Fall Out Boy put on a high-octane performance at the Sound Academy in the Chicago rockers’ first Toronto appearance in four years. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Sat May 25 2013 Fall Out Boy 3.5 stars Sound Academy at May 24. Fall Out Boy dished some unexpected razzing at Mayor Rob Ford at the Sound Academy on Friday night. Six songs into their taut 90-minute set, the Chicago rockers’…
Rocker and LBGT icon reborn after completing physical transition from woman to man By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Tue Apr 23 2013 To describe Cliks lead singer Lucas Silveira as a changed man doesn’t cover the half of it. When the Toronto rock band led by the transgendered Silveira last released an album, 2009’s Dirty Kings, he had yet to go through the physical transition that converted him…
Classical singer raising eyebrows with outlandish costumes and thundering pop sound. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Fri Mar 22 2013 These days, Charlotte Church is running from her past just as fast as her voice can carry her. Although she implements a bit of her classical crossover singing technique in her latest EPs One and Two, her new dramatic, percussion-heavy, thundering pop music approach…
Pink rocked the Air Canada Centre Monday night with such mind-boggling stamina that it made you wonder at times whether she was superhuman. The Phillie-born Pink was back in the air at the ACC Monday night. She sang “Raise Your Glass” — portions of it upside down — as a trio of beefcakes held her and her bungee cord aloft. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon…
Nelly Furtado is learning just how fickle fame can be. She’s as talented as ever but isn’t pulling in the mega-crowds of yesteryear. Canadian Grammy-winning singer Nelly Furtado performs at the Sony Centre for Perfoming Arts on Thursday. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Thu Jan 24 2013 Woe, Nelly. If anyone has been learning a bitter lesson about just how fickle a mistress…
