Arts

Watching We Are The Fallen play the El Mocambo in Toronto on May 18 was like reliving my first Evanescence concert experience—only this band has not yet exploded onto the airwaves, and the concert was one of the smallest and most intimate I’ve ever attended.

She wants to be your new best friend, that is, your new best friend who sold out her first headlining tour in mere minutes and is idolized by girls all over the world.

Gordon Lightfoot
National Arts Centre
April  9

3/5 stars

“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” Gordon Lightfoot said who, at 71, is far from death still playing over 70 shows a year.

Lightfoot is a famous Canadian folk singer/songwriter whose songs have been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to Johnny Cash. While he may have grown older, he has not lost any of his appeal.

“I remember seeing him in 1975,” I overheard one audience member say.  

 Since nowadays any band with a computer has the ability to promote itself globally, it becomes increasingly difficult to really stand out from the pool of obscurity that is the fate of many a group.

Toronto's White Cowbell Oklahoma's (WCO) solution is over-the-top live performances paired with a balls-to-the-wall attitude. And if you have no idea what that means, the band's lead singer will fill you in.