Jonsi at The Sound Academy in Toronto
Frank YangThe revelation last year that Sigur Ros frontman Jon Por Birgisson was readying a solo project under his nickname of Jonsi was met with great curiosity, but also some trepidation – after all,...
View ArticleArcade Fire announce show at Toronto Islands
Last.fmIt’s been a long time since there’s been a live music throwdown of any kind at the city’s most picturesque and moderately inconvenient venue, the Toronto Islands. The 2009 edition of the...
View ArticleSpin 25th anniversary webcasts this week
Frank YangConsider this a public service announcement to anyone at or near their computers this week – as part of their ongoing Spin25 quarter-century anniversary, Spin is running a week of webcasts...
View ArticleReview of LCD Soundsystem’s London Sessions
Ruvan WijesooriyaThough James Murphy warned us even before This Is Happening was released last Spring, the LCD Soundsystem victory lap has run for so long and through so many gigs that the idea that...
View ArticleNicole Atkins at The Drake Underground in Toronto
Frank YangA little into her show at The Drake Underground on Saturday evening, Nicole Atkins mentioned that this was her first-ever solo show in Canada, and that performances of this format were...
View ArticleSaturday Looks Good To Me decides Saturday still looks pretty good, reforms...
PolyvinylUsually when an interesting press release shows up in my inbox, the contents show up ad nauseum in my RSS, Twitter, Facebook, whatever over the next few hours – such is the nature of the press...
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