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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
Photos by: Neil Van – 2-time 2013 BRIT Award winner Ben Howard, who performed at 2013 Glastonbury festival on the Pyramid Stage, and who released his critically acclaimed and 2012 Mercury Prize-nominated debut album, Every Kingdom, in 2011, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto on Thursday night with New York City-based singer-songwriter Willy Mason, who will … Continue reading
By: Chiara DiAngelo (@chiarabella) – Celebrating twenty years as a band, the lads of Arizona pop-punk quartet Jimmy Eat World are getting on in years now, but right from the get-go, it was obvious that they’ve still got it. Light nostalgia, the band’s set focused on their multiple albums released throughout the mid- to late-2000’s (i.e. post-Bleed American). Still … Continue reading
By: Laura Molinaro – On July 31st, Canada’s longest running festival, Edgefest returned to Downsview Park. As opposed to the more eclectic years of the past, 2013 saw a mainly folk-driven collection of artists; capped off by headliners The Lumineers. For nearly three decades, Edgefest has been a platform for rising Canadian talent. This year’s line-up showcased just that, with Toronto-based bands Monster … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Toronto got “Radioactive” Monday night as Las Vegas-based indie rockers Imagine Dragons lit up Echo Beach. The band has come a long way in just a year and one album, now playing to a sold out crowd of 6,500 passionate and youthful fans. The screams echoed across the beach all … Continue reading
Photos by: Bruce Emberley (@thefuzzy8) – The third and final day of the Hillside Music Festival in Guelph, ON, featured performances by Hamilton-based folk duo Whitehorse, Halifax-based indie rock quintet Wintersleep, singer-songwriter Hayden, Toronto-based hardcore punk sextet Fucked Up, Toronto-based chamber folk/alternative quintet The Wilderness of Manitoba, Sonic Youth alum Lee Ranaldo Band, folk-rock singer-songwriter Martha … Continue reading
