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By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – On Wednesday night, Portugal. The Man took their fans in Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre to a mountain in a cloud. Whether through their sweet sounds of retro psychedelic rock fused with modern indie influence, or the big, white, mountain backdrop on the stage, or simply by the aroma of certain … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Punk legends Rancid, who will release their new as of yet untitled album later this year, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night, with Transplants, who will release their new album, In a Warzone, on June 25th via Epitaph.
Photos by: Bruce Emberley (@thefuzzy8) – Toronto-based folk/rock sextet The Maladies of Adam Stokes, who released their debut LP ‘City of Trees’, in late 2012, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern last night as part of NXNE, while Toronto-based country/blues quartet Samantha Martin and the Haggard, who is a regular performer at The Dakota Tavern, performed at The Supermarket. … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Our first night of NXNE began with Montreal-based electro-pop artist Caila Thompson-Hannan (aka Mozart’s Sister), who we first saw back in August 2012 when she opened for Tune-Yards, Calgary based indie rock quartet Reuben and the Dark and Toronto-based indie rock quintet Grounders, who will also be performing at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre on … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Moody – After spending eight years apart, Chicago-based pop-punk trio Spitalfield celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2003 album, Remember Right Now, when they performed at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto on Tuesday night.
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Nostalgia ran high throughout the Air Canada Centre last night as newly reunited indie electronic pop duo The Postal Service brought their decade-old album, Give Up, to Toronto. The ACC’s “theatre” configuration was barely half full when the duo of Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Jimmy “Dntel” Tamborello (joined on tour … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Sacramento, California-based dance-punk sextet !!! (chik chik chik) performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night in support of their new album THR!!!ER, out April 30th via Warp Records.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Boston-based hardcore punk quintet American Nightmare performed one of only a handful of 2013 reunion shows when they played at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with support from Toronto-based hardcore quartet Single Mothers.
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – California-based funk/thrash/jam trio Primus brought their “3D-enhanced live musical performance” to The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night for the first of a two-night stand. Under the watchful eye of two giant inflatable astronauts, guitarist Larry Lalonde, drummer Jay Lane and bassist and lead singer Les Claypool performed two lengthy sets that spanned … Continue reading
By: Shannon Reid (@allisplural) – Mount Kimbie activated sonic waves inside The Hoxton in Toronto last night. The English electronic duo, who are touring with like-minded artists Vinyl Williams and Holy Other in support of their new album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, lit up the room as they burst into their set with guitar chip bending reverie, lights became brighter and … Continue reading
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