Featured Picture: (left to right) Phil Baljeu, Kaila Moon, Patrick Sherrard (obscured), and Danny Alexander of Secret Sign perform at The Baby G's as part of ProjectNowhere 2026. Photo by Lawrence Belanger. Oct. 3—Brockton, Little Portugal. For its fourth year,...
plus, a quick peek at The Dance Cave FEATURED PHOTO: BETABOYS lead singer Brett Sandford performs at Sneaky Dees as part of Second Summer Festival 2026. Photo by Lawrence Belanger. Sept. 25—Toronto's West End. While Jojo camped out at Lee's Palace, I made my first...
Cover photo by Lawrence Belanger. 27 Aug.— Long-running artist-run concert series Wavelength hosted an evening of experimental music, ambient electronics, esoteric metal, and dark, atmospheric performances in the burned out ruins of St. Anne's—a fitting soundtrack to...
Aug 28. — Hard Luck, Toronto. Two goth nights in a row? I’m on a roll. After the previous nights' more esoteric and avant- garde performance, Friday's event was an iteration of the classic goth/emo night that wasn't embarrassed to show its heritage in the rave scene....
Featured Photo: Feura (left) performs on the Main Stage on day three of Gussapolooza 2026. Photo by Joe Taylor. Aug. 23—Cookstown, ON. Sunday at Gussapolooza began under grey drizzly skies, with the campsite still carrying the evidence of Saturday’s downpour. Yet the...
Featured Image: Harkness performing in the Barn Stage during day two of Gussapolooza 2026. Photo by Joe Taylor. Aug. 22—Cookstown, ON. By Saturday morning, we'd settled into what's become our regular Guss rhythm: getting 4 hours of sleep, downing multiple cups of...
Featured Photo: The Manic Boys and Girls Club performing at the Main Stage during day one of Gussapolooza 2026. Photo by Joe Taylor. Aug. 21—Cookstown, ON. Gussapolooza returned to Cookstown this year with a mix of the familiar, strange, and new. The festival, with...
July 29th – BSMT254, Toronto. After last month’s show was right up my alley, I had to come back out for the 4th and (for now) final show in the vivid.to series before it starts back up sometime in October. I'm glad I did, as I was able to catch a cancelled performance...
July 22 — Horseshoe Tavern. On a mild summer night in Toronto (or at least, it felt mild after the heatwaves from earlier in the month), The Great Tick Eater threw a release party for their new single, “The Great Rearranger," headlining a bill that also featured...
10 July — Little Italy, Toronto, ON. At Monarch Tavern, the 3rd annual Golden Horn awards kicked off an evening of Thrash, Hardcore & Death Metal. This was not my wheelhouse, but Jojo was out of town so I made my way over to the Monarch Tavern, not quite knowing...
