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Words by: Curtis Sindrey | Photos by: Stephen McGill – The second night of Wavelength Festival THIRTEEN went down at The Great Hall last night and featured Toronto-based danceable spazz-punk band Thighs, which includes members of Odonis Odonis and Pants & Tie, Young Mother’s Jesse Laderoute’s glam rock side-project Blonde Elvis, Montreal/Vancouver-based pastoral electro-pop duo Blue Hawaii, featuring BRAIDS vocalist Raphaelle Standell-Preston, 2012 … Continue reading
Words by: Curtis Sindrey | Photos by: Stephen McGill – The inaugural event of Wavelength Music Festival THIRTEEN began at Parts & Labour last night with Toronto-based punk rock trio This Mess, who released their debut album this week, followed by psych-instrumental act Fresh Snow, who is one of Wavelength’s new projects is the Artist Incubator series, Lullabye Arkestra, who’s performance was … Continue reading
Instead of curling up on the couch with your lover, make your way out to Parts & Labour (1566 Queen St. W.) tonight to celebrate the beginning of Wavelength Music Festival THIRTEEN. This year’s line-up is one of the festival’s best including Doldrums, Do Make Say Think, Cookie Duster, and 2012 Polaris Music Prize short-list … Continue reading
By: Stephen McGill – In their Canadian live debut, 2012 Mercury Prize nominees The Maccabees performed a set that relied heavily on material from their 2012 album Given to the Wild, including “Child,” “Given to the Wild (Intro),” and “Feel To Follow,” at Toronto’s MOD Club last night.
By: Kayla-Jane Barrie – Bad Religion began making punk rock in 1982 with their debut album How Could Hell Get Any Worse? Today, they’re on the 25th floor of Westin hotel encircled by journalists in a maroon room painted with gold trim. The hot topic of the press frenzy is their latest album, True North, released … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner – With support from hardcore punkers This Is Hell and H RV RD, LA-based hardcore band Letlive annihilated Ottawa’s Mavericks Bar on February 7th.
By: Stephen McGill – With support from noise punkers K-Holes, Teenager and punkers Ex-Cult, Ty Segall, who released three albums in 2012 alone, Hair, Slaughterhouse, and solo album, Twins, released on October 9th, brought his chaotic blend of ’70s rock, grunge and punk to Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre on Wednesday night.
By: Laura Stanley – If I were to say that Hayden Desser is an institution in Canadian music, I’m sure I would not be alone in my praise. Since his emotionally raw 1995 debut record Everything I Long For, Hayden has created folk-rooted, story-telling, heartfelt music which after six album, has touched a lot of people. After … Continue reading
By: Calum Slingerland – From their humble beginnings in 2009, Los Angeles indie rockers Local Natives have come a long way. Self-funding and producing their first record Gorilla Manor that same year, the album showed a real sense of youthful energy amongst the five-piece band. With their second major release, Hummingbird, Local Natives present a new sense of maturity … Continue reading
Words by: Laura Stanley | Photos by: Stephen McGill – Respectively releasing two stellar records last year, west coasters Aidan Knight and Hannah Georgas have teamed up for a slew of tour dates this month. Marking the first show of their tour together, Knight and Georgas knew how to get the audience enthralled at Toronto’s … Continue reading
