CONTEST: Win tickets to see Aloe Blacc live in Toronto!
Posted by Simon in Concerts, Contests on 11. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
We’re giving away one pair of tickets to see the ever soulful Aloe Blacc (with guests Maya Jupiter and Maylee Todd) this Monday, November 15 @ Wrongbar in Toronto, courtesy of Embrace (they’re the bestest!). Want those tickets? It’s super simple: Follow @theashcan on twitter. Simply tweet “Just entered to win Aloe Blacc tickets. Just follow @theashcan [...]
CONTEST: Win Big Boi tickets (PeaceDotLove Festival)
Posted by theashcan in Concerts, Contests on 08. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
One of our favourite rappers, Big Boi a.k.a Sir Luscious Left Foot, is coming to Toronto this Thursday for PeaceDOTLove Festival, supporting youth anti-violence organizations. Pretty much all of us here at The Ashcan are big Outkast fans, so we’re happy to get you on the list to see a rap legend! Local electronic purveyors [...]
Live: Sheezer at The Garrison
Posted by Simon in Concerts, Music on 31. Oct, 2010 | 2 Comments
Fun. Really, really fun. There isn’t much more to be said about Sheezer’s gig at the Garrison this past Friday. I mean, come on — an all-female Weezer cover band? GENIUS. I couldn’t believe I or seemingly anyone else hadn’t thought of the idea before. When I first read about the band my mind exploded [...]
Live: Dan Mangan at Trinity St. Paul’s Church
Posted by Simon in Concerts, Music on 29. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Looking at Dan Mangan’s tour schedule, you notice the dude seems to really enjoy playing shows at churches. His tour manager is on to something, because there could hardly be a more fitting place for the Vancouver based Polaris Prize finalist to bring his brand of Canadian folk-rock to the masses than a venue where [...]
Live: Phoenix at Ricoh Coliseum
Posted by Simon in Concerts, Music on 23. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
It seemed strange we were walking into Ricoh Arena, an AHL affiliate hockey rink, to see Phoenix. Stranger still was the crowd we waded through to get in the front door, a strange menagerie of Torontonians. The diversity of the smokers loitering outside after sets by openers Wavves and Tokyo Police Club was a testament [...]
