Chiara recommends The Jefferson: Pre-CMW: Tuesday March 20th @ 11:30pm, Czehoski’s (via Indie Week) $6 Acoustic: Thursday March 22, 2012 @ 8:10pm, Sennheiser Lounge Library Bar Main Event: Thursday March 22, 2012 @ 12:00pm, Painted Lady Aussie BBQ: Saturday March 24, 2012 @ 1:10pm, El Mocambo, Upstairs Sydney, Australia’s The Jefferson are a bit of […]

I sat down for a chat with Carleton Stone at Café Pamenar in Kensington Market back in the fall. The young singer-songwriter released a self-titled album in September 2011 and made an appearance in Toronto for the events put on for Canada’s Walk of Fame. He refers to his sound as “high energy, guitar-based pop […]

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 […]

Saturday, October 22, 2011 Saturday, the final day of HPX, was a little crazy. I started off the afternoon at the big free showcase that was moved from Grand Parade Square (the location of Occupy Nova Scotia) to Olympic Community Hall. Plants and Animals After catching some of Carmen Townsend, Plants and Animals were on […]

Friday, October 21, 2011 I started out HPX Day 4 checking out Punk Rock Karaoke in the afternoon, which brought along special guest Spookey Ruben, before I took a break for the evening shows. However, the night just got more jam-packed. DUZHEKNEW The first band of the night was DUZHEKNEW over at St. Matthew’s United […]

Thursday, October 20, 2011 The Daredevil Christopher Wright I started off my HPX Day 3 at St. Matthew’s United Church once again. The first band of the night was The Daredevil Christopher Wright, made up of brothers Jon Sunde and Jason Sunde, as well as Jesse Edgington. With beautiful harmonies accompanying the sweet, warm folk […]