Date of show: April 5, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo We spent an emotionally-charged yet fun-filled night at The Dakota Tavern with a rotating cast of musicians taking the stage to help celebrate last month’s release of Bone Soldiers. Nick Ferrio & His Feelings From Peterborough, you might recognize Nick Ferrio as the bassist of […]
Bowerbirds and Dry the River at The Garrison
Date of show: March 27, 2012 Bowerbirds released their third full-length album, The Clearing, on March 6th and have since then taken the album on the road. Hailing from Raleigh, NC, the band is comprised of Phil Moore (vocals, guitar, keys), Beth Tacular (vocals, accordion, keys), Leah Gibson (cello, keys), Yan Westerlund (drums) and multi-instrumentalist […]
Interview: Dry the River
Dry the River played their first show in Toronto on March 27th at The Garrison and I had a chance to sit down with frontman Peter Liddle and bassist Scott Miller beforehand. When we got together, their time in Canada hadn’t gone so smoothly. They were supposed to play a show in Montreal supporting Bowerbirds […]
Eight and a Half – s/t
Band: Eight and a Half Album: Eight and a Half Eight and a Half is comprised of Dave Hamelin and Liam O’Neil from The Stills and Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff. The sound created by this 3-piece, however, is nothing like what you may expect, given the musicians’ previous work. Hamelin’s vocals have an ethereal […]
Contest: Win Tickets to Morgan Cameron Ross at The Rivoli
CONTEST CLOSED Courtesy of the man himself, we’ve got a couple pairs of tickets to give away to see Morgan Cameron Ross at The Rivoli (332 Queen St. W.) on April 13th. Morgan Cameron Ross released his debut full-length last year and has since then been stealing hearts in Toronto and across Canada. On April […]
Olivier Jarda – Good Luck Cartel
Artist: Olivier Jarda Album: Good Luck Cartel Moncton’s Olivier Jarda has a great story. The Ottawa-born musician released Diagrams in 2008, but he had found himself working as a climate policy analyst for a think tank in Washington, D.C. after studying at Oxford University. He has since then quit his job, relocated to Halifax and […]
Interview: Rococode
Rococode just finished off a cross-Canada tour with their debut record Guns, Sex & Glory. When I sat down with the band, it was just before their pre-CMW show at the Horseshoe Tavern. The Vancouver band had the previous day off, but they were just starting up 7 days in a row of shows, plus […]
An Overview of Our CMW 2012 Coverage
Canadian Music Week 2012 – An Overview While Canadian Music Week is always jam-packed with conferences and films (plus comedy shows this year too!), we focused entirely on the live music. We still recommend you go out an experience all that CMW has to offer next year, though. We just wish we had more time […]
CMW Night 5: Topanga, The Elwins & More at Rancho Relaxo
Sunday, March 25, 2012 David Hustler & The Trustworthy I unintentionally missed The Ship, so I started off the last night of CMW with David Hustler, whose name really is “Hustler,” and his backing band The Trustworthy. Hustler’s Facebook describes their music as “barn burning indie folk/rock,” which is quite apt. There’s an alt country […]
CMW: The Indies
The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards (a.k.a The Indies) took place at the Royal York Hotel in the Canadian Room on March 24, 2012. While awards are given out, the lineup of performers consistently makes this night one of the highlights of the festival. Fortunately, our contributor Jeff was there to capture some great photos […]
Searchlight 2011 – Search for the Best Music Website in Canada
We feel privileged to have been voted into the Top 20. Thanks to everyone for voting. Congrats to the winner, Weird Canada!
buying shots for bands 