Archive for 2008
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November 11, 2008 - Hiatus
Thank you for the emails and kind words, we are on hiatus until late 2009, please check back with us then.
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Interview: Flash Lightnin’ September 2008
By: Alex Nino Gheciu
Sure, the whole boogie rock thing’s been done countless times before, by the likes of: ZZ Top, Foghat, Canned Heat and the rest of them. Yet, seeing these guys live is like driving down a good old fashioned American cheeseburger. Sure, it’s not lobster bisque, but it feels right and just hits […] -
News: September 12, 2008 Torontoindie.com Hiatus
Thank you for the awesome times, thank you for all the great comments and even the not to great ones; they help us grow.
Torontoindie.com is going on hiatus for at least a year. Please DO NOT send your materials, they will not be reviewed.
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Interview: Shad September 2008
By: Nino Gheciu
Lucky for us, Shad was able to talk to us a few days after Virgin Fest, busy guy!
You’re enjoying lots of success and a ton of buzz, but I hear you only got serious about your music career a few years ago, and before that you were on a completely different career path. […] -
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 […] -
Interview: Virgin Fest Organizer Andrew Bridge
By: Lidia Vila
I had a chance to sit down with Andrew Bridge and ask questions about the Virgin Festival. I admit I made an error and cited Radiohead as having played the Festival, I meant to say something else, but that came out instead.
The funniest part of this interview is how my voice cracks at […] -
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 […] -
News: September 8, 2008
Whoa Vfest! We had a lot of fun and to make things fair to our wonderful editors, we’re going to update on Wednesday.
Thank you for your patience, we’ll have video footage of some awesome times at the B-live tent!
Lidia & Team Torontoindie.com