______________________________________________________________________________________ The 2013 CASBY Awards @ Sound Academy 102.1 the Edge, celebrated the best of independent and alternative music in Canada at the Edge CASBY Music Awards at Sound Academy in Toronto. Full story Stephen McGill | October 11, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Surfer Blood, Team Spirit, Andy Boay @ Lee’s Palace Florida-based indie rockers Surfer Blood performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto with Brooklyn-based rock-soul-indie-pop quartet Team Spirit and Andy Boay. Full story Dianna Lee | October 10, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Streetlight Manifesto, Dan Potthast @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre

New Jersey-based ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto with indie rock artist Dan Potthast. Full story Lauren Garbutt | October 9, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Crystal Stilts, Zachary Cale @ The Horseshoe Tavern Brooklyn-based post-punk quintet Crystal Stilts performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto with folk-rock singer-songwriter Zachary Cale. Full story Stephen McGill | October 9, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Beau’s Oktoberfest 2013 (Day 2) – Sloan, Rich Aucoin, The Mahones Canadian rock icons Sloan headlined the final day of Beau’s Oktoberfest 2013 in Ottawa with a line-up that also included Rich Aucoin and The Mahones. Full story Scott Penner | October 6, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Biffy Clyro, Morning Parade @ The Opera House Biffy Clyro tore down The Opera House in Toronto with Morning Parade. Full story Adam Harrison | October 5, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ London Grammar, Jaymes Young @ The Great Hall English indie pop trio London Grammar performed at The Great Hall in Toronto with Los Angeles-based electropop singer-songwriter Jaymes Young. Full story  Neil Van | October 5, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Hands & Teeth, Animal Parts @ The Dakota Tavern Toronto-based experimental pop group Hands & Teeth performed at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto with alt-pop band Animal Parts. Full story Neil Van | October 5, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Beau’s Oktoberfest 2013 (Day 1) – Kathleen Edwards, The Sadies, Young Rival + More Lederhosen, alpine hats, and just about every kind of beer imaginable crammed the sleepy Ottawa-area town of Vankleek Hill for Oktoberfest 2013. Full story Luke Ottenhof | October 5, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 30 Seconds To Mars, New Politics @ Sound Academy 30 Seconds To Mars stormed into Sound Academy in support of their new album LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS. Full story Curtis Sindrey | October 4, 2013

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