Concert Reviews

2010

  1. Wilderness of Manitoba, Ghost Bees, Casey Mecija, Garrison, Jan 25
  2. Woodhands, Smiling Buddha, Jan 28
  3. Diamond Rings, Russian Futurists, Steamwhistle Brewery, Feb 11
  4. Owen Pallett, Hidden Cameras, Garrison, Feb 15
  5. The Editors, The Phoenix, Feb 16
  6. The Antlers, The Phoenix, Feb 16
  7. Dance Yourself to Death, Sheezer, Gentleman Reg, Drake Hotel, Feb 17
  8. El Perro Del Mar, Mod Club, Feb 21
  9. Fucked up, Kurt Vile, D’ubervilles, Peasant, Opera House, Feb 26
  10. Yacht, Mndr, Wrongbar, March 4
  11. Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Phoenix, March 5

2009

  1. Jan 17, Black Hat Brigade @ Horseshoe Tavern
  2. Feb 6, Lykke Li @ Phoenix
  3. March 3, Asobi Seksu @ El Mo
  4. March 11, AC Newman @ Lees
  5. voxtrot, SXSW
  6. hot panda, SXSW
  7. project jenny project jan, SXSW
  8. lemonade, SXSW
  9. janelle monae, SXSW
  10. ladyhawke, SXSW
  11. von blondies, SXSW
  12. peter bjorn and suck, SXSW
  13. glasvegas, SXSW
  14. echo and the bunnymen, SXSW
  15. Bishop Allen, SXSW
  16. Daniel Johnston, SXSW
  17. Viva Voce, SXSW
  18. Late of the Pier, SXSW
  19. 303, SXSW
  20. Meat Puppets, SXSW
  21. Gomez, SXSW
  22. Matt and Kim, SXSW
  23. Primal Scream, SXSW
  24. The Whip, SXSW
  25. Late of the Pier, SXSW
  26. Razorlight, SXSW
  27. White Lies, SXSW
  28. Ed Harcourt, SXSW
  29. Camera Obscura, SXSW
  30. the Proclaimers, SXSW
  31. St. Vincent, SXSW
  32. Flosstradamus, SXSW
  33. Sofia Talvik, SXSW
  34. Indigo Girls, SXSW
  35. Ladyhawke, SXSW
  36. Natalie Portmans Shaved Head, SXSW
  37. Thunderheist, SXSW
  38. The Twelves, The Social, March 26
  39. White Lies, Friendly Fires, Lees Palace, March 31
  40. The Presets, Golden Filter, Mod Club, April 6
  41. Sebastien Tellier, Mod Club, April 8
  42. Paint Movement, Rivoli, April 9
  43. Flight of the Conchords, April 22, Massey Hall
  44. Bat For Lashes, Mod Club, April 25
  45. Pains of Being Pure at Heart Concert, Lee’s Palace, April 28
  46. Green Go, Wrongbar, April 30
  47. Au Revoir Simone, Lees Palace, May 23
  48. Joel Plaskett, Massey Hall, May 25
  49. Doves, Kool Haus, June 1st
  50. Passion Pit, June 16, Lees Palace
  51. Patrick Wolf, June 17, Mod Club, 2009, NXNE
  52. Little Things, June 17, Mod Club
  53. Elephant Stone, June 18, Supermarket
  54. Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, June 18, El Mocambo
  55. Pirate Love, June 18, El Mocambo
  56. Matt and Kim, June 19, Whippersnapper AND Wrongbar
  57. Spiral Beach, June 19, Whippersnapper
  58. The Darcys, July 16, Sneaky Dees
  59. Frightened Rabbit, July 23, Horseshoe
  60. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, August 5, Kool Haus
  61. St. Vincent, Aug 8, Horseshoe
  62. Art Brut, August 12, Lees Palace
  63. Brendan Benson, The Paint Movement, Aug 25, Mod Club
  64. The Killers, Sept 6, Molson Amphitheatre
  65. Hot Panda, Sept 8, Horseshoe Tavern
  66. The Sounds, Sept 14, Phoenix
  67. Little Boots, Sept 15, Wrongbar
  68. The Hold Steady, Sept 28, Lees Palace
  69. Sufjan Stevens, Oct 2, Lees Palace
  70. Manic Street Preachers, October 4th, Phoenix
  71. Vampire Weekend, October 9th, Horseshoe Tavern
  72. Sloan, October 19th, Dakota Tavern
  73. Oct 22, Say Hi, Lees Palace
  74. Oct 23, La Roux, Guvernment
  75. Oct 29, Wilderness of Manitoba, Garrison
  76. Nov 2, Florence and the Machine, Mod Club
  77. Nov 7, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Mod Club
  78. Nov 7, Simian Mobile Disco, Mod Club
  79. Nov 10, Girls, El Mocambo
  80. Nov 20, You say party, we say die!, Phoenix
  81. Nov 25, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, El Mocambo
  82. November 29, The Big Pink, Lees Palace
  83. December 3, The XX/ Friendly Fires
  84. Dec 12, Make Your Exit, Horseshoe
  85. Dec 18, Lullebye Arkestra, Ladyhawk Constantines, Garrison

