Members:
Danny T - Bass/Vocals
Nazzy - Drums
GM - Guitar
Dano - Guitar
Monti - Keyboard/Vocals

Out of all the bands that played at the Horseshoe on March 18th, it was Jet Black Stereo that showed the most promise. The band presented those casual music-happy patrons with an interesting harmonic mix - a sound quality that managed to stand out and force ( Read more... )

The Elmocambo (amiably called the Elmo by the not-so-underground punk scene of downtown Toronto) presents an image of black on black and is littered with semi-ripped promotional posters, all printed on cheap, copy-center paper. All this is accented nicely by Sharpie scribbles on the walls - some declaring sexual deviations, while others scream ( Read more... )

I’ve recently found myself enamored with a new album - no surprise there. The shock value (and yes, there is significant shock value here) comes from the fact that this time around, that album is none-other than Hedley’s newest release, Famous Last Words (2007, Universal).
            I stumbled across Hedley through the workings of a pure accident ( Read more... )

There’s certain something to be said for a band willing to drag itself through the somewhat dingy guts of downtown Toronto on a Tuesday night to play for a more than half-empty room and a more-or-less uninterested crowd. Then again, I suppose it says a great deal about the “take what you can” mentality of most independent bands that don’t care who ( Read more... )

For the most part, yesterday was boring. Sent a bombardment of emails to people I will probably never hear from (because the real working world sucks ass and nothing ever happens as planed), became acquainted with the inner workings of AfterWord (because you’re looking at the new Senior Editor -- that on it’s own is a very scary thing because ( Read more... )

Their MySpace page advertises them as “driven” and showing up a handful of hours early to Burlington’s Legendary Red Rooster vintage café demonstrates the truth of this statement in ways that no amount of fan-based street-team devotion could. Most people have never heard of RallyCar, unless they live and breathe MySpace blogs and click on every ( Read more... )

…and what it gives way to…
(reviews posted under each cut)

Describing this past weekend will not be easy. Mainly because it was spent in a haze of glorious bliss and anticipation - the kind of nervous excitement that only a My Chemical Romance show can invoke….

May 11th dawned wonderfully warm and heady with anticipation. My arrival to the Air Canada ( Read more... )

Made up of five youngish-looking gents who know how to dress themselves Socratic is a band that can be easily pictured singing at the front of a coffee-lounge-turned-concert-space. Their debut EP Just Turn  - Recorded on Drive Thru Records - is a small collection of songs that represent the band in a soft and surprisingly melodic outburst of sound ( Read more... )

                 Musically, no one can deny that The Used have improved. There is anew quality present in their sound - a new clarity to the voice of front-man Bert McCracken and new sort of experimental daring in the layering of the instrumental tracks. The new record promises to be a loud success for the band; something that could potentially ( Read more... )

Considered to be one of the most emotionally violent songs off the Open Door, Sweet Sacrifice is a masterpiece of unbridled hate and a very desperate sense of loathing. Rumored to be based on a series of very true and emotionally disturbing events, lyricist and vocalist Amy Lee takes every opportunity to use this one song as a form of emotional ( Read more... )