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Gimme Your Answers: A Video Interview w/ Plants and Animals

Gimme Your Answers

- August 3, 2016

In our latest video, AMBY meets up with Plants and Animals' vocalist and guitarist Warren Spicer (and his adorable kid Stirling) while at Field Trip in Toronto. Dive into our interview as we discuss playing outdoors, festival bracelets, nostalgia, and innocence in music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGHa3G1B-ow Interview by Alicia Atout | @AliciaAtout

Gimme Your Answers: An Interview w/ King No-One

Gimme Your Answers

- June 13, 2016June 13, 2016

Following the release of double A-Side single Stay Close, I caught up with Zach Lount, Joe Martin, James Basile and Alex Townsley aka York indie rockers King No-One to chat about the new single, being frustrated child geniuses, and what 2016 has in store for the band. AMBY: King No- One

Gimme Your Answers: A Video Interview w/ Cold Fronts

Gimme Your Answers

- May 20, 2016

Many of our AMBY viewers were first introduced to Philly indie-rock group Cold Fronts a few months ago when they performed an amazing rendition of their song Buschleague in a Play AMBY A Song. Since then, the band embarked on a mini tour with Har Mar Superstar and we had

You’ve GOT to Hear This: Airways – “Ghost Town”

You've GOT to Hear This!

- March 13, 2016March 13, 2016

There’s been a real buzz over the last month around the debut single “Ghost Town” from Peterborough based indie four piece Airways. Picked up by Charlie Ashcroft at Amazing Radio, the track surged to the top of the poll on his Audition show to find a regular place on the

Gimme Your Answers: A Video Interview w/ You Say Party

Gimme Your Answers

- February 25, 2016

On the night of their Toronto album release party, AMBY celebrated You Say Party's first new release in six years - their dreamy, electro-pop self-titled album! Before the party started, we sat down with the band's Derek Adam and Krista Loewen and discussed writing an emotional record, David Bowie, having

Review + Photos: Matt Corby and Megan Bonnell @ The Phoenix – Toronto

- February 4, 2016

Sometimes, it is better to come second. At least, that rings true for Matt Corby. In 2007, Corby (then 16 year old) was the runner up in Australian Idol. Since then, he has released 5 EPs with multiplatinum singles ‘Resolution’ and ‘ Brother’. As for the winner, does the

You’ve GOT to Hear This: INDIGO – “Take On The World”

You've GOT to Hear This!

- January 28, 2016

18 months ago we at AMBY were raving about the old school sound of Essex quartet Juke and their track “Pins And Needles”. Since then the band have seen something of a transformation with the arrival on bass of Finlay Cunningham and guitarist Dale Holt-Mead, joining drummer Matt Lamb and

Gimme Your Answers 3: A Video Interview w/ The Vaccines

Gimme Your Answers

- December 30, 2015

AMBY recently had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with one of our all-time favourite bands, The Vaccines. Dive into our exclusive interview with Freddie Cowan and Pete Robertson as we discuss all things The Vaccines, including short pop songs, creating amazing videos, their aesthetic, matching outfits, dumb but fun

Gimme Your Answers: A Video Interview w/ The Elwins

Gimme Your Answers

- December 24, 2015

This interview doesn't need a fancy introduction; it speaks for itself! While on the final leg of Tour For Keeps, AMBY caught up with indie-pop group The Elwins ahead of their headline show at The Great Hall in Toronto. Dive into one of our favourite/funniest interviews of 2015, where we

Getting Cozy With: Captiva

Getting Cozy With

- December 21, 2015

Hey AMBY readers, we are Captiva. The group was formed in 2013 during detention, and have been breaking all of the rules since. Our debut EP, which is available now, is a huge step forward for us. We hope you dig the new tunes, and look forward to seeing you