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night in support of their new album THR!!!ER, out April 30th via Warp Records.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – The 2013 S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival invaded downtown St. Catharines over the weekend for its 18th year and this year featured Tokyo Police Club, Comeback Kid, Hollerado, The Dirty Nil, Ascot Royals, Courage My Love, Lambs Become Lions, My Son The Hurricane and more. If you want to get more info about S.C.E.N.E. … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Arts & Crafts celebrated their 10th anniversary on Saturday afternoon with a mega-festival at Fort York in Toronto featuring many Arts & Crafts artists including Bloc Party, Feist and a newly reunited Broken Social Scene, who performed their classic 2002 album, You Forgot It In People, in its entirety. If … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Boston-based hardcore punk quintet American Nightmare performed one of only a handful of 2013 reunion shows when they played at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with support from Toronto-based hardcore quartet Single Mothers.