Date of show: August 22, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo From Ottawa, Silvergun & Spleen is comprised of Marie-Eve Mallet (vocals, guitar), sister Véronique Mallet (guitar, keys, vocals), Chris Page (bass) and John Lenherr (drums). In town to promote their upcoming new album, Semi Truck, they closed out this installment of the “Wednesdays Go Pop” […]

Date of show: August 20, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Still in town after their Echo Beach gig the night prior, British Columbia’s Mother Mother “christened [the] unbridled little entities” off their upcoming new album, The Sticks at a “clandestine affair” at the Drake Underground. An invite-only “secret hush hush” gig, the room was surprisingly […]

Date of show: August 19, 2012 Our Lady Peace Mother Mother Said the Whale

Band: The Maladies of Adam Stokes EP: Wood Water War Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Released at the end of July, Toronto-based The Maladies of Adam Stokes’ new EP Wood Water War is a 3-song sampling of the band’s first full length record City of Trees, which is due out later this year. The 6-piece is […]

Band: The Canadian Shield EP: Songs for the Dead in Love Written by: Chiara DiAngelo The Canadian Shield is Doug Gorrie (guitar, vocals) and Mike Bone (drums, vocals), two Northern Ontario natives now residing in Toronto. True to their name, The Canadian Shield play unpretentious, rugged and anthemic Canadian rock and roll. Similar in vein […]

Band: Evening Hymns Album: Spectral Dusk Written by: Chiara DiAngelo I had the unique opportunity to listen to Spectral Dusk for the first time at a listening picnic hosted by the good folks at Webster Media Consulting. While the event was originally set to be held in Trinity Bellwoods, the drizzly weather interfered, thus relocating […]

While I wasn’t present for the first Osheaga, I have seen the festival grow substantially over the last 3 years. It took me a while to get over that and adjust to the massive layout, which still needs improvement. On the first day, Of Monsters and Men packed the Scène Verte, which resulted in some […]

“There isn’t another festival like this…” – Max Kerman (Arkells) “Everywhere I go, people say [Hillside] is a pillar of how it should be done…” – Joel Plaskett I’ve heard the praises for Hillside before and I heard them all weekend long. The charm of this “hippy” festival is undeniable, a festival which is impressively […]

When I sat down with Wildlife (4 of the 5 members), they were preparing for a packed show at the Horseshoe Tavern that involved dazzling (and maybe a little blinding) lights, smoke machines and flying sharks. While I had seen Wildlife a handful times already at this point, this was the first time I had […]

Hi everyone, We’re really excited to say that today buyingshotsforbands.com turns 2. In two years, we’ve bought shots for 84 bands totaling 293 shots, 2 bottles of Crown and 1 bottle of Jager. The complete list of shots recipients to date: The Darcys Huron Krupke Great Bloomers Lordy Lordy Shawn Clarke Gramercy Riffs Bravestation Old […]