I started my night at Nathan Phillips Square for a free Tokyo Police Club show, as part of something called WinterCity. One of the MC’s who were introducing the band made we laugh quite a bit after announcing “The Weakertons” were going to be performing the week after…. I had no idea they changed their […]
I was one of 30 or so lucky people to have caught this show at Revival. Fields (UK) with Toronto’s The Coast opening. At the show, I finally met Frank from Chromewaves. He was taking some pictures for his site. If you haven’t seen his blog yet, take a look and I dare you to […]
To finish off the Toronto Film Fest last week, I dropped by the Drake Hotel to catch a great lineup of Toronto bands. Without intending to take away from two great openers that night (The Coast and The Diableros), I’m writing this post about the latest incarnation of By Divine Right. We saw Jose Contreras […]
It’s taken me a while to get something down about this band. This Coast is from somewhere near the middle of Canada, a place called Toronto. The name comes from a Paul Simon song, sounds like a mix between Verve, U2, Smiths, New Order. Building/driving atmospherics made from heavy reverb, offset with the slightly fragile […]
This show happens tonight at the Drake Hotel. The Russian Futurists (12am), Stirling (11pm) and The Coast (10pm). Some of my favourite bands to listen to these days.Doors are at 9pm, $12. Check out these tracks. Russian Futurists ‘Paul Simon’ Stirling ‘Ostalgia’ The Coast ‘The Lines are Cut‘