Toronto

I was searching for what could be this week’s recommended free music when I found this track had landed in my email. I like the 80′s new wave, laid back vibe of this track. ‘Signs of the Civilised’ comes from Toronto based band Bravestation and is the first track to have surfaced from their debut [...]

Podcast (culturecafe2xm): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:28 — 18.0MB) | Embed As a follow up to the interview on last week’s Culture Cafe and the written piece on my blog, I’ve been asked by some people if I would share the audio from my interview with Nick and James from Canadian/Irish Band [...]

Within what seems like a couple of weeks, Nightbox have got their name around the Irish blogosphere and have also managed to land top festival slots at Electric Picnic, Reading and Leeds. I caught with brothers Nick and James to find out about the history of the band and their ambitions for the future. Nick: [...]

Who? Nightbox! They’re originally from Wicklow not living in Toronto and will be playing in The Academy 2 on August 30th, just after they play both the Leeds and Reading Festivals.. Plus they’ve just been announced as support for Death From Above 1979 for the Toronto show in October. I really like their sound, right [...]