Show Reviews
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Virgin Fest 2008: Day 2
By: Alex Pulec
Pictures: Grace Cavarra
Spiral Beach was the first band to take the stage on Day 2 at the Toronto Islands Virgin Festival. With the forces of nature against them, they did a formidable job of trying to brighten up the mood of the crowd drenched in the pouring rain. Playing songs from both records […] -
Virgin Fest 2008: Day 1 (B-Live Tent)
Words and Video By: Lidia Vila
Pictures: Grace Cavarra
Flosstradamus
Thanks to a house party in Chicago over a year ago we have the DJ duo made up of J2K (Josh Young) and Autobott (Curt Cameruci) to form Flosstradamus. According to their bio, the duo had a monthly party called “Get […] -
Virgin Fest 2008: Day 1
By: Alex Pulec
The Midway State photo: Andy Ryan
The Midway State was the first band I checked out at this year’s Virgin Festival. They started off powerful with tons of energy although quickly lost it as their songs didn’t have any originality and became weaker and weaker as the set went on. The band was extremely […] -
Jesse and the Rippers @ Bread and Circus September 1, 2008
Words and video by: Joel Chico
I first saw Jesse Markowitz playing saxophone outside of the washrooms of Clinton’s during a Sadie May Crash show. To my surprise, I saw him step on stage and perform an amazing sax solo with Sadie. After meeting him at a party, I was intrigued to see him perform with […] -
Kaleidoscope City, Burn Planetarium and La Casa Muerte @ Rancho Relaxo July 23, 2008
By: Marc Z. Grub
Images: Candice Lee-Ryerson
My wife Danny and I, of The Weathermaking Challenge headed down to Rancho Relaxo around 8ish. We had to stop off at Sonic Boom so Danny could pick up the new Brendan Canning album (which, ahem, I reviewed a while ago) and Suspect Video so I could return Francois […] -
Roger’s Picnic @ Fort York, July 20, 2008
By: Dan Keeler
Images: Mathieu Le Francois
The day started rather grey. A regular picnic would have undoubtedly been rained out, this one however wasn’t held by humans, no, but a corporation! Despite the dreary atmosphere, kids filtered through the gates of the Fort to populate the soaked through grounds in a steadier stream than the […] -
Doom Tickler @ Silver Dollar, July 24, 2008
By: Lidia Vila
In a long sleeve shirt with an image of a Bichon, jeans and converse shoes Leslie Predy stepped on to the stage at the Silver Dollar. Greeted with whistles and friendly cheering Predy shyly smiled and attended to her synthesizer, voice modifying bullhorn and Zither. Twisting knobs she set off techno beats […] -
Disraelis, Hoa Hoa’s @ Sneaky Dee’s July 12, 2008
By: Kristen Chamberlain
A celebration of album releases from local bands the Disraelis and the Hoa Hoa’s was in full effect last night at Sneaky Dee’s with balloons, a disco ball and a lively crowd in tow.
First on stage just after 11 p.m. were the Disraelis, a three-piece band that seems comfortable in front of a […] -
Fuck Yeah Fest @ Sneaky Dee’s July 7, 2008
Words: Alex Nino Gheciu
Images: Mario Lunardo
The Fuck Yeah Fest rolled into Toronto with middle fingers waving for the first ever-touring version of the LA-based music and comedy showcase. It was a packed house this evening, and while this can partly be credited to the festival’s uber-cool name, the main reason was that the buzz […] -
June 30, 2008: TWM Presents 123Ten!!!, Brave Radar, Dirty Beaches and The Miles @ Rancho Relaxo
By: Marc Z. Grub
Images by: Miles Brokenshire
My pal Danny (of The Weathermaking Challenge) and I headed down to Rancho Relaxo Monday night looking forward to a night of kick-ass rock, beer and zombie movies. We arrived there at about ten. We thought we’d missed our pals in The Miles. It turned out that the show […]