This is a pretty straight forward review. If you have trouble sleeping like plenty of people in this world and you use sound to help you fall asleep, this may be your ticket to visit the Sandman. With its low-fi industrial drone, this album sounds like it is born...
One of the things Blast Toronto loves to do is to go to a release party. Whether it is a single or a brand-new release, it doesn’t matter. That is what we just did. The Rickaneer’s are back after a 5-year hiatus with a brand-new album called, “Passing Through”. Surf...
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Coming off a very successful year, especially at Gussapalooza, Cudbear finally put out their first full-length album: Purple. When you first hear Cudbear, you would say they are a punk band. Soon, you will find out that they are so much more than that and that their...
With all the clubs in town opening and closing down, it is hard to keep track to where you should be going out to see live music. 3030 in the Junction recently and sadly closed down. This was a bad blow for a vibrant part of our city. Just as we were still wiping our...
Blast Toronto is happy to announce our first top ten list for our year-end review. As you know we believe in the immense talent that makes up our musical scene. I have been lucky to review a bunch of new music that makes me proud of the city I live in. I have compiled...
If you don’t know who Bywater Call is yet, you should. This is a band reaching for the new level of success, and in my humble opinion will reach it. They just released their third album called Shepherd and played their last two intimate and sold out shows of the year...
Dandelion Highway Dandelion Highway made their way “Home” at the Painted Lady, where they have played on that stage in the past. Well this homecoming was not about Christmas, but about their brand new single, “We are Gold” from their EP, The Crossing. They started the...
Dandelion Highway released a 5 song EP. If you are a fan of folk music, this is one of the sweetest, happiest and joyful little gems you would want in your collection. The opening track, “Home”, feels like a glorious trek back to a place, where your heart belongs. It...
I had the pleasure of hanging out with Nicky Koro for a few minutes before a show he did at the Burdock brewery. You can go back and read my review about that evening. I only had a few minutes to ask him questions, so here we go with our very fast conversation....
This is for you jazz enthusiasts. Dan Fortin is a Toronto Jazz Bass Player. I saw that he was having an album release party at the Tranzac Sunday Dec1st and I decided to go. Luckily, for me I was lucky enough to bump into him as he accompanied a jazz singer named...
