All posts by Hawley Dunbar

CHVRCHES & Still Corners at The Hoxton, Toronto

Live Music: CHVRCHES & Still Corners at The Hoxton, Toronto

Their first Canadian tour date on this leg of their tour, Glasgow electro poppers CHVRCHES expressed their love for Toronto in music form on Wednesday night. A super packed Hoxton bobbed along to hits like “Recover” and “Lies” but didnt [...]

June 13, 2013 Live Music, Music
Drake General Stor Hudson's Bay Pop Up

Drake General Store Pop Up Shop at Hudson’s Bay Queen Street

After opening a Yonge and Eglington hub of everyone’s favourite go to gift shop just last month, The Drake General Store continues to expand as they open they’re largest shop yet tucked away on the concourse level of Hudson’s Bay’s [...]

June 13, 2013 Fashion, Shopping
Governors Ball Music Festival 2013 Style

Governors Ball Music Festival 2013 Street Style

Despite this being one of the muddiest years yet at Governors Ball Music Festival on Randalls Island, never one to disappoint, New York brought some serious game in the style department, ponchos in tow, to rock out to the awesome [...]

June 12, 2013 Fashion, Music
Grizzly Bear Governors Ball 2013

Grizzly Bear at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

With the last day of Governors Ball coming to a close, the sun began to set over Grizzly Bear’s sweet sweet tunes at the main stage. The mud was drying out ever so slightly and people lay along the side [...]

June 11, 2013 Live Music, Music
Isabel Marant Pour H&M

Isabel Marant Pour H&M

H&M has released its next collaboration set for fall with beloved Parisian designer Isabel Marant. Inspired by her effortless french energy and style,the collection will embody that chicness Parisians, like Marant herself posses, mixed with urban attitude, rock & roll, [...]

June 11, 2013 Fashion
Yeasayer Governors Ball 2013

Yeasayer at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

Yeasayer took to the Sky Vodka tent on the final day of Governors Ball Music Festival loud and proud. Lead vocalist Chris Keating welcomed everyone, expressing how there’s nothing quite like playing for a hometown crowd, especially when many of [...]

June 11, 2013 Live Music, Music
Haim at Governors Ball 2013

Haim at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

Starting off the final day of Governors Ball Music Festival with a bang L.A.’s Haim sisters brought fierce energy to the main stage. We caught them earlier this year at SXSW killing it and even after their sold out Brooklyn [...]

June 10, 2013 Live Music, Music
Animal Collective at Governors Ball 2013

Animal Collective at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

Passionate fans jumped around to the ambient tunes of Animal Collective, who was the actual headliner of day two of Governors Ball Music Festival to those who didn’t bother to stick around for Guns N’ Roses. It was our first [...]

June 10, 2013 Live Music, Music
Fucked Up at Governors Ball 2013

Fucked Up at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

While we didn’t catch much of post hardcore punkers Fucked Up’s set at Governors Ball Music Festival yesterday we felt compelled to show up to show support for our fellow Torontonians set. You can always count on Fucked Up to [...]

June 9, 2013 Live Music, Music
Dirty Projectors at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

Dirty Projectors at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

Day two of Governors Ball Music Festival boasted some pretty amazing acts, but we couldn’t miss Dirty Projectors, who played the You’re Doing Great Stage early on at the same time as Divine Fits and Fucked Up were also on. [...]

June 9, 2013 Live Music, Music
Polica Brooklyn Bowl NYC June 2013-2

Live Music: Polica and Solid Gold at Brooklyn Bowl NYC

After hitting up Pure Bathing Culture’s early set we hustled over to Brooklyn Bowl to catch Polica after missing them earlier in the day at Governors Ball. Solid Gold were up first to provide some subdued downbeat dance tracks that [...]

June 8, 2013 Live Music, Music
Pure Bathing Culture at Mercury Lounge June 2013

Live Music: Pure Bathing Culture & Monogold at Mercury Lounge

After standing ankles deep in mud all day at Governors Ball we decided to book it back to the city to catch Portland duo Pure Bathing Culture play an early set at Mercury Lounge. Brooklyn’s lush ambient poppers Monogold were [...]

June 8, 2013 Live Music, Music
Dillon Francis Governors Ball 2013

Dillon Francis at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

Despite the tropical storm type rain at Governors Ball Music Festival today, Los Angeles electro dance lord Dillon Francis came prepared to party wearing a suit and tie, dropping his remix of Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie”, Francis had people [...]

June 7, 2013 Live Music, Music
Best Coast at Governors Ball 2013

Best Coast at Governors Ball Music Festival 2013

With Tropical Storm Andrea in full effect on the first day of Governors Ball Music Festival in New York, we trudged through the mud to catch a little California surf rock from Best Coast. The sympathetic Bethany Cosentino thanked the poncho [...]

June 7, 2013 Live Music, Music
Band of Outsiders Resort 2014

Band of Outsiders Resort 2014

Though Band of Outsiders has dropped, or rather amalgamated their the Boy. by Band of Outsiders and Girl. by Band Of Outsiders lines fans can rest assured their will still be something for either side of the fan base to [...]

June 7, 2013 Fashion