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Tonight, Kingston’s Kasador will be blowing off a lot of steam at The Toucan. Their full-length debut album, Brood & Bloom, drops tomorrow, an album that has been in the works for over two years. With a variety of delays, personnel changes, and other personal challenges setting production back, the
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A night on the town. Girls night out. Boys night out. A staff or holiday party. Whatever reason you have for staying out late for a drink or two, Kingston has plenty of options! When it comes to nightlife, we have pubs, dance clubs, late-night eats, an arcade, a pool
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As we discussed in our 2018 Year in Review, Kingston’s music scene has come a long way since the 90s, and the number of live music venues has increased greatly in recent years. Just last year, three new venues opened (all breweries!), and the number of live music options in
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With 2018 planted firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s time for Kingstonist to take a look back at the year in local music. Our thriving local music scene continued to provide great new music for us to hear. There were new releases in 2018 from The Wilderness, The Huaraches, Greg
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Kingston’s Lotus Shaker has become, by accident, one of the busiest and most talked about bands in town. At the core of the band is powerhouse singer Brittany Blanche and her fiance, guitarist Dan Chisholm, who started performing together in 2010. As a duo, they just wrapped up a lengthy
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Editor’s note: With the new Kingston City Council beginning its term of office on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with the new and newly-re-elected members of council so that we could share a bit more about the 13 people
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Coming off a successful night headlining at the Toucan last week, Sofa King Addicted are riding the high and channeling their energy for two big upcoming shows – and they plan to deliver. This coming Sunday (August 19, 2018), Sofa King Addicted, or S.K.A., the acronym the band intentionally created,
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Listen Up Kid guitarist and lead singer Dennis Clark is visibly excited to be making music again. After taking a year off, the local alternative rock band has been hitting the Kingston club circuit again as they build up to a feature set at September’s Sandbanks Music Festival, where they’ll
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Tonight at The Toucan, Goldwing will take the stage for their one year anniversary as the Monday night house band. So far, frontman Ryan Gollogly is pleased with how the band is progressing. “We are the tightest we’ve ever been as a live unit, and as friends,” he says. “It
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Emilie Steele is feeling pretty inspired these days. While she counts Julie Doiron, Lucinda Williams, and Neil Young amongst her influences, it’s more than music that gets her going. “People, bands, good conversations, and stories,” says Steele. “I have a lot of extra energy that’s running around trying to get
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Rocket Surgery’s four and half year Monday night residency at The Toucan came to en epic conclusion last week, as band took to the stage one last time. The end of this weekly tradition was spurred on by frontman, Rueben deGroot, who is pulling up stakes to move back out
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With the 2017 NHL playoffs one week away, many Kingstonian’s will soon flock to local watering holes to cheer on their favorite team’s campaign to claim Lord Stanley’s Cup. That got us wondering, which is the best bar in Kingston to watch the NHL playoffs? The number and size of
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