2008

  1. Jan 26, Tokyo Police Club @ Nathan Phillips – 2.5
  2. Jan 27, The Teenagers @ Great Hall – 3.5
  3. Feb 11, Vampire Weekend @ Horseshoe Tavern – 4.5
  4. Feb 23, Two Hours Traffic @ Horsehoe Tavern – 3
  5. March 4, Lightspeed Champion @ Horseshoe Tavern – 3.5
  6. March 7, The Besnard Lakes @ El Mocambo – 2.5
  7. March 7, The Superfantastics @ Cameron House – 3.5
  8. March 9, Maybe Smith, Said the Whale @ Horseshoe Tavern – 3.5, 2.5
  9. March 9, Jenn Grant @ the Rivoli – 3
  10. March 17, Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Downs, Xiu Xiu @ Sneaky Dees
  11. April 16 – Hot Chip, The Phoenix – 1,000,000 / 5
  12. April 26 – Born Ruffians, Miracle Fortress 4/5
  13. May 1st – The Verve
  14. May 9 – Black Kids, Phoenix – 3/5
  15. May 16 – British Sea Power, Lee’s Palace – 4/5
  16. June 3 – Jealous Girlfriends, El Mo – 2.5/5
  17. June 12, Wet Secrets, Horseshoe – 4/5
  18. June 12, Small Sins, Horseshoe
  19. June 13, Great Lake Swimmers, Reverb
  20. June 13, Young and Sexy, Sneaky Dees
  21. June 13, Pack AD, Sneaky Dees
  22. June 14, The High Dials, El Mo
  23. June 14, We Are Wolves, El Mo
  24. June 16, My Morning Jacket, Kool Haus, 4.5/5
  25. Maceo Parker, Sound Academy, June 20

  26. Brooke Gallup/Immaculate Machine, Cameron House, July 10
  27. Steamwhistled Unsigned – Run With Kittens, July 18
  28. Rogers Picnic – Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, Chromeo, TPC, Cat Power – July 20, Fort York
  29. Virgin Festival – Spiritualized, MGMT, Bloc Party – September 6
  30. The New Deal, Lees Palace, September 6
  31. Emm Gryner, Great Lake Swimmers, September 11, Dundas Square
  32. The French Kicks, Horseshoe Tavern, Sept 19 – 2.5
  33. James, The Phoenix, Sept 23
  34. My Bloody Valentine, Kool Haus, Sept 25
  35. Hot Chip, Sept 30, Kool Haus
  36. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Oct 1, Kool Haus
  37. Sunparlour Players, Pop Montreal, Oct 4, Cagibi
  38. Darren Hayman, Pop Montreal, Oct 4, Le Gymnase
  39. Random Recipe, Pop Montreal, Oct 4, Quai Des Brumes

