Photographs by Neil Van. Phoenix are a band that know how to pull off a live show. I can say that definitively. Whether it’s a festival setting (including their last Toronto date, then headlining Grove…
I was admittedly unsure of what to expect, walking into The Chain Gang of 1974’s Toronto show. I had missed the Los Angeles-based project of Kamtin Mohager just a few days prior, when his electronic…
On Sunday June 8, American indie pop band Cults performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto.
Photographs by Neil Van. The weather wasnt nearly as nice the second day of the Field Trip festival, so not too many activities were happening. Everyone donned ponchos, held umbrellas or just got soaked but…
Photographs by Neil Van. The first day of Field Trip felt like a mixture of a day at the beach, a walk on the arcade-clad boardwalk and a scavenger hunt in the forest. As soon…
How is it possible that the genre that spawned almost everything that came after it, managed to almost become extinct? Little Richard begat Chuck Berry who begat Elvis Presley who begat The Beatles. That is…
Die Antwoord or “The Answer” in their native Afrikaans, delivered an energy packed performance at the Danforth Music Hall last night in Toronto. Yolandi Visser and Ninja always entertain. No questions asked. Zef. Thanks to…
Maybe it was a case of the Mondays last night, or the forecasted thunderstorms that failed to materialize that contributed to a half full Opera House for an impressive triple bill of hip hop headlined…
When is an opening band at a show, not just time filler until the main act hits the stage? Is it when two relatively well known bands decide to hit the road together, either because…
