posted Friday, April 24, 2015
Casey: Today on The Sonic City we have a very special guest, director Maya Newell of the recent documentary film Gayby Baby. As an award-winning filmmaker, Newell’s recent project has provided an intimate look into the lives of four Australian families. While each of these families are immensely unique in their goals, dreams, and day-to-day […]
posted Thursday, April 23, 2015
Pride Toronto are slowly announcing their line up of entertainment this year via social media, as opposed to the more traditional way of press releases. As well, it was just announced that Pride Toronto are officially partnering with The 519 to present the popular DJ-driven Starry Night at Green Space fundraising event this year. Here […]
posted Sunday, April 19, 2015
Today I have Julie Brown with us; the singer and lead guitarist of the Queens, New York-based classic rock band, Chaos and Lace. Welcome Julie! Great to have you joining me on The Sonic City. Casey: Tell us a little bit about your musical influences, your band, and its history. Julie: I pretty much picked […]
posted Saturday, April 11, 2015
The Sonic City chats with a very special guest internationally renowned singer-songwriter Matt Gold. As an openly gay artist, Matt has forged a career in the music industry, rising to the Top of the Adult Contemporary music charts of Amazon and the FMQB. With enthusiastic reviews from The Mirror and The Huffington Post, Matt’s career […]
posted Monday, March 30, 2015
When I had the opportunity to see Los Angeles based band The Muffs this past weekend, I was rather excited. The band had their heyday during the 1990s, and as someone who was born in 1984 and lived though a 1998-2003 era of music during high school, I always felt that I grew up through […]
posted Wednesday, March 11, 2015
After six successful years as Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Artistic Director, Brendan Healy will be stepping down in September of 2015. Mr. Healy has programmed the 2015-2016 Season at Buddies, which will be announced April 29 and he is thrilled to be directing the first show of the year. Healy first joined Buddies in […]
posted Thursday, March 5, 2015
When I recently had an offer to attend Lorraine Segato’s launch party for her upcoming album Invincible Decency, I enthusiastically jumped at the opportunity. In case you didn’t recognize the name, Segato is one of the founding members of the groundbreaking Canadian music group, The Parachute Club. While many may recall her group’s memorable hit […]
posted Thursday, February 26, 2015
Welcome everyone to my new queer music blog The Sonic City for theBuzzMag.ca. Drawing on my past experience with musicology and LGBTQ issues, this column will explore the queer musical landscape around the globe, illuminating its vast spectrum of artists from common names we know, to those those who are underground or recently emerging. From […]
posted Sunday, February 8, 2015
Grace! Was in the house – The Old Eton House to be exact – and off I went to experience this new band. The chef, décor and service will not make this venue famous, but perhaps infamous in its own upscale dive bar way. It had chipped and pitted terrazzo floors, a section of booth […]
posted Thursday, January 22, 2015
Pride Toronto’s Board of Directors held a jam-packed event at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre on January 21st to announce the appointment of Mathieu Chantelois as the new Executive Director of Pride Toronto, effective January 26, 2015. The event was hosted by Ryan G. Hinds, and attended by Pride staff, volunteers, media, and the general […]
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