Articles by Sam Carson

Lucero / Shovels and Rope

Phoenix Concert Hall, Toronto ON, March 26

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2013

With just an acoustic guitar and bass drum, folk duo Shovels and Rope were able to get the crowd worked up and stomping from their first so...

The Flatliners / Polar Bear Club / The Menzingers / The Victim Party

Opera House, Toronto, ON, December 14

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2012

The Flatliners brought some friends to the Opera House to help celebrate their 10th year as a band, during the Toronto stop of the aptly na...

Young Rival

Stay Young

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2012

Clearly drawing inspiration from great '60s and '70s pop, Hamilton, ON power pop trio Young Rivals have chosen to stick with a simple guita...

Mystery Machine

Western Magnetics

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2012

After a nearly 15-year hiatus, Chilliwack's Mystery Machine are back with Western Magnetics. The record is a collection of songs recorded b...

Riot Fest Toronto featuring Descendents, NOFX, Fucked Up, Andrew W.K.

Fort York: Garrison Common, Toronto, ON, September 9

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2012

After seven successful years in Chicago, punk festival Riot Fest descended on Toronto's Fort York for a day of punk rock, PBR and poutine,...

Bruce Springsteen

Rogers Centre, Toronto ON August 24

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2012

There's nothing small about a Bruce Springsteen show, as the now 16-piece E Street Band played to tens of thousands of fans for nearly four...

Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2012

After defining their sound with 2008's The 59 Sound, and experimenting with the style on 2010's American Slang, the Gaslight Anthem changed...

The Gaslight Anthem

Handwritten

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2012

The Gaslight Anthem have done what they do best with their first major label release, Handwritten: create an anthemic, honest, fun rock rec...