Califone started the night off with a quiet and relaxed set. Tim Rutili pulled up a chair, took a seat and began to play. With very little banter, Califone just played their set and played…
Scottish pop-rocker Paolo Nutini electrified the Sound Academy in Toronto. He was like a young Otis Redding or James Brown and even had us dancing in the photo pit (just a bit). His second album…
Dan Mangan, The Darcys and Lowell all helped put on one crazy wild show to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Indie88! The festivities were held at the Opera House. Check out our photos below.
Written by Darlene Altmann. I was excited to be able to review George Canyon at the Sanderson Centre for the performing arts in Brantford Ontario on Thursday Sept 11 2014 for the very first show…
Phil Elvrum sits down in this new Pinball Sessions video in his plaid shirt, with his hair untidy and his stubble pronounced. He’s slowly looking more and more like the kind of storyteller he has…
Photographs by Maya Setton. It’d be absurd to describe the sound of multi-instrumentalist producer starRo (née Shinya Mizoguchi) without first addressing the sight of him. Clad in an elaborate pancho and topped with an Akubra…
Photographs by Maya Setton. There was a palpable air of excitement as the crowd waited for Chet Faker (Nicholas James Murphy) to take the stage. In the 3 years since his home recorded Blackstreet cover…
It was Bob Mould who turned me onto Bear In Heaven. Somewhere he dropped the band’s name and I remembered the advance copy I had of their 2012 album, I Love You, It’s Cool that…
Photographs by Ming Wu from Ottawa Folk Fest. With the calendar flipped over to September, the hot weather seems to be gone for good. The crisp fall breeze was in full effect with all the…
