ICYMI for Tuesday 31st October 2017
'I'm super-grateful': Alan Doyle releases new book and solo album Alan Doyle has been performing for years and has built a dedicated fanbase, not only for his work as a musician but as an actor [...]
Wolf Parade at the Black Cat
By Janet Athanasiou A 700-person venue that boasts it specializes in indie/alternative/punk/experimental music, the Black Cat in Washington DC hosted recently reunited Wolf Parade on October 22. The main stage of the venue is on [...]
Playlist Friday: A Canadian Indie Halloween
It's that time of the year again where I pull out the playlist of spooky creepy songs for Halloween. This playlist began back on the old CBC Music site when we could make playlists on [...]
New releases for the week ending October 27th 2017
Gord Downie - Introduce Yerself On his final album, Introduce Yerself, the late singer-lyricist addresses the people and places that meant the most to him, among them his bandmates, Lake Ontario, his Indigenous acquaintances, his [...]
Bend Sinister
On Saturday, October 21 I was able to see a Bend Sinister show again. It had been awhile since I last saw them and I was looking forward to hearing them again. They are on [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 24th October 2017
Does moving to Toronto actually help your band? Whether artists in other cities want to admit it or not, Toronto is the centre of Canada’s musical universe, with a gravitational pull that attracts bands from [...]
Hollerado, Little Junior & Calpurnia at the Horseshoe 70th Anniversary Series
Toronto - Friday, October 20, 2017 - Hollerado at the Horseshoe Tavern, with Little Junior and Calpurnia Main Hollerado Photo by Tiffany Leeson This was the second of three nights for Hollerado as part of [...]
Playlist Friday: Remembering Gord Downie
Statement from Gord Downie's webpage Oct 17, 2017 Last night Gord quietly passed away with his beloved children and family close by. Gord knew this day was coming – his response was to spend this [...]
New releases for the week ending October 20th 2017
Destroyer - ken Simple. Direct. Obvious. These are not the adjectives normally applied to Destroyer songs. Yet, speaking to Dan Bejar about his project’s 12th studio album, ken, these are the words he repeatedly reaches [...]
Big City Cough – Before This There Was Everything
We are excited to share the release of Sean Beresford's first single, “Before This There Was Everything”, from their debut album Born At Night. Before This There Was Everything was the first song written and [...]