Words and main image by Sabrina Direnzo Gallery photos by Topher Shrigley A sold out show at The Danforth Music Hall on a Sunday night easily became one of the biggest Pride events of the month. A line of fans adorned…
*Photo Credit: KURTHOOP and WESC of DED AGENCY If you missed the Electric Island season opener, then definitely don’t miss the Canada Day weekend edition. On Sunday, July 1 Electric Island is back once again on the beautiful Hanlan’s Point to deliver up…
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia performed their first Toronto concert in over 30 years at Massey Hall. Formed in 1974, Mr. Rundgren (a bona fidepop star by that point) wanted to explore the sonic realms of prog-rock. In doing so, he gathered…
When you’ve inspired the Stone Roses and Oasis, arguably two of the biggest modern bands to come out of England, words like pioneer, influential and significant can be used to describe you without irony or hyperbole. When your services and…
Earlier this month I finally managed to get myself in a room with Shakey Graves. Granted, it was a pretty big room (Toronto’s Massey Hall), and I was most certainly not alone with him in that room (the show was…
*all photos from IFWTO Okay, you might be asking yourself why Toronto needs another fashion week, but Indigenous Fashion Week (IFTWTO) isn’t your run of the mill catwalk presentation. While the typical design soiree focuses on the who’s-who and keeping…
Sister act HAIM, (not affiliated with Whoopi Goldberg) have been performing since childhood. However, not until the release of their 2012 EP, Forever, did surface as. Two albums later and coveted opening spots for artists like Florence and the Machine,…
Rail-thin like a scarecrow, sporting shades underneath a mop of black hair, legendary punk-poet John Cooper Clarke remained as potent as ever to a nearly sold-out Lee’s Palace. Having opened for the likes of Joy Division and The Clash long…