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…
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’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…
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…
AOTY contender’s Til The Wheels Fall Off tour rolls into Toronto Though the Western Illinois native experienced her fair share of snowdumped winters, Nashville-based Margo Price likely only experiences such cold as Toronto has recently experienced while on tour. As…
Vance Joy brought the “In His Own Sweet Time” tour to Hamilton on February 15th. Opener Jack Botts opened the stage at FirstOntario Concert Hall and warmed the crowd with his roaring acoustic tunes. Joy brought the whole crowd to…
It’s a rare opportunity to see a pair of artists in a single night who are so clearly heading on an upward trajectory. Hype and profile will help that lift, but only talent will keep an artist aloft. While Suki…
Hometown heroes close another strange year at History. Not long after Alvvays‘ sophomore album, Blue Rev, was released last fall, the question wasn’t whether it was good or not, it was where exactly the album would average out on all…
Two iconic Brit-rock bands relive a shared show on the road While neither band is a stranger to the touring road, way back in 1994, Manic Street Preachers and Suede zigzagged throughout Europe together on a 20-show run that cemented…
One of Canada’s biggest stars brings charm and warmth to Toronto’s History In support of her 2022 album, Yessie, Jessie Reyez performed her first of two sold-out hometown shows at History on Nov. 28 & 30. Between collecting a few…