THE BOX TIGER AT HORSESHOE TAVERN – MARCH 21, 2014
March 22, 2014
On stage, surrounded by mountains of Foster The People gear, you could tell The Box Tiger were a little out of their element on Friday night. I don’t mean this in a bad way –…
ESCONDIDO AT HORSESHOE TAVERN – MARCH 15, 2014
March 18, 2014
In their second visit to Toronto and opening for Islands, Nashville’s Escondido treated the crowd to an opening set worth showing up early for. On record the band is a duo – the project of…
ISLANDS AT HORSESHOE TAVERN – MARCH 15, 2014
March 18, 2014
It was a busy Saturday night at the Horseshoe Tavern with Montreal-formed, now Los Angeles-based Islands stopping by Toronto in support of 2013’s Ski Mask. Their fifth studio album holds up well on record –…
White Denim at The Horseshoe Tavern - March 3, 2014
March 6, 2014
The Districts new signees to Fat Possum records scored a great opening slot as the band that goes on stage to underground alt-country/jam band White Denim. Lead singer and guitarist Rob Grote announced it was…
Bear’s Den at Horseshoe Tavern - February 26, 2014
February 28, 2014
The first time I saw Bear’s Den perform was in front of giant crowd, this summer, at the Simcoe stopover for Mumford & Sons’ ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ tour. It was quite the experience indeed…
THE BELLE GAME AT HORSESHOE TAVERN - FEBRUARY 8, 2014
February 11, 2014
You can tell that The Belle Game are still in the relatively early stages of what’s promising to be a pretty fruitful career. Stopping by Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern on Saturday night in support of 2013…
TOY at the Horseshoe Tavern – January 14, 2014
January 16, 2014
Tuesday night was a good time to be a fan of British music in Toronto. Electronic duo Disclosure settled into a sold out show at The Danforth Music Hall; 19-year-old singer-songwriter Jake Bugg played to…
Stornoway at The Horseshoe Tavern – May 9, 2013
May 14, 2013
Photographs by Sarah Rix It seems like there’s a lot to dislike about folk music right now. Sure, it seems like it’s a genre at the height of its popularity – at least in terms…
Half Moon Run at Horseshoe Tavern - March 8, 2013
March 11, 2013
Written and Photographed by Sarah Rix There’s a line between indie bands destined to stay on the smaller stages and ones poised for what you can only imagine to be massive success. With Montreal’s Half…