TURF
Built To Spill
Fort York, Toronto ON, September 18
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2015
The Built To Spill set at TURF was a tale of two bands; the one you got to see really depended on the song. Hitting the stage in a black t-...
Shakey Graves
Fort York, Toronto ON, September 18
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2015
Don't bother telling the crowd gathered to watch Alejandro Rose-Garcia that the man better known as Shakey Graves isn't a headliner. Judgin...
The Sadies
Fort York, Toronto ON, September 18
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2015
Framed by Toronto's perpetually under-construction Gardiner Expressway, The Sadies took to the South Stage at TURF as men on a mission. The...
Day Three: Jeff Tweedy, Jenny Lewis, July Talk, Ladies of the Canyon
Fort York, Toronto ON, July 6
PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2014
The tireless Jon Langford (billed as "Jon-Boy" for this set) opened up the sunny day with a straight-up bat-shit idea: blues-rock numbers h...
Day One: Waco Brothers, Andrew Bird, Tift Merritt, Gary Clark Jr.
Fort York, Toronto ON, July 4
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2014
I brought my young family to a rock festival. Or, more specifically, I brought my young family to a roots festival. I am not entirely certa...
Kurt Vile
Fort York, Toronto ON, July 7
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2013
Taking the stage in the early afternoon, Kurt Vile arrived behind a mess of long hair, decked out in all white and led the Violators throug...
Neko Case
Fort York, Toronto ON, July 7
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2013
Closing out the West Stage for the weekend, Neko Case came out to a sizable crowd that had endured a day of both brutal heat and pounding r...
Belle and Sebastian
Fort York, Toronto ON, July 7
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2013
Coming out on stage with an umbrella that he theatrically put away to indicate that the rain had finally stopped, Belle and Sebastian's Stu...