Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – Pennsylvania-based punk rock quartet The Menzingers, who released their fourth album, Rented World, on April 22nd, 2014 via Epitaph, which was produced by Jonathan Low (Venice Sunlight, Restorations), performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Wyoming-based punk rock band Teenage Bottlerocket, who released their sixth album, Tales From Wyoming, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Montreal-based art rock trio Braids, who released their third album, Deep In The Iris, on April 27th, 2015, which scored a short-list nomination for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, and which followed up their 2013 album Flourish // Perish, (out August 20th, 2013 via Arbutus Records/Full Time Hobby/Flemish Eye), performed at Lee’s Palace … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Indie rock singer-songwriter Will Butler, who is best known as a member of Grammy-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, and who released his debut solo album, Policy, on March 10th, 2015 via Merge, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on September 21st with Hamilton-based pop-punk band Billy Moon, who released their new … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Los Angeles-based drone-metal-art-folk singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, who released her fifth album, Abyss, on August 7th, 2015 via Sargent House, which follows up her 2014 album, Pain Is Beauty, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Toronto-based band Anamai, which serves as the experimental folk project of Anna Mayberry (HSY) and … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Reunited LA-based alternative rock band Failure, who were originally active from 1990 to 1997, and who released their fourth album, and their first new album in 18 years, The Heart Is a Monster, on June 30th 2015, which follows up their self-released 2014 EP titled Tree of Stars, performed at Lee’s … Continue reading
Photos by: Ishkhan Ghazarian – Toronto-based all-female Weezer cover band (namely The Blue Album and Pinkerton), Sheezer, which consists of Robin Hatch, Alysha Haugen, Laura Barrett and Dana Snell, performed a farewell show at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on August 6th with Toronto-based psych-prog-pop band Bart, which features members of The Elwins, Hooded Fang, and Biblical. … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Los Angeles-based R&B/blues/gospel/funk/rock singer-songwriter Shuggie Otis performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Toronto-based Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Party-Punk-Super band Lemon Bucket Orkestra, who released their newest album, Moorka, on March 24th, 2015, which follows up their 2012 album, Lume, Lume, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Montreal-based gypsy punk band Tintamare, who released their newest EP, Petit éloge de l’amitié à l’ère d’la marde, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Canadian folk-rock singer-songwriter Northcote, who released his new self-titled album in 2013 via Blackbox Music/Xtra Mile Recordings/The Black Numbers, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Virgina-based folk-punk singer-songwriter Tim Barry, who released his fifth album, Lost & Rootless, in 2014 via Chunksaah Records, which follows up his 2012 album, 40 Miler, … Continue reading
Photos by: Jon Wishart – Indie rock band The Ataris, who are best known for their 2003 hit song “The Boys of Summer”, and who released their newest EP, All Souls’ Day & the Graveyard of the Atlantic, on November 25th, 2010 via Paper + Plastick, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on June 18th with Toronto-based punk band … Continue reading