Back in Toronto’s stylish Drake Hotel’s underground after about two years, Sam Amidon, son of folk artists Peter and Mary Alice Amidon, isn’t your usual folk artist. A multi instrumentalist on the road with his…
Composer, producer, singer extraordinaire Lydia Ainsworth has been secretly writing and recording songs over the past three years from bedrooms and basements between Toronto and Brooklyn. What began as pass-time sketches between composing music for…
Photograph by Sarah Rix. It’s 2011. Drive comes out. A new wave of nu wave enthusiasts are born, and the fascination of old meeting new came from the stellar soundtrack that ended up helping the…
Photographs by Maya Setton. “I’m having one of those days when I can’t decide if I’m Cat Power or Iggy Pop.” Remarked EMA’s lead singer Erika M. Anderson. Unerringly true, this juxtaposition permeated the set….
The always fantastic Rich Aucoin put on one hell of a performance at the Drake Hotel. The Halifax born indie rocker dazzled his fans in support of his brand new album Ephemeral, which you can…
Jagwar Ma have been a ‘buzz’ band for quite some time following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Howlin. Saturday night’s show at The Drake Underground demonstrated their fan base is about more than…
Photographs by Sarah Rix. With a wry smile, Donovan addressed the crowd. “My last record was nominated for a Juno. It’s a Juno loser, pick it up.” Between his laidback manner and self-deprecating wit, it…
It’s nice to see a band make a warm debut. Run River North’s visit to Toronto wasn’t particularly buzzed about in the lead-up, but fans of their California folk rock were clearly paying attention to…
I was admittedly unsure of what to expect, walking into The Chain Gang of 1974’s Toronto show. I had missed the Los Angeles-based project of Kamtin Mohager just a few days prior, when his electronic…
