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Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
Cody LeKush and DKTheMonarch’s Top Shows of 2009
C.LeKush and TheMonarch before we didn’t go to Deadmau5 I guess I am finally getting this up. We wrote this in a fervor early in the new year. Apologies for any grammatical mistakes, embellished statements etc. This is an account of 2009, our two thousand AND nine and no one elses. Some were written by [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
Mod Club – The Year That’s Just Begining, Arcade.
Toddla T w/ Rusko @ Arcade Fridays Toddla T’s first time taking the big stage in Toronto. While everyone was reved up for Rusko, Toddla showed us why I love him. Playing amazing cuts and great chunes he set the stage for Rusko to provide the shit you knew you were going to hear. What [...]
Genre: Dubstep, Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
Wrongbar – The Year Wrong Was Right
The year wrong was right. Skream and Benga on a Sunday A room filled with bass, bodies and a humidity that made the ceiling leak with sweat became one of the must memorable musical experiences we’ve ever had. Though this list isn’t ranked, this show sits atop for a reason. Anyone in attendance will attest [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
The Social – The Year We Blew The Bass
Heidi w/ Y.Pro Closing Set 4 am Last Call @ The Social The only place with a 4am last calls on that Thursday. Toronto descended upon The Social from every other party across the land. Shit popped off, if you weren’t there you didn’t hear Y.Pro close out one of the best parties of the [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
Circa – The Year Randomland Died
Mario J (A.D/D) w/ Mr Maqs Diplo He dropped Dubstep and I hit the roof. Bouncing up and down on stage like an idiot as he played interesting music, including Soulja Boy, I thoroughly enjoyed this set like no other @ this venue this year. Diplo continues to lead the charge with innovative projects and [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
Best Booker – Embrace
Somehow Embrace had their hands in everything this year. They were the masterminds behind everything from the Dubstep Sundays, to the Twelves (at both Social and Wrongbar) and a ton of live shows, including Fever Ray. That brief statement in no way does them justice; they are behind massive events in markets far beyond Toronto. [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
The Drake – The Year We Missed Out On
Nosaj Thing in the Undergound (for a fiver) If you showed after 11pm then you waited at least an hour to get downstairs. If you were the Monarch, you bounced. Bad decision. The wait was worth every second. The last time I saw so many smiling faces after a show was at Skream & Benga [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
After Hours – The Year We Never Slept
Frequency by Automatt featuring Azzari, III and Friends A party with the perfect blend of disco and love. This was one of those parties that I remember as a reminder of why I like to go out. Great music and amazing people, and a crowd dancing as if Levan himself was on the decks. I [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
Other – The Year We Were Off The Map
Broken Social Scene w/ Keys n Krates @ Harbourfront. Milano playing an underground rave afterwards ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE! This is the chant that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends, some people started chanting it not knowing what it was, and they will keeping on chanting it forever just because this [...]
Genre: Electronic
Category: 2009 in Review Series, Show Review
INK – The Year You Paid For It
Labour of Love I was camped out in the tent with tons of familiar faces at a night which marked the beginning of the fall season in Toronto. As the annual labour day event it may not have been as stacked as the year before, but who cares; the show was dope, the music bumped, [...]
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