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NXNE Friday
Friday at NXNE featured: Lindi Ortega We Are The Take The Creepshow FRIDA Beth in Battle Mode The Framework
NXNE Thursday
You gotta love North by Northeast, the annual four-day music festival that hits Toronto in June. The weather was mostly good on Thursday, so venues were packed with lots of people having fun, and the streets outside were vibrant and alive. Tonight, I saw: Your Favorite Enemies Adrienne Pierce Cancel Winter Dr. Draw People in […]
Million Dollar Youth Concert at The Opera House
In his travels around the world, Jeremie Poirier witnessed appalling conditions in many countries. Shocked that the world’s youth were largely disadvantaged, he founded the non-profit organization Million Dollar Youth. The organization raises awareness and funds; the funds are used for learning opportunities for youths aged 16 through 30 to make a positive change in […]
Birds of Wales at Tattoo Rock Parlour
(see all 6 photos of Birds of Wales) If you’re looking to meet women, find a Birds of Wales show. “Women love to look at lead singer, Morgan Ross,” as was written in the National Post. And love to look at him they do — they showed up in droves — I’d estimate 9 out […]
Livegreen Toronto: David Usher, Chantal Kreviazuk
There was a hidden gem in Toronto last weekend: a free open-air downtown street concert, featuring David Usher, Chantal Kreviazuk, and Kardinal Offishall. The Green Toronto Festival was Toronto’s celebration of “everything green”. Yonge street was closed from Dundas to Queen, lined with green exhibitors displaying their environmentally friendly products and services; a bevy of […]
Over the Top Festival 2008
Live Indie music in a church? I found myself in St. Stephen-in-the Fields Church, at College and Bathurst, on a Friday night for day two of the Over the Top Festival. The festival, now in its seventh year running, features a series of all-ages concerts (as well as some films). Performing this night were Rebekah […]
The Framework at the Drake Underground
(see all 6 photos of The Framework) This is the fourth The Framework show I’ve been to. From humble beginnings in the summer of 2007, The Framework’s popularity has snowballed — as evidenced by the large crowds and interest garnered at each of their monthly shows. Limiting themselves to only one live show per month, […]
CMW: Hey Ocean! at the Tattoo Rock Parlour
(see all 5 photos of Hey Ocean!)
CMW: Lights at the Rivoli
(see all 9 photos of Lights)
CMW: Lindi Ortega at the Rivoli
(see all 6 photos of Lindi Ortega)