Saturday night Oxford indie rockers Foals returned to Toronto on their Holy Fire tour. We were beyond excited as their live shows always deliver high energy thrills; we’ll always remember when they played Lee’s Palace back in 2010 and lead singer Yannis [...]
May 14, 2013
Live Music, Music
Last Thursday we stopped by Wrongbar to check out indie revivalists Foxygen. We’ve been enjoying their latest album, We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic, released earlier this year to critical acclaim. However, it’s clear from their [...]
May 13, 2013
Live Music, Music
Today one of our favourite Toronto-based bands Bravestation releases their second new single off their forthcoming EP titled IV which drops officially on May 14th, just one day for you to get hooked before their release party at The Drake the [...]
Last weekend we rounded up some friends and headed to the streets of sunny Toronto to show off our new Palladium Monochrome boots in action. It’s nearly spring, but there’s still a nip in the air that reminds us we [...]
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
Montreal shoe gazers No Joy warmed the crowd last night opening for UK experimental group Clinic at Toronto’s Garrison. With spring in the air, people seem more wiling to head out and party, and that reflected in the turnout for [...]
April 24, 2013
Live Music, 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
On Friday, we returned to the Hoxton, less than 24 hours after Disclosure’s great live set. This time, we were psyched to catch Maya Jane Coles and Tensnake. It’s pretty rare to get 2 top-notch deep house djs on the [...]
April 13, 2013
Live Music
Last night Toronto’s most passionate fans packed into a sold out Horseshoe Tavern to catch San Diego surf punkers Wavves. The mood was high the moment we walked in mid way through FIDLAR’s slightly harder opening spot which ended in [...]
April 6, 2013
Live Music, Music
A couple of weeks ago we ventured down to the West end of Toronto to visit lifestyle boutique Community 54 to chat with Co-Founder Daymon Green. Established in the Lower East Side of New York, Community 54 is a lifestyle [...]
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
As both Fashion Week and Canadian Music Week descended upon Toronto, I loaded up my iPhone with my newest playlist and hit the town. Going from concert to fashion show and back to a concert all in one day, I [...]
March 19, 2013
Fashion, Music
On Friday March 1st, alternative metal band The Deftones took over Toronto’s Kool Haus for a sold out show alongside progressive metal band The Contortionist. The show put on by the band was both explosive and calm, with a good [...]
March 5, 2013
Live Music, Music
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 [...]
On Friday February 22nd and Saturday 23rd electronic dance music royalty Swedish House Mafia gathered 60,000 of their loyal party-going fans for two nights of soldout fun at Toronto’s Rogers Centre. [...]
February 25, 2013
Live Music, Music