Concert Reviews

• 

  ​Snotty Nose Rez Kids

  Lawnya Vawnya, St. John's NL, May 25

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2019

  There's a certain dissonance to Snotty Rose Rez Kids being a party band, given the way their music tackles heavy themes like pipeline expan...

• 

  Tim Baker

  Lawnya Vawnya, St. John's NL, May 25

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2019

  Tim Baker moved to Toronto a couple of years ago, so the songwriter's Lawnya Vawnya appearance was a homecoming for the St. John's-bred mus...

• 

  Lex Leosis

  Lawnya Vawnya, St. John's NL, May 25

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2019

  Lex Leosis makes up one-third of Toronto hip-hop crew the Sorority, but as her Saturday night (May 25) set at the Rock House showed, she's...

• 

  ​Weyes Blood

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2019

  Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) has done the rounds in Toronto, playing many of its cosiest venues over the years. Her performance at the...

• 

  ​King Princess

  Theatre Corona, Montréal QC, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2019

  Mikaela Straus, crowned King Princess, is a regular heartthrob. At a prompt five-to-nine, she strutted onstage to actual screams, which wer...

• 

  U.S. Girls

  Lawnya Vawnya, St. John's NL, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2019

  U.S. Girls clearly operate under the motto "go big or go home." Their Lawnya Vawnya appearance was gloriously indulgent, with 10 musicians...

• 

  Kid Koala: Music to Draw To

  Lawnya Vawnya, St. John's NL, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2019

  "Think of it as a two-hour brain massage," Kid Koala told the audience during his mid-afternoon Lawnya Vawnya performance at Eastern Edge G...

• 

  Renders

  Lawnya Vawnya, St. John's NL, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2019

  During Renders' night-opening set at Club One, songwriter Kelly McMichael treated early arrivers to a succinct history lesson on 30 years o...