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Photos: Foster The People, St. Lucia @ Massey Hall

By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – LA-based indie pop trio Foster The People, who are best known for their breakthrough single “Pumped Up Kicks”, and who released their second album, Supermodel, which spawned the singles “Coming of Age”, “Pseudologia Fantastica” and “Best Friend”, on March 14th, 2014 via Columbia, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto on May … Continue reading

Concert Review: Foster The People, St. Lucia @ Massey Hall

By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – It felt like a coming of age on Tuesday night at Massey Hall when Foster the People performed their distinct brand of indie-pop alternative music in Toronto. The sold-out crowd danced on their feet  throughout the night, in awe of the Los Angeles-based trio and the amazing acoustics of the classic … Continue reading

Photos: Neko Case, The Dodos @ Massey Hall

Photos by: David McAndrew – Indie rock singer-songwriter Neko Case, who in addition to her solo career is also known as a member of acclaimed Vancouver-based indie rock band The New Pornographers, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night as part of Canadian Music Week (CMW) 2014 in support of her sixth album The Worse Things … Continue reading

Photos: Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois @ Massey Hall

Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Country-rock singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris, who released her eighteenth album, Wrecking Ball, back in 1995 and her newest album, a collaborative album with Rodney Crowell called Old Yellow Moon in February 2013, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night in support of the newly reissued version of Wrecking Ball, which was … Continue reading

Photos: The National, Daughter @ Massey Hall

Photos by: Adam Pulicicchio – Brooklyn-based indie rock quintet The National, who released their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, on May 17th, 2013 via 4AD, which spawned the singles “Demons”, “Don’t Swallow The Cap”, “I Need My Girl”, and more, performed the first of three shows at Massey Hall in Toronto last night with English … Continue reading

Concert Review: Pixies @ Massey Hall

By: Tom Beedham (@Tom_Beedham) – The last time Pixies graced a Toronto stage was in April 2011; the performance came under undeniably different circumstances. At the tail end of a globetrotting, two-year-long 20th anniversary tour for the band’s first international release, 1989’s Doolittle, fans piled into Massey Hall two nights in a row to celebrate … Continue reading

Concert Review + Photos: Joe Satriani, Sit Down, Servant!! @ Massey Hall

By: Steve Danyleyko – Massey Hall once again welcomed iconic guitarist Joe Satriani for his “Unstoppable Momentum” world tour last night, in support of his fourteenth studio album of the same name that was released in May. This time round, Satriani surrounded himself with some fine talent, including Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) shifting between … Continue reading

Photos: Jack Johnson @ Massey Hall

Photos by: David Logan – Hawaii-born folk-rock singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, who released his sixth studio album, From Here to Now to You, on September 17th, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night. Set-List:  1. Do you remember (acoustic solo) 2. Mudfootball (acoustic solo) 3. Gone (Acoustic Solo) 4. As I Was Saying 5. Washing … Continue reading

Photos: Maestro Fresh Wes and Friends 25th Anniversary Concert @ Massey Hall

Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – The godfather of Canadian hip-hop Maestro Fresh Wes, who released his first full-length album in 13 years, Orchestrated Noise, on June 25 via Fontana North, and friends (including K-OS, Kardinal Offishall, Shad, Divine Brown, Rascalz, as well as Colin MacDonald and John-Angus MacDonald of The Trews and Lights), celebrated the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking career at Massey Hall last night.

Concert Review + Photos: Patti Smith @ Massey Hall

By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Friday night, one of Toronto’s most beautiful and infamous venues, Massey Hall, lent its stage to Patti Smith and her band for the first time since 1976. Though to everyone’s shock, her Massey Hall return only filled half of the seats, something that could easily be attributed to this being the … Continue reading