It’s been a long wait, but Earl Sweatshirt is finally headlining his own show in Toronto. The Odd Future member was initially set to perform at The Opera House back in April, around when he released his sophomore studio album: I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside. Tickets quickly sold out, and were even…
Concert Review: The Roots at PANAMANIA Live @ Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto
While the 2015 Pan Am Games closing ceremonies event wasn’t quite what I expected (I may have even overreacted in my review), I’ve heard only good things about the PANAMANIA Arts & Culture program. Everyday throughout the Pan Am Games, PANAMANIA has put on several free concerts in Nathan Phillips Square to accompany the athletes’…
The Top 5 Rap Concerts In The GTA To Look Forward To This Summer (+ FREE Giveaway!)
July was a fun time in Toronto, as we covered concerts by ¡Mayday!, Naughty by Nature, GZA, Kanye West, and Kendrick Lamar (among others). While some may not like the summer heat, many are looking for ways to enjoy themselves before the winter comes and forces us to all bundle up. I’ve put together a top…
Concert Review: The WayHome Music & Arts Festival (Neil Young, Kendrick Lamar +more) in Barrie, ON
While I was off celebrating my birthday at Toronto’s Festival of Beer with Naughty By Nature, the Unity Festival with Wu-Tang’s GZA, and the Pan Am Games closing ceremonies with Kanye West, there was a much larger music festival happening up north in Barrie (July 24-26). Like most humans, I can’t be in two places…
Concert Review: Kanye West at the 2015 Pan Am Games Closing Ceremonies in Toronto
Here we are, Day 3 of my birthday weekend festivities; this one was courtesy of a birthday present. Day 1 was spent at Toronto’s Festival of Beer with Naughty By Nature, Day 2 at the Unity Festival’s free Dundas Square concert headlined by Wu-Tang’s GZA, and Day 3 would be the Pan Am Games closing ceremonies…
Concert Review: GZA at The 2015 Unity Festival in Toronto, ON
Following Naughty By Nature’s performance at The Festival of Beer the previous night, the Unity Festival would be Day 2 of my birthday weekend festivities. While I missed out on last year’s festival, I did attend their 2013 free concert in Dundas Square, when they had Talib Kweli headline. The Unity Festival is put together…
Concert Review: Naughty By Nature at Toronto’s 2015 Festival of Beer
This concert was different from the ones I’m used to reviewing. For one thing, my birthday landed earlier in the week, and so this would be Day 1 of my birthday weekend festivities (Day 2 and Day 3 will also have concert reviews, stay tuned 🙂 ). This seemed like the perfect way to celebrate my…
Concert Review: ¡Mayday! at Rockpile West in Toronto, ON
¡Mayday! is currently on their Future/Vintage Tour to promote their upcoming album of the same name, due to be released August 21, 2015 via Strange Music (check the new single I covered on Ambrosia For Heads). More importantly, they’re on their first ever tour in Canada, starting out west in Vancouver and travelling east to…
Concert Review: Shad & Ty Dolla $ign at the 2015 NXNE Festival in Toronto
Oh, the controversy surrounding this concert. Where to begin… North By Northeast, or NXNE for short, is an annual music festival that brings hundreds of artists to Toronto every June. There are many wristband and ticketed concerts put on throughout the city during the one-week festival, and it’s all capped off with a set of free, public concerts…
Concert Review: System of a Down at The Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto
I know. This is a Hip-Hop blog, and on a night where Shad was performing for free at Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival, and Dipset‘s reunion tour was supposed to reach Toronto’s Sound Academy (cancelled due to border crossing issues), I decided to branch out and cover a Heavy Metal concert instead. I don’t listen to a lot…
Concert Review: Raekwon at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, ON
Toronto is getting a lot of love from the Wu-Tang Clan in 2015, as we’ve already had two shows from Ghostface Killah (one with BadBadNotGood and one with GZA & Cappadonna), and now get to see Raekwon the Chef. 2015 is also a big year for Raekwon, as he is set to go on tour in the U.S. with…
Concert Review: Non Phixion at Rockpile West in Toronto, ON
Non Phixion is a group from Brooklyn, New York consisting of MCs Ill Bill, Goretex, Sabac, and DJ Eclipse, and they’re currently on their 20th Anniversary Reunion Tour. Although the group was formed in 1995, their debut album, The Future Is Now came out in 2002, and it’s the only album of theirs I’ve heard. The…
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