Once again, I strolled into a venue to find the first set just finishing. My sincerest apologies to Gabrielle Papillon, the opening act for the Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers’ album release party at Supermarket, but I did get there in time to enjoy her closing song “Outlaws and Criminals”, a sultry tune, [...] Read More

Oh November…each year you curse us with plunging temperatures, darkness at 5 P.M., and that final rush of work before the holiday season. However, this year, November has given us Montreal-based band Honheehonhee’s debut album, Shouts, which is one of the most eclectic and fun records I’ve gotten to listen to this year. I will not [...] Read More

As The Love Machine took the stage for their Nu Music Nite set, a set meant to celebrate their newly released vinyl, there was already an impressive crowd gathered by the stage. Sweater Weather was originally released in 2010, but The Love Machine has re-released the record on vinyl. Guitarist/vocalist Allan Gauthier said to the [...] Read More

As I approached the Opera House for the sold-out Hollerado show I was met with a line that wrapped around the block to see the country’s premier party-rockers.  I decided to defer standing outside in the frigid evening in favour of waiting the line out at the newly opened Goods & Provisions for a pint and a [...] Read More