Posts by Meg O'Connell

July Talk takeover: how a band from Toronto is reviving rock and roll

Photos: Meg O’Connell For those of you who may be unaware, July Talk’s Leah Fay will gladly teach you how to insert a tampon. While this informative display may not be that of a series, she was certainly prepared to demonstrate via pantomime for the crowd at Algonquin College during their sold-out-in-pre-sale show on November […]

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Machine Gun Kelly brings the party to Barrymore’s

Photos: Meg O’Connell Apologies are in order for the people who reside on Bank street, for the extremely loud, floor shaking, sh*t-show (in the greatest possible sense) that was Machine Gun Kelly’s sold-out Bydek event at Barrymore’s on Monday, November 24. Machine Gun Kelly, better known to his large-and-ever-growing fan base as MGK, visited the […]

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Mother Mother at Algonquin College

Photos: Meg O’Connell Hyping up a crowd isn’t a difficult feat for either Mother Mother or opening act, Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS); but that didn’t stop either band from bringing their A-game to Algonquin College on November 20, where they had the entire sold-out, 800-strong crowd (both floor and seated) on their feet the entire […]

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Big Wreck to play Algonquin College Commons Theatre

To say Ghosts, the fourth studio album from Canadian rock favourite, Big Wreck, is haunting… well, that would be too easy. But bad jokes aside, it really is that good. The most recent release from the band following 2012’s hugely successful Albatross is composed of a diverse palette of sounds including stronger melodies and even […]

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