Quarterly tours and concerts numbering in the hundreds each year was once the modus operandi of Phish. Formed in 1983 in Burlington, Vermont, the quartet cut their teeth playing likely every single college town in the northeast. By the mid-90s, this…
On tour promoting their most recent album Bambi, Minnesota natives Hippo Campus made their long-awaited appearance in Toronto on May 1st at The Phoenix Concert Theatre, alongside supporting artist, Samia. Hippo Campus flies largely under the radar of mainstream indie…
On Sunday April 14, California natives SWMRS, led by frontman Cole Becker, made a stop at The Phoenix Concert Theatre while touring their new album Berkeley’s On Fire. Supported by local indie rockers Goodbye Honolulu, as well as state mates Beach…
Sasha Sloan (known as @sadgirlsloan on social media) embarked on her first North American headline tour in March, making a sold-out stop at Toronto’s Velvet Underground on March 27th. Sasha is part of a larger group of young songwriters focused on…
A tornado of high-octane indie rock initiated a fervor at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre. As garage punk enthusiasts filled the venue, they were treated to a double shot of Fucked-Up and the Black Lips playing back-to-back sets of live-wire intensity….
As a band, Muse, don’t seem to have an arrow of subtlety in their quiver. Everything they do and undertake, from the wide soprano operatics of main Muso, Matt Bellamy, to his shredding guitar solos, to the bombastic playing of…
Australian indie electronic trio Mansionair made a stop in Toronto at The Velvet Underground on March 26th, 2019 while touring their first full-length album, Shadowboxer. Brooklyn-based duo Beacon kicked off the show in a largely fitting and atmospheric way by cutting all the venue…
Often, a venue is taken for granted when it comes to seeing live music. The performance, the energy, the crowd, even the audio mix and the lights are generally appreciated more than the actual room. For the concert lover in…