Date of show: March 8, 2013 You could feel the anticipation for Half Moon Run to take the stage at the Horseshoe Tavern. While the band had been touring the world for much of 2012 to support the release of their debut Dark Eyes, it had been a while since Half Moon Run had a […]

Date of show: March 2, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Toronto garage rock band The Cheap Speakers have been pretty quiet show-wise lately, so there was quite the full house out to celebrate the band’s release of their album Switches & Levers. The city wanted to share in the experience of seeing many of 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: November 30, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Against a backdrop of weathered images reminiscent of the Something More 7” artwork that were provided by a slide projector portraying a different slide for each song, Toronto’s Great Bloomers made their triumphant return home after a cross-country tour. Kicking off with the appropriately triumphant- […]

Date of show: November 17, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo PEI’s Tim Chaisson recently released his second album The Other Side and is currently touring across the country with Poor Young Things in support of it. Chaisson’s live shows are such a treat. While his album was on the lower key folk side, his live […]

Date of show: November 15, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo With quite a crowd gathered up front, the venue was hollering and chanting for B.C.’s Current Swell before they even took the stage. Scott Stanton (guitar, vocals) entered first, strumming the guitar alone as the rest of the band soon followed. The cheers only got […]

Date of show: September 26, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo The ladies of Hunter Valentine headlined the Horseshoe for a packed hometown gig. The four piece is fronted by Kiyomi McCloskey (vocals, guitar) and rounded out by Aimee Bessada (guitar, keys, vocals), Veronica Sanchez (bass, vocals), and Laura Petracca (drums). The band has actually been […]

Date of show: September 11, 2012 Young Guns put on an exciting performance. Unfortunately, not too many Canadians are aware of UK’s Young Guns because the band has yet to release an album in Canada. Their second full-length album Bones is already out in the UK and was released earlier this month in the US. […]

Date of show: September 7, 2012 Graydon James & the Young Novelists put together a great bill to celebrate their release of In the Year You Were Born. And to add to the great bill, the band made the atmosphere so welcoming by offering tea. Graydon James fronts this band with Alex Dodd on keys, […]

Date of show: September 6, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Confession: I went through a pretty serious bubblegum pop and boy band phase growing up. Perhaps that is one of the reasons I enjoy Jane’s Party so much. Blending the essence of The Beach Boys with that of Backstreet Boys, Jeff Giles (vocals, guitar, keys), […]