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…
Photos by Lee-Ann Richer. Belle and Sebastian are a band I’ve been wanting to see for a long while. The prevalence of their songs on TV in the UK makes them practically an institution, and I…
Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Sony Centre
A majority of Elvis Costello’s recent stop in Toronto was dedicated to his 1982 album Imperial Bedroom but it’s also the fortieth anniversary of his debut My Aim Is True so he peppered his set…
Photos by Angelo Marchini. The lights go down and Idina appears onstage with two drumsticks crossed above her head, starting the intro to Queen of Swords. It feels like the entire audience is on first…
On June 26, 1997, JK Rowling released the novel that, little did she know, would evolve into a global phenomenon, consisting of a movie franchise, theme parks, exhibitions, fan conventions, parody plays, extensive merchandise, drawn-on…
Pet Shop Boys at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Photos by Dawn Hamilton Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have been making engaging electro-pop as the Pet Shop Boys for over 30 years now. They released their lucky 13th album, Super, earlier this year and…
Photographs by Daniela Tantalo. The Tuesday stop on Lindsey Stirling’s Brave Enough tour was packed to the rafters, having sold out the entire Sony Centre with a variety of fans eager for her unique mixture…
Most reviews I write tend to be almost entirely in the third person. It’s easier to get my points across and make it seem like the reader was present at the show. I write objectively…
A disclaimer: There’s no way I come out of this without sounding like I’m a million years old. So with cards on the table, I present my haggard, curmudgeon experience of Hatsune Miku at the…

