Photographs by Dawn Hamilton. It’s not often you get a double bill featuring a warrior dragoness and a mighty queen bee, but that’s exactly what the audience got with the Rage and Rapture Tour that…
Canon Trip: A U2 Fan Experience
June 5, 2017
“Let’s make this a canon trip” my sister says as we discuss our upcoming trip to Cleveland. “What’s a canon trip?” I ask, without thinking. She responds with a MacPhisto like grin and says in…
Royal Blood at the Velvet Underground
May 18, 2017
Photographs by Neil Van It’s a standard radio station promotional idea to offer listeners an exclusive concert with a favourite artist in an intimate venue. More daring stations add a twist. Toronto alt rock station…
Photographs by Katrina Lat. Perched beneath the words “tragedy” and “comedy,” within the walls of the ornate Royal Alexandra Theatre, Father John Misty kicked off the tour promoting his most recent album, Pure Comedy, with…
Photographs by Neil Van Aimee Mann began her Danforth Music Hall show by joking that she has a lot of new songs, but that they can stand up in her “sad and depressing” canon. Mann…
Buddy Guy at Massey Hall
April 26, 2017
Photo courtesy of Jag Gundu / Massey Hall “If you don’t like the blues, you shouldn’t have showed up here tonight.” Buddy Guy speaks plainly, and there is truth in every word. The blues guitar…
Johnnyswim and Marc Scibilia at the Velvet Underground
March 21, 2017
Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano, collectively known as Johnnyswim, made the most of their Toronto debut. The Nashville-based duo is touring to support its second full-length album, Georgica Pond. Though they are not as well-known…
Cœur de Pirate with Kroy at The Danforth Music Hall
February 8, 2017
Photos by Daniela Tantalo Saturday night’s show at the Danforth Music Hall marked the final stop on Coeur de Pirate’s tour promoting her most recent album, Roses, a bilingual record. She thanked the crowd for…
The Strumbellas with The Zolas at the Danforth Music Hall
December 26, 2016
Photographs by Randall Vasquez. We hear it all the time: it’s the giving that matters. The Strumbellas took this notion to heart by giving their Toronto fans 3 concerts within 36 hours. On top of…