CMW
Diemonds
Baitshop, Toronto ON March 12
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011
It's a shame that "wail" -- à la Wayne's World -- never entered popular vernacular. Sure, babies and banshees are constantly wailing, but n...
The Lytics
Revival, Toronto ON March 12
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011
Rather than bemoan the small turnout for their Saturday night show, the members of the Lytics -- a four-man hip-hop crew from Winnipeg -- i...
Kidstreet
El Mocambo, Toronto ON March 12
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011
This Waterloo, ON three-piece easily gave one of the fest's most energetic and least affected performances. With the brother-sister duo of...
Janelle Monáe
Royal York Hotel, Toronto ON March 12
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011
The moment CMW had been waiting for came a little late, but Indie Awards headliner Janelle Monáe had the audience mystified after taking th...
Shad
Royal York Hotel, Toronto ON March 12
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011
Shad's set at the Indies Awards relieved all in attendance of dime-a-dozen rock-band overload, with the exception of headliner Janelle Moná...
Maylee Todd and Pegwee Power
The Supermarket, Toronto ON March 11
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011
Watching Maylee Todd perform is like entering a portal into A Midsummer Night's Dream. Add a fog machine, some minor hallucinations and a b...
Dinosaur Bones
Lee's Palace, Toronto ON March 11
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011
Strokes-looking rock-boy band -- albeit without Albert Hammond, Jr.'s razor sharp guitar -- with more per capita denim than an alt-country...
Bombay Bicycle Club
Lee's Palace, Toronto ON March 11
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011
Ostensibly, Bombay Bicycle Club should fall into the UK's nouveau folk/Americana movement with outfits like Noah and the Whale, Mumford and...