Concert Reviews
Viagra Boys Went Hard All Night Long in Toronto
Lee's Palace, April 6
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2022
At first glance, Swedish post-punks Viagra Boys looked like a band of middle school gym teachers fronted by a speed dealer. On stage, howev...
PUP's Signature Live Silliness Held Their Heavy Tunes Aloft in Hamilton
Bridgeworks, March 27
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2022
Over the past two years, PUP have stayed busy, releasing the This Place Sucks Ass EP, putting on a Tiny Desk Home Concert, and writing thei...
Jazmine Sullivan Took Toronto to Church
History, March 27
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2022
After selling out Toronto's Danforth Music Hall in what seemed like the blink of an eye, Jazmine Sullivan switched venues over to Drake's b...
Cancer Bats and Comeback Kid Didn't Let Up for a Second in London
Rum Runners, March 17
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2022
When Cancer Bats and Comeback Kid kicked off their co-headlining tour last night — Thursday, March 17 — at Rum Runners in London, ON, there...
Sparks Finally Got the Vancouver Celebration They Deserved
Vogue Theatre, March 15
PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2022
It took Sparks decades to make it to Vancouver, but their career-spanning show at the Vogue Theatre on Tuesday night was worth the wait for...
Tyler, the Creator Treated Toronto Like Royalty
Scotiabank Arena, March 11
PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2022
His backdrop is a mansion. His hypeman is a chauffeur. His warmup gear is a cardigan. And his catwalk is a boat — literally. Be it his ex...
Rising Alt-Rockers PACKS Had a Heroic Toronto Homecoming
The Baby G, March 5
PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2022
This night was something of a homecoming for PACKS singer-guitarist Madeline Link. Pushed out of Toronto due to the rising cost of living,...
Caribou Gave Toronto Some Much-Needed Live Music Realness
Danforth Music Hall, November 24
PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2021
In the final moments of Caribou's long-awaited performance at the Danforth Music Hall, the musicians were interrupted momentarily by the fi...