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By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – It’s typical of most fans to dream of their ideal concert for any of their favourite artists, a dream that is usually focused on what songs they would perform. There is always that hope that maybe, just maybe, you will get to hear that perfect song that will be a memory to last … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Pop-rock royalty Paramore brought their glitzy “Self-Titled Tour” last night to Toronto, performing a set packed with both new songs from their latest album, Paramore, and plenty of their old hits for around an hour and a half at the Air Canada Centre. It was a show that had something to please everyone in … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – These are the shows upon which the Horseshoe Tavern has built its legendary status: breaking bands on the precipice of success, performing tight and powerful performances to a captivated audience. The UK-based neo-psychedelic band Temples vigorously delivered a memorable show of such caliber last night. Temples’ colourful and kaleidoscopic material drew strokes … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – On Saturday night, ‘90s alt rock loving patrons of Toronto made their way to the Danforth Music Hall for an early Mazzy Star show. As the lights went down, candles lit a purple stage and a projection of a crescent moon rising, which turned full then set, which was looped in the … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Last night, the Melbourne, Australia-based Cut Copy brought a pervasively euphoric mix of indie synthpop to the exuberant crowd at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. Emerging during the surge of bedroom dream-pop in the mid-2000’s, musician and DJ Dan Whitford’s heady concoction of synth, electro-psychedelia, and Balearic rhythms propelled … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Metal beasts GWAR took over Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre on Tuesday night, who filled the venue with blood and spared no one. Opening band, Iron Reagan, are a hardcore punk metal band who openly admitted on stage that they were brought on tour because GWAR thought they are fun to drink with. This loud and heavy group of men … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Charli XCX, a twenty-one year-old UK-native, is one of many who have trickled through the cyber floodgates. Her story is similar to the makings of other new, internet-based artists. Over the past few years she has quietly developed a fan base, recording her first album at the age of fourteen and … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof (@lukeottenhof) – Vancouver’s Hannah Georgas took to Ottawa’s National Arts Centre last night, as she warmed hearts and lifted spirits for a solid 90 minutes of electro-pop fun. Crammed with couples huddled around their tables in the NAC’s cozy Fourth Stage, the candle-lit, café-esque room hung from Georgas’ every whim. Introduced by … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Jessie Ware’s debut album Devotion gives you a lot of reasons to like the UK-native. The album explores the intricacies and levels of love and relationships, covering everything from flirtation to self-sacrifice against a backdrop of reverberating, fast tempo electronic notes and ‘90s inspired R&B melodies. It’s where she bares her passion and a … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Dublin-based alt-rock group My Bloody Valentine, who released MBV this year, their first album since 1991’s Loveless, performed at the Kool Haus in Toronto last night. My Bloody Valentine is the vision of alchemist-in-guitarist Kevin Shields, as he welded streams of guitar distortion, feedback, and delay into ornate tremolo-ed strands … Continue reading
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