TRACK/MP3: Purity Ring – “Belispeak II” (ft. Danny Brown)
Having hinted at experimenting with their material a little bit more, Canadian twosome Purity Ring have dropped a rehash of one…
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GOING LIVE: Neil Young & Crazy Horse
With a psyched-up record set to hit stores, guitar-driven rock legends Neil Young & Crazy Horse served up the Budweiser Gardens…
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GOING LIVE: Two Door Cinema Club
Indie rock doesn’t shake the Sound Academy as much as it should but Two Door Cinema Club’s Friday night gig rampaged about…
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TRACK/MP3: The Babies – “Get Lost”
We first heard of The Babies when they released the A-side single “Moonlight Mile” back in July and now the project that features Woods…
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REVIEW: Ellie Goulding – “Halcyon”
A British import who contagiously flirts with dynamic pop sensibility, Ellie Goulding has a knack for transforming bedroom daydreams into…
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GOING LIVE: How To Dress Well
Bringing his reflective How To Dress Well project to Toronto, Tom Krell flattened any pre-conceived perceptions with a gut-shiving…
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TRACK/MP3: Doldrums – “She Is The Wave”
After terrorizing festivals with a couple stellar sets and releasing his fantastic Egypt EP back in June, Montreal’s Airick Woodhead – aka…
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VIDEO: Two Gallants – “Broken Eyes” (Acoustic)
At a recent stop in Toronto where they headlined the decades-old Lee’s Palace, we got the talented San Francisco duo to trade in their…
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BLARE’s 5 Best New Artists (October 2012)
With fall tapping at our windows, October’s picks provide some new friends for your ears with Ontario-bred punk, film noir pop, sunsick…
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SOUNDCHECK: Candy Hearts
With the alt pop quartet on tour in support of their upcoming EP for Chad Gilbert’s Violently Happy Records, Candy Hearts’ vocalist…
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