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By: Shannon Reid (@allisplural) – While Canada Day celebrations were in full bloom last weekend with many migrating north to Muskoka to make love in canoes, Aesthetic Magazine Toronto bravely ventured into the drug induced bouncy crowds that were as thick as oatmeal. It’s hard not to review this weekend without walking down memory lane in my … Continue reading
By: Chiara DiAngelo (@chiarabella) – The picture-perfect landscape of Niagara-on-the-lake hosted a coming home party of sorts for City and Colour on Saturday night, which was co-organized by The Edge 102.1 and Dine Alone Records. The sold-out concert offered a range of up-and-coming and established Canadian and Dine Alone talent to the 18,000 fans in … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre got a little funky on Wednesday night as English neo soul rockers, The Heavy, famous for their commercial hit “How You Like Me Now?” dropped by to show off their newest album, The Glorious Dead. San Diego-based folk rockers, The Silent Comedy, opened the show. All those unaware … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Japandroids opened Toronto’s newest concert venue with a sold out show on Monday night along with opening act, San Diego-based garage punk duo Crocodiles. Adelaide Hall, which also contains the Tap House bar above it, was recently renovated and morphed into a two-level concert venue. The space holds a capacity of 680 people, but that … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – The eighth annual Amnesia Rockfest, which annually takes place in the small village (1,000 people) of Montebello, Quebec, hosted over 30,000 fans over the weekend and despite being hard to beat if you’re looking for big name bands at the lowest possible price, many issues plagued the two-day festival. With an advertised … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – On Wednesday night, Portugal. The Man took their fans in Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre to a mountain in a cloud. Whether through their sweet sounds of retro psychedelic rock fused with modern indie influence, or the big, white, mountain backdrop on the stage, or simply by the aroma of certain … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Nostalgia ran high throughout the Air Canada Centre last night as newly reunited indie electronic pop duo The Postal Service brought their decade-old album, Give Up, to Toronto. The ACC’s “theatre” configuration was barely half full when the duo of Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Jimmy “Dntel” Tamborello (joined on tour … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – California-based funk/thrash/jam trio Primus brought their “3D-enhanced live musical performance” to The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night for the first of a two-night stand. Under the watchful eye of two giant inflatable astronauts, guitarist Larry Lalonde, drummer Jay Lane and bassist and lead singer Les Claypool performed two lengthy sets that spanned … Continue reading
By: Shannon Reid (@allisplural) – Mount Kimbie activated sonic waves inside The Hoxton in Toronto last night. The English electronic duo, who are touring with like-minded artists Vinyl Williams and Holy Other in support of their new album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, lit up the room as they burst into their set with guitar chip bending reverie, lights became brighter and … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Toronto’s 99 Sudbury found itself the host of 23-year-old English folk singer Laura Marling last night as part of her ongoing tour promoting her new album, Once I Was An Eagle, out May 27. Opening the show was Toronto’s own Devin Cuddy of the Devin Cuddy Band, son of Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo fame. … Continue reading
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