It’s always the smaller shows where the venue gets loud, the people stage dive, dance, go insane with the music that always remains the best in my opinion. When the bands get big, that stage gets higher, the wall comes up and some of that magic is utterly lost. It almost becomes a separate entity. Like sitting in front of a radio imagining what the beast feels like. That’s why I love the shows that feel more like home, where the crowd becomes the sound, where the artist smile

On a cold day, what’s the best thing to help warm up? Heavy, thrashing, death metal of course! And on November 11th, through the frigid streets of Toronto was the Danforth Music Hall, where inside, death metal band Death To All  warmed the crowd with their ripping, chugging riffs with support from Phobophilic  and Gorguts .   Kicking off the set was Phobophilic , who describe themselves as a “nauseating death metal band from North Dakota” composed of Christian Alm (bass), Vin

This year, alternative rock legends The Used reached a major milestone: 2025 marks their 25 year anniversary as a band. To celebrate, the band hit the road for leg 1 of their 25 Year Anniversary Tour earlier this year, hitting major cities across the US, and later embarked on leg 2 this fall. This is not a standard tour, however; The Used is performing in each city for 3 nights in a row, playing a different album in full each night. Night 1 features a playthrough of their sel

Indie-rock/folk quartet The Crane Wives  came to Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA on the night of November 8 for the second show on their 2025 Fall tour across the northeastern United States. They were supported by queer indie-folk artist Spencer LaJoye . At almost exactly 8 p.m., an hour after doors had opened, Spencer LaJoye walked on stage, walked out by The Crane Wives drummer Dan Rickabus. Rickabus introduced LaJoye, expressing his appreciation for them joining the band on tou

On October 24, pop-rock artist Taylor Acorn released her newest album Poster Child  via Fearless Records. After years of being independent, this marks her first album release under a record label. To celebrate the new release, Taylor hit the road last week to begin her extensive North American tour, which will run until December. On November 6, the second date of the tour, she stopped at New York City’s historic Gramercy Theater. With an 18-song setlist that spanned across th

Joey Valance and Brae  are two names that have been heard floating around the internet for sometime now. The LA hip hop duo gained popularity with their song PUNK TACTICS , and back in August, the hip hop duo released their third studio album, the ever-energetic HYPERYOUTH , which they toured around North America, and made a stop at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall on October 21st.  First to the stage was rap duo AG Club , which was made up of Jody Fontaine  and Baby Boy . This