Teenage Kicks have been taking over this city’s music scene over the last few months – selling out shows and drawing crowds and festivals like NXNE and Scenefest. In the sketchy back alley behind The Horseshoe Tavern, I sat down with bassist, Jeff Van Helvoort, and talked about their success, their sound, and his relationship with [...] Read More

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with David Beckingham of Hey Ocean! Hailing from Vancouver this band stopped in Toronto on their seven-show tour to play the Horseshoe Tavern. Their evening was running a little late, so I had only a few moments with Beckingham as he quickly ate a salad after sound check. In that time [...] Read More

Chad VanGaalen of Calgary, Alberta is more than just a musician. He is also a visual artist with special interests in drawing and animation. For an artist who was picked up by Sub Pop records in 2005 and has also produced the critically acclaimed album Public Strain by Women, Chad is keeping things chill and [...] Read More

It’s almost guaranteed that Canadian music fans have a soft spot for Stars. Many of said fans that I’ve interacted with feel that there was no indie scene in this country until Stars brought it to us, or if not them directly, their affiliates – Broken Social Scene, or even Memphis.  Torquil Campbell, one half [...] Read More