Date of show: July 25, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Everyone in the city knows that Young Lions Music Club can throw a party. This time around they teamed up with Teenage Kicks to offer an exclusive event to Singles Club and Young Lions members. Word has it The Dakota hit capacity just shortly after […]

Date of show: July 24, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo You may remember him from the now-defunct Toronto band We Are The Take, but Craig Stickland has been hard at work on his solo endeavour since their split in 2010. Backed by a 5-piece band, he brought his catchy blend of folk-pop (and sometimes even […]

Artist: Michael Rault EP: Whirlpool Michael Rault had my attention from the first moment I heard MA-ME-O, which was released in 2010. However, I hadn’t had a chance to see him live until recently (and it was only an acoustic set), not long after Rault relocated to Toronto from Edmonton. While Rault is obviously young, […]

Date of show: July 19, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo We managed to make it to The Indie Machine’s showcase at Rancho Relaxo in time to catch headliners Seas. Fronted by Chris “Hippy” Hughes (vocals, guitar) and comprised of ex-members of Moneen including drummer Peter Krpan who also provides backup vocals. With Hughes at the […]

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 […]

Date of show: July 13, 2012 We’ve seen HONHEEHONHEE a bunch of times now and, though we know their shows have gotten crazy before, this show at the Silver Dollar was by far their sweatiest show we’ve seen yet. As always, lead vocals (Greg Halpin and sometimes Matt Raudsepp) and instruments were exchanged, with the […]

Date of show: July 12, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo While Dan Griffin put out his solo effort Leave Your Love last September, this was an album release show of sorts as it was his first opportunity to play in Toronto to promote it (not counting his solo NXNE set) since he has been busy […]

Date of show: July 7, 2012 Having followed Bravestation for quite some time, and as one of the first bands we reviewed, it was a no-brainer that we’d come to support the band’s first release. Bravestation released Giants & Dreamers, which was engineered and mixed by their very own Andrew Heppner, on July 10th, but […]

Date of show: July 6, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo We headed out to The Annex Live for Fade Chromatic’s self-titled EP release party put on by The Indie Machine. If you are unfamiliar with the Toronto pop-rock four-piece, Fade Chromatic is comprised of Jordan Abrams (vocals), Sean Messenger (guitar), Alex Draper-Millan (bass) and Shawn […]

Date of show: July 5, 2012 Shot of choice: After some debate whether to choose something unique, the guys settled on whiskey. Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Local GTA band, The Sweet Mack headlined The Horseshoe Tavern for the very first time, and yes, it was indeed pretty legendary. Blending super sweet harmonies with blisteringly hot […]