DVSN at the Mod Club
July 4, 2016
In the thick of an ongoing R&B renaissance peppered with success stories from Frank Ocean, FKA Twigs and The Weeknd, Toronto-hailed and OVO Sound duo dvsn can count themselves as a rhetoric for artfully balancing…
Catfish and the Bottlemen at the Town Ballroom
June 6, 2016
Photos by Janine Van Oostrom. On the picture perfect spring evening of June 2nd fans queued all of the way down Main Street in downtown Buffalo, New York. Up and down the pavement fans eagerly…
Photograph by Ryan O’Shaughnessy (2015) A scorching hot Friday night in Toronto was met by an equally scorching hot triple bill of angular post-punk emanating from the stage at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. I went…
Digitalism at the Garrison
May 30, 2016
Dance party at The Garrison? Yes, please! Thursday evening brought acclaimed electronic duo, Digitalism to The Garrison in Toronto. Comprised of Jens Moelle and İsmail Tüfekçi, Digitalism began making music in 2004 and have since…
The Vaccines with Shy Kids at The Mod Club
May 29, 2016
Photographs by Neil Van. On a hot and sticky Thursday evening in Toronto, fans of London, England’s The Vaccines waited patiently in line to get inside and out of the heat. Relief was temporary as…
A disclaimer: There’s no way I come out of this without sounding like I’m a million years old. So with cards on the table, I present my haggard, curmudgeon experience of Hatsune Miku at the…
Old Man Canyon at Adelaide Hall
May 22, 2016
Thursday night, Old Man Canyon hit the stage at Adelaide Hall. This was day six of the Vancouver-based synth-pop outfit’s extensive North American tour. The “Delirium” tour, taking its name after the group’s newest album,…
Justin Bieber brings the Purpose World Tour to Toronto's Air Canada Centre with Post Malone and Moxie Raia
May 20, 2016
You can quote him, disagree with him, glorify or vilify him. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore him. Yeah, I paraphrased this from the Apple commercial, yet it’s true. Justin Bieber, the…
The Eagles of Death Metal performed at the Opera House in Toronto recently. And not to anyone’s surprise the security was tight and detailed. Simply stepping into the opera house I was frisked twice, was…