Archive for month: April, 2026

A Home in Hardcore Presents:

Single Wound – Toronto Metalcore

Anathematize – Edmonton Hardcore Death

Chaser – Edmonton Mathcore

Grond – Regina Grondcore

The Exchange (Club), All Ages & Licensed
Friday, July 24th, Doors at 7, Bands at 7:30

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About the Exchange

The Exchange is wheelchair accessible and offers 2 non-gender/wheelchair-accessible washrooms.

The Exchange is an all-ages venue that supports the Safer Spaces Initiative. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, abusive and/or discriminative behaviour. Such behaviour is grounds for immediate removal from the event/venue. If you are experiencing any harassment, please ask to speak to a manager.

Ticket price plus taxes and fees – lineups subject to change – no refunds or exchanges

StepKid Events & New Damage Present!

“The Things I’ve Lost” Album Release Show!
Ft. Calling All Captains
https://callingallcaptainsband.com
July 17 2026
The Exchange
Doors: 7:00PM
All Ages
Tickets On Sale Now!

Monday, June 29th

Northcote – To Cherish Canadian Tour

w/Lauren Dillen, Merv xx Gotti

The Exchange – 2431 8th Ave

This is an all ages & Licensed event

Doors at 7:00pm

Tickets on sale at TheExchangeLive.ca and Vintage Vinyl soon

$20/$25

Northcote is the musical project of Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Goud, known for his heartfelt songwriting, resonant voice, and dynamic live performances. Launched in 2008, Northcote has toured extensively across North America and Europe sharing stages with The Gaslight Anthem, Frank Turner, and Hot Water Music, while building a
loyal fanbase through anthems of connection, resilience, and hope.In 2026, Northcote will release To Cherish, a full-length album recorded at Rain City Studios in Vancouver with producer Jesse Gander (Japandroids, Dave Hause, White Lung). The album represents both a sonic evolution and a deeply personal chapter for Goud, inspired by the end of a long-term relationship, the culmination of a spiritual
season in his life, and the renewed momentum found in returning to the road post-pandemic.
“In the spring of 2024, we toured Europe with Chris Cresswell from Hot Water Music and The Flatliners, along with our friend Matze Rossi from Germany. Around that time, I was just beginning to dream about a new Northcote record. I already had the title To Cherish in my head. I had written it down on looseleaf paper over and over. After we got back from Europe, we played a few shows in Quebec and Ontario. Stephen and I were driving a borrowed car—it was a Kia Rio with 300,000 kilometres on it—lent to us by our friend Miguel. Somewhere along those drives, I started talking to Stephen about To Cherish and about making the record with Jesse Gander in Vancouver.”Shaped by the duo touring model that carried Northcote through recent years, the record captures the raw intimacy and intensity of those shows. Long-time collaborator Stephen McGillivray expansive guitar work anchors the sound, with additional contributions from Paul Rigby (Neko Case), percussionist Mike Battle, and arrangement support from Gander and bassist Eric Paone. Together, they crafted a set of songs that are as physical and cathartic as they are lyrical and reflective. The album reflects on themes of grief, gratitude, joy, and hope—urging listeners to treasure life’s experiences, even the difficult ones, as part of what shapes us.Speaking of the lead single, Matt ponders “Alternate Universe, is a daydream on what might’ve been, an homage to the road not taken. “I was feeling regret and disorientation while mourning a divorce, a mourning I had to experience and somehow let go of in a way that was good for me.”
Tracks like “Tangled Strings” and “Cherish the Way” balance confessional songwriting with a full-bodied energy that carries into Northcote’s live performances, while songs like “Cut Me In Two” break away from that, with an intimate finger picking and vulnerable vocal performance. “A mystery about heartbreak is that over time, you might come
out of it for the better. And might realize it was something that was needed.”
Over the past decade, Northcote has released seven studio albums, steadily cultivating a grassroots audience through powerful performances in intimate venues and festival stages alike. The DIY spirit that fuelled his 2024 tours—including the If You Roam tour with Chris Cresswell and a Western Canada headline run—remains central to the new chapter ahead. With a vibrant international fanbase, Northcote continues to expand his reach, contributing meaningfully to the music community.https://www.facebook.com/northcotemusichttps://www.northcotemusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/northcotemusic

