Arcade Fire announce show at Toronto Islands
Last.fmIt’s been a long time since there’s been a live music throwdown of any kind at the city’s most picturesque and moderately inconvenient venue, the Toronto Islands. The 2009 edition of the...
View ArticleMono and The Twilight Sad at Lee’s Palace in Toronto
Frank YangThe curious pairing of Japan’s Mono and Scotland’s Twilight Sad probably hasn’t yielded many tour stories as they trek across North America – after all, the former can barely speak English,...
View ArticleIceage coming, Iceage coming / Throw him in the fire
FacebookOr perhaps that should read, “Vikings coming, Vikings coming”, seeing as how the last few days have seen a flurry of excellent concert announcements from Scandinavian bands. Not the biggest but...
View ArticleJust in case you don’t frequent any other music site on the internet, here’s...
FacebookLook guys, some nights you’d rather just toss something together quickly and get back to watching TV rather than hunker down and come up with some original content that hasn’t already been...
View ArticleDaughter breaks curfew, sneaks out of studio for adventures across the pond
Stacey HatfieldAs performing names go, Daughter certainly exists pretty far on the “not very” end of the Google-ability scale, but they’re worth the effort. Originally a pseudonym for London’s Elena...
View ArticleSaint Etienne to deliver Words & Music in person
Elaine ConstantineThe show was only announced last night, but I’m just going to go ahead and say that I don’t think people are nearly as excited about Saint Etienne’s first show back in Toronto in, if...
View ArticleFrightened Rabbit check into State Hospital; diagnosed with fear
ClashWhen you’re a couple years on from your last album and still a calendar year off from your next, yet you want a pretence to stage a North American tour, what do you do? If you’re Frightened...
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