By: Sarah Rix – With an abrupt announcement from The Killers that they had canceled their December 15th show at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre due to lead singer Brandon Flowers’ laryngitis, openers Tegan and Sara made an announcement of their own in that they’d be playing a last-minute headlining show at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre … Continue reading
By: Bruce Emberley – Legendary pop crooner Andy Kim held his annual “Andy Kim Christmas Show” last night at The Phoenix in Toronto. Alongside him were many of Canada’s top musicians including Ron Sexsmith, Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Colin James, Neverending White Lights, Dan Mangan, Divine Brown, Snowblink, Mark Holmes (of Platinum Blonde) and more. This … Continue reading
By: Bruce Emberley – With support from locals Fiver and Wildlife, Toronto’s rustic rock quintet The Wooden Sky ended their grueling tour in support of their third LP Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun, which was released back in February, with a homecoming show at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto.
By: Nim Mendoza – Touring in support of his new album Free Dimensional, Toronto’s own Diamond Rings performed at MOD Club last night to a sold-out crowd.
By: Nim Mendoza – Acclaimed Toronto punk band Fucked Up held what was the first of four concerts in their “Long Winter” concert series last night at The Great Hall in Toronto. The show featured an acclaimed set of artists, lecturers, dancers, videographers, and other bands including the Toronto-based DIANA which features Army Girls’ frontwoman … Continue reading
Words by: Curtis Sindrey and Lisa Gillan | Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – It’s been a long time coming, but Canadian pop-punk darlings Gob returned to Toronto last night at Sneaky Dee’s in downtown Toronto to perform there for the first time in six years. Local band Bathurst (aptly named after the street Sneaky … Continue reading
Photos by: Michael Fil – Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ben Caplan performed at The Piston in Toronto last night with support from special guest Brett Caswell.