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Descendents, NOFX, Fucked Up and others storm through Toronto for Riot Fest

Punk Rock legends Descendents, and NOFX burst into Toronto’s Old Fort York to bring the inaugural Riot Fest Toronto to the masses. Full story Lisa Gillan and Sasha Lindsay | September 10, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Our Lady Peace close out the summer with a homecoming show at Echo Beach in Toronto

Juno Award winners Our Lady Peace rocked Toronto to a stand still in a memorable homecoming show, along with 2011 Juno Award winners Said the Whale, and Mother Mother. Full story Chris D’Alessandro & Curtis Sindrey | August 21, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Doug Paisley and Bry Webb close out Summerworks Festival in Toronto

Toronto-native and alt-country crooner Doug Paisley and ex-Constantines front-man Bry Webb performed during the finale of the Summerworks Festival at the intimate Great Hall in Toronto Full story Chiara DiAngelo | August 19, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Enchanting night at Evening Hymns’ Summerworks CD release show in Toronto

To celebrate the release of their new LP Spectral Dusk, Toronto-based folk-rockers Evening Hymns took the stage at The Great Hall in Toronto as part of the Summerworks Festival. Full story Sarah MacDonald | August 18, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Photos: ALL CAPS music festival – Toronto Island

The ALL CAPS! Island Festival returned for its fourth incredible year at Toronto Island over two days (Aug. 11/12). We sent contributing photographer Michael Fil to capture the moments that defined this festival. Full story Michael Fil | August 12, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Toronto erupts during impromptu Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs DJ Set

Due to the result of a delayed flight to Toronto, U.K. DJ Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs preformed an impromptu DJ set while on tour to promote his debut album Trouble. Full story Julia Grabowska | August 12, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Playful Odd Future members “The Internet” woo Toronto during tour finale

Odd Future members Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians performed at Toronto’s MOD Club to a small crowd, but the show was full of R&B and soul, which was a friendly change to the aggressive tunes of fellow Odd Future members Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, The Creator. Full story Sarah MacDonald | August 11, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Osheaga Festival 2012, foul weather fails to quash sets from Metric, Bloc Party, Passion Pit + more

With hard rain coming down on the final day of the festival, concert-goers hunkered down in their ponchos as bands like Metric, and Bloc Party took the stage in Montreal. Full story Julia Grabowska and Sarah MacDonald | August 7, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

Extreme heat and rain bookend HARD Toronto

30+ degree heat and torrential downpours and thunderstorms defined the M83/Justice headlined HARD Toronto at Old Fort York. Full story Curtis Sindrey and Colin Rabyniuk | August 5, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________

tUnE-yArDs’ last show in Canada “for a long time”

With over two albums of material to choose from, Merrill Garbus and co. played  fun, quirky and overall satisfying performance and it’s our best guess when we’ll see something like that again. Full story Curtis Sindrey | August 2, 2012

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