WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Canada loves the Metric system!
For a band tagged as “modern rock,” Metric’s extraordinary popularity soars across age ranges, across income levels, across, well, across everything – as we shall see when the band plays Rexall Place Thursday night, its first time in the Big Building. Half the nation’s men are probably in love with vocalist Emily Haines, but the […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Wintersleep comes to Wintertown
There’s a bit of a lull in the major act schedule – at least until Alice Cooper hits the Jubilee Auditorium next Wednesday – but that’s just fine. It’ll give us a chance to dig out from the winter storm that smashed into the city. The weekend’s biggest name, yet still relatively unknown, is Wintersleep, […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: What a feeling, what a Rush
It’s hard to understand how Rush can hold such an important place in musical history – especially in Canadian musical history – and yet have as many haters as fans. Not unlike Nickelback. Why do Canadians love to hate some of our own bands? Is it just because they’re successful? Do we prefer the more […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Hermits, Owls and Well Dressed Men
Finishing up a week of extraordinary gigs – including Purity Ring on Monday, and Band Of Skulls and Stone Temple Pilots on Wednesday – this weekend features some equally extraordinary local musicians, as well as the sold out show for The Tallest Man On Earth. Friday Herman’s Hermits – This English band fronted by Peter […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Who’s got the look? She’s got the look
It’s the first weekend in a while there hasn’t been a major festival dominating the scene, which means the live music schedule is starting the transition into fall. For this weekend, that includes a visit from famed DJ Morgan Page on Saturday night; and on Monday the city plays host to Montreal’s Purity Ring, as […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Beyond the Boom
This weekend’s musical calendar is of course dominated by the 2012 version of Sonic Boom on Sunday. So far it’s looking like the weather will cooperate for the event, which will feature Linkin Park and Silversun Pickups at Northlands. There are also some great local bands playing around town on Friday and Saturday. Friday Joe […]
