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Toronto - Last Friday night found us at the Whippersnapper Gallery in the heart of Little Italy. It hadn't occured to me that Taste of Little Italy was happening during NXNE, so College street was extra-packed. Opening the night at the Whippersnapper was Spiral Beach , a Toronto-based foursome that plays a collection of rock-pop songs. The best part of this show was the enthusiasm that this young band brought to the table. They really enjoyed themselves up there and really got into it, and that energy was felt by the audience. They played loud and [...]

Toronto - The Whippersnapper Gallery is not a big place, and it was packed last Friday night with a small horde of sweat-drenched hipsters salivating to check out Brooklyn-based Matt & Kim . After what seemed like an eterntity of setup time due to the small broiling confines of the gallery, M & K were finally ready to bring it. Matt & Kim's energy-fueled feelgood dancepop is absolutely infectious. This was my first time seeing Matt & Kim live, and I have to say that it [...]

A band I've really been diggin lately Dinosaur Bones is performing with Sebastien Grainger at the Whipper Snapper gallery in Toronto on May 21. As I check out the Whipper Snapper site, I found this gem from Two Hours Traffic from their performance at WS. On the Dino front, they are keeping very busy for a young band. The are play a bunch of Canadian festivals and starting to record some demos. [...]

There's been quite a bit of press for The Drake Hotel 's 5 year anniversary over the past few weeks; that is, the anniversary of its make-over and relaunch by entrepreneur Jeff Stober . In the past five years, the Drake has become many things to many people, and the various factions that have attempted to make the Drake their own have often bumped against each other. Members of the dance rock outfit OPOPO play the Drake Hotel Underground during the year end "What's [...]

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