August 28th, 2010 — If, like us, you were ever an angsty prepubescent teen in the time frame between 2001 to present, chances are Dallas Green’s ferocious guitar work and apocalyptic wailing in Alexisonfire has been the anthemic soundtrack to your darkest, grittiest, zittiest days. Momentarily disrobing himself of the role of generational paragon/spokesman for [...] Read More

August 13, 2010 – Parks and Rec ‘s EP Release Party managed to cement the band’s place amongst Toronto’s indie mainstays. Well, in my eyes at least. There weren’t many people at the Garrison for the opening acts, the Bensons (featuring Parks and Rec’s Eric Easson Hummel) and Chang-A-Lang. Though, to be fair, during Chang-A-Lang’s set, [...] Read More

Old Crowns, the self-proclaimed “stoner country” band from Ottawa, are gearing up to conquer Canada. Fresh off a tenacious, two-week east coast tour, the four-piece already have two upcoming shows lined up. The first, presented by iheartmusic.net, is in their hometown of Ottawa with other Take Media faves: the Darcys and Amost the Transparent. It’s this [...] Read More

August 10, 2010 — A pre-emptive “Woooot!” spread through the crowd. They were anxious. And hot. Everyone was packed tightly into the Mod Club on Tuesday night and all eyes were pointed to the stage anxiously awaiting Dragonette. The stage was set-up with multicoloured L.E.D. light panels (both cool to look at and environmentally friendly!). [...] Read More