On Friday night Osheaga presented a showcase at The Garrison on Dundas West as a part of NXNE.  The line up featured Jesuslesfilles, Elephant Stone,  Braids, Passwords, Rich Aucoin, Invité Surprise (a surprise guest – to be mentioned later...) and DJ Jacques Greene.  The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival is a multi-day rock festival in Montreal, Quebec running this year from July 29^th to the 31^st.   Many of the acts that played Friday will be performing at the festival this year or have played in the past so audiences at The Garrison really got a taste for the variety and awesomeness that is Osheaga. Add a comment

Beady Eye
Sound Academy, Toronto
June 20, 2011

Reviewed By: Keith Wilen

If the story isn’t old enough already, Beady Eye is Oasis, minus leader and chief songwriter, Noel Gallagher, and it’s been almost three years since the Beady Eye members were last seen around these parts. To be exact, it was September 7, 2008 at the Virgin Festival in Toronto when a crazed fan somehow snuck backstage and interrupted Oasis’ set by blindsiding Noel Gallagher mid-song turning him into a human bowling pin right on stage. Add a comment

Mod Club, Toronto
June 18, 2011

Reviewed By: Keith Wilen

L.A. based indie pop trio Foster the People rolled into town for the second time in just over a two month span on Saturday night at the Mod Club Theatre.

Riding the wave of their newly released and well received album Torches, a faithful crowd consisting of everyone from college kids to 40+ musicphiles all packed the venue to capacity to get a look at what is arguably the year’s biggest buzz band. Add a comment

Written By Laura Tyler

The Bread and Circus venue doesn’t always use its small space to create the aura of intimacy accomplished on Thursday Night as a part of the North by Northeast (NXNE) festival in Toronto. Nor does it always get to put its piano to such good use. Credit goes to the NXNE organizers for putting together a night of complimentary music that avoided sounding repetitive. Add a comment