Who: Bike Thiefs Where: Sneaky Dees, Toronto When: Tuesday, 5 May 2015 In One Word: Humble Mississauga’s own three piece band Bike Theifs filled Sneaky Dee’s with their raw, grungy sound for Canadian Music Week. While the crowd was surprisingly without a mosh pit, they did call them on so hard at the end of their set for … Continue reading Bike Thiefs at Sneaky Dees, Toronto – Gig review [CMW 2015]
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Stegall, The Fight and The Wicks at Rancho Relaxo – Gig review and photos [CMW 2015]
Who: Stegall, The Fight, The Wicks Where: Rancho Relaxo, Toronto When: Tuesday, 5 May 2015 In One Word: Outstanding With their mellow sound that has been compared to Neil Young, The Wicks put on a stellar performance for the crowd at Rancho Relaxo. Their sound matched their performance to a tee. While still putting out a euphonious … Continue reading Stegall, The Fight and The Wicks at Rancho Relaxo – Gig review and photos [CMW 2015]
Friday Night Trend, Curses at Hard Luck Bar, Toronto – Gig review [CMW 2015]
A small crowd doesn’t always mean a disappointing show. Headliners Friday Night Trend brought a small but adequate crowd to the Hard Luck and still got everyone dancing. The all-ages show brought in a perfect crowd to relate to their hit “Wasted Youth”. Despite the small attendance, the bands were just as excited to be there … Continue reading Friday Night Trend, Curses at Hard Luck Bar, Toronto – Gig review [CMW 2015]
2015 Sirius XM Indie Awards
What an ending to Canadian Music Week! The Sheraton Centre was packed up tight with a growingly enthusiastic crowd for the 2015 Indie Awards. With big names like Billy Talent headlining and Alvvays putting on a performance prior, to up and coming bands like Broncho and Miracles, the crowd was treated to an evening jam … Continue reading 2015 Sirius XM Indie Awards
2015 Sirius XM Indie Awards
Summering and The Black Fever at Bovine Sex Club, CMW
The Black Fever is a punk band based out of Toronto, making jokes against the sports teams here acceptable to the audience. About halfway into their set they dedicated their song “Never Really Had A Chance” to all Toronto sports teams, which got a good laugh out of the crowd, as did when they said … Continue reading Summering and The Black Fever at Bovine Sex Club, CMW
The struggle to survive in a digital age
Newspapers are still being printed and purchased. Will that last? With each new medium that comes along people have been predicting the demise of the medium that came before. “Television was going to kill movies, television was going to kill radio and then radio was going to kill newspapers,” says John Hinds, president and chief … Continue reading The struggle to survive in a digital age
Humber’s commemoration of the Montreal Massacre
A Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. Humber College held its commemoration of the massacre on Dec. 4 in the main concourse. Lone gunman Marc Lépine killed 14 women and wounded 10 other, all students at the École Polytechnique, before he turned his legally … Continue reading Humber’s commemoration of the Montreal Massacre
R.I.D.E. cautions students against drinking and driving
Reporter Lucy Sky Camera Julianne Fox Various speakers cautioned students at Humber's North Campus about the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPnwoBDU8k&feature=youtu.be
TTC town hall, customers bring forth their concerns and suggestions
The TTC heard comments, good and bad, from customers near and far