Date of show: November 30, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo On a cold November night, Montreal’s Half Moon Run took the stage in front of a sold-out crowd and instantly the chill in our bones was melted away by their spectacularly atmospheric synth-pop. From the simple yet heavy harmonica-laden ballad “Unofferable” to the swelling entire […]

Date of show: February 4, 2013 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Rarely does a crowd spontaneously erupt into a singalong waiting for the headliner to emerge, but that’s just what happened at The Phoenix as the rabid audience belted out “I’m A Believer” along with the house music before The Vaccines finally took the stage. The […]

Date of show: June 9, 2012 Written by: Chiara DiAngelo Toronto-based Zeus made a triumphant homecoming at The Phoenix to promote their latest release, Busting Visions. I first saw the band at CMW in 2010 as part of the Bonfire Revue Ball with Jason Collett and Bahamas and as much as they blew me away […]

Friday, June 17, 2011 I started off my day at the Global Backpackers Village hostel for a BBQ hosted by Kelp Records and TLOBF/Oh! Canada. Bonus to the great music: free hot dogs and hamburgers! When I arrived, The Elwins were just taking the stage. I was happy to catch them play in the daytime, […]

Date of show: June 7, 2011 Brooklyn-based Yeasayer had the sold out crowd at the Phoenix riveted by their set. The anticipation for the headliner to hit the stage was in the air and when band opened up with “Madder Red,” the energy from the crowd swelled. Songs like “O.N.E.” encouraged a dance party and […]

Date of show: September 29, 2010 Brian Borcherdt remarked, “The Phoenix is pretty big, but I think we did pretty well.” Holy Fuck may not have sold out The Phoenix, but the 4-piece Toronto-base experimental band drew a good-sized crowd to the stage. The rest of Holy Fuck is made up of Graham Walsh, Matt […]