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, […]

While I wasn’t present for the first Osheaga, I have seen the festival grow substantially over the last 3 years. It took me a while to get over that and adjust to the massive layout, which still needs improvement. On the first day, Of Monsters and Men packed the Scène Verte, which resulted in some […]

“There isn’t another festival like this…” – Max Kerman (Arkells) “Everywhere I go, people say [Hillside] is a pillar of how it should be done…” – Joel Plaskett I’ve heard the praises for Hillside before and I heard them all weekend long. The charm of this “hippy” festival is undeniable, a festival which is impressively […]

If I could summarize my Edgefest experience, I’d say “hot”. It was a quite a hot day for Edgefest this year, but that only seemed to encourage fans to come spend their day at Downsview Park enjoying some great music. Compared to last year, the set up for Edgefest was a little different. The side […]

Edgefest, hosted by 102.1 The Edge, returns to Downsview Park this Saturday, July 14, 2012. The lineup should speak for itself, as there’s a lot to look forward to. We’re especially looking forward to Death From Above 1979 and Young The Giant over on the main stage, but we’ve seen almost all the bands on […]

Sunday, June 24, 2012 We love St. Catharines’ S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival. It’s incredible how easily you can run around from venue to venue, so incredible that we couldn’t resist making this our mission for the day. We decided to take advantage of the closeness of the many participating venues and see as many of our […]

We had a busy North by Northeast, covering one film (Ages & Stages: The Story of The Meligrove Band) and 67 bands, hitting up as many daytime and nighttime showcases we could. We didn’t get a chance to cover any of NXNEi (interactive) or any comedy shows, but we’ve heard such great things and we […]