Styx perform live at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - Despite a modest turnout of just over 10,000 fans, the energy at Toronto’s summer outdoor concert venue of choice was anything but small. With the lawn section open and the summer heat on cremate, three legendary acts delivered a night of classic rock that felt intimate, heartfelt, and electrifying. Styx 's The Brotherhood of Rock Tour '25 with support from t

The Struts perform live at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - Even before the music started, the night had a surreal energy. On my long drive down to The Danforth Music Hall to catch the kickoff of The Struts ' Everybody Wants 10th Anniversary Tour (yes, the tour starts right here in Toronto!) I spotted not one but two Tesla Cybertrucks. Say what you will, but they are so damned cool looking! That set the

Lee Aaron performs live at Casino Rama in Orillia, ON. Photo By: Michael Drukarsh Narrative and Photos By: Michael Drukarsh Orillia, ON - Let’s start this review towards the end of the concert shall we. Introducing her 8th song of the night, “Only Human” Lee Aaron laughed as she told the audience that this song was her first top 40 hit in Canada and that it came out in "1980mumble mumble mumble". While 1980something may be some forty odd years ago (the actual release date w

Toronto, Canada By: Jay Broderick - Sometimes, things work in mysterious ways. It's important to us here at LoudTO to bring you photographs from the concerts that we cover. Actually, it's the photos that are the main draw. Because we live in a world of diminishing attention spans, the words are pretty much secondary. We hope that our written work is not in vain, but we understand that most will take a quick look at the photos, and move on. So when we are covering a concert,

PAKT perform live at The Rockpile in Etobicoke, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick Etobicoke, Canada By: Jay Broderick - Supergroups have been around for decades, gaining mainstream popularity in the 1960s with bands like Cream and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Musicians break from their mainstay bands and join forces with musicians from other bands, to form the so-called "supergroup". As a fan, the idea fascinates me. Typically, the "supergroup" doesn't quite obtain the notoriety

Incubus perform live at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - Calabasas, California's Incubus was born in 1991, by high school mates Brandon Boyd (vocals), Mike Einziger (guitars), and Jose Pasillas (drums). You know what that makes them? Another alternative rock band being covered by yours truly. It's pure coincidence that these shows have come back to back for me, recently covering Three Days Grace at this very ve

All Your Friends Fest 2025 at Burl's Creek in Oro-Medonte, Ontario. Photo By: Michael Durkarsh By: Michael Drukarsh Oro-Medonte, Ontario - Normally my reviews focus on the band. Today, I'm focusing on the experience of shooting my very first festival (full disclosure, I kinda cheated and only attended the second day). Arriving mid-morning on Sunday to the All Your Friends Fest at the Burl's Creek Event Grounds , I was very excited to pick up my media credentials for the day

Killer Dwarfs perform live at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. Photo By: Michael Drukarsh By: Michael Drukarsh Toronto, Ontario - With Canada Day right around the corner, it is only fitting that we celebrate two homegrown Juno Award nominated bands in a venue that is as Canadian as maple syrup. Sven Gali Sven Gali perform live at The Phoenix Concert Theatre. Photo By: Michael Drukarsh Originally out of Hamilton, Sven Gali opened the show with "Freakz", a track from t

Three Days Grace perform live at Budweiser Stage in Toronto. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Ontario - I've stated before... the 1990s brought me away from my beloved Heavy Metal music genre, as I shifted my main listening experiences to the grunge scene, which eventually transitioned into alternative rock. A ton of my focus was on the Canadian bands that rocked even harder than the Bush es and Stone Temple Pilots of the day. Bands like I Mother Earth, Our

Sessanta 2.0 at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - On April 17, 2024, alternative music icon Maynard Keenan James turned 60 years old. To celebrate, he took his bands A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer on the road, along with legends Primus, and embarked on a tour that they titled Sessanta. If you're Italian, you'll know that this means "60". If you're not Italian, now you know! The tour was such a success, that the t

Gowan perform live at Regent Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Oshawa, Ontario - For over 10 years, Durham Region promoter's Blackrose Entertainment , have been bringing the absolute best entertainment of all facets to Southern Ontario. The husband and wife team of Scott and Christine Templeton have built a business that considers community first. Outside of bringing outstanding acts to the stage, running fundraisers and giving back is of

BUSH performs live at Meridian Centre in St. Catherine's, Canada. Photo By: Dan Duffin By: Dan Duffin St. Catherine's, ON - As part of their 2025 tour, British band BUSH stopped at St. Catherines' Meridian Centre on Sunday 'May the 4th', with US bands Filter and Rival Sons as support acts. Filter Filter perform live at Meridian Centre. Photo By: Dan Duffin Shooting from a limited space pit, the night kicked off with a strobe filled, yet quite dark performance from Filter ,

Bachman-Turner Overdrive perform live at Meridian Centre in St. Catherine's, Ontario. Photo By: Dan Duffin By: Dan Duffin St. Catherine's, ON - My last time out to cover Colin James in Hamilton was probably Ontario’s snowiest day of the winter with a fun drive in blizzard conditions. This time out the windows were down and dry roads all around as the weather hit a much needed 20+ degrees. There was a fun pre-summer vibe outside of the Meridian Centre in the streets with

Lonely Little Kitsch perform live at Sneaky Dee's in Toronto. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, ON - In March of 2023 (crazy that this was 2 years ago) during LoudTO's infancy (well, only 2 years in, we're still really young), an email came across my laptop from a Niagara Region band called Lonely Little Kitsch . They were sharing their first single "The New Scene", and you know how sometimes things just click? Well that was the situation for me, and I was s

Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace performs live at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, ON. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Oshawa, ON - For hard music fans, the 1980s were unmistakably (and unarguably) the greatest decade for music. As the decade rolled over into the 1990s, Seattle's grunge scene took the world by storm, and I quickly found myself listening to this style of music all the time. My Alternative Rock phase in my mid-20s, took over and it was the genre I

James Clark performs live during Canada's Teen Jam Round 2. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, ON - Back in October 2024, we took in the first ever finals for Canada's Teen Jam , a platform for young Canadian musicians to showcase their powers, and to give them an opportunity to perform on a real stage. I was blown away by the show that was put on that evening. Man, the young artists were simply fire! Then, early in February, I had a chat with founder Mark Hi