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By: Sheena LyonnaisWe 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.
By: TJ LiebgottContinue reading “Virgin Festival – A weekend in review – Sunday”
By: TJ LiebgottVirgin 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.
Continue reading “Virgin Festival 2008: a weekend in review Saturday”
September 2, 2008When 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.
Continue reading “Dragonette: born out of adultery, affected by love”
By: Sheena LyonnaisBurlington’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.
Continue reading “Saint Alvia’s new album out next Tuesday ups the politics”
Written by Ibi Kaslik, Penguin 2008Toronto 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.
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.