Hotly tipped Toronto producer Harrison played at midnight, and PHM were there to catch his Canadian Music Week show. Thoughts and words below. Venue: Studio Bar First Impression: It took a couple of songs, but the dance floor was bopping,...
PHM moved along Queen Street West and ended up checking out Towers and Trees, as Canadian Music Week 2015 continued. Venue: Cameron House First Impression: Man, is it effing hot at Cameron House. And somehow, 6 people managed to cram...
Thursday night at Canadian Music Week brought a lot of bar hopping. First on the bill was The Maladies of Adam Stokes. Venue: Velvet Underground First Impression: That’s a small stage for 6 people! Stage Presence: For 6 people on...
And now for Wednesday night’s headliners – The Orwells! I was shooting the shit with singer Mario Cuomo before the band’s set, and learned some positive news regarding a new batch of songs. I won’t ruin any surprises, but keep...
Wednesday night’s Canadian Music Week at Lee’s Palace continued with Calgary’s Port Juvee. Venue: Lee’s Palace First Impression: Denim shirts and jackets (well, for 2/5 of the band). Stage Presence: It started with a fist bump with a mixed drink...
Wednesday night was a Lee’s Palace kind of night. The Orwells were the top bill, which meant a couple other bands were scoped out beforehand. First up was a band from Detroit called Flint Eastwood. Venue: Lee’s Palace First Impression:...
We kept our CMW concert fun (and morning after hangover non-fun) going with a gig on Tuesday night. Check out the review, brought to you by PHM Contributor Kristina. Venue: Smiling Buddha First Impressions: The two piece duo of Caitlin...
We’ve featured London singer Barbarossa several times on PHM, including recent track Imager. As he gears up to release Home, he has roped in José Gonzalez (of which Barbarossa is a band member) for the album-title track (that’s Home, for...
English indie rock band The Vaccines are back. Only they sound very indie poppy now. Heck, they probably aren’t even English! So yeah, The Vaccines are rushing towards the May 26 release of new album English Graffiti. We’ve already heard...
Indie rockers Misun continue to whip out tracks that you need to hear. They are prepping the release of their Feel Better EP for May 29. We’ve already heard After Me. We now get a tune named after what Batman...
It’s May! It’s Canadian Music Week! It’s exclamation mark appreciation month! What this means, besides me using more exclamation marks than I already do, is that you faithful readers (and accidental visitors) get to listen to 10 awesome tunes that...
Canadian Music Week 2015 kicked off for Team PeteHatesMusic at The Drake. Read on to discover our CMW Critical Conclusions for Cairo. This review is brought to you by PHM Contributor Kristina. Venue: The Drake First Impression: I had gone...
Our third taste of what is looking (and um, tasting) like it should be a great album. Tame Impala have dropped ‘Cause I’m a Man and Let It Happen on us from upcoming release Currents. Now we get to hear...
When Bo Rocha popped up on my SoundCloud, I wasn’t quite sure what this track was. It turns out ‘Past Pete’ realized that Kate Sproule, the former lead singer of Mt. Wolf, has a new name for her solo project....
Hot Chip are going to have one heck of an album. They drop Why Make Sense? on May 19, and we’ve already heard Huarache Lights and Need You Now. Their latest offering is a lyric video for Burning Up. The...
