Concert Reviews
EarthGang / Guapdad 4000 / Benji.
Venue Nightclub, Vancouver BC, November 16
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2019
The vibes were perfect at the sold-out Venue Nightclub on Saturday, from openers Benji. and Guapdad 4000 to headliners EarthGang. Pittsbu...
Owen Pallett / Carmen Elle
27 Club, Ottawa ON, November 15
PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2019
Five years and counting since his last full-length, and just as long since his most recent solo appearance in the nation's capital, Owen Pa...
Metric
The Funhouse, Toronto ON, November 14
PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2019
"This is not a denial-based experience," Emily Haines announced after she and fellow Metric member Jimmy Shaw had to pause and begin their...
Tool
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, November 11
PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2019
The Class of '05 has dominated rock music in 2019. Rammstein, Slipknot and Green Day ended long hiatuses, while Rage Against the Machine an...
Rich Aucoin / Tourist Company
Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, November 02
PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2019
Halifax native Rich Aucoin is very well liked in Canada. His first two albums, 2011's We're All Dying to Live and 2014's Ephemeral, both ma...
Big K.R.I.T. / Rapsody
Opera House, Toronto ON, October 29
PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019
Grownup underground rap music felt gloriously alive and unapologetically well in the crowded, multi-tiered confines of Toronto's east end O...
Sloan
Distrikt Nightclub, Victoria BC, October 29
PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019
Navy Blues is a rather divisive album for fans of Sloan, the longtime Canadian rock institution. For those from their native Halifax, it wa...
Danny Brown / Ashnikko / ZelooperZ
Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, October 29
PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019
From beginning to end, Danny Brown's Vancouver return at the Vogue Theatre on Wednesday night was gripping and, at its most intense, pummel...