Live It Out
Ohbijou Get Nice and Naughty at Church Gig for Halifax Pop Explosion
What better venue could there be for fanciful orchestral-pop septet Ohbijou than an acoustically ... Read More »
By Divine Right Reveal Raunchy Band Apparel at Halifax Pop Explosion
Toronto indie rockers By Divine Right may not be a household name, but the group has included plenty ... Read More »
Jenocide Inject Fun Into Halifax Pop Explosion
Jenocide, a two-piece electro outfit from Halifax, could seemingly be a new sketch on 'Saturday ... Read More »
Cadence Weapon Brings Rap and Poetry at Halifax Pop Expolosion
Cadence Weapon chose the Halifax Pop Explosion to unveil a poem entitled 'Dirt City,' which he ... Read More »
Tropicalia Legends Os Mutantes Do the Evolution at Pop Montreal
Os Mutantes more than lived up to their name on the fourth day of Pop Montreal which saw the ... Read More »
Moto Boy Revs Engines, Recalls Rufus Wainwright at Pop Montreal
"I'm Moto Boy from Sweden. I like to say obscene things and sing like a little boy," the Swede also ... Read More »
Kid Koala Slays Hometown Crowd at Pop Montreal
Local DJ hero Kid Koala brought his new collective the Slew to Pop Montreal for a hard ... Read More »
Butthole Surfers' Legendary Line-Up Fails to Impress at Pop Montreal
Legendary punk rock icons the Butthole Surfers brought their 1989 line-up reunion tour to Pop ... Read More »
Fever Ray Raise Temperature, Attract Arcade Fire at Pop Montreal
Fever Ray's Pop Montreal showcase comes in the middle of the Swedish singer's "last" tour. But wait, ... Read More »
Clues and Micachu Reveal Themselves at Pop Montreal
With more than 400 acts performing over five days, the buzz surrounding certain Pop Montreal bands ... Read More »
NIN Play Last-Ever Large-Scale Show at Virgin Festival Ontario
When Trent Reznor announced the 'Wave Goodbye' tour via Nine Inch Nails' website, he credited an ... Read More »
Pet Shop Boys Cover Coldplay at Toronto's Virgin Festival
For those at Toronto's Virgin Festival waiting for a full-on, festival-size performance, UK dance ... Read More »
Our Lady Peace Relive '90s at Toronto's Virgin Festival
If you really miss the late-'90s, Our Lady Peace share your pain. Though they've never really gone ... Read More »
N.E.R.D. Welcome Stage Invaders at Virgin Festival
Reaffirming that hip-hop acts have all the fun, Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D brought the house -- ... Read More »
Von Bondies Plot Move to Canada at Toronto's Virgin Festival
Detroit garage-rockers the Von Bondies showed their appreciation for all things Canadian during ... Read More »
Norway's Datarock Feel at Home in Canada at Virgin Festival
Norway's Datarock may be jet-setting electro rockstars, but they sure weren't suffering from jet lag ... Read More »
