Photos & Review by: Adam Harrison – It was a rare siting last night at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall as veteran Brit rockers Stereophonics packed the venue almost exactly five years after their last visit. The Welsh quartet are currently touring for their tenth studio album, Scream Above the Sounds, and celebrating twenty years as a band. … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto-based indie band The Budds are back with their latest video for “Sadd”. On the video the band said, “when you’re sad, you turn to television. Sometimes if you’re too sadd, you turn into one. Director Melissa A. Jimenez has managed to create a surreal and upbeat story to accompany our sad, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Chicago-based indie rock band The Orwells have disbanded according to a tweet posted to the band’s official Twitter account yesterday (Aug. 29th) following sexual abuse allegations that appeared on social media last weekend. The Orwells have disbanded — The Orwells (@TheOrwells) August 29, 2018 The band has since denied the allegations, calling them … Continue reading
By: Staff – Following the announcement of their highly anticipated new studio album, ‘Rally Cry’, today Arkells drop the album’s lead single “Relentless” today, which you can check out here: https://arkells.lnk.to/rallycry The story of “Relentless” mixes both a new direction in song-writing for the band, plus a fond and heartfelt story, as told by frontman, Max Kerman: “My dad showed me … Continue reading
Photos by: James Alvarez – Australian indie rock band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, who released their third album, Hope Downs, on June 15th, 2018 via Sub Pop, performed at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles last night (August 27th).
By: Jessica Nakamoto – We may have had to wait a lengthy twenty-one years to break it out, but the phrase “someone called the cops on Interpol” will not likely get old anytime soon. For fans who’ve stuck around since the band’s formation back in 1997, this past year has held a few noteworthy … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – Photos by: Morgan Harris – Day one of Riverfest Elora 2018 featured a performance by acclaimed Toronto-based indie rock band July Talk, who released their second album, Touch, on September 9th, 2016 via Sleepless Records.
By: Curtis Sindrey – Indie Rock icons Death Cab for Cutie are back with their upcoming ninth studio album, Thank You for Today, which arrives on August 17th. Thank You for Today marks the first Death Cab for Cutie release to see long time bandmates Gibbard, Nick Harmer, and Jason McGerr joined in the studio by new … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – UK indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, who released their sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, on May 11th, 2018 via Domino, performed at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto last night (August 5th).
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Review by: Curtis Sindrey – The National performed at Toronto’s Fort York last night in what can best be described as a mini music festival. Joined by opener, Father John Misty, and Jenny Lewis, the Brooklyn-based indie rockers took the crowd on a 20-song journey with songs that pierced through the late-summer air and … Continue reading