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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
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – On Wednesday night, the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto did what it does best, played host to one hell of a punk show. Local flavour, Brutal Youth, started things off as they found their way into to the audiences’ hearts with their own style of punk hardcore. Lead singer, Patty paced … 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
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – This past Thursday, one of Toronto’s favourite dive bars played host to one hell of a line up. To start things off local garage-pop-punk band, Pink Wine played to a small crowd, but that didn’t stop them from pumping out a perfect mix of power pop and punk rock with a … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Gypsy folk punk rockers Gogol Bordello took over Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall last night for the first of two shows at the venue. The group is touring in support of their latest album, Pura Vida Conspiracy. Opening the show was Toronto’s own Brendan Canning, one of the founding members of Broken Social … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Sunday night marked the end of the opening weekend of the 2013 CNE and what better way to end it then with an hour and a half set from The Beach Boys, or at least two of them. Ottawa natives Brothers Dubé opened the show with a five-song performance, two of which were covers. The three young brothers, … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Long standing Vancouver based indie-rockers; The New Pornographers took to the CNE band shell on Saturday night. Even though the six to eight piece ensemble hasn’t released a new album in three years, that didn’t kill the enthusiasm of long time admirers in the audience. Beginning their set with “Moves”, the … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – The second incarnation of the Under the Influence of Music tour, featuring headliners Wiz Khalifa and A$AP Rocky, hit Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre last night in full force. Wiz Khalifa’s set brought an even more passionate reaction out of the audience. Arriving on stage after a playing a commercial for his new … 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
