One sure signal that summer is done, despite what Mother Nature may show, is the final outdoor concert of the season. As you hold onto lingering memories of sweating it out during sunshine-blasted shows, the reality that inevitably a blanket…
Daniel Caesar is perhaps one of the most humble artists that has emerged from Toronto’s music scene recently. Over the past few years, he has quickly risen to the top of the R&B world with acclaimed albums Freudian, from 2017,…
If forced to find a single word to describe Andrew Bird, polymath is most appropriate. Among his many skills, the list includes damn near perfect songwriting, deep proficiency playing the guitar, violin and glockenspiel, champion-level whistling (as in, others hire…
PODCAST TIME AGAIN! It’s been precisely 11 years since the last ADDICTED Music Dept. podcast episode was released but fear not, people-who-don’t-want-to-read-interviews. There are a few done and edited and will be released every 2-3 weeks starting now. I hope…
Nick Cave of today is not the Nick Cave of the past. Eschewing the brooding nature one might expect from the Bad Seeds frontman, the 62-year-old unexpectedly proved to be an affable comedian at the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall…
Ugh. Terrible edition name, Mr. Music Editor. You call yourself a creative? I’m still catching up on sleep. I couldn’t string a proper, clever theme together this week. Leave me alone. Well, the fall has arrived, the weather has…
With stage smoke and atmospheric lights setting the mood at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall, the members of Ride sure knew how to make an entrance. Indeed, the shoegaze veterans’ incredible back catalogue of stunning guitar feedback and ethereal melodies would…
In life, we form many different partnerships. Some can be for work, others for friendship, and others still for love or companionship. But what happens when those partnerships start to overlap? According to one couple, some pretty great things actually….