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Nutrients – “Window Seat”

May 3, 2022

Your chill, summertime, windows-down-in-the-car anthem has arrived courtesy of Nutrients with “Window Seat.” The rhythms are riveting and wonderfully syncopated to perfection. “Window Seat” sounds like freshly-cut fruit garnishing your favorite flavor of smoothie, in the sense of its sweet refreshing sound. The five-piece based out of Toronto is one song closer to super stardom thanks to “Window Seat.” Nutrients’ self-made music video really shows off their sincerity in not only their craft, but their lives as fellow humans with a sense of adventure. Stream it on Spotify & Apple Music

MONOWHALES – “New Threads”

April 16, 2022

The bassline alone on MONOWHALES‘ most recent drop, “New Threads,” is a valid enough reason to throw it on right now. Still not convinced? How about shimmering synths that make you feel like you’re being catapulted to a better place. Or, perhaps you’re more into the bass drops that possess the same anticipation of sitting at the climax of a rollercoaster… Well I have great news, “New Threads” by MONOWHALES has all of that AND a music video consisting of a compilation of some of the coolest scenery you could imagine. From nature clips that look like they were shot by Animal Planet, to vintage skateboarding clips that could be used for lofi loops, and just about everything in between… Get yourself some “New Threads” Stream it on Spotify and Apple Music Watch it on YouTube MONOWHALES · New Threads

Tonight: Bad Waitress

April 20, 2019

Tonight Sugar City hosts a night of serious 21st century punk rock when Toronto’s Bad Waitress rolls through town with Thick and Tina Panic Noise. Bad Waitress is rowdy, insurgent, and not playing around with your feeleings or your hangups, while Brooklyn’s Thick is all DIY punk, soaring melodies, and kicking the status quo in it’s dude-centric junk (we have it coming); and Buffalo’s Tina Panic Noise is punk rock stomping on the fingers of the dying CIS-heteronormative world unfortunately holding on for dear life well after it’s sell by date. Tickets are $12 and doors are at 7pm. Please note this is an all ages show and that Sugar City is a drug and alcohol free space. Party Bangers Volume: 1 by Bad Waitress

Modern Baseball at the Opera House (12/03/15)

December 7, 2015

Well, I learned three things at this show. One, that Jeff Rosenstock needs to be elected president. I’m not really sure why, but he does. Second, that there is nothing like the absolute MADNESS of a sold out PUP hometown show, and third being that stage diving is a dangerous game. Almost right from the get go with Tiny Moving Parts, the crowd was in a frenzy, passionately singing along to the band’s deeply personal, hard hitting lyrics.  Jeff Rosenstock then took the stage and initiated a total party, screaming at the top of his lungs, and even with being the one band on this tour that COULD be considered the odd one out, seemingly had won the entire crowd over by the end of his set,following a great cover of “Dancing Queen” by ABBA. Then, things got real insane real quick.  It’s almost hard to explain how the home town[...]

Tonight: Nitin

October 5, 2015

Although Toronto’s CODA will be missing Lee Foss on Saturday night’s lineup (due to circumstances beyond CODA’s control, as reported on the event page), some of the Canadian city’s own talents will be stepping up to the plate. Nitin, a globetrotting Toronto-based label owner, producer, and DJ will be taking some extra time on the decks. Beginning his career in London, Ontario, Nitin came to Toronto in 2005, joining up with Gem Events to bring a wide range of shows to the city.He partnered with Johnny White in 2008 and launched his record label, No.19 Music, and it has grown into a well-respected fixture for a new wave of dance music, signing tracks from the likes of Stacey Pullen, Maceo Plex, and Soul Clap just to name a few. Nitin is no stranger to the international scene, playing clubs in Ibiza and Berlin as well as throughout North America. You can find him traveling[...]

Still Diggin’: Record Store Relationships

April 13, 2015

With Record Store Day quickly approaching, I’m reminded how much the record industry has changed. What was one a booming industry has needed the adrenaline shot of Record Store Day to keep many of the institutions we hold dear afloat. And the act of buying records, which was once a rite of passage, has turned into a niche hobby. But for me, record stores played a massive role in my childhood. More than simply a place to pick up that new Wolf Parade 7′ or an Of Montreal shirt, these were places where I could meet people who actually liked the same things I did, these places were special. And no record store was more special to me than Toronto’s Sonic Boom. Before changing owners, locations, and even being immortalized in film over the past five years, Sonic Boom was something magical in its original Bloor street location. My first[...]

Win Two Passes to Riot Fest Toronto

June 5, 2014

This September, Riot Fest will celebrate its 10th anniversary with shows in Toronto, Chicago (the festival’s founding city), and Denver. We can thank fest founder Mike Petryshyn for selecting Toronto as a location. Being a Buffalo native, Petryshyn, as so many of us Buffalonians so do, would frequent the city as a youth to catch shows that sadly did not include WNY in their routing, so selecting the Ontario city as a Riot Fest host only seemed right. Riot Fest will return to Toronto on September 6th and 7th at the fest’s new location, Downsview Park. The eclectic and, naturally, Canadian heavy lineup is stacked with bands like the Cure, New Pornographers, the National, Stars, Manchester Orchestra, and many more. Scroll back up to the header pic for full lineup. Tickets, which went on sale in early May, are still available at this link. To make life a bit easier, for the[...]