Be a tourist in your own city.
This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North This event completely epitomized I Heart Hamilton for me. On the Friday before, Arkells announced they would be playing a small show at This Ain’t Hollywood on the Sunday. Unbelievable! Didn’t I just confess in my post on Q in Hamilton that I had shamefully never seen the … Read more
Club Absinthe 38 King William Street This was one for the books and one of my favourite shows of 2012 – San Sebastian‘s first hometown show in over a year. Making it even more full circle, the opening act were my new favourites, New Hands. Absinthe was the perfect place for San Seb’s hometown show. … Read more
Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been creating monthly Playlists of local music (and beyond) that have been the soundtrack to my tour around the city. I even got to bring my Playlists to life with the first I Heart Hamilton event, The Playlist 1.0. While getting nostalgic and thinking about the past twelve … Read more
Burly Calling The Queen’s Head, 400 Brant Street, Burlington I had heard of Burlington’s DIY music festival Burly Calling for a few years now. They always have a great lineup of bands and the idea is to get to see big-name bands in intimate settings. The festival began with members of Burlington band Saint Alvia … Read more
This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North What a way to be introduced to Cowlick‘s live show! The Hamilton rockers hosted a party at This Ain’t Hollywood to launch the release of their new EP, Night Vision, as well as debut their music video for “Money Money.” Now, this isn’t just your average music video. … Read more
Death Cab For Cutie – “You Are A Tourist” [Listen] Cause when you find yourself the villain In the story you have written This song appropriately came out right around when the blog began, as I started thinking like a tourist. I couldn’t get over how this single was perfectly timed with the blog’s launch … Read more
Supercrawl James Street North The event is a year in the making, some playfully dub it Hamilton’s Christmas, it gets bigger and better every year, and for the second year in a row it’s the most fun (and tiring!) event I’ve attended. SUPERCRAWL! As the 4th annual Supercrawl, this was the first that was expanded … Read more
I Heart Hamilton’s The Playlist 1.0 (Fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hamilton) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North A year ago when we started, I didn’t dream that a year later we would be hosting the show of the summer (if I may be so bold) with some favourite local bands, … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl Art Crawl gets bigger and better every month! The warmer months are the most fun for Art Crawl, and everyone was out and about, taking full advantage of the hot summer night. I also realized this was our second Crawl this year that fell on the superstitious Friday the 13th … Read more
New Hands From our first meeting with New Hands, we knew we’d be friends. We’ve found a lot in common with the band, from our Tumblr blogs and the Playlists we both post, to finding similar tastes in music, books, movies, and tv, and our connection to McMaster. Not only are they great guys and … Read more