Back in September I had the chance to chat with Ben Caplan, who was playing a TIFF show. He had just started touring in preparation for the release of his debut full-length “In The Time of the Great Remembering,” which was released on October 18th. Currently he and his backing band, The Casual Smokers, have […]
HPX Day 3: Dan Mangan, Titus Andronicus & More
Thursday, October 20, 2011 The Daredevil Christopher Wright I started off my HPX Day 3 at St. Matthew’s United Church once again. The first band of the night was The Daredevil Christopher Wright, made up of brothers Jon Sunde and Jason Sunde, as well as Jesse Edgington. With beautiful harmonies accompanying the sweet, warm folk […]
HPX Day 2: Rich Aucoin, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart & More
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Rich Aucoin We opened up our HPX Day 2 to Rich Aucoin’s epic album release show at St. Matthew’s United Church. I usually hesitate to use the word epic, but in this case it’s more than appropriate. Aucoin brought along 80+ people to make up a choir and band. He started […]
HPX Day 1: Greys and The Paint Movement
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 I arrived in Halifax super excited for Halifax Pop Explosion and my first trip to Atlantic Canada. I spent most of the trip with friends at Sticky Magazine (please check out their coverage as well!). Greys While the Opening Reception at the Citadel Halifax Hotel with DJ James Reid was the […]
Contest: Win Tickets to Mister Heavenly at The Great Hall
CONTEST CLOSED Courtesy of Embrace, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to Mister Heavenly at The Great Hall (1087 Queen St. W.) on November 16th. If you’re unfamiliar with Mister Heavenly, you should probably get familiar with the trio, which is made up of members of Islands, Man Man and Modest Mouse. […]
Gold Soundz Presents Toronto’s Loveless
In honour of the 20th Anniversary of My Bloody Valentine‘s Loveless, Gold Soundz has put together an event with some of Toronto’s finest. The event takes place this Friday, November 4th at the Toronto Underground Cinema. See the Facebook event for more details. For a preview of what you’ll hear on Friday, you can stream […]
Death From Above 1979 Play To A Sold Out Sound Academy
Date of show: October 27, 2011 Death From Above 1979
Bella Clava Releases Holy Crow at the Horseshoe Tavern
Date of show: October 8, 2011 Shot of choice: Jager Bella Clava celebrated the release of their debut full-length, Holy Crow. The Toronto-based 4-piece is comprised of Caitlin Dacey (vocals, keys, guitar), Steve Suttie (guitar, vocals), Scott Hannigan (bass) and Zack Mykula (drums). Although the band has grown into a harder rock sound overall, it’s […]
Buying Shots for Reversing Falls at the Silver Dollar
Date of show: September 29, 2011 Shot of choice: whiskey Reversing Falls is a 3-piece band based out of Montreal. Tyler Crawford fronts the band with Charlie Neufeld on guitar and Jesse Ash on bass. The band plays with a drum machine, but they play such an explosive breed of pop rock that you might […]
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 