Date of show: December 17, 2010 Shot of choice: tequila We attended the Great Bloomers holiday/vinyl release party, which also happened to be an amazing loft party. It was awesome. Amanda got some great shots, which are also posted on her website here. Also, check out her awesome videos below (also posted here)!  

Date of show: December 16, 2010 The Rural Alberta Advantage haven’t played a Toronto show in over a year, so it wasn’t surprising this Toronto-by-way-of-Alberta (at least in the case of frontman Nils Edenloff) band sold out Lee’s Palace. All three members of this band bring something special to the stage. Paul Banwatt (drums) is […]

Date of show: December 15, 2010 Die Mannequin The Salads Monster Truck

The Balconies headlined night two of Audio Blood Media’s two-night stand at The Rivoli. I had the opportunity to chat with The Balconies “backstage”, which really means we stood around near the doorway and chatted amongst a bunch of gear. It was pretty cramped and Jacquie jokingly remarked, “It’s a really great spot if you […]

[Note: Sandman Viper Command is sorta the first band we’ve bought shots for twice. I say “sorta” because we previously drank out of a bottle of Crown Royal in an alley… and two members of the band missed out. So technically, I count this as the first time.] Sandman Viper Command has been playing frequently […]

I had the chance to sit down with Charlotte Cornfield, brand new to the Audio Blood family, on the eve of her first big Audio Blood showcase. Cornfield is a Toronto native, but she’s been living in Montreal for the past 4 and a half years working with a number of different projects, such as […]

The Wooden Sky with Strand of Oaks December 19th @ The Music Gallery, 197 John Street $25 adv / Doors at 7:30pm Non-perishable food items are welcome and will be donated along with all of the proceeds of the show to the Daily Bread Food Bank. Holiday season is upon us and The Wooden Sky […]

Date of show: December 11, 2010 Shot of choice: whiskey Die Mannequin Dearly Beloved

Band: The Fires Of Album: The Fires Of Shot of choice: An amusing quote from Graeme Donnelly – “Like all democratically run operations, we were unable to come to a consensus. The band seems to be evenly split between tequila and Jagermeister (with one vote for absinthe).” The Fires Of, an indie pop band based […]

Date of show: December 9, 2010 On this night in their hometown, Broken Social Scene brought out as much of the family as possible. After the third song of the set, “7/4 (Shoreline),” with Leslie Fiest and Amy Millan on stage, Kevin Drew said, “It’s gonna be that kind of night,” which, of course, brought […]