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Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Vancouver-based garage rock duo The Pack A.D., who released their fifth album, Do Not Engage, on January 28th, 2014 via Nettwerk, which spawned the single “Battering Ram”, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie pop-punk quintet Pkew Pkew Pkew (gunshots), who released their debut album, Glory Days, on November 12th, … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Last Friday, the Bloor Hot Docs cinema hosted a one-night only screening of the music-video styled documentary Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton, about the Los Angeles-based just-left and far-left-of-centre hip-hop and psych-R&B label. The evening including a special Q&A with label-head DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, née Chris Manak, who earnestly acknowledged the … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini – The fifth and final Long Winter concert of the ongoing concert series’ second year took place at The Great Hall last night, which featured a special performance from Toronto-based punk band Fucked Up, who are expected to release the follow-up to their third album, David Comes To Life, this June, … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini – Toronto-based psychedelic punk quintet The Two Koreas, who released the digital-only four-song EP, LP Winner EP, on February 27th, which was produced, mixed, and mastered by Jon Drew (Fucked Up, Tokyo Police Club, Arkells, Stars), celebrated their 10th anniversary with a headlining show at The Piston in Toronto last night that … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Brooklyn-based adult alternative pop band Wakey! Wakey!, who released the new Irresistible EP via Family Records, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with New York City-based pop singer-songwriter Jillette Johnson, who released her debut album,Water in a Whale, on June 25, 2013 via Wind-up Records, and New York-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Casey Shea, … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Newly minted Toronto-based all-female Nirvana cover band Hervana played their debut concert last night at The Drake Hotel with a 10-song performance with songs that ranged from Nirvana’s 1989 debut album Bleach, including “About a Girl”, to their 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind, including hit single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, “In … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Grammy Award-winning (Best Rock Performance – “Radioactive”) Las Vegas-based alternative rock quartet Imagine Dragons, who released their platinum-selling debut album, Night Visions, on September 4th, 2012 via Interscope/KIDinaKORNER, which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, performed at Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Auckland, New Zealand-based alt rock quintet The Naked and Famous, who released their second album, In Rolling Waves, on September 13th, 2013 via Somewhat Damaged, which spawned the single “Hearts Like Ours”, which peaked at number 26 on the Billboard chart, performed at Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night as … Continue reading
Photos by: Dianna Lee – Houston, Texas-born rapper Riff Raff, who is expected to release his second album, Neon Icon, sometime in April via Mad Decent, which will feature a slew of a-list collaborators including Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, A$AP Rocky, Snoop Dogg, Action Bronson, Big Sean, 2 Chainz and more, and which spawned the … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – LA-based indie rock band Broken Bells, which consists of artist-producer Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) and The Shins frontman James Mercer, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night in support of their second album, After the Disco, which was released on January 31st via Columbia, with Brooklyn-based electronic dream pop … Continue reading
