Photos by: Morgan Hotston – JFL42 2014 hosted another great batch of comics on Saturday night that included LA-based comic Ian Karmel, who is a writer and regular roundtable guest on “Chelsea Lately”, and has appeared on Conan, and IFC’s “Portlandia”, Christina Walkinshaw, who was nominated for Best Female Stand Up Comic at the 2012 Canadian Comedy Awards, and who’s blog, My … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – Ohio-based country pop band Rascal Flatts, who released their ninth album, Rewind, on May 13th, 2014 via Big Machine, which was co-produced by Howard Benson (Kelly Clarkson, My Chemical Romance, Chris Cornell) and Dann Huff (Faith Hill, Megadeth), and which spawned the singles “Rewind”, and “Playback”, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre as part of their “Rewind Tour” … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – With no topic taboo, no rules, and no script, acclaimed Canadian musician Matthew Good, who released his sixth solo album, Arrows of Desire, on September 24th, 2013 via FrostByte Media, and Canadian actor Jay Baruchel (Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder, How to Train Your Dragon) chatted about everything from music, movies, a bit … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – New York City-based comic Mike Lawrence, who has made appearances on @Midnight, Totally Biased, Conan, and NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and who released his debut album, Sadamantium, on May 28th, 2013 via Comedy Central Records, Vancouver sketch duo Peter n’ Chris, who are 2013 Canadian Comedy Award Winners (Best Sketch Troupe), Audience Choice Winners (Toronto SketchFest), and write … Continue reading
By: Elaisha Green (@elaishajade) – Québécois pop-punk quintet, Simple Plan took over The Hoxton in Toronto last night for an intimate show, which was broadcast live to viewers online. The band recently announced via their YouTube page that they were writing songs for an upcoming album. Cargo shorts, striped shirts and spiky hair from the band’s breakout … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Pascucci – New Jersey-based EDM artist Com Truise, who released his second LP, In Decay, on July 17th, 2012 via Ghostly International, and his lastest EP, Wave 1, on February 18th, 2014 via Ghostly International, performed at Coda in Toronto last night with electro/disco/trap/vaporwave artist Panic Pop, who’s influences range between Daft Punk, … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – New Jersey-based indie rock band Young Rising Sons, who released their self-titled debut EP on July 22nd, 2014 via Interscope/Dirty Canvas, performed at Tattoo Toronto in Toronto last night with Toronto-based alternative rock-pop band The Modern Hearts, who released their new album, Into the Wild, on January 13th, 2014 via Sound Dog … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – We kicked off JFL42 2014 last night with some talented comics including New York City-based comic Dave Attell, who hosts the Comedy Central special Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, which has featured Jeff Ross, Amy Schumer, Jermaine Fowler, Ari Shaffir, Judah Friedlander, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Artie Lange, and more, Australian comic … Continue reading
By: Anan Rahman (@anan_ra) – Jam band circuit veterans Moe’s show on Tuesday night at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club was a bit of a personal milestone for me. They had opened for Bob Dylan in 2000 at the Molson Amphitheatre, which happened to be my first real concert experience after immigrating to Canada. Wide-eyed and innocent as I was … Continue reading
Fresh from their world tour in support of their Polaris Music Prize shortlisted album Reflektor, DJ Windows 98 (aka Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler) will be doing a DJ set at CODA on September 23rd at 10pm. Date: September 23 at 10pm Location: CODA You can enter only once via one of the following … Continue reading