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Said The Whale: Fancy-Free Show
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Sometimes concerts are kinda like mystery comic books!
No, seriously. I’ll show you.
Let me set the scene for you. The date: Friday night. The city is dark, and it was probably gloomy, too. The scene: Yonge Street. The bucket-drummer dude is camping at his usual spot on the corner, probably up to some un-nameable trickery. Meanwhile! Two-dozen eager concert goers (and me) are hovering like mysterious indie-fog in front of the Edge radio studio, waiting for the doors to open. Inside, Vancouver’s Said the Whale are tuning their instruments in an openly suspicious manner. Something was definitely about to go down.
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Mika @ The Sound Academy
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Beginning a tour can be nerve-racking. Beginning a tour with a brand new album can cause even more anxious jitters. Last night Mika kicked off his North American tour in Toronto having just recently released his new album The Boy Who Knew Too Much and he didn’t seem to have even one butterfly in his stomach. Why should he? His show is nothing short of a spectacular performance.
Opening with a theatrical tableau of sorts, two lads and two lasses sat watching TV and socializing on a couch. Just then, who should appear on the TV screen but Ian McKellen (I’m 90% sure it was him) playing a newscaster! He greeted the audience telling them of a space launch, but suddenly - Oh no! Malfunctions! Explosions! But wait – who’s that? It’s Mika in a space suit! Surrounded by a bunch of giant bubble planets that decorate the entire stage! Next thing you know he’s out of his space suit and cheering in his boxers (I kid you not)!
And thus began the show.
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We Were Promised Jetpacks @ El Mocambo
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
I’ve got this friend, see. Her name is TheSixtyOne.com, and she fills my world with new music on the daily. It’s true, she’s a website, but in these times what’s the difference, really? (PLEASE NOTE: I AM KIDDING).
One time TheSixtyOne and I were hanging out and she was all, “dude. Listen to this band called We Were Promised Jetpacks.” And I was like, “ROFLCOPTER, that name is HILARIOUS!!” But then I failed to give Jetpacks a chance. Boy, was I dumb.
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The Kylie Show
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Besides stuffing myself like a fat kid at camp this Thanksgiving weekend, I was lucky enough to kick-start the gluttony in a very happy, dreamy, once-in-a-lifetime place … a glitter and boa-filled Kylie Minogue concert.
Arriving at the Air Canada Centre, you knew this wasn’t a Leafs game: remove the bloated blue and white painted bellies and angry dudes looking to smash their heads together, and insert campy tees, low rider jeans, man make-up and an abiding sense of love, peace, and happiness this town hasn’t seen since June. Yes people, the packed crowd was very boys who like boys and girls who like boys and girls who like girls… sprinkled with a handful of boys who like girls. Think Pride, but without the nakedness or pierced privates.
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Arctic Monkeys 5 Star Performance
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Touring in support of their third album Humbug, the Arctic Monkeys put on an amazing show last night to a sold-out crowd at the Kool Haus. The Sheffield quartet were on their A game last night which resulted in a show that was one of the best of the year so far.
With the lights dimmed and background music playing, the guys came out to a roaring crowd and opened the show with Dance Little Liar followed by Favourite Worst Nightmare single Brianstorm. With the crowd already in a frenzy after only two songs the guys then played the lead single off Humbug Crying Lighting with some help from the crowd of course.
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White Lies Rock The Phoenix
Monday, September 28th, 2009
This White Lies show was one that I was looking forward to for some time now and when Saturday came around the show came and went in a blink of an eye. Saturday’s show was booked as an early show and was over before 9pm!
With a black backdrop consisting of just their logo, the lads from Ealing, London came out to a decent sized crowd and started rocking out. The moment they picked up their instruments and started playing Fairwell to the Fairground the crowd instantly got into it and didn’t let up until the end of the show.
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U2’s Spaceship Lands At Rogers Centre
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Last night was the first of 2 massive shows at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
U2’s last time at the venue was in 1997 for the gargantuan PopMart tour which had them somewhat ironically emerging from a disco lemon.
Last night’s massive ‘Claw’ stage was a band member on it’s own and U2 were manipulated it like seasoned rock star puppeteers under an open sky. Continue Reading »
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VFest Toronto: Day 2
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
I guess if you could sum up day 2, it would go down as the day that was too freezing to be August. And also again: where was the crowd? And also also: kind of an improvement over day 1. Wellll, here’s the thing. Move Grizzly Bear and Franz Ferdinand to day 2, and we’ve got ourselves a winner.
Read our thoughts about some of the sets and leer at our photos after the jump!
(PS: Day 1 photos and review here)
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VFest Toronto: Day 1
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
If you’re a VFest fan/follower/loyal participant/lover, then you know the story by now: Ontario’s festival was to be moved from Toronto Island to Burl’s Creek, where camping and hippie-like festivities were to take place. Unfortunately, due to low ticket sales and a general lack of enthusiasm, the organizer’s decided to move el festival-o back to Toronto - but this time at Molson Amphitheatre.
A crack team of music enthusiasts and part time assassins scoped out the scene only to discover that attendance was lacking (although it filled out for Nine Inch Nails) and it turns out that the vibe was way less drunken festival-y and way more tipsy do-gooder. Still, a pleasant and even awesome time was had by all.
Read our thoughts on some sets on day 1 AND check out our snazzy gallery featuring pics of Franz Ferdinand, Grizzly Bear, Sloan and the Pixies after the jump!
(PS: Click here to see our Day 2 photos and review!)
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Blink 182 & Weezer Concert Review
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
When Blink 182 announced that they were going to reunite and go on a tour I wasn’t overly excited about it, but that all changed when they announced that Weezer was going to be on the bill with them for their second stop in Toronto. That announcement pretty much sealed the deal for me and I was lucky enough to snag up some tickets.
Knowing that Weezer were going to be on before Blink meant a shorter setlist than what Weezer would normally play. Even with less stage time, Weezer did not disappoint. Watching Weezer live is extremely fun because of Rivers Cuomo’s awkwardness nature. The band came out wearing these orange jumpsuits that looked like the ones construction workers wear.
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