One of the greatest Canadian albums of last year also happened to be a bit of a surprise for a lot of music fans. Bry Webb spent a lot of the last decade singing for South Ontario’s art-rock heroes The Constantines. Since the band went on hiatus though, Bry has shown music lovers a different […]
Dalton Higgins is a Toronto-based writer, broadcaster, music promoter and journalist. He also happens to be one of the country’s foremost hip hop theorists, and his extensive writings on the history and development of the hip hop genre in Canada and around the world have earned him praises and accolades from scholars and musicians alike. On […]
photo credit: Jesse Kinos-Goodin Standing at the corner of Queen and Cameron St., The Cameron House is a Toronto music institution. For the last three decades, its flamboyant murals and eclectic decor have witnessed a parade of the Who's Who of Canadian music cross the stage, with artists like Ron Sexmith, Molly Johnston, Jane Siberry […]
What happens when you take a little bit of Public Enemy, a little bit of Radiohead, add a splash of soul, a blast of tuba, and put it through a hard rock blender? The result is the joyful sonic explosion that is Saidah Baba Talibah. Daughter of Salome Bey, Canada's First lady of Blues, Saidah […]
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce MANGOPEELER. Sometimes called Jeff Garcia, this talented Toronto artist does all kinds of neat stuff. Of particular interest to the Make Some Noise crew however, is his frequent collaborations with members of the local music scene. As a member of the arts collective Exploding Motor Car, he's contributed […]
Colin Medley lives in Toronto and shoots videos, usually involving musicians. These sometimes take the shape of interviews and performances, such as the Soundcheck series he produced for the National Post, music videos for bands such as Timber Timbre or Diamond Rings, or recordings of intimate concerts taken throughout his travels, currently in the form […]
Greg Davis opened Soundscapes in August 1999, and it didn't take long for his little shop on College to become a go-to location for the news and noise of the city's independent music community. Over the last decade, Soundscapes has kept its customers steadily supplied with some of the best recordings, in-store performances, and concert […]
Since releasing her debut album Mississauga in 2003, Masia One has risen to become one of the most celebrated and distinctive MCs to hail from the GTA. Masia's collaborations with such fellow artists as Isis, Death from Above 1979, Zaki Ibrahim and AL P of MSTRCRFT have cemented her place as an active and genre-bending […]
Mike Belitsky started pounding the skins in the Halifax punk scene the early '80s. He has since moved to Toronto, and has subsequently performed with numerous acts including Neko Case, Jale and The Pernice Brothers. At present, Mike can be found at the back of the hardest working band in the business. Come see Mike […]