Photographs by Janine Van Oostrom. Cage The Elephant is a pretty well known Rock band; whether you know them from their main hits “Cigarette Daydreams”, “Come a Little Closer”, are an early fan, or maybe…
Yuna with Bosco at the Mod Club, CMW 2016
May 9, 2016
Photographs by Janine Van Oostrom. Malaysian pop icon, Yuna, took the stage at the MOD club on a heated Thursday night and I’m glad to say I had the pleasure of experiencing something worthwhile. The…
Megan Bonnell at the Supermarket, CMW 2016
May 9, 2016
I first learned about the Toronto Women in Music collective when I saw For Esme was doing a showcase featuring other female fronted acts at Adelaide Hall in April. I learned that if you are…
Valerie Broussard at The Cave, CMW 2016
May 8, 2016
On a night of club hopping checking out the smaller club shows I was curious as to this venue called The Cave, could it be possible that it was one I just had never heard…
Wild Nothing at The Opera House, CMW 2016
May 8, 2016
Just after 10pm, Wild Nothing take to the Opera House stage with no time for talk as they get right into “To Know You” from the latest record, Life of Pause released in February. Bellowing…
Only one word can describe Francesco Yates, wow. He was the opening act for Carly Rae Jepsen and Hedley on Friday at the Air Canada Centre, a Live Nation presentation, and I was impressed not…
The Co-Headlining Tour, Basement and Turnstile graced Toronto with their presence with supporting acts Colleen Green and Defeater. The bands were set to play a full and sold out show at the MOD club on…
Citizen and Turnover Tour hits Toronto and I got to watch the whole show go down at Toronto’s very own, MOD club. There’s nothing like good ‘old fashioned pop-punk to cheer up you up after…
Parquet Courts at The Phoenix Concert Theatre
April 25, 2016
Photos by Dawn Hamilton The passing of Prince weighed heavy in the atmosphere Friday night at the Phoenix as it did with this reviewer and probably this review. The late icon’s hits played loud before…