Northcote is the musical project of Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Goud, known for his heartfelt songwriting, resonant voice, and dynamic live performances. Launched in 2008, Northcote has toured extensively across North America and Europe sharing stages with The Gaslight Anthem, Frank Turner, and Hot Water Music, while building a
loyal fanbase through anthems of connection, resilience, and hope.In 2026, Northcote will release To Cherish, a full-length album recorded at Rain City Studios in Vancouver with producer Jesse Gander (Japandroids, Dave Hause, White Lung). The album represents both a sonic evolution and a deeply personal chapter for Goud, inspired by the end of a long-term relationship, the culmination of a spiritual
season in his life, and the renewed momentum found in returning to the road post-pandemic.
“In the spring of 2024, we toured Europe with Chris Cresswell from Hot Water Music and The Flatliners, along with our friend Matze Rossi from Germany. Around that time, I was just beginning to dream about a new Northcote record. I already had the title To Cherish in my head. I had written it down on looseleaf paper over and over. After we got back from Europe, we played a few shows in Quebec and Ontario. Stephen and I were driving a borrowed car—it was a Kia Rio with 300,000 kilometres on it—lent to us by our friend Miguel. Somewhere along those drives, I started talking to Stephen about To Cherish and about making the record with Jesse Gander in Vancouver.”Shaped by the duo touring model that carried Northcote through recent years, the record captures the raw intimacy and intensity of those shows. Long-time collaborator Stephen McGillivray expansive guitar work anchors the sound, with additional contributions from Paul Rigby (Neko Case), percussionist Mike Battle, and arrangement support from Gander and bassist Eric Paone. Together, they crafted a set of songs that are as physical and cathartic as they are lyrical and reflective. The album reflects on themes of grief, gratitude, joy, and hope—urging listeners to treasure life’s experiences, even the difficult ones, as part of what shapes us.Speaking of the lead single, Matt ponders “Alternate Universe, is a daydream on what might’ve been, an homage to the road not taken. “I was feeling regret and disorientation while mourning a divorce, a mourning I had to experience and somehow let go of in a way that was good for me.”
Tracks like “Tangled Strings” and “Cherish the Way” balance confessional songwriting with a full-bodied energy that carries into Northcote’s live performances, while songs like “Cut Me In Two” break away from that, with an intimate finger picking and vulnerable vocal performance. “A mystery about heartbreak is that over time, you might come
out of it for the better. And might realize it was something that was needed.”
Over the past decade, Northcote has released seven studio albums, steadily cultivating a grassroots audience through powerful performances in intimate venues and festival stages alike. The DIY spirit that fuelled his 2024 tours—including the If You Roam tour with Chris Cresswell and a Western Canada headline run—remains central to the new chapter ahead. With a vibrant international fanbase, Northcote continues to expand his reach, contributing meaningfully to the music community.https://www.facebook.com/northcotemusichttps://www.northcotemusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/northcotemusic

Lauren Dillen is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist who moves deftly between mediums to uncover meaning in the quiet, complicated corners of being alive. Also known for her work as a tattoo artist and as a member of psych-folk band Burs, her creative life is guided by an instinct to follow feeling first and let understanding arrive later.At the center of her solo music is a simple idea: songs are teachers. Dillen often writes before she fully has language for what she is experiencing, allowing melody and imagery to hold emotions that have not yet settled into clarity. With time, the lesson reveals itself. Each song becomes both a record of that process and a place to return to it. In performance, she revisits these pieces as a way of practicing the feelings they contain, moving through memory, tenderness, and discomfort with a gentle steadiness that invites listeners to do the same.Her songs carry a hidden emotional weight beneath deceptively simple arrangements. While echoes of artists like Big Thief, Laura Marling, and Haley Heynderickx ripple through her work, her voice remains entirely her own. Dillen has opened for artists including Bahamas and frequently collaborates with musicians such as Georgia Harmer, Fontine, and Sister Ray, contributing to a close-knit Canadian indie-folk community.In her recent solo work, Dillen sharpens the instincts that have always distinguished her songwriting. On “every‑woman sore,” cut in her home studio with Ray Goudy, she charts the quiet but profound mechanics of kinship, and how women lean in, step back, and learn to carry one another over the long haul. By contrast, “One More Time for the Road,” recorded live off the floor at Calgary’s National Music Centre, is built around a single, unguarded take, its lines threaded with the ache of memory and the stubborn loop of longing. Through it all, Dillen’s voice unfurls like tangled vines, reaching toward the light.

