Chiara recommends Twin Atlantic: Wednesday, March 21 – The Phoenix Concert Theatre @ 9:15pm w/ Organ Thieves (8:30pm), Teenage Kicks (10pm) and Treble Charger (11pm) It’s a bit of a no-brainer that you are going to want to kick off Canadian Music Week 2012 at the Phoenix on Wednesday. Opening for the recently reunited pop […]

As part of Canadian Music Week, The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards (known as The Indies), presented by SiriusXM, will take place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel (Canadian Room) on March 24, 2012. The event will include performances by Passion Pit, Rich Aucoin, The Sheepdogs, Dan Mangan, Hall of Fame inductees Treble Charger, Young […]

Date of show: March 10, 2012 Shot of choice: Jagerbomb Written by: Chiara DiAngelo While Catherine was covering the Junction’s CD release at the Horseshoe, I knew I needed to see the EP I’ve had on constant repeat for the past two weeks brought to life, so I instead headed to Cherry Cola’s for Bend […]

Date of show: March 10, 2012 There is something incredibly special seeing a band that has been around for so long (12 years and counting) play to a packed house at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. I could hear some in the crowd discuss seeing The Junction years ago as teenagers. One even told me that […]

Band: Hands & Teeth Album: Hunting Season Shot of choice: Jameson Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Comprised of Natasha Pasternak (vocals, guitar, violin, keys), Jeff Pinto (vocals, keys), Kevin Black (vocals, guitar), Derek Monson (vocals, bass) and Adam Kolubinski (drums), Hands & Teeth play an eclectic mix of experimental-pop, and have pushed the limits even further […]

Date of show: March 8, 2012 Shot of choice: tequila (with lemon) Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Calling St. Catharines home, Talk in Blue is comprised of Barsin Aghajan (guitar, keys, vocals), Dave Allen (lead guitar, vocals), Ben Pearson (guitar), Brian Cliffen (bass, vocals), and Nathan Heuvingh (drums). With three-part vocals and almost every member playing […]

CONTEST CLOSED Hue is offering up a pair of tickets to see them open for Hey Ocean! at Lee’s Palace. If you’re not familiar with Toronto’s Hue, here’s a perfect opportunity for you to get to know them. When they’re not getting the crowd to tap their toes or dance along, the band is inducing […]

Band: Boxer The Horse Album: French Residency Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Prince Edward Island’s Boxer the Horse are set to release their follow-up to 2010’s Would You Please on Tuesday, March 13th. Produced once again by Alec O’Hanley (Two Hours Traffic, The Danks), French Residency sees Jeremy Gaudet (guitar, vocals), Andrew Woods (guitar, drums), Isaac […]

Band: Paper Beat Scissors Album: Paper Beat Scissors Paper Beat Scissors is the musical moniker of Tim Crabtree, a transplant to Halifax from England. Although Paper Beat Scissors is a solo effort, Crabtree was not without help when making this self-titled debut record. He assembled some other great musicians to appear on the record – […]

Date of show: March 2, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo If you haven’t seen Teenage Kicks recently, you haven’t seen Teenage Kicks. Having added in a fifth member to the line-up last summer, Pete van Helvoort (vocals, guitar), Jeff van Helvoort (bass, vocals), Christian Turner (guitar), Patrick Marchent (guitar), and Cameron Brunt (drums), released Be […]