Photos by: Myles Herod – Glasgow-based indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, who released their newest album, Late Developers, on January 13th, 2023 via Matador, performed at History in Toronto last night (April 29th).
Photos by: David McDonald – Glasgow-based indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, who released their newest album, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, on January 19th, 2015 via Matador, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on July 16th.
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Glasgow-based indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, who released their newest album, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, on January 19th, 2015 via Matador, which they recorded in Atlanta, Georgia in 2014, performed at the Sony Centre in Toronto on July 27th with alt-rock singer-songwriter Julien Baker, who released her debut album, Sprained Ankle, on … Continue reading
By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing – F ive years may seem like a long time between records for fans of Glasgow’s Belle and Sebastian. In almost two decades since Tigermilk debuted in 1996, the band has never waited more than 3-years to cut and release a new LP. The band has never surprised their fans and critics alike as much as … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Belle and Sebastian’s masterful new album, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, is a snapshot of the band for the ages: so influential are this group of twee songwriters (easily discerned from a quick glance at the shoegaze genre) that the influence of their catalogue may even extend to their contemporary selves. Iconic producer Tony Hoffer … Continue reading
Date: October 10th Venue: TIFF Bell Lightbox Time: 7pm Rating: 14A The directorial debut of Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch — the culmination of a long-gestating project that began with a 2009 song cycle of the same name — is a charmingly off-kilter modern musical set in the boho enclaves of Glasgow. Aspiring musician Eve (Emily … Continue reading
Photos by Neil Van – The fourth and final day of TURF featured performances from Glasgow-based indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, Neko Case, who is best known as a member of Vancouver-based indie rock band The New Pornographers, Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, Australia-based ska and jazz band The Cat Empire, Hamilton-based folk-rock duo Whitehorse, New Jersey-based indie … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner – When Brooklyn-based indie rocker Sharon Van Etten took to the River Stage for her headlining slot, a dismal crowd, which seemed to have numbered in the hundreds, took in Van Etten’s unique brand of artistically progressive folk-rock.Having mentioned several times “she was sad when she wrote her songs” but she “got over it by doing what … Continue reading