Local Vibe

The red carpet is ready and Toronto once again welcomes International superstars and industry professionals to the Toronto International Film Festival, considered a must attend function for many in the business. Not to familiar with TIFF? Read below… The following is taken from their website, which can be found at http://tiff.net/. TIFF began in 1976 [...]

You may know Dane Cook as a movie star, as he has recently performed in several leading roles with fantastic success in the comedy genre. There is a reason for this; He is also incredibly well known for his stand up comedy performances.

As he has crossed over many mediums including performances in stand up comedy and movies, and he has even broken into the music industry with a rock single available on iTunes. It is getting increasingly difficult to find someone that hasn’t heard of Dane Cook, and this is probably due to the freakishly large following he has in the social media realm…

5th TORONTO INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS CEREMONY
DATE: Fri. July 23rd @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
DOORS: 7:00PM
SHOWTIME: 7:30PM
SHOW TYPE: 19+
HOSTS: D’Anise and Sean Ward
TICKETS: $10.00 in advance, $15.00 at the door

NxNE or North by Northeast is taking over the City of Toronto from June 14th until June 20th as the 16th annual version is hosting 650 bands and 40 films playing at 50 venues over 7 days. This is many things, including a logistical nightmare, but most impressively it is a fantastic example of how the artist community can come together to make anything happen.

The drummer for The Salads was also one of the organizers, so like he said in our interview (Organizers interview), he just assumed they’d play. The Salads recently worked with Choclair and they felt it would be great to feature him. They also decided to tailor a song for the specifically for the fundraiser, so I just had to record that song and keep it in its entirety for you to listen to.

Tremendous appeal with young people is why U. S. S., also known as Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, would be invited to an event like this. One member stands virtually still and plays the acoustic guitar and does the vocals, while the other member uses turntables, laptops, synthesizers, and figuratively the kitchen sink while racing around the whole stage and climbing on everything, plus he contributes some vocals. These two did not disappoint with their performance.

It is unfortunate that we are unable to bring you a sample of their performance that evening to go along with the interview, as we did with many other artists. They really rocked the house, so check out their new CD, or see them live as they tour the East Coast of the United States [...]

As I said to Kenny during our interview with Moneen (link below), when my 17 year old son wants to raise the tempo and get his blood moving while working out at the gym his number one choice is Moneen songs. Brampton’s Moneen has 4 albums, 4 EPs and a DVD, so isn’t it time [...]

Die Mannequin had been working in LA when they got the call that the organizers needed them to help out the cause in Toronto for Haiti. Of course they were winging their way back here to show their support and to give their fans what they want the most. We weren’t able to get an interview with Care Failure, but we did stick our noses into another interview so that you can see her up close.