by teepoo
Last Friday I went to Steam Whistle Unsigned #20 with Teenage X, Tiny Danza and Still Life Still. The events are always a bunch of fun and have some great local acts. It also supports a great cause: The Artist Health Center Foundation which helps musicians with injuries. I used something similar when I had carpel tunnel in university. Steam Whistle is also some great beer. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera because I was downtown Christmas shopping the entire day so excuse the iPhone photos.

Kicking off the night was Teenage X, a group that looks a lot older than they sound but played a fun set of a bunch of really short but fast paced songs.

Next up was rap group Tiny Danza. They were the crowd favourite, especially when they allowed the audience to jump up onto the stage and dance with them. I loved that they could swear stylistically in their songs. They are a serious must listen and their album is free on Bandcamp.

Lastly was Still Life Still who after Tiny Danza seemed much more mellow. Technically, they were a signed band recently a part of Arts & Crafts.

All three bands were quite different from each other but totally worth checking out! See you all at the next Unsigned!

by teepoo

Tiny Danza was the winner of this year’s Toronto Indie Week competition. I hadn’t heard of them until I found out they were performing at this weekend’s Steam Whistle Unsigned event. If after this post you fall in love with them you can enter our contest here for this Friday, November 25th’s show! Anyways, upon researching I found out their album You Could Have It All… is a free download digitally on Bandcamp. I don’t listen to a lot of rap, but DAMN.. I fell in love with this and can’t stop head bopping to their tasty rhythmic lyrics with soulfully sung verses. This is totally something groovy. I’m pretty excited to see how they translate this into a live set. I hope all the instruments I hear will be live!
Tiny Danza- The Grind

by teepoo

On Friday November 25th is Steamwhistle Unsigned #20 at Steamwhistle brewery in Toronto. Join me for a drink and come support the Artists Health Center Foundation. This time will feature Canadian indie rockers Still Life Still, Indie Week winners Tiny Danza and Toronto punk rockers Teenage X. Tickets are only $5 but you could win a pair of tickets and some Steamwhistle Swag! Here’s how to enter:

Leave a comment below with your e-mail address and tell us who you’re most excited to see at Unsigned #20

or

Follow @tianafeng (so I can direct msg you) and tweet the following: “I’m looking forward to seeing ______ @SteamWhistle #Unsigned20 @tianafeng”

We’ll announce the winners the midnight of November 22nd. Good luck, I hope to see you all there whether you win or not! Say you’re attending by checking out the Facebook Event Page.