From last May’s debut Mykki Blanco & The Mutant Angels, to late fall’s Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss mixtape, one thing is for sure: The entity that is Mykki Blanco is not your average human. Industrial, galatic and spastic (all in the best way possible), [...]
April 26, 2013
Live Music
What better way to start off the week than to head over to the Hard Luck for some PBRs and BC punk? On April 22nd, Vancouver act White Lung stopped by Toronto to tear our Monday night a new one. Made [...]
April 24, 2013
Live Music
Thursday night we trucked through the wet April rain to catch siblings Guy and Howard Lawrence aka Disclosure show off their hype at the Hoxton. Armed with many mixers as well as a drum set and bass guitar the brothers [...]
April 12, 2013
Live Music
Thursday night we made our way East to the Opera House to catch the darling Lianne La Havas. She had stopped by Toronto in the past opening for Bon Iver at Massey Hall, but Thursday’s show was her first headlining [...]
April 6, 2013
Live Music, Music
Wednesday night we shuffled over to the Sound Academy to check out just how “alt” an Alt-J live show is. Here are our findings from the evening… 1. Mercury Prize winners of late have been rather chill. Last year it [...]
March 28, 2013
Live Music
There was many a babe walking the streets of Austin during SXSW last week, and we took a few moments out of our busy schedule to snap some of the most interesting and cool outfits we could find. Below is [...]
Day 5 and our SXSW adventure comes to a close. Needless to say, we’re still recovering. Here’s how we finished up the festival… As it was a sunny Saturday afternoon, we simply had to find a rooftop party to partake [...]
March 19, 2013
Live Music, Music
Somehow we’re still alive and still at it. Here’s how we spent our Friday in Austin… We returned one again to Hype Hotel, this time to check out rap Tumblr princess Kitty Pryde at the Stereogum showcase. The former Claire’s [...]
March 18, 2013
Live Music, Music
Day three! Still kicking! Here’s what went down Thursday night. Amtrac is a DJ who claims both Kentucky and Miami as his home. You really need to check out his “Hey There Kiddo” mixtape because it’s jam packed with jams. [...]
March 15, 2013
Live Music, Music
How’d our Wednesday go down? Let’s break it down. After some much needed rest we popped over to hypem.com’s Hype Hotel to catch Surrey siblings Disclosure. Hearing them play “White Noise” live? We freaked. Almost freaked out just as much when [...]
March 15, 2013
Live Music, Music
And we’re off! SXSW music has officially begun. We kicked into the first night of the music fest at Viceland with humblecore New York boys Skaters. Grungy guitars and fuzzy hair, of course Vice would scoop em up. Also at Viceland? A “Pill [...]
March 13, 2013
Live Music, Music
SXSW’s music festival is nearly upon us and we are all kinds of excited! From the babes in bands to the BBQs here’s a list of highlights we’re counting down to…tomorrow! New acts worth the long wait in line.. HAIM: [...]
Friday March 1st, the Canadian Music Centre’s New Music in New Places and Music in the Barns came together to celebrate the work of three Canadian contemporary composers. Nestled into the alt gym/health cafe/venue Academy of Lions, we popped over to class up our weekend and [...]
Thursday February 28th, Major Lazer brought both the month to a close, and kicked off their Free The Universe world tour in Toronto with one hell of a party. Diplo returned to our city (once again, clearly crushing on us [...]
Sunday February 17th Lee’s Palace was over-packed like a vacation suitcase for the sold out Toro Y Moi show. Obviously we couldn’t miss out, especially with an opener as rad as Wild Belle. [...]
February 21, 2013
Live Music