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By: Curtis Sindrey and Colin Rabyniuk – With the 30+ degree heat gone with the afternoon sun, the stagelights went down and Toronto fans couldn’t wait to catch a glimpse of the French electronic duo, and Hard Toronto 2012 headliners Justice. Coming off a performance at last night’s Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, Justice didn’t … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – “Thanks for being a great city,” said tUnE-yArDs frontwoman Merrill Garbus last night at the Phoenix in Toronto, who once again wore an eccentric outfit, this time with a modest black dress and rings that stood at attention on her shoulders. The show, according to Garbus, is “our last dozen shows until … Continue reading
By: Julia Grabowska – In a couple of days, and for the seventh year coming, tens of thousands of music lovers will be making their way to Montreal, Quebec for Osheaga – Music and Arts Festival. Osheaga is the most renowned and largest music festival in Canada, and takes place on Île Sainte-Hélène, a tranquil island … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Lehigh Valley, PA,-based Blues Control will storm into Toronto’s Parts and Labour on July 31st, with support from Florida-based electronic sibling duo Andy and Edwin White, collectively known as Tonstartssbandht, whose latest release Sinkhole Storm and Sandwich was available on cassette through Band Camp and was limited to an edition of 100. … Continue reading
By: Laura Stanley – I’ll be the first to admit that Coldplay’s latest album, Mylo Xyloto, isn’t their best work. With most of the album being over produced pop songs featuring Rihanna (okay, that was just the one song but still), gone are the days of emotionally rich, soft piano-pop songs like that of their … Continue reading
By: Colin Rabyniuk – Bethany Cosentino and her band Best Coast performed an impressively disappointing show Saturday night at the Pheonix in Toronto. They played just over an hour with the same rhythms, melodies and vocal patterns. The biggest knock against the band is Cosentino’s simple lyrics. They are somewhat remarkable if only for the clarity … Continue reading
By: Colin Rabyniuk – Old Crow Medicine Show’s first post-hiatus album, Carry Me Back, continues the traditional Americana sound that they have cultivated over their past seven releases. It calls back to an age of freighthopping and bootlegged moonshine. It twangs and jangles. Fiddles and harmonicas drive and punctuate the music. Founding member Critter Fuqua is … Continue reading
By: Chris D’Alessandro – Chicago-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird created an experience Thursday night that you couldn’t help but feel apart of as he took the stage to support his latest album Break It Yourself. His opening act, Canadian folk singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, took the stage in what she described as her first hometown show in … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – On the heels of the success of their second LP “Collections,” released last year, Victoria B.C. natives Acres of Lions will begin the cycle again when they start recording their new album this fall. Their debut album “Working” was released in 2009 and according to singer/guitarist/songwriter Jeff Kalesnikoff, “The first album … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – With a new album already in the works since releasing “Hymns For The Hollow,” back in May, Toronto rockers The Coppertone are ready to unleash their brand of indie rock onto the world. With five albums worth of material already written, front-woman Amanda Zelina (guitar/vocals) has been in the songwriting process … Continue reading
