October Toronto Music & Concerts Tip Sheet
October 1, 2014
It seems like just yesterday I was doling out the virtues of September, but I suppose time flies when you’re going to shows. Hopefully you had a nice month and found yourself in front of…
Fink at The Mod Club
October 1, 2014
English singer song-writer and DJ Fink performed last night at the Mod Club in Toronto. Thanks to Collective Concerts for media access.
EMA at The Drake
October 1, 2014
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….
Lacuna Coil, Starset, Incura at Opera House
October 1, 2014
Incura started the fun metal night off with tar smeared bodies and equipment. Every clean surface had black fingerprints dragged across them and their set felt kind of the same way. With their best intentions,…
Lily Allen at Sound Academy
September 30, 2014
I remember the last time Lily Allen came to town. It was five years ago and a good friend and I spent an afternoon scouring Twitter and Toronto as part of Allen’s ongoing scavenger hunt…
Keith Urban at Tim Horton's Field
September 30, 2014
Even an unfinished stadium couldn’t stop 20,000 Keith Urban fans. If Hamilton had any doubt about their football team shelling out one Million dollars to bring Keith Urban to the Inaugural concert, he laid them…
Deafheaven
September 30, 2014
Andreas Babiolakis interviews George Clarke of Deafheaven before their performance at The Opera House in Toronto.
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke
September 29, 2014
Final Rating: 8.5/10 Remember that surprise release Songs of Innocence? I doubt many will forget that unexpected album anytime soon, and it’s now especially relevant (also for the wrong reasons) now that we have another…
Song of the Week: Marianne Faithfull - Late Victorian Holocaust
September 29, 2014
I was going to write about Kendrick Lamar’s I. I was going to type out thoughts about the hip hop artist’s newest song which was released last week and has seen both praise and confusion…