Friday, May 9, 2014 As I sat in the Air Canada Centre before the show started, I began to realize that City and Colour sold out this building, this arena, the ACC. The show started with Dallas Green and company playing mostly songs from City and Colour’s latest release, The Hurry and the Harm, songs […]
CMW Night 3: Black Box Showcase at Adelaide Hall & Reeperbahn Festival Showcase at The Garrison
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Seas – 8PM @ Adelaide Hall We started the night off at Adelaide Hall to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of local record label Black Box Recording. Featuring many a Moneen alum, Toronto’s Seas got the night off to a low key start with their first song before really sinking into […]
CMW Night 2: Angel Olsen at Sonic Boom & Agency Group Showcase at Supermarket
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Angel Olsen – 7PM @ Sonic Boom Prior to their sold-out non-CMW show at Lee’s Palace, Angel Olsen and co. played a short free set put on by Chart Attack down the street at Sonic Boom. Despite some initial discontent from the large crowd due to the late start (the band […]
CMW Night 1: The Dirty Nil & The Reason at Tattoo Rock Parlour
Tuesday, May 5, 2014 The C’mons – (9:00PM) Toronto’s The C’mons opened up the night. Thanks to frenetic violinist Roslyn Green, the indie rock band’s short set was heavy but much more melodic than I originally anticipated. While set opener “Set a Fire” demonstrated the cool interplay of guy-girl voices between frontwoman Steph Bosch (vocals, […]
Contest: Win Tickets to Foals & Cage The Elephant at Kool Haus
CONTEST CLOSED Courtesy of Live Nation, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to see Foals and Cage The Elephant at Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East) on May 13th. Both Foals and Cage The Elephant released albums last year. Kentucky’s Cage The Elephant released Melophobia on October 8, 2013 and UK band […]
CMW 2014 is Here!
Canadian Music Week officially starts today. As usual, we’ll be focusing on the music side of the festival, but there’s film and comedy to see too. The full music schedule can be found here. If you haven’t purchased a wristband, you can do so here, and if you’re just looking to see a show or […]
Twin Forks – s/t
Band: Twin Forks Album: Twin Forks Written by: Chiara DiAngelo If you are anything like me, much of your teen years were soundtracked by the wretched woes of emo, the lyrics and falsetto of Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba often being both the fuel and the saviour to your wallowing. Like the rest of us, Carrabba […]
Teenage Kicks Celebrates the Release of Spoils of Youth at the Horseshoe
Date of show: April 25, 2014 Toronto-based Teenage Kicks celebrated the release of their debut full-length album, Spoils of Youth, to a lively crowd at the Horseshoe Tavern. Since Teenage Kicks formed 4 years ago, the band has always had a special quality – perhaps it’s frontman Peter van Helvoort’s raw, enthralling vocals, or perhaps […]
Jay Malinowski & the Dead Coast Perform Martel at the Great Hall
Date of show: April 4, 2014 Walking into The Great Hall early on a Friday evening, I was greeted with a low-lit room set up with chairs, each adorned with a flyer for Martel, filling the intimate evening with an air of class and richness. A hush fell over the already entranced audience as Jay […]
Arts & Crafts Road Trip Stops at a Sold-Out Lee’s Palace
Date of show: March 25, 2014 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo The Darcys were greeted by an enthusiastic sold-out hometown crowd when they took the stage. The band’s atmospheric art-rock vibes and frontman Jason Couse’s elevated falsetto on set opening “Hunting” held us in rapture, and the possessed nature to Couse as he switched from guitar […]
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 