Tag: live music review

The Long Awaited Return of Tegan and Sara

After almost 4 years, the twin sister duo graces the Danforth stage. A few songs in at Tegan and Sara‘s June 15th show at the Danforth Music Hall, they told the story of their first appearance on the street, long…

lavender wild festival – The Perfect Launch to Pride Month

Billed as a sapphic-focused event hosting 2SLGBTQ+ international and domestic talent, lavender wild’s lineup alone was cause to celebrate. Featuring top line acts such as Hayley Kiyoko, Girl In Red and The Aces, musically the importance of the festival was…

MUSIC IN PHOTOS: PIERCE THE VEIL AND THE USED

A bill of heavy music brings the thunder and rain. The Creative Control tour lined up a powerhouse of post-hardcore bands. Headlined by The Used, San Diego’s Pierce The Veil took the penultimate slot. The Toronto stop at RBC Echo…

Feist at History

Leslie Feist’s performance transformed History into something new. As an internationally respected artist, Feist will find an adoring, attentive audience in most parts of the globe, but her most understanding and mellow (yet no less devoted) fans could be here…

ionnalee’s Return To Toronto

Swedish indie-synth pop artist/collective is back on a North American tour Jonna Lee goes by a pair of additional names in performance. As iamamiwhoami, she releases her music alongside visual work in video, graphics and still images produced by a…

Back To Live: Depeche Mode’s Momento Mori Tour in Toronto

The progenitors of synth-pop release album number fifteen and begin a worldwide tour in support. I would assume that calling Dave Gahan and Martin Gore the grandfathers of synth pop or some equally trite descriptor would be met with droll…

Chiiild’s Better Luck In The Next Life tour hits Toronto

Canadian genre-blending indie/soul/R&B band, Chiiild performed at the Axis Club in Toronto on March 30. Yonatan Ayal, better known in combination with collaborator, guitarist/producer Pierre-Luc Rioux as Chiiild released their second full length album, Better Luck In The Next Life…

Kelela’s RAVEN Tour Lands in Toronto

The term genre-defying is used in high frequency these days in music reporting. I am as guilty as any other writer although I pass myself due to the variety of artists I cover. Whether or not I am justified is…

John Mayer – Solo and (99%) Acoustic in Toronto

John Mayer’s first Solo Acoustic tour made its only Canadian stop at Scotiabank Arena on March 21. For the fifth of these very special nineteen shows, opening the night was Toronto’s own, JP Saxe. Based in Los Angeles, Saxe opened…

July Talk warms a cold night at Massey Hall

Toronto-based indie rock band July Talk, played back-to-back hometown shows on March 10 and 11, 2023. Despite the local snowstorm, the JUNO award-winning band filled the house at Massey Hall. Starting their Remember Never Before tour, they opened the night strong with…