Concert Reviews

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  PUP / Weakened Friends

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 25

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2019

  It was after the drenched, fanatical crowd finished screaming every word to Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" that guitarist Steve Sladkowski's fa...

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  Jessie Reyez

  Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto ON, October 21

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2019

  Not to belabour the point, but a R&B-pop night like tonight in a pre-Drake era would have been a rare, if not nonexistent, event.   But Jes...

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  Bison / Black Thunder

  Upstairs Cabaret, Victoria BC, October 19

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2019

  It's been slow going for Vancouver's Bison (aka Bison B.C.) since they were unceremoniously (and unjustifiably) dropped from Metal Blade af...

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  Sunset Rollercoaster

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, October 16

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019

  Without any real buzz or press, Taipei DIY yacht rockers Sunset Rollercoaster have amassed a respectable cult following in North America. W...

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  Conversations With Nick Cave

  Massey Theatre, New Westminster BC, October 10

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2019

  Yesterday evening, Nick Cave's "Conversations" tour arrived in the Vancouver suburb of New Westminster, where a sold-out Massey Theatre gre...

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  The Black Keys / Modest Mouse

  Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2019

  The Black Keys serve up meat and potatoes rock n' roll with an arena-sized helping of swagger on their first tour in 5 years. Indie rockers...

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  Clairo / Beabadoobee / Hello Yello

  Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver BC, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2019

  Clairo made her headlining Vancouver debut at the Harbour Convention Centre on Wednesday night with a shaky, but undeniably heartfelt perfo...

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  Operators / Legal Vertigo

  Club Saw, Ottawa ON, October 4

  PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2019

  As bandleader of Operators and co-songwriter in Wolf Parade, Dan Boeckner has toured non-stop over the last half-decade, playing at least o...