I had the chance to chat with Morgan Cameron Ross last year before he played his release party at The Rivoli. When we got together to chat, we were sitting at Christie Pits and Morgan suggested, “Maybe I should stretch first.” The chat, I assure you, wasn’t strenuous. Morgan Cameron Ross is originally from Vancouver, […]

When I sat down with Jeff van Helvoort and Pat Marchent from Teenage Kicks, it was the night of their Be On My Side EP release show. The 6-song EP has the 2 tracks from the first 7” Teenage Kicks released in 2010, “I Get What You Give” and “Shook Our Bones”, as well as […]

Catherine recommends Paradise Animals: Friday, March 23 – Sneaky Dee’s @ 11pm w/ Cousin (9pm), In Medias Res (10pm), Bear Hands (12am), Dinosaur Bones (1am), Rouge (2am) and Sheezer (3am) Paradise Animals is the project of Toronto’s Mark Andrade, who you may be familiar with from the currently on hiatus Green Go. A multi-instrumentalist with […]

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 […]