  40. Rumble Stripes, Oct 30, El Mo

  41. Franz Ferdinand, Dec 4, Lees Palace

2007

  1. Feb something, New Pornographers @ Nathan Phillips
  2. March 5, Ben Kweller @ Phoenix – 4/5
  3. March 10, The Pipettes @ Rivoli – 5/5
  4. March 11, The Good, Bad and Queen @ Kool Haus – 2.5/5
  5. April 4, Say Hi To Your Mom @ Sneaky Dees – 3/5
  6. April 9, Klaxons @ Lees Palace – 4.5/5
  7. April 30, The Cribs @ El Mo – 3/5
  8. May 15, Arcade Fire @ Massey – 5/5
  9. May 26, Joel Plaskett @ Opera House – 3/5
  10. May 28, Rosebuds @ Horseshoe – 3.5/5
  11. June 1, Pipettes @ Lees Palace – 4/5
  12. June 4, CSS @ Lees Palace – 4/5
  13. June 7, Interpol @ Lees Palace – 3.5/5
  14. June 8, Voxtrot @ Sneaky Dees – 4/5
  15. June 9, Ohbijou, Sebastian Grainger @ Horsehoe – 3.5/5
  16. June 20, Voxtrot, Some Church – 3.5/5
  17. June 28, Bishop Allen, Lees Palace – 3.5/5
  18. July 5, White Stripes, Molson Amp – 4/5
  19. July 21, St. Vincent, Horseshoe – 4.5/5
  20. August 7, Los Campesinos!, Horseshoe – 3.5/5
  21. Sept 8, V Fest – 3.5/5
  22. Sept 24, Ulrich Schnauss
  23. October 4, The Hives, Phoenix – 4/5
  24. October 10, Klaxons, Opera House – 3/5
  25. October 15, Spoon, Kool Haus – 4/5
  26. October 21, New Pornographers, Phoenix – 4/5
  27. November 1, The Go! Team, Phoenix – 4/5 – 4/5

2006

  1. Jan 20: Hard-Fi @Horsehoe
  2. Feb 6: Supergrass @ guvernment
  3. Feb 25: Belle & Sebastian, The New Pornographers @ The Docks
  4. March 11: The Subways @ Mod Club
  5. March 15: Guillemots @ Horseshoe
  6. March 22: The National @ Horsehoe
  7. April 13: Voxtrot @ Sneaky Dees
  8. April 20: Ladytron @ Opera House
  9. April 29: Members of the Press @ Mod Club
  10. May 22: The Charletans @ Phoenix
  11. June 6: The Spinto Band, The Lovely Feathers @ El Mo
  12. June 7: Radiohead @ Hummingbird Center
  13. June 24: Members of the Press @ Mod Club
  14. Jul 4: Camera Obscura @ Horsehoe
  15. Jul 29: Weakerthans @ Harborfront
  16. Sept 10: Virgin Festival – MSTRKRFT, The Strokes, The Raconteurs @ Island
  17. Oct 1: Les Breastfeeders, Emily Haines @ Kool Haus (CBC Radio See Vous Play)
  18. Oct 6: Massive Attack @ The Carlu
  19. Oct 27: The Rapture @ Guvernment
  20. Oct 31: Death Cab For Cutie @ Massey Hall
  21. Nov 1: Beautiful South @ Phoenix
  22. Nov 3: Infighter @ Rivoli

2005

  1. Jan 1 – Controller.Controller @ El Mo
  2. Jan 12 – The Features, Razorlight @ Lees Palace
  3. Feb 15 – Kaiser Chiefs @ El Mo
  4. Feb 26 – Kasabian @ Lees
  5. Feb 27 – Futureheads @ Lees
  6. Feb 28 – Ian Brown @ Mod Club
  7. Mar 13 – Maximo Park @ Lees
  8. April 2 – Bloc Party @ Opera House
  9. April 11 – Brendan Benson @ Lees
  10. April 13 – Bravery/Ash @ Lees
  11. April 14 – The Organ/Stars @ Phoenix
  12. April 17 – The Shins @ Kool Haus
  13. April 26 – The Wedding Present @ Lees
  14. April 27 – Arcade Fire @ Danforth Music Hall
  15. May 16 – Mercury Rev,Doves @ Kool Haus
  16. May 17 – British Sea Power @ Lees
  17. June 7 – The Coral @ Mod Club
  18. June 17 – Oasis @ Molson
  19. July 9 – Pixies and Weezer @ Molson
  20. July 23 – Teenage Fanclub @ Mod Club
  21. September 16 – White Stripes @ Molson
  22. September 20 – Annie, Royksopp @ Opera House
  23. September 28 – Interpol @ Kool Haus
  24. October 7 – Tangiers @ Lees
  25. October 30 – The Go! Team @ Phoenix
  26. November 2 – Super Furry Animals @ Phoenix
  27. November 13 – Art Brut @ Lees
  28. November 14 – Arctic Monkeys @ Lees
  29. December 3 – Dandy Warhols @ Opera

