Date of show: November 17, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo PEI’s Tim Chaisson recently released his second album The Other Side and is currently touring across the country with Poor Young Things in support of it. Chaisson’s live shows are such a treat. While his album was on the lower key folk side, his live […]

Date of show: November 15, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo With quite a crowd gathered up front, the venue was hollering and chanting for B.C.’s Current Swell before they even took the stage. Scott Stanton (guitar, vocals) entered first, strumming the guitar alone as the rest of the band soon followed. The cheers only got […]

Date of show: November 10, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo It’s one thing to cover a classic song, it’s an entirely different matter to cover an entire classic album. But if any band could be up to the challenge it would be Toronto’s The Darcys. Their interpretation of Aja is in no way a simple […]

Artist: Andy Shauf Album: The Bearer of Bad News Written by: Chiara DiAngelo It’s not often that a voice like Andy Shauf’s shows up unexpectedly in your inbox. I’ve somehow remained in the dark to the magnificence that is this Prairie boy, but I immediately allowed him to take me by the hand and eagerly […]

Band: Lambs Become Lions EP: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Chasing your dreams takes guts. And sometimes it takes a Coach Taylor-like pep talk to have the courage to do so. Borrowing the title from the Dillon Panthers’ (Friday Night Lights) now famous motto, St Catharines-based band Lambs Become Lions’ […]

Band: English Words Album: Red Potion Written by: Chiara DiAngelo From Charlottetown, PEI, English Words are brothers Ryan Crane (vocals), and Aaron Crane (synths, sampler, drum machine), plus Andrew Murray (guitar), Thayne Campbell (bass), and Todd MacLean (synths). Formerly known as Smothered in Hugs, Red Potion is the band’s debut album under their new moniker […]

Band: Souls EP: A Dark Horse Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Based out of Niagara/Toronto, Souls are a band you may not yet be familiar with, but they are no stranger to the Southern Ontario music scene. Comprised of Dave Fontaine (vocals), Andrew Brandes (guitar), Trevor Speechly (bass, guitar), Shanika Lewis-Waddell (keys, vocals), Gregory Goertzen (cello, […]

Band: Convoys EP: GOGO/BANG Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Toronto band Convoys is comprised of Jason Jang (guitar, vocals), Sebastian Lesch (bass, vocals) and Greg Muhlbock (drums). They released their three song EP GOGO/BANG at the end of August and it’s one that is keeping the summer heat alive and well as the chill of Fall […]

Date of show: October 5, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Originally merely meant to be Teenage Kicks’ largest headlining show in Toronto yet, with the announcement that it would be bassist Jeff van Helvoort and guitarist Patrick Marchent’s final show with the band, it took on a newfound significance. Surrounded by friends and a packed […]

Date of show: October 2, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo It was a star-studded affair at The Great Hall to celebrate the release of folk-rocker Jason Collett’s latest album. An almost 30-song set that lasted just over 2-hours, Collett barely broke a sweat, with just his forehead glistening towards the end. Rather than have an […]