Concert Reviews

Living Hour Said Goodbye and Started Anew in Winnipeg
Good Will Social Club, December 9
PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2023
A bittersweet hum of beginnings and endings rang out through Living Hour's entire performance at Winnipeg's Good Will Social Club. The ban...
bar italia Came to Life in Toronto
Velvet Underground, December 8
PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2023
bar italia came through the Velvet Underground last night and enraptured the sold-out crowd, packing their distinctive sideways sensibility...
Nation of Language Were Riding High in Toronto
Phoenix Concert Theatre, December 2
PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023
At first blush, Nation of Language and Miss Grit make for odd touring partners. The former are classicists giving new clothes to past pleas...
Depeche Mode Lit Up the Dark in Edmonton
Rogers Place, November 21
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023
Forty three years since their inception, Depeche Mode still have plenty of life left. The English new wave band — now a duo consisting of s...
KISS Came Full Circle in Edmonton
Rogers Place, November 10
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2023
KISS graced Edmonton's Rogers Place with one last performance, and it was hotter than hell. Fans young and old crowded into the downtown ar...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Burned Bright as Ever in Toronto
History, November 11
PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2023
"This song is about being sexually possessed," Sasami told the crowd at History. "I dedicate it to Karen O." The song in question was a n...
The Beaches Dove Head-First in Edmonton
Midway Music Hall, November 8
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2023
The Beaches — Toronto's TikTok-savvy, boyfriend-busting sensations — brought their ground-shaking Blame My Ex tour to Edmonton's Midway Mus...
Lauryn Hill and the Fugees Were on Fire (Even If They Weren't on Time) in Toronto
Scotiabank Arena, October 26
PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2023
It was a calculated risk to take Toronto's underfunded, overextended transit system to see Lauryn Hill in concert, but I did so in understa...