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
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 [...]
The legendary Sonar Festival from Barcelona embarked on its first North American tour this fall. On Thursday the tour made its stop in Toronto at Sound Academy. The festival, known for both the music and arts component, brought a diverse [...]
November 4, 2012
Live Music, Music
The ferociously talented, Dr. Dre co-signed, L.A. rapper Kendrick Lamar is currently on tour, bringing his brand of awesome to a town near you. Speaking of a town near you, Lamar and his Black Hippy Crew will be rolling through [...]
September 10, 2012
Contest, Music
It’s been a few years since we first saw Miike Snow perform live, and fell in love with those intoxicatingly chill tunes, touring their self titled debut. Fast forward to 2012, they’ve just released their second album Happy To You and [...]
April 24, 2012
Contest, Music
Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells crowd surfing opening for CSS on May 16th at Toronto’s Sound Academy. [...]
May 19, 2011
Live Music, Music
Thursday night at Toronto’s far off Sound Academy the boys from down under made quite a stir! We hadn’t seen Cut Copy since back in 2009 when they played an oversold Circa nightclub with Brooklynites Matt and Kim, so after [...]
April 11, 2011
Live Music, Music
We’ve been jamming out to Cut Copy’s third album Zonoscope for a month or so now and we can’t wait till they hit up Toronto’s Sound Academy early next month after nearly two years since their last show at the now defunct Circa nightclub! [...]
Last night I went to see TV on the Radio live in concert (as my previous posts have told you) at the Sound Academy in Toronto, down by the waterfront. I have been looking forward to this show for over [...]
June 4, 2009
Live Music, Music