Band: No Joy Album: Ghost Blonde No Joy is lo-fi/shoegaze band based out of Montreal, relatively new to the scene but you wouldn’t think so upon hearing Ghost Blonde. The duo that makes up the core of this sonic guitar-fuelled sound is Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd and together they really set themselves apart. Their […]

Date of show: December 23, 2010 Moneen’s Christmas Extravaganza started off with amazing opening sets. The show sold out as soon as doors opened and there was already a good-sized crowd for Windsor’s Orphan Choir. When The Junction hit the stage, loyal fans crowded the stage and sang along with frontman Brent Jackson. Black Lungs […]

Date of show: December 18, 2010 The Untold City presented the first show we ever covered and it was certainly a good one. Not surprisingly, their holiday show was another banger. Oh, The Darcys, what a party you throw! If the Silver Dollar didn’t hit capacity, it was pretty darn close. The four talented fellas […]

Date of show: December 16, 2010 The Rural Alberta Advantage haven’t played a Toronto show in over a year, so it wasn’t surprising this Toronto-by-way-of-Alberta (at least in the case of frontman Nils Edenloff) band sold out Lee’s Palace. All three members of this band bring something special to the stage. Paul Banwatt (drums) is […]

Band: The Fires Of Album: The Fires Of Shot of choice: An amusing quote from Graeme Donnelly – “Like all democratically run operations, we were unable to come to a consensus. The band seems to be evenly split between tequila and Jagermeister (with one vote for absinthe).” The Fires Of, an indie pop band based […]

Date of show: December 9, 2010 On this night in their hometown, Broken Social Scene brought out as much of the family as possible. After the third song of the set, “7/4 (Shoreline),” with Leslie Fiest and Amy Millan on stage, Kevin Drew said, “It’s gonna be that kind of night,” which, of course, brought […]

Band: Old World Vulture EP: Old World Vulture Shot of choice: tequila Old World Vulture is a instrumental post-rock band based out of Toronto. The band is comprised of Mike Costanzo (guitar, loops, sampling), Devin Hughes (synths), Jamie Hunter (drums), and Anthony Perri (bass). Released earlier this year, their debut EP is quite impressive. The […]

Band: Birthday Girls EP: Birthday Girls Shot of choice: jagerbombs Birthday Girls quickly had our attention based on name alone. Both Rachel and I were under the impression this would be the female version of Birthday Boys, but we were quickly proven wrong. Birthday Girls is a post-punk/dance-punk band operating out of Ottawa. This 3-piece […]

Date of show: November 26, 2010 Shot of choice: whiskey With a marquee sign lit up behind them, Birthday Boys busted out some sweaty rock ‘n’ roll at Sneaky Dee’s. Birthday Boys play a blend of rock infused with various influences, including garage and blues. The band is comprised of Graeme Kennedy and Jordan Mack, […]

Band: Cut Throat Britva EP: Cut Throat Britva Shot of choice: Because this quote is the best, I’m just going to go ahead and quote Zaddi Pesino. “We usually like doing shots of Jameson and Jager but if those aren’t available we like doing swedish berries and porn stars.” Cut Throat Britva is a 4-piece […]