Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Singer-songwriter Brian Fallon, who is best known as the frontman of New Jersey-based punk rock band The Gaslight Anthem, and who will release his new solo album, Sleepwalkers, on February 9th, 2018 via Island, performed an intimate acoustic showcase at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto last night (Feb. 7th).
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – New Zealand-based alt-country singer-songwriter Marlon Williams, who released his self-titled debut solo album on April 24th, 2015, which followed up both his 2014 live album, Live At La Niche, and his 2014 collaborative album with Delaney Davidson entitled Sad But True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Volume III, performed at The Dakota Tavern … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Hamilton Leithauser, who is best known as the frontman for Boston-based garage rock band The Recoys, who broke up in 1999, and New York City-based indie rock band The Walkmen, and who released his debut solo album, Black Hours, on June 3rd, 2014 via Ribbon Music, performed at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based indie pop band Midnight Vesta performed at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto last night as part of CMW 2015 with Toronto-based folk singer-songwriter Owen Davies, who is expected to release his new album, Mystic, this fall, and Toronto-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Whale Eye, who released his debut EP, The Good Die … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – JUNO Award nominated Toronto-based alt country six-piece The Strumbellas, who released their second album, We Still Move on Dance Floors, on October 22nd, 2013 via Six Shooter Records, performed at The Dakota Tavern last night as part of their annual Dakota residency, which will run from Feb. 5th to Feb. 26th, … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Universal Music Canada and Sleepless Records hosted the hometown return of July Talk at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto last night, the very room where the band’s leading duo Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay initiated their mercurial music pairing. The private show at the warmly-lit frontiers-themed venue carried the autumnal … Continue reading
Photos by Neil Van – Toronto-based experimental pop group Hands & Teeth, who released their debut full-length, Hunting Season, last January performed at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto last night with alt-pop band Animal Parts, who is fronted by 25-year old songwriter, Joshua Cockerill, and who celebrated the vinyl release of their new album Six Arms to Hold You, … Continue reading
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – Oshawa-based alternative country quintet Cuff The Duke performed at The Dakota Tavern with special guest Hayden last night for the first of two intimate concerts.
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Melbourne, Australia, “americana outlaw country rockers” Henry Wagons, who released their latest album Expecting Company in January, visited Toronto’s The Dakota Tavern last night with opener Devin Cuddy (son of Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy), who released his debut album Volume One, in October 2012.