Ever walked into a room with 400 people holding their breath? When I arrived close to the end of Wyrd Visions’ spaced out set I couldn’t hel...

Opening the festival at eight p.m., it’s a shame the Unsparing Sea, all the way from Cleveland, played for a total of 18 people. Their dense...

Armed with just an acoustic guitar and a good, but rather regular voice, the charm with this young local songsmith is all in the way he uses...

There’s no doubt that Rah Rah are Canadian. Their beyond catchy but blunt rock songs were dressed with keyboards and violins, and in a very...

Tel Aviv’s Monotonix set up in the centre of the room as if they were Lightning Bolt and the eager crowd slowly closed in on them. The guita...

There’s not much originality that goes into Hey Rosetta!’s emotional rock songs. What makes you forget this unfortunate reality is their bli...

If you were lucky enough to make it past the huge line-up outside the Horseshoe on Saturday, you were lucky enough to see Guelph’s D’Urbervi...

The Darcys gave everything they had to the packed sweaty room. Dressed in their usual stage attire of mix-matched suits and ties, they unlea...

Causes 1, a compilation put together in response to the devastating on-going Darfur crisis, features an ambitious line-up of talent. If the...

The title track "Raise the Dead” is by far the catchiest cut on the record but three songs into the album you half wish they hadn’t. Phantom...

The Matches are great at doing what no band will ever accomplish, or even attempt. These forward-thinking experimental rockers don’t fit int...

The ideas this Thunder Bay, ON native present sound small when listening to the basic, accessible acoustic rock that lines his solo EP. Know...

You can’t blame these kids for getting gung ho upon discovering that mixing electronica-fused synthesisers with monster garage rock riffs ma...

I enjoyed reading the liner notes more than watching the contents of this unfortunately uninteresting DVD. The story sounds triumphant: Ani’...

Already conquering the British press, the equal parts math and dance rock mongers known as the Autumns will be hungrily gobbled up once thei...

The long awaited full-length from everyone’s favourite opening band is finally seeing the light of day. Produced by Clay Jones (Elvis Costel...

You’ve probably heard of Oakland, California’s The Matches, but you’ve probably written them off too. Touring with the likes of Plus 44 and...

While the Dakota Tavern was hardly accommodating for the ten-piece band, it didn’t stop Nova Scotia’s latest gem from beating, stomping, and...

Ten Kens’ spiritual blend of slow building proggy rock is awkward at best — live at least. The venue was slowly filling, yet remained empty...

If you were turned off by Andrew Penner’s rough husky vocals on their debut album, Hymns for the Happy, seeing Toronto’s own Sunparlour Play...