Concert Reviews
Red Hot Chili Peppers Burned Bright and Never Fizzled in Vancouver
BC Place Stadium, March 29
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers have never hesitated to indulge in lengthy albums. Even after more than 40 years together, they released two double a...
Sunset Rubdown Made It Worth the Wait in Ottawa
Club Saw, March 26
PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2023
Between the 2009 dissolution of Sunset Rubdown and the return of Wolf Parade in 2016, Spencer Krug delved into musical isolation with his M...
Kelela Forged a Kinetic Connection in Toronto
The Opera House, March 24
PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2023
"One of the things I've been thinking about... I feel like I need to do missed connections at the Kelela show," Kelela Mizanekristos share...
Weyes Blood Reached for Something True in Vancouver
Commodore Ballroom, March 21
PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2023
If Natalie Mering's lyrics were printed in a book, it'd be the kind publishers and critics would extol as "essential reading," a timely tre...
Alvvays Were Meticulous in Their Pursuit of Perfection in Vancouver
Commodore Ballroom, March 17
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2023
Judging by the dense shoegaze soundscapes of last year's Blue Rev, it would be fair to assume that Alvvays would be hard-pressed to recreat...
Andy Shauf Was a Mystery in Vancouver
Orpheum Theatre, March 11
PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2023
Standing solitary in a single spotlight — electric guitar slung around her and the light glancing off her black framed glasses — Katy Kirby...
July Talk Found Fresh Tension in Toronto
Massey Hall, March 10
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2023
July Talk have reached dizzying heights in their decade plus as a band — critical respect, industry approval, radio airplay — but playing t...
Ari Lennox Was Soulful Rather Than Showy in Toronto
History, March 7
PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2023
Under bright purple lights and shrouded by a white curtain that only revealed her silhouette, Ari Lennox gracefully sang to a sold-out crow...
