 By: Sheena Lyonnais
November 20, 2008
Combine in a large mixing bowl four parts punk rock attitude, two parts semi-matching blonde spiked hair, several servings of catchy punk rock riffs, several dedicated moshers, a stellar live show, one hot high school teacher, pop music to taste and ex-members of Jersey, At the Mercy of Inspiration, the Fullblast and Always Outnumbered, and you’ve got yourself the mixings for one lean mean takeover machine.
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 By: Ala Serafin
November 18, 2008
The boys from Newmarket are all grown up. In their spring release of debut LP Elephant Shell, Tokyo Police Club’s sound has evolved from the youthful tunes of A Lesson in Crime to a more mature vocabulary; though perhaps sometimes overdone with words like australopithecine, the focus of the chorus in “Listen to the Math.” Still, the music is undeniably impressive with its more sophisticated arrangements.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
November 11, 2008
In an era where iTunes and Myspace are taking over HMV and record stores, album art seems at risk of going the way of Atlantis and becoming a lost form. Toronto artist-turned-musician-turned-artist Gregory Serpanchy is trying to fight that with his unique indie art.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
October 28, 2008
Toronto-based Joe MacLeod is better known for investigating hauntings on YTV’s Gemini Award winning show Ghost Trackers and playing the bassist on MTV’s Kaya than he is for his bone-chilling solo music, but that is all about to change.
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 By Erin Fahy
October 28, 2008
In a world full of books on how to redo your image and why you can’t get a man/job/life, there is one book that is not afraid to kick some ass. It is “the ultimate guide to becoming a better flirt, a tougher chick, and a hotter girlfriend and to living life like a rock star,” otherwise known as Cherry Bomb by Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
October 28, 2008
Toronto Music Scene has decided to branch off and incorporate other aspects of the music scene into our site. The bands definitely make up the core of the scene, but so do the fashion designers, the cd artists, the producers, the promoters and numerous other individuals that contribute to the solid rock in this city.
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 By: TJ Liebgott
October 28, 2008
Coming off the buzz of their 2007 EP release Deadlines, The Arkells have followed up with today’s release of their debut full-length album Jackson Square from Dine Alone records. With their combination of old school southern rock meets an ass shaking indie rock rhythm section, Jackson Square proves that the Arkells are not one trick ponies.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
October 17, 2008
Arts and culture may have been a hot topic during this week’s federal election, but it is just one of the issues that is always on the forefront of the Dunes’ vocalist/guitarist Kevin Pullen’s mind. This almost scholarly approach to politics meets radio-friendly music has began painting an intelligent portrait of a Toronto band that demands a revolution.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
October 08, 2008
There are two things that immediately struck me upon watching October Sky at their CD release party at the Rivoli last month. First, they are extremely talented musicians. Their music, even live, is layered with the most eloquent melodies and sounds. Everything sounds practiced and polished, almost too polished, which brings me to observation numero deux.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
September 22, 2008
There’s something to be said about a band whose drummer plays a show decked in tribal paint while the rest of the group chants “I don’t feel like dancing” to possibly some of the most fun, electro beats I’ve heard all summer, and that something is Opopo.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
September 22, 2008
I am having a long-distance love affair with Montreal. Every now and then the city dares me to betray my long-term lover Toronto in lieu of something a little more eccentric, a little more theatrical and a little more risqué. Usually I keep my ground by staying true to my one and only, but sometimes the offer is a bit too much.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
September 22, 2008
We Are The Take remind me of early high school. Back when fourteen year old girls bought t-shirts and wore them proudly as they sang along to brilliantly catchy, romantic pop songs and anxiously awaited their opportunity to have their favourite member sign their CD or whatever piece of paper they could find in their pocket.
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 By: TJ Liebgott
September 12, 2008
Sunday at Virgin Festival promised us the U.K invasion with headliners The Stereophonics, Paul Weller and Oasis. However, Oasis may have wanted to bring some reinforcements to ward of the attack of Noel Gallagher. Here are some of the better bands we saw on Sunday.
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 By: TJ Liebgott
September 12, 2008
Virgin Fest celebrated its third year in Toronto as the "go to" festival of the summer. Featuring 20 bands playing 3 stages, V-Fest had a wide variety of local and international talent spread across two days. While its impossible to have seen all of the bands, here are some that stood out to TMS on Saturday.
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 September 2, 2008
By: Sheena Lyonnais
When director of Virgin Festival Canada Andrew Bridge told TMS last year that Dragonette was the band he was most looking forward to it was easy to see why. The three parts Toronto one part London, England quartet was just beginning to create buzz with their addicting electro-pop beats.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
September 2, 2008
Burlington’s the Saint Alvia Cartel are gearing up for the release of Between the Lines September 9 by heading out on a fall tour with raspy rockers Against Me. The Toronto stop places them on the Island during arguably one of the biggest festivals of the summer, Virgin Festival.
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 Written by Ibi Kaslik, Penguin 2008
By: Sheena Lyonnais
Toronto author Ibi Kaslik’s profound novel the Angel Riots centers around a 19-piece music group divided across two Montreal bands connected by one crazy manager with big ambitions and an even bigger cocaine habit. It follows closely the relationships between four members of the Angel Riots, a Broken Social Scene-esque group of torn individuals who struggle to make it in the indie music scene.
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 Toronto Music Scene has two pairs of tickets to see Matt Pryor (of the Get Up Kids and the New Amsterdams) play the Mod Club on September 9 with special guests Kevin Devine and Toronto's own Birds of Wales. The first two people to email us with suggestions on how to improve the site (bands we should cover, areas that need more attention, etc) will have their names + 1 added to the guestlist. Email
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
July 23, 2008
Mark my words; Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers are going to be huge. Not only does this duo create intelligent, catchy drum and bass songs, but they also put on an unmatched stellar live performance. Perhaps this is because their influences derive from atypical sources, including a shared love of knowledge and science that stems from early encounters with the unconventional.
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 By: Sheena Lyonnais
July 22, 2008
I fell in love with Hostage Life the first time I heard “This Song Was Written By A Committee” on the radio, which incidentally is highly ironic considering the old school punk rock attitudes of this Toronto band.
That song in particular is a big fuck you to the corporate music industry, and introduces a roster of strongly backed opinions on relatively controversial topics. Hostage Life sings about everything from euthanasia, fighting the system, drugs, and disbanding contemporary morals and ideals. Their latest single “White Jesus” questions the apparent brainwashing of Western beliefs.
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