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,…
Today is a big day for the ADDICTED Music Dept. We’re opening our Montreal branch with the addition of Eric Brisson. Eric is a talented photographer, music and film lover. Look forward to his amazing photos coming from La Belle…
Who is Tycho? Is he the white-clad king of cushioned comedowns? A multimedia electronic band experience? A graphic designer and photographer? A Danish astronomer? All of the above, son. As well Tycho is Scott Hansen, a Californian visual artist who…
Marina Diamandis dreamed of one day having her own band. As the frontwoman, naturally, it would be named after her, though she’d skew her last name with creative license (as I likely just did in those opening sentences). The first…
The collective resume of The Who sadly halved to guitarist and vocalist, Pete Townshend and vocalist and guitarist (there IS a distinction) Roger Daltrey is daunting to type out despite reams of available research. More than a band, this English…
Mill Street Brewpub in Ottawa once again hosted their annual Hopped & Confused festival on August 23-24, 2019. Teaming up with Dine Alone Records, the weekend featured a lineup of stellar Canadian talent. We headed over on Aug. 23 to…
To paraphrase Carl Newman as he discussed why The New Pornographers would play a show six weeks before releasing the band’s eighth album (In the Morse Code of Brake Lights), he said “Budweiser” alluding to the beer company’s sponsorship of…
Spencer Sutherland brought his soulful pop to the Rivoli in Toronto on Aug. 20, 2019, as part of the Freaking Out tour. If you’re familiar with the singer’s music, it’s safe to assume that his live show will be a pretty…