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By: Calum Slingerland – The city of Ottawa’s annual Folk Festival kicked off its 2013 edition Wednesday night with a double bill lending many a nod to both folk and punk music. Canadian music icons and festival headliners Neil Young and Crazy Horse were scheduled to perform in the headlining slot to open the festival, … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Multiple JUNO, MuchMusic and MTV Award winning punk rock quartet Billy Talent headlined the ongoing SiriusXM Road Trip, with Montreal-based indie rock band Half Moon Run. The tour, which will visit five Canadian cities this month, invaded Hamilton’s Molson Canadian Studio last night. If you live in either London, ON or … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – The KiSS 92.5 Wham Bam 2013 took place at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night and R&B crooner Robin Thicke, who’s mega hit “Blurred Lines” opened his set and was the highlight for many, Nova Scotia-based rapper Classified, who released his self-titled third studio album earlier this year, Toronto-based Pop/R&B singer Shawn … Continue reading
Photos by: Dakota King (@dakotamakala) – Closing the series of performances at the CNE’s Bandshell Park, that began with The Proclaimers on August 16th, British Columbia-based rock quartet Theory of a Deadman torched the stage with a solid set including radio hits “Bad Girlfriend”, “So Happy”, and “Nothing Could Come Between Us”.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – With the summer music festival season winding down for another year, Monster Energy Rock Allegiance Tour invaded Toronto’s Sound Academy last night with Danish metal quartet Volbeat, who released their fifth studio album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, in April, Finnish rock quintet H.I.M., who released their eighth studio album, Tears on Tape, in April, … Continue reading
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.
