Date of show: February 21, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Releasing their digital 7” during Reading Week while all of their friends were in town, it was a crazy party from the moment Toronto’s Dangerband took to the sweaty stage. We’ve seen Dangerband play a few times now and are always impressed with how much […]

Date of show: February 20, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo The former frontman of The Evelyn Room, Toronto-via Newfoundland’s Brad Fillatre released his solo EP For Your Weakness last Fall. For this performance he was backed by a full band, complete with lap steel and brought out the harmonica on a few songs, their set […]

Artist: Matthew Sajn Album: From a Bedroom in East Anglia Written by: Chiara DiAngelo You may be familiar with Matt Sajn as the frontman of Niagara’s Northern Primitive. While his band is known for heavier distorted rock and roll (they recently released a split 7” with The Dirty Nil), Sajn’s solo material reveals his hushed, […]

Date of show: February 14, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo The sold-out Air Canada Centre (ACC) were on their feet as Canadian icons The Tragically Hip took the stage for this, the last date of their tour. It was obvious something special was in store from the moment their 2-hour set began. Beginning with “At […]

Date of show: February 4, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Rarely does a crowd spontaneously erupt into a singalong waiting for the headliner to emerge, but that’s just what happened at The Phoenix as the rabid audience belted out “I’m A Believer” along with the house music before The Vaccines finally took the stage. The […]

Date of show: February 1, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo With Hannah Georgas wrapping things up early at the Mod Club, we were able to make it over to the Horseshoe in time for MAD ONES as well, though we unfortunately missed openers The Beverlys and The Archives. Headlining duo MAD ONES were celebrating the […]

Date of show: February 1, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Playing an earlier show on a Friday night, this was the first date with Aidan Knight joining Hannah Georgas on her cross-country tour, with The Belle Game having been the opener for the Western Canada dates. A Newmarket native, Hannah Georgas moved to Vancouver several […]

Date of show: January 31, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Devon Lougheed (vocals, guitar), Brandi Sidoryk (bass, vocals), and Luke Cyca (drums) of Vancouver trio beekeeper made a dramatic entrance to the stage introduced by a space-agey woman’s voice announcing, “beekeeper is coming. beekeeper is coming. beekeeper is here.” From the quirky experimental element to […]

Date of show: January 24, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Presented by JD Originals, the pairing of Lindi Ortega with Dustin Bentall & The Smøkes made for the exact kind of barn-burner you are meant to drink whiskey at. Newcomers to Lindi Ortega may know her from her recent guest appearance on the TV show […]

Band: MAD ONES EP: Burning Window Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Toronto’s garage rock duo MAD ONES is comprised of Andrew DeVillers (vocals, guitar) and Phil Wilson (drums). Joining forces after the demise of The Exchanges (DeVillers) and Clothes Make the Man (Wilson), they’ve quickly become known for their loud and energetic live shows in the […]