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Photos by: Rick Clifford – Toronto-based post-rock band Do Make Say Think, which features Broken Social Scene member Charles Spearin, who’s song “Chinatown” from their 2002 album & Yet & Yet is featured in the movie Syriana starring George Clooney, and who released their newest album, Other Truths, on October 19th, 2009 via Constellation Records, performed a 20th anniversary show at Lee’s Palace … Continue reading
Photos by: Roy Cohen – New York City-based alternative metal band Helmet, who are currently writing and recording their eighth album, due to be released this spring, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night as part of their “Betty” 20th Anniversary tour, which features the quartet play their Butch Vig-co-produced 1994 album of the same name in … Continue reading
Photos by: Kevin Leung – Some of Toronto’s best indie musicians joined forces last night at Lee’s Palace for a night of cover songs called Cover Me Impressed. The show, which featured members of July Talk, Steven Stanley, Spencer Burton, Brendan Canning, CATL, Taylor Knox, Ferraro, Whitney Rose and Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs, benefited both … Continue reading
Photos by: Kevin Leung – Montreal-based soul singer-songwriter Cold Specks, who released her second album, Neuroplasticity, on August 25th via Mute Records/Arts & Crafts, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Montreal-based indie pop band AroarA, who’s members include Andrew Whiteman (Broken Social Scene founding member, Apostle of Hustle guitarist) and Ariel Engle, and who released their … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – New York City-based all-female lo-fi indie pop quartet Dum Dum Girls, who released their third album, Too True, on January 22nd, 2014 via Sub Pop, which was produced by Richard Gottehrer (Blondie, The Go-Go’s) and The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, and which spawned the singles “Lost Boys & Girls Club” and “Rimbaud Eyes”, … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – Australian indie rock singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, who released her third EP, The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, on May 20th, 2013 via Milk! Records/Marathon Artists/House Anxiety, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based baroque pop band San Fermin, who released their self-titled debut album in 2013, and Norwegian-Bulgarian pop … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Australia-based psychedelic rock band Pond, which features three members (one former member) of GRAMMY-nominated psychedelic rock band Tame Impala, who’s latest album, Hobo Rocket, was released on August 6th, 2013, and who will release their sixth album, Man, It Feels Like Space Again, on January 23rd, 2015 via Modular, performed at Lee’s … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – If you’ve walked by Lee’s Palace over the last twenty five years or so, you might have seen a wrinkled piece of paper in a dingy little display window. On that sheet, you’ll see a list of names: Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys. Iconic acts who’ve experienced their humble … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – Ohio-based indie rock band Cloud Nothings, who released their fourth album, Here and Nowhere Else, on April 1st, 2014 via Carpark Records/Wichita Recordings, which was was produced and mixed by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, R. Kelly, David Byrne), performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Detroit-based lo-fi garage punk Tyvek, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Vivian Tabar – Bremerton, Washington-based punk rock band MxPx, who released their ninth album, Plans Within Plans, on April 3rd, 2012 via Rock City Records, which features the singles “Far Away”, and “Aces Up”, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on October 7th with California-based punk rock band Zebrahead, who released their tenth album, Call Your … Continue reading
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