From EDM outsiders, there’s a constant condescending narrative that runs along the line of “anyone can press a couple of buttons” without understanding what makes a great performance. There’s a massive amount of crowd control,…
Photographs by Sean Chin. I hope history is kind to Sinead O’Connor – she deserves it. Despite her versatility in musical styles (folk, rock, reggae, religious, etc.) and emotion (frail innocent to unbridled anger, sometimes…
Photographs by Katrina Wong Shue. Not too many bands can say they’ve managed to maintain constant dominance in the populated genre of pop rock. But Mayday Parade is still going strong after nearly a decade…
Thursday night welcomed another fun edition of 102.1 The Edge’s CASBY Awards. Contest winners headed to the Sound Academy to see a ceremony featuring performances from the biggest names in Can-Rock and up-and-comers poised to…
On Wednesday night, fans of Joseph Somers-Morales (better known as SoMo), were living out a fantasy when the singer brought his “Wide Awake Tour” to the Phoenix Concert Theatre. For those who don’t know the…
A hectic Tuesday night in Toronto saw audiences splitting their allegiances and having to make difficult scheduling decisions. While some headed to the east end to see Flying Lotus at the Danforth, others went further…
Photographs by Maya Setton. Was a brother and sister folk-blues duo from Sydney, Australia ever not gonna be unfairly charming? Young, charismatic and wryly cheeky, Angus & Julia Stone seemed the kind of act a…
Photographs by Dakota Arsenault. “You are dead” were the final words muttered before a series of seizure-inducing strobes went off with the words of his latest album plastered in front of our very eyes. This was…
Photographs by Dakota Arsenault. When a stage is blocked with a massive projector-screen box for Flying Lotus’s set, there really isn’t much room to work with, especially when a three piece band is to play….
