Concert Review: The Rural Alberta Advantage, Phoenix Concert Theatre
Posted by jessekg in Concerts, Music on 03. May, 2011 | 1 Comment
When is the last time you saw people crowd surfing and stage diving while a guy on stage played acoustic guitar? If your answer is ‘Never,’ then take a look at the video above of The Rural Alberta Advantage playing Dethbridge in Lethbridge to a capacity crowd at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Hall on April 29. [...]
CONTEST: Raekwon, The Shaolin v. Wu-Tang Tour, Toronto
Posted by theashcan in Concerts, Contests, Music, Toronto on 11. Apr, 2011 | 14 Comments
The chef Raekwon’s been on a roll since releasing Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.. Pt. II in late 2009. But some of us (i.e. Anupa) are pretty partial to his latest, Shaolin v. Wu-Tang, too (and not just because the title invokes all that legendary Wu mythology). Raekwon tours a lot and has become a [...]
CONTEST: CMW//Jay Electronica at The Phoenix, March 12
Posted by theashcan in Concerts, Contests, Music on 08. Mar, 2011 | 13 Comments
With this post, I might be able to achieve my dream of making the internet go nuts. INTERNET, TORONTO: The Ashcan is giving away two (2) pairs of tickets to see Roc Nation’s newest signee, the mystical, needs-to-fucking-drop-a-rec0rd-soon Jay Electronica. This Saturday, March 12 at The Phoenix in Toronto, courtesy of our amazing pals at [...]
Live: Big Boi at The Guvernment
Posted by David in Concerts, Music, Rappers on 12. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
In 2006, when Nas provocatively declared “Hip Hop is Dead”, Big Boi took offence. “Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but if it’s dead, why is the South boomin’?” asked the Outkast MC. Five years later a geographical region can’t claim genre dominance and Nas’s rhetoric requires yearly meditation. The Peace Dot Love Festival was [...]
Live: Glasser and Twin Shadow at the Drake Underground
Posted by Anupa in Concerts, Music on 12. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
List of things that Simon and I loved about the Twin Shadow/Glasser show at the Drake last night (for a more formal review, read my piece over at exclaim.ca): – Spotting Twin Shadow (a.k.a. George Lewis Jr.) walking into the Drake with his guitar while I hopped off the streetcar. – Simon proceeding to tell [...]
