Date of show: June 9, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Now in its 18th year, SCENE Fest played a large role in my personal musical upbringing and continues to hold a special place in my heart. No matter how many larger-scale festivals we here at buying shots for bands cover, we also both always enjoy […]
Preview: Toronto Urban Roots Festival
Written by: Chiara DiAngelo In it’s inaugural year, the Toronto Urban Roots Festival will bring a mix of Canadiana, Americana, folk, country, roots, soul, and straight up rock to Fort York and Garrison Common in downtown Toronto for 4 nights and 2 full days, running from Thursday July 4 to Sunday July 7. Headliners include […]
Celebrating a Decade of Arts & Crafts at Field Trip
Date of show: June 8, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo To celebrate their 10-year anniversary, Toronto record label Arts & Crafts threw a day-long party at Fort York & Garrison Common. A family-friendly event, they took advantage of the green space offered by the location with a play area that included both a bouncy castle […]
NXNE Preview: Harvest Breed
Chiara Recommends Harvest Breed: Thursday June 13 – 9pm at The Monarch Tavern w/ Charlotte Day Wilson (8pm), Familiar Wild (10pm) T. Nile (11pm), Arstidir (12am), Archery Guild (1am), The Human Orchestra (2am) Montreal/Sherbrooke, Quebec six-piece Harvest Breed is the project of C-Antoine Gosselin (vocals, composer) and Philippe Custeau (guitar, songwriter); and is rounded out […]
Preview: S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival 2013
It’s become an annual tradition of sorts for us to head over to St. Catharines for S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival (though we still affectionately call it SCENEfest) right as summer festival season gets under way. We have fully immersed ourselves in the Toronto music scene, but sometimes it’s nice to see what other nearby music communities […]
Jane’s Party Celebrates the Release of Hot Noise at The Cameron House
Date of show: June 1, 2013 Jane’s Party celebrated the release of their sophomore full-length Hot Noise at The Cameron House with two back-to-back sold-out shows. After releasing their debut The Garage Sessions in 2009, touring Canada and playing countless shows since, fans have been anxious to get a hold of their new songs on […]
Poor Young Things Release The Heart. The Head. The End. at the Horseshoe
Date of show: May 25, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Poor Young Things were celebrating the release of their debut full-length album The Heart. The Head. The End., which dropped earlier that week. Having lived in Toronto for the past couple of years now, there was eager excitement from the packed “hometown” crowd to hear […]
Welcoming Summer with the CBCMusic.ca Festival at Echo Beach
Date of show: May 25, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo In its inaugural year, The CBCMusic.ca Festival celebrated Canadian music like only CBC can. A relaxed atmosphere, the event attracted people of all ages with many even bringing their kids. Sets ran on time with few delays between acts and it was luckily easy enough […]
Shook Shake Things Up Early at Sneaky Dee’s
Date of Show: May 15, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Opening up an early show in support of Pennsylvania band Daylight was Niagara/Toronto’s Shook. Comprised of Phill Paxton (vocals), Cory Aaron (guitar), Michael Alsop (guitar), Matt Bresee (bass) and Brandon Santi (drums), the five-piece prepped the early-arrivers with some heavy-hitting garage-punk. With two aggressive vocalists, […]
The Lone Bellow Open For Ivan & Alyosha at The Drake
Date of show: April 22, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Brooklyn’s The Lone Bellow were the second band of the night. The core trio of Zach Williams (vocals, guitar), Brian Elmquist (guitar, vocals), and Kanene Pipkin (vocals, mandolin) were joined by Jason Pipkin (upright bass) and Brian Griffin (drums). Wielding more depth and grit than […]
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!
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