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 […]

Sunday, June 17, 2012 Octoberman – 4:15PM @ Trinity Bellwoods (Young Lions Music Club & Humble Empire) Knowing a trip to Bellwoods for The Great Heart Festival would be just the cure for my sleep-deprived body, I made it there in time to catch Toronto’s Octoberman. With a bit of a country-pop sound, the band […]

When I spoke with Dean Marino of Papermaps, the band was gearing up for CMJ Music Marathon in New York and Halifax Pop Explosion. Papermaps was originally called EX~PO. “Not to be confused with The Expos, which is a completely different band,” Marino clarifies. “EX-PO was always more of a solo project of mine. I […]

CONTEST CLOSED Courtesy of the good folks over at With A Bullet, we’ve got a handful of Papermaps’ self-titled album to give away. We reviewed the album when it was released back in April and now we’d like to share the album with you all and give away some CDs. Look out for this Toronto […]

Band: Papermaps Album: Papermaps Papermaps is set to release their debut album under this moniker, though you may already be familiar with the band, formerly known as EX~PO. The structure of the band is still the same, with Dean Marino fronting the band alongside Wendy Leung (keys, vocals), Todd Harrison (bass, synth) and Bobby Lee […]