What: 2015 SiriusXM Indie Awards at CMW Where: The Sheraton Centre, Toronto When: Saturday, 9 May 2015 In One Word: Exciting What an ending to Canadian Music Week! The Sheraton Centre was packed up tight with a growingly enthusiastic crowd for the 2015 Indie Awards. With big names like Billy Talent headlining...
Who: The Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger (The GOASTT) Where: The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto When: Friday, 8 May 2015 In One Word: Kaleidoscopic Though much of the allure of The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger arose from the charismatic front man Sean Lennon Ono, son of the legendary John...
Who: The Dead Ships Where: Bovine Sex Club, Toronto When: Friday, 8 May 2015 In One Word: Sensational For their second of three Toronto shows at Canadian Music Week, The Dead Ships rocked the socks off of everyone in attendance at Bovine Sex Club. The trio came all the way from...
Who: Summering, The Black Fever Where: Bovine Sex Club, Toronto When: Thursday, 7 May 2015 In One Word: Simmering The Black Fever are a punk band based out of Toronto, making jokes against the sports teams here acceptable to the audience. About halfway into their set they dedicated their song “Never Really Had A Chance”...![Death Cab for Cutie at the Sony Centre, Toronto – Gig review and set list [CMW 2015]](http://www.musicvice.com/files/2015/05/DeathCabForCutie.jpg)
Who: Death Cab for Cutie Where: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto When: Thursday, 7 May 2015 In One Word: Definitive In support of their eighth studio album Kintsugi veteran indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie performed a nostalgic set list of both new and old favourites at last night’s show...
Who: Bike Thiefs Where: Sneaky Dees, Toronto When: Tuesday, 5 May 2015 In One Word: Humble Mississauga’s own three piece band Bike Theifs filled Sneaky Dee’s with their raw, grungy sound for Canadian Music Week. While the crowd was surprisingly without a mosh pit, they did call them on so hard at the end...
Who: Dirty Frigs, Programm Where: The Garrison, Toronto When: Tuesday, 5 May 2015 In One Word: Catatonic I arrived at the Garrison in time to see Whitby, ON’s Programm, the maturation of Volcano Playground, come to a boil. I liked their first band a lot, I like this one too. Programm’s music hits a...
Who: Stegall, The Fight, The Wicks Where: Rancho Relaxo, Toronto When: Tuesday, 5 May 2015 In One Word: Outstanding With their mellow sound that has been compared to Neil Young, The Wicks put on a stellar performance for the crowd at Rancho Relaxo. Their sound matched their performance to a tee. While still...
Who: Friday Night Trend, Curses at Canadian Music Week Where: Hard Luck Bar, Toronto When: Saturday, 2 May 2015 In One Word: Promising A small crowd doesn’t always mean a disappointing show. Headliners Friday Night Trend brought a small but adequate crowd to the Hard Luck and still got everyone dancing. The all-ages show...
Who: Daniel Lanois, Terra Lightfoot at Canadian Music Week Where: The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto When: Friday, 1 May 2015 In One Word: Phenomenal It’s officially open season. May 1st, and the first music festival of the summer as CMW takes over with shows for the next ten days at venues all over downtown Toronto....Music Vice Magazine - www.musicvice.com - Independent online music magazine established 2002: UK, Canada, Australia and Planet Telex
