Big Data with Brave Shores at The Phoenix
December 19, 2014
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Big Data performed with Brave Shores at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto.
Dan Mangan and Peregrine Falls at The Mod Club
December 18, 2014
You’ll have to excuse Dan Mangan for the kinks. It’s admittedly early days for the Canadian musician, gearing up for a tour in support of 2015’s Club Meds. It’s also the start of a new…
Timber Timbre at Lee’s Palace
December 15, 2014
Photographs by Dakota Arsenault. Credit where credit is due: Timber Timbre know how to set the mood. Touring their fifth album (April 2014’s Hot Dreams), the band packed in a crowd for the second of…
Cold Specks with AroarA at Lee’s Palace
December 10, 2014
Cold Specks and AroarA performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto. The 26 year-old Canadian singer under the sobriquet Al Spx has been a byword for rare talent and depth of feeling since her arrival in late…
Lowell at The Garrison
December 9, 2014
Lowell performed at the Garrison in Toronto on Friday December 5, 2014. Born in Calgary, she eventually migrated to the Yukon where she lived with her father in Carcross, near a mountain that once offered passage…
Shakey Graves, Donovan Woods, Esmé Patterson at the Phoenix
December 4, 2014
Photographs by Fernando Paiz. After seeing Donovan Woods play a near-empty Drake Hotel earlier this year (then opening for Phox), it was nice to walk in on him playing to a much bigger crowd. Well,…
December Toronto Music & Concerts Tip Sheet
December 1, 2014
It’s December! How is it December? I’m clearly still trying to wrap my head around 2014 almost being over and done. With just one more month of the year to go, there are definitely some…
Julian Casablancas + The Voidz at Kool Haus
November 24, 2014
You can’t really argue that Julian Casablancas is a front man that inspires a lot of confidence. When The Strokes first came to attention in the early aughts, he was the figurehead of the young,…
D.D Dumbo at The Drake Underground
November 21, 2014
It was a far cry from the show I was supposed to be at. With Interpol’s plans waylaid by Buffalo’s veritable wall of snow (I’m pretty sure they’re still stuck out there), I found myself…