For the first time in five years, Common has returned to Toronto on his Let Love Tour. The acclaimed Chicago emcee/actor/author has had many artistic endeavors in recent years, always pushing his own boundaries with the various looks, feels, and styles of the characters he portrays in film, and with each of his musical…
Category: Concert Reviews
Review: Public Enemy Radio & More at Toronto’s 2019 Festival of Beer
Toronto’s Festival of Beer continues to carry on traditions that make it one of the best annual music festivals in the city. Every year, in beautiful July weather, they set up tents and bring hundreds of breweries from around the world to Bandshell Park, where festival attendees can spend the day sampling all those beers…
Concert Review: Shad at the 2019 TD Toronto Jazz Festival
There are many ways to ring in the summer in Toronto, and one of those ways would be the opening weekend of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival! On the first official weekend of summer, and for the entire week to follow, the Toronto Jazz Fest shut down a stretch of Bloor Street between Bay Street…
Concert Review: Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals at Echo Beach in Toronto
2019 is Anderson .Paak’s year. After crushing it on the indie scene for most of the decade, the multitalented RnB/Funk/Soul singer has arrived in the mainstream, finally releasing his major-label debut album on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment late last year. Riding the wave of November’s Oxnard album, 2019 so far has seen Anderson .Paak go…
Concert Review: Choclair at The Rec Room in Mississauga, ON
May 25th, 2019 will forever be remembered as a historical night for Toronto. The day started off as the first time in over 25 years that any major Toronto sports team had an opportunity to clinch a Finals berth with a home game, and it ended as being the very first time the Toronto Raptors…
Concert Review: Snoop Dogg at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto
One of the most prolific figures in Hip-Hop, Snoop Dogg has returned to Canada on a very special concert tour. After hitting smaller Ontario markets along the way like Sudbury and Huntsville, Snoop’s return to Toronto would also be a smaller show than we’d expect, as he’d be performing at Rebel Nightclub as opposed…
Concert Review: Nitty Scott at Adelaide Hall in Toronto
It was a night of rarities this past Saturday in Toronto, as The Academy Presents had a showcase of Hip-Hop artists who don’t release new music too often, and haven’t touched a Toronto stage in a while. Brooklyn, New York emcee Nitty Scott would be making her return up north, her latest release being 2017’s…
Concert Review: Earl Sweatshirt at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto
The elusive Earl Sweatshirt has made his return to Toronto, performing here for the first time since 2015. He’s had a bumpy ride over the years since then, cancelling tour dates due to health and drug problems, having his father pass away, and not releasing any new music until just recently. This past November he…
Concert Review: Tech N9ne & Krizz Kaliko at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto
Like clockwork, Tech N9ne & Krizz Kaliko have continued their steady touring, going all around the world to reach their fans, and have maintained their recent streak of doing a Canadian tour every two years. After kicking off 2019 with a tour through Europe, they’ve continued on to Canada, performing in a different city every…
Concert Review: Onyx at The Opera House in Toronto
Toronto’s last Hip-Hop concert of 2018 would be the classic 90s-era group Onyx performing at The Opera House. Brought to us by Fun Up Entertainment, this show would come on the last Friday night of the year, just three days away from New Year’s Eve. For hardcore and 90s Hip-Hop heads, there aren’t many better…
Concert Review – Shad at The Great Hall in Toronto (2nd Show)
Another year in Toronto, another concert from Shad. The Juno award-winning emcee has had a long history of T-Dot performances, in recent years doing shows that range from revered concert venues like the Danforth Music Hall and Massey Hall, to outdoor summer festivals in Dundas Square and FCP Park, and even small, intimate shows at…
Concert Review: Obie Trice – The Cheers 15th Anniversary Tour in Guelph, ON
It’s been fifteen years since Obie Trice released his debut album, Cheers. While he’s spent many of those years on the underground circuit after his eventual exit from Shady Records, Obie’s platinum-certified debut represents a moment in Hip-Hop history worth celebrating. It was a time when Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment were a unified force…
