Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Newly reformed Long Island, New York-based hardcore punk quintet Crime In Stereo peformed at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto last night with support from Rochester, New York-based melodic hardcore quintet Such Gold and Toronto-based punk band !ATTENTION!
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – With Toronto fully embracing Spring, The Royal Ontario Museum launched the third season of their popular ROM Friday Night Live series earlier this month and the third edition of the event, which took place last night, featured a performance by Toronto-based indie rock quintet Wildlife. After several spins of Daft … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – The undisputed kings of punk rock cover bands took the stage Friday night at the Phoenix to perform their spirited renditions of musical classics. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a pop punk super-group consisting of Fat Mike from NOFX, Spike Slawson of Swingin’ Utters, Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters, and Joey Cape and Dave Raun of Lagwagon. High Top … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Toronto-based quartet Decades celebrated the release of their self-titled debut album (out May 14th in Canada via White Girl Records), which carries a late ’80s shoegaze and early ’90s Brit pop sound, which is a stark contrast to their original punk/garage rock aesthetic, at The Garrison in Toronto last night with … Continue reading
Photos by Neil Van – Experimental electronic phenom Flying Lotus performed at The Sound Academy in Toronto last night with opener Thundercat, a versatile musician who blurs the confines pop, funk, electronica and prog rock and he will release his second album, The Golden Age of the Apocalypse, on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint on August 30.
By: Calum Slingerland (@C_Slingerland) – With their NHL hockey team beginning a playoff series in Pittsburgh, Ottawa played host to a different kind of spectacle on Tuesday night with 80’s hair metal bad-boys Mötley Crüe, who performed at Scotiabank Place as part of their ongoing Canadian tour, their biggest excursion within the country to date. As it was their final show … Continue reading
Photos by Neil Van – Youth Lagoon (aka Trevor Powers) performed at The Great Hall in Toronto last night in support of his latest album Wondrous Bughouse, along with Majical Cloudz.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Seattle-based indie rocker Telekinesis (aka Michael Benjamin Lerner) performed at The Horseshoe Tavern last night in support of his new LP Dormarion, with cohorts Deep Sea Diver, which began as the the solo project of Jessica Dobson (The Shins, Beck).
Photos by: Bruce Emberley – Australian synthpop duo The Presets performed at The Danforth Music Hall last night with Toronto-based electronic trio Dragonette.
Photos by: Neil Van – Acclaimed Kingston-based indie rock duo PS I Love You played a free show at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night as part of the Levi’s 501 Music Series, which is a three-week music series this month that features performances by Reignwolf on May 16 and The Sheepdogs on May 23. … Continue reading