Date of show: October 17, 2010 Jim Adkins (vocals) sounded fantastic and it seems like he brings a renewed confidence to the stage, as he proudly hits those higher notes he has not always been able to hit and even did a little bit of stylizing. The rest of the band is Tom Linton (guitar, […]

[NOTE: We’re really sorry that Menno Versteeg is missing from this photo!] Date of show: October 16, 2010 Shot of choice: Jameson **Photos and review were initially posted on Sticky Magazine** A couple weeks ago before this show at The Horseshoe Tavern, we all caught a Hollerado set at The Piston, which happened to be […]

Date of show: October 14, 2010 Lordy Lordy played a short set to a rather sparse El Mocambo crowd. There’s something about the vastness of the venue that really makes it look like no one is there, but the guys did draw most of the attendees to the stage to enjoy the set. Justin Myler […]

Date of show: October 13, 2010 Although I was only able to catch the first night of their residency and I missed most of the opener, Ladies of the Canyon, The Dears invited some great acts to support their stay in Toronto. They were joined by Bad Tits on night two and Braids for night […]

Date of show: October 12, 2010 Megan Bonnell celebrated her debut self-titled EP release at The Magpie and brought along some other great acts to support her. Unfortunately, we were not able to catch the sets by Nadia von Hahn, Darren Eedens, and Owen Steel and His Royal Highness. However, I can certainly attest that, […]

Date of show: October 9, 2010 Steve Bays (vocals, keys) declared, “I like to play rock and roll music.” Bays certainly knows his role as frontman, as he really plays to the crowd, especially those right up front. The rest of the British Columbia’s Hot Hot Heat consists of Paul Hawley (drums), Luke Paquin (guitar) […]

[Note: Rich Aucoin is likely the only musician to notice the cost of a shot and insisted on paying for half, which I stubbornly refused. I thought it was worth noting what a nice guy he is, though.] Date of show: October 9, 2010 Shot of choice: tequila I had heard a little about technical […]

[Note: This is only 2/5 members of Chapterhouse. They were nice enough to come out from backstage for a shot!] Date of show: October 6, 2010 Shot of choice: they asked what most people have, so they had a shot of Jameson Nostalgia was in the air on this night at Lee’s Palace. It wasn’t […]

Date of show: October 1, 2010 We didn’t catch all of the other acts, but we had heard such good things about A Horse And His Boy, so we made it a point to catch their set. With comparisons to Bauhaus being thrown around, I was definitely curious. On this night at Sneaky Dee’s, I […]

[Note: We actually had to take this photo before doors, as it was the only way to gather such a large group for a shot!] Date of show: September 30, 2010 Shot of choice: Jameson Eight members deep, Regina’s Library Voices fill out the entire stage of The Horseshoe Tavern. Members are Michael Dawson (keys, […]