Toronto Music Scene

Live Review: Grimes plays Toronto’s Horseshoe March 27, 2012

By Laura Phillips
March 30, 2012


Bikes were locked around the block for Grimes’ sold out show at The Horseshoe Tavern on March 27. Securing stage views proved challenging, what with the crowd demographic being people of the 6 feet plus, but with last week’s cancelled show furthering anticipation for fans of Claire Boucher, visuals would become a backseat compromise.

Toronto Music Scene does Canadian Music Week 2012

By: Sheena Lyonnais and TJ Liebgott
March 29, 2012

And just like that, another Canadian Music Week has passed. March is a stupid time to get sick, but we did - and when we managed to pull ourselves from sleep to venture out, packed venues prevented us from seeing almost half our picks. We tried to be troopers friends, we really did, but CMW did not win this round. Despite this, here’s a roundup and a couple videos from what we did see. From disappointing adolescent nostalgia to Rapunzel-haired, doub...

The Return of Treble Charger: Bill Priddle talks Broken Social Scene, reunions and regrets

By: Sheena Lyonnais
March 20, 2012

“This whole thing has felt like the Hollywood Bromance that Hollywood hasn’t made yet – the professional falling out then the sweet reunion.”

Bill Priddle seems like a really cool guy. He calls me to chat about Treble Charger ’s reunion at this week’s Slacker Canadian Music Fest and immediately apologizes for missing our original scheduled time of which he forgot and I forgave. After a decade of prolonged tension between Treble Charger’s two vocalists/guitarists Gre...

CD Review: Trust – TRST

Trust survives buzz to delivery sexy techno goth album
By: Sheena Lyonnais
February 29, 2012
4/5

Every once in a while you need to escape. You want to start running - through back alleys, quiet streets, Chinatown, it doesn’t matter. You want to feel like there is an intensity chasing you, like you’re running from and yet towards something – and when you get there, you want everybody to motha fuckin dance.