2004

  1. Jan 24 – Starsailor @ guvernment
  2. Feb 5 – Super Furry Animals @ phoenix
  3. Feb 19 – The Sounds @ horseshoe
  4. Feb 23 – Franz Ferdinand @ horsehoe
  5. Feb 27 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ phoenix
  6. Feb 28 – Elefant @ lees
  7. Mar 4 – Tangiers, Metric @ phoenix (part of CMW)
  8. Mar 8 – British Sea Power @ horseshoe
  9. Mar 13 – Cooper Temple Clause @ lees
  10. Mar 31 – Pretty Girl Make Graves/ The Constantines @ phoenix
  11. Apr 6 – The Rapture/BRMC @ koolhaus
  12. Apr 21 – Snow Patrol @ lees
  13. May 1 – Coachella (Beck, Junior Senior, The Pixies, The Rapture, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Electric Six)
  14. May 2 – Coachella (Muse, Thrills, Belle and Sebastian, Bright Eyes, Air, BRMC, Flaming Lips, Basement Jaxx, The Cure)
  15. May 7 – The Dears @ Lees
  16. June 4 – Tangiers @ horseshoe
  17. June 11 – Feist @ Reverb
  18. June 14 – Franz Ferdinand @ koolhaus
  19. June 25 – The Streets @ Mod Club
  20. July 16 – The Killers @ Mod Club
  21. July 23 – Camera Obscura @ Horsehoe Tavern
  22. July 24 – The Hives, Sahara Hot Nights @ the Phoenix
  23. August 9 – The Cure, Muse, Interpol, The Rapture @ Molson Amphitheatre
  24. August 11 – The Dresden Dolls @ El Mocambo
  25. September 15 – The Divine Comedy @ Horsehoe
  26. October 1 – Franz Ferdinand @ The Docks
  27. October 3 – Tilly and the Wall @ Horsehoe
  28. October 11 – The Concretes @ Lee’s Palace
  29. October 12 – Morrissey @ Hummingbird
  30. October 15 – PJ Harvey @ Phoenix
  31. October 15 – The Libertines @ Opera House
  32. October 31 – Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Lees Palace
  33. November 1 – Muse @ Kool Haus
  34. November 3 – Dresden Dolls @ Mod Club
  35. December 14 – The Music @ Kool Haus
  36. December 18 – Stars @ Mod Club

2003

  1. December ? – Ryan Adams @ Opera House
  2. November ? – British Sea Power @ Horsehoe
  3. October ? – Mojave 3 @ Lees
  4. October ? – Echo and the Bunnymen @ Palais Royale
  5. September ? – Super Furry Animals @ Soundscapes
  6. April ? – The Dears @ Powerplant
  7. March ? – Idlewild @ Powerplant

Before: (from what I remember)

  1. Placebo @ Reds
  2. Stereophonics, Our Lady Peace @ Northlands
  3. Collective Soul @ Shaw
  4. The Music and Coldplay @ Shaw
  5. Radiohead @ Thunderbird Stadium
  6. Travis @ Virgin Records Store, Robson Street, Vancouver
  7. Matthew Good Band @ Reds
  8. Edgefest – 99 (Hole, Silverchair Headliners)
  9. Tea Party @ Reds
  10. Everclear, Our Lady Peace @ Dinwoodies
  11. Zuckerbaby @ Dinwoodies
  12. Semisonic @ Dinwoodies
  13. Moist/Our Lady Peace @ Somewhere?
  14. Faye Wong @ Agricom