Concert Reviews
Show Me the Body Showed Vancouver the Brutal Power of the Banjo
Fortune Sound Club, August 4
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2022
Show Me the Body's appeal is nearly impossible to explain or categorize. The New York band, led by vocalist and banjoist Julian Cashwan Pra...
Drake and the All Canadian North Stars Pulled Out All the Stops to Honour Toronto's Hip-Hop and R&B History
History, July 28
PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2022
OVO Fest seems like an insidious inside joke between Drake and the City of Toronto to see how many days each year they can convince Toronto...
Kiwi Jr. Kept Ottawa Cool Amid a Scorching Summer Heatwave
Club SAW, July 23
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2022
In what seemed to be a perpetually rescheduled Ottawa tour date (which, at one point, had them opening for '90s indie supergroup TUNS), Kiw...
Fucked Up Made Toronto Come to Life
The Great Hall, July 7
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2022
Fucked Up's 10-year anniversary shows for David Comes to Life, their 18-song marathon of a hardcore opera, were originally planned for earl...
B.A. Johnston Had Victoria Laughing at Themselves (and Everything Else)
Phoenix Bar & Grill, June 17
PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2022
When the going gets weird, troubadour-on-the-skids B.A. Johnston is already there, camping out in the parking lot and selling hot dogs out...
Holy Fuck Had Victoria Raving to Rock
Capital Ballroom, June 1
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2022
Previously scheduled for February — and before that planned for a couple years ago — the long-delayed West Coast leg of Holy Fuck's tour in...
Tomberlin May Be Cursed, but Her Vancouver Show Wasn't
The Wise Hall, May 27
PUBLISHED May 28, 2022
Over the course of two full-length records and one EP, Sarah Beth Tomberlin found a way to emerge from the reclusive, insular world of her...
EarthGang Brought Intimate Spirituality to Their High-Energy Toronto Show
History, May 26
PUBLISHED May 27, 2022
It is an old but true adage: two is better than one, and with equally commanding stage presence on this summer's Biodeghettable tour, hip-h...