Concert Reviews

A Look Back at This Summer's Socially Distanced Concerts Across Canada

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2020

The Canadian concert industry has never seen a year like 2020. But even though the cross-country tours and massive festivals we usually enj...

9 Concert Films That Will Tide You Over Until the Real Thing Comes Back

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2020

By now, we're so deep into our socially isolated lives due to COVID-19 that we're starting to forget what going to concerts feel like. And...

​Alan Doyle / Kelly Prescott

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC, March 8

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2020

For over 25 years, Alan Doyle, of Newfoundland treasures Great Big Sea, has been bringing ceilidhs coast to coast in Canada and beyond. It...

​The Strokes / Alvvays / Promiseland

Rogers Arena, Vancouver BC, March 5

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2020

Despite falling just short of a sell-out, the Strokes triumphed in their first Vancouver show in over a decade at Rogers Arena on Thursday...

Frazey Ford / Alexandria Maillot

Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, March 5

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2020

Hitting up Victoria at the tail end of a mini Canadian tour in support of her third solo album, Vancouver's Frazey Ford brought a ray of su...

​Destroyer / Nap Eyes

Opera House, Toronto ON, March 4

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2020

After more than two decades, Dan Bejar is resisting becoming a legacy artist. For Destroyer's latest gig, the Vancouver songwriter leaned h...

Andy Shauf

The Exchange, Regina SK, March 3

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2020

Andy Shauf's homecoming was a little paradoxical. The last time he performed at the Exchange — fronting Foxwarren — he played alongside old...

Black Belt Eagle Scout

Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, February 29

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2020

You've gotta admire an artist who has something to say that needs saying, and Black Belt Eagle Scout were communicating before they hit the...