CONTEST CLOSED Courtesy of Embrace, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to Mister Heavenly at The Great Hall (1087 Queen St. W.) on November 16th. If you’re unfamiliar with Mister Heavenly, you should probably get familiar with the trio, which is made up of members of Islands, Man Man and Modest Mouse. […]
In honour of the 20th Anniversary of My Bloody Valentine‘s Loveless, Gold Soundz has put together an event with some of Toronto’s finest. The event takes place this Friday, November 4th at the Toronto Underground Cinema. See the Facebook event for more details. For a preview of what you’ll hear on Friday, you can stream […]
Date of show: October 27, 2011 Death From Above 1979
Date of show: October 8, 2011 Shot of choice: Jager Bella Clava celebrated the release of their debut full-length, Holy Crow. The Toronto-based 4-piece is comprised of Caitlin Dacey (vocals, keys, guitar), Steve Suttie (guitar, vocals), Scott Hannigan (bass) and Zack Mykula (drums). Although the band has grown into a harder rock sound overall, it’s […]
Date of show: September 29, 2011 Shot of choice: whiskey Reversing Falls is a 3-piece band based out of Montreal. Tyler Crawford fronts the band with Charlie Neufeld on guitar and Jesse Ash on bass. The band plays with a drum machine, but they play such an explosive breed of pop rock that you might […]
Date of show: September 28, 2011 Shot of choice: tequila Paper Lions closed out a September residency on a high note. The 4-piece hailing from PEI is comprised of brothers John MacPhee (vocals, guitar, keys) and Rob MacPhee (bass, vocals), Colin Buchanan (guitar, vocals), and David MacDonald (drums, vocals). The band’s chemistry on stage is […]
Date of show: September 24, 2011 Mad Ones celebrated the release of Behaviour at the Silver Dollar last month. Andrew DeVillers (vocals, guitar) and Phil Wilson (drums) make up this rockin’ duo. With hard-hitting drum work from Wilson and DeVillers up front with his impressive vocals, this duo plays with an almost surprising amount of […]
I had the chance to sit down with Irish rockers Kopek before playing their first Toronto show at the Horseshoe Tavern. After releasing White Collar Lies, their first full-length, they’ve been touring non-stop. Toronto happened to be their last North American stop, at least for the time being. The band started nearly a decade ago […]
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