Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Massachusetts-based indie rock band Speedy Ortiz, who will release their new EP, Foiled Again, on June 3rd, which will follow up their 2015 album, Foil Dear, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Toronto-based post-punk band Casper Skulls, who released their newest seven inch, King of Gold, on August 14th, 2015, … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Los Angeles-based indie pop/psychedelic singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon, who released her fourth album, Crab Day, on April 15th, 2016 via Drag City, which was produced by Josiah Steinbrick (Danger Mouse, Devendra Banhart, Charlotte Gainsbourg), and Noah Georgsson (Joanna Newsom, The Strokes, Ben Lee) and recorded at Panoramic House, a hilltop mansion in the coastal town of Stinson Beach, California, performed at the Horseshoe Tavern … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Scottish hip-hop/pop trio Young Fathers, who released their second album, White Men Are Black Men Too, on April 6th, 2015 via Big Dada, which followed up their 2014 Mercury Prize-winning debut album, Dead, which debuted at number 35 on the top 100 UK album chart, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Toronto-based punk band Fucked Up, who released their fourth album, Glass Boys, on June 3rd via Arts & Crafts/Matador Records, which features guest vocals by The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie, Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, and former Alexisonfire frontman George Pettit, performed the live score to the 1928 silent film West of Zanzibar at the … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Australian bassist and vocalist Tal Wilkenfeld, who will be opening for The Who on the North American leg of The Who Hits 50! tour, including tonight (March 1st) at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, and who has performed with the likes of Jeff Beck, Ryan Adams, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and others, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Punk rock band The Queers, who released their newest live album, Ole Maestro, in May 2013, which followed up their 2011 split seven inch with Killtime entitled Alive, their eleventh album, Back to the Basement, out November 16th, 2010 via Asian Man Records, and their 2007 album, Munki Brain, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Hamilton-based psychedelic folk band Lee Harvey Osmond, who released their third album, Beautiful Scars, on April 7th, 2015, which received a long-list nomination for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, and which followed up their JUNO-nominated 2013 album, The Folk Sinner, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Thompson Wilson, and Toronto-based indie rock band Sam Cash … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – Toronto-based garage rock band The Beverleys, who released their newest album, Brutal, on November 6th, 2015 via Buzz Records, which followed up their 2014 split seven inch with HSY, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based punk band Honduras, who released their newest single, “Paralyzed”, on March 6th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Nashville-based alt rock/indie rock/folk singer-songwriter Torres, who released her second album, Sprinter, on May 5th, 2015 via Partisan Records, which was produced by Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Bat For Lashes, Cold Specks), which followed up her 2013 self-titled debut album, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with New York … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Canadian rock singer-songwriter Jeff Martin, who is best known as the frontman for acclaimed rock band The Tea Party, who released their newest album, The Ocean at the End, on September 8th, 2014 via Anthem Entertainment, which served as the follow-up to their 2004 album, Seven Circles, performed a solo acoustic set at The … Continue reading