Concert Reviews

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  Manifesto Festival's Sweet 16 Was a Fitting Celebration of Their Devotion to Community — Headliner Drama Be Damned

  Budweiser Stage, August 12

  PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2022

  Following a rough weekend for events in Toronto, Manifesto delivered a successful festival, despite it not being the show they initially pr...

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  Orville Peck Solidified His Mythology at Toronto Homecoming

  Massey Hall, August 9

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2022

  Orville Peck's first of two performances at Toronto's Massey Hall was a homecoming of sorts: while the masked cowboy originally hails from...

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  Armand Hammer Engrossed Vancouver with Nothing but Their Beats and Rhymes

  Fortune Sound Club, August 7

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2022

  Armand Hammer, the New York City hip-hop duo of Billy Woods and ELUCID, are having an incredible year — which is surprising, considering th...

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  Drake, Nicki and Wayne's Young Money Reunion in Toronto Was Worth the Wait, Despite Some Missing Pieces

  Budweiser Stage, August 1

  PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2022

  The Young Money reunion show in Toronto — as part of Drake's October World Weekend concert series, and co-starring Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayn...

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  Show Me the Body Showed Vancouver the Brutal Power of the Banjo

  Fortune Sound Club, August 4

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2022

  Show Me the Body's appeal is nearly impossible to explain or categorize. The New York band, led by vocalist and banjoist Julian Cashwan Pra...

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  Drake and the All Canadian North Stars Pulled Out All the Stops to Honour Toronto's Hip-Hop and R&B History

  History, July 28

  PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2022

  OVO Fest seems like an insidious inside joke between Drake and the City of Toronto to see how many days each year they can convince Toronto...

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  Kiwi Jr. Kept Ottawa Cool Amid a Scorching Summer Heatwave

  Club SAW, July 23

  PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2022

  In what seemed to be a perpetually rescheduled Ottawa tour date (which, at one point, had them opening for '90s indie supergroup TUNS), Kiw...

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  Fucked Up Made Toronto Come to Life

  The Great Hall, July 7

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2022

  Fucked Up's 10-year anniversary shows for David Comes to Life, their 18-song marathon of a hardcore opera, were originally planned for earl...