Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Dallas-based psychobilly trio The Reverend Horton Heat, who released their new album, Rev, on January 21st via Victory Records, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Danish-American psychobilly trio Nekromantix, who released their eighth album, What Happens in Hell, Stays in Hell, in August 2011 via Hellcat Records, and Montreal-based psychobilly … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Sydney, Australia export Jagwar Ma hooked an exuberant Toronto crowd last night at The Hoxton with their infectious concoction of garage-rock inflected acid-house grooves. Australian guy-girl duo Fascinator opened the show as they appeared in shimmery Komodos and adorned with baseball caps-turned googly-eyed head masks. Centered on modulating laptop beats that borrowed from techno, house, and jungle music, the … Continue reading
Photos by: Dianna Lee – Montreal-based indie rocker Mac DeMarco, who released his debut album, 2, last October via Captured Tracks, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based shoegaze/indie-pop quartet Elsa, who released their new EP, I Do, last month via Mike Haliechuk’s (Fucked Up) … Continue reading
Photos by: Dianna Lee – Vancouver-based synthpop quintet and 2013 Polaris Prize shortlisters Young Galaxy, who released their fourth album, Ultrasubmarine, on April 23 via Paper Bag Records, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based power pop band Alvvays, which features The Rankin Family’s Molly Rankin, former Two Hours Traffic vocalist/guitarist Alec O’Hanley and … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Princeton, New Jersey-based power pop quartet Saves The Day, who released their self-titled eighth album on September 17th via Equal Vision Records, which was founded by frontman Max Bemis, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto last night along with Chicago-based singer-songwrier Evan Weiss (aka Into It. Over It), and Connecticut-based pop-punk quartet Hostage … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Mondays are usually quite drab, so finding the right pick-me-up makes all the difference to starting the week off on the right note. The handful of concert-goers at last night’s AlunaGeorge’s show chose wisely as the UK export delivered a short but incredibly fun performance at The Hoxton in Toronto that will surely … Continue reading
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – With the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in full bloom, former LCD Soundsystem front man and founder of DFA Records, James Murphy, who produced Arcade Fire’s forthcoming album, Reflektor, which is out October 29th, performed a DJ set at The Hoxton in Toronto last night.