Massive Contest Post

Feeling lucky? Why not take a chance at some of these contests I’m running on my Indie Music Filter. Who: The Wooden Sky with Hooded Fang and Brian Borcherdt. When: Friday, November 13th. Where: Lee’s Palace What: Currently supporting their full-length If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone on tour in Ontario and […]

Over The Top Festival turns 8!

On the smaller and more interesting side of music festivals in Toronto is the Over The Top Festival, heading into its 8th year May 21st-23rd. Not just music really, the festival features film and theatre events as well. ‘The music component of the festival will see Toronto debuts for critically acclaimed teen phemons Tiny Masters […]

SXSW ’08: Saturday

The busiest day musically for me.I started the day off solo. If you ask me, the best way to see a lot of bands at a festival like this is to do it alone. That way, you won’t waste time making group decisions. First band of the day? The Whigs at Hot Freaks. I’ll admit […]

The Winks

I was looking into some shows happening in Toronto in the next little while, and I came across this. Wavelength, an institution for new music on Sunday nights, is celebrating 350 gigs by throwing four shows in four days (Feb. 8-11th). This celebration is a little while off, but I liked the lineup on the […]

Best Songs Of The Year – Disc 1

I made a two disc mix CD to give out over the holidays. It was a little tough, as I originally had 60 or so songs in contention before I started whittling. But I got down to 34. I’m actually surprised at the low amount of Canadian content….. but these were the songs that stayed […]