Saul Williams is a spoken word artist. While some opening acts have a hard time grasping an audience Saul had no issue at all. With no backing beats or music, He stood at his microphone…
Photographs by Olivia Leung. On the final night of his tour supporting his debut album Ratchet, both Shamir and his adoring clinic put on a clinic for an awesome show at the Mod Club Friday…
New York City’s Sinkane were here earlier this year opening for Hot Chip at the Danforth Music Hall. Their groovy Spiritualized with hints of afrobeat instantly hit all my right heart strings. Their brief set…
It may not be a band you’re intimately familiar with just yet, but if shrieks and raised cell phones are a measure of popularity you’ll soon hear a lot more about DNCE. When it comes…
On November 18th, British singer-songwriter, James Bay played to a sold out crowd at the Sound Academy in Toronto. Lined up mostly of girls, this was Bay’s third time to the city in the last…
Photographs by Neil Van. Vanessa Carlton’s 2002 hit “A Thousand Miles,” is a career-defining moment impossible to escape, overshadowing each step Carlton has taken since. The Pennsylvanian-born singer-songwriter has spent more than a decade evolving…
Photographs by Lee-Ann Richer. Centre In The Square is showing off their new “On Stage” setup with Canadian acts like Danny Michel & Jeremy Fisher, Skydiggers, Steve Hill with Paul Reddick and Hey Rosetta! &…
Photographs by Sarah Rix. Ryn Weaver became an internet sensation thanks to her sweeping pop single “Octahate,” seemingly overnight. Roughly a year later Weaver followed-up her left-of-centre pop oddity with her full length debut, The…
Photographs by Sarah Rix. Another reason I don’t doubt my esteemed colleague Sarah Rix is she’s the reason I ventured out last night to the Opera House to catch EL VY. Seeing the name on…