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenDillenMusichttps://laurendillen.com/https://www.instagram.com/progmom

Merv xx Gotti

Merv xx Gotti is an award-winning Asian Canadian singer-songwriter best known for his solo dream-folk project, Guitar Songs.

Alongside his back-to-back showcases at SXSW three years in a row from 2024-2026, Merv xx Gotti releases his debut studio album, Guitar Songs: A Thesis on Low-Efficiency Emotional Excavation. 

The album first single, “Jiujitsu,” was named one of CBC’s Top 100 Canadian Songs and received airplay on over 21 CBC stations, including national music shows such as Marvin’s Room with Jemeni and Afterdark with Odario Williams. The album itself charted on over a dozen campus radio stations across Canada and the US.
Merv xx Gotti has toured extensively, performing at major festivals such as SXSW (Austin, TX), Reeperbahn (Hamburg, Germany), and M for Montréal (Quebec), as well as renowned folk festivals including Folk On The Rocks (Yellowknife, NT), Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia, ON), and O+ Festival (Kingston, NY). He has shared the stage with Canadian icons such as Chantal Kreviazuk, Great Lake Swimmers, and Aysanabee, and performed to audiences as far as the UK and India.

In 2025, he won Music Professional of the Year at the Saskatchewan Music Awards and was nominated for SK Arts’ Arts of Celebration in the Established Artists and Arts Leaders category.
His singer-songwriter style has been described as “dream-folk,” blending elements of contemporary folk, indie, and dream-pop. He has been likened to artists such as City & Colour, Keshi, and Cigarettes After Sex.
He is currently working on his sophomore album, Children of the Moon.

http://mervxxgotti.com/

https://linktr.ee/mervxxgotti

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About the ExchangeThe Exchange is wheelchair accessible and offers 2 non-gender/wheelchair-accessible washrooms.The Exchange is an all-ages venue that supports the Safer Spaces Initiative. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, abusive and/or discriminative behaviour. Such behaviour is grounds for immediate removal from the event/venue. If you are experiencing any harassment, please ask to speak to a manager.Ticket price plus taxes and fees – lineups subject to change – no refunds or exchanges

When We Were Young took a year off…but we didn’t!

Presenting: Felt Emo, Might Tour!

Saturday, June 27th at The Exchange – 2431 8th Ave. This is an all ages and licensed event Doors at 7:00pm Tickets on sale at TheExchangeLive.ca

Come scream along to iconic pop-punk/emo anthems from the 2000s, some repeats from previous shows, plus some fun new additions you won’t want to miss! All bangers. All emotions. All unfiltered fun. Relive your teen years and remember: emo was never just a phase.All ages welcome!

Aurelia is a 5-piece rock band hailing from Regina, Aurelia’s energetic and infectious alternative rock/pop-punk is a style largely missing from the prairie music scene – and one that they’re trying to put back in the spotlight!From sold-out shows to even opening for Canadian post-hardcore legends, Silverstein, Aurelia is committed to delivering an exceptional live performance you won’t soon forget!

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About the ExchangeThe Exchange is wheelchair accessible and offers 2 non-gender/wheelchair-accessible washrooms.The Exchange is an all-ages venue that supports the Safer Spaces Initiative. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, abusive and/or discriminative behaviour. Such behaviour is grounds for immediate removal from the event/venue. If you are experiencing any harassment, please ask to speak to a manager.Ticket price plus taxes and fees – lineups subject to change – no refunds or exchanges