Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Trent Severn – 8pm @ The Dakota Tavern I started off my CMW with Trent Severn. Starting off with “Snowy Soul,” I was instantly impressed with the harmonies of Dayna Manning (guitar, banjo), Emm Gryner (bass) and Laura C. Bates (fiddle). However, I think what impressed me most was their songwriting. […]

Canadian Music Week has arrived. As usual, we’ll be focusing on the music side (Canadian Music Fest) and we’re excited to check out all the awesome music happening in the city this week! You can find the full festival schedule here. We’ve been making some recommendations over the past couple days, so we definitely suggest […]

Catherine recommends Beams Saturday March 23 – 9pm at The Silver Dollar w/ The Two Times (8pm), The Unquiet Dead (10pm), Meanwood (11pm), X-Ray Eyeballs (12am), Jesuslesfilles (1am), B-17 (2am), The Mohawk Lodge (3am) Toronto-based Beams is a band that is probably not on your radar… yet. This folk septuplet is set to release Just […]

Chiara recommends Elephant Stone Thursday March 21 – 10:30pm at The Garrison w/ Harvest Breed (8:30pm), Folly & The Hunter (9:30pm), Brad Fillatre (11:30pm), Noel Johnson (12:30am) Montreal’s Elephant Stone is led by Rishi Dhir (vocals, bass, sitar) who you might already be familiar with for his sitar contributions to such little bands as The […]

Chiara recommends The Matinée Friday March 22 – 12am at The Supermarket The Agency Group showcase w/ Folly & The Hunter (8pm), Fine Times (9pm), White Ash Falls (10pm), Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs (11pm), The Washboard Union (1am), Legato Vipers (2am) Hailing from Vancouver, B.C., The Matinée is comprised of five longtime friends: […]

Chiara recommends the Audio Blood Showcase: Thursday March 21 @ The Dakota Tavern A lesson I’ve quickly learned when creating my festival schedule is this: When in doubt, check out what Audio Blood has going on. They’ve gone all out for this year’s Canadian Music Week, setting up in-store performances at Sonic Boom, June Records, […]

I had the pleasure of chatting with Dan Ball of Acres of Lions back in December. Acres of Lions had just finished playing their set at Audio Blood’s 4th anniversary and holiday party at Sneaky Dee’s. When we chatted, the band had just finished up day 4 of recording at Revolution Recording, a room that […]

In January, I was able to sit down with The Strain before they played Nu Music Nite at the Horseshoe Tavern. It was their first time playing the Horseshoe, though the band has played in Toronto a few times before, including Canadian Music Week and NXNE. You may have heard of The Strain before, as […]

As part of Canadian Music Week, the 13th Annual Independent Music Awards (also known as The Indies) will take place at the Kool Haus on March 22, 2013. This marks the first time the event has changed locations. The event will include performances by Metric, Matt Mays, Diamond Rings, Yukon Blonde, The Wooden Sky, Canailles, […]