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Photos by Diana Thompson – UK indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club, who released their newest album, My Big Day, on October 20th, 2023 via Island/AWAL, performed at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon last night (May 5th).

Photos by: Stephanie Montani – Norwegian indie pop artist Girl In Red, who released her newest album, I’m Doing It Again Baby!, on April 12th, 2024 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Too Much”, “Doing It Again Baby”, “You Need Me Now?”, and which followed up her 2021 album, If I Could Make It Go Quiet, on April … Continue reading →

Photos by: David McDonald –  Icelandic jazz-pop singer-songwriter Laufey, who released her newest album, Bewitched, on September 8th, 2023 via AWAL, which featured the single “Goddess”, and won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night (April 30th) with UK pop duo Wasia Project, who … Continue reading →

Photos by: Myles Herod – Glasgow-based indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, who released their newest album, Late Developers, on January 13th, 2023 via Matador, performed at History in Toronto last night (April 29th).

Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Melodic death metal band Amon Amarth, who released their newest album, The Great Heathen Army, on August 5th, 2022 via Metal Blade, performed at the Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton last night (April 30th) with death metal band Cannibal Corpse, who released their newest album, Chaos Horrific, on September 22nd, 2023 … Continue reading →

Photos by: David McDonald –  Los Angeles-based metalcore band The Ghost Inside, who released their newest album, Searching for Solace, on April 19th, 2024 via Epitaph, which featured the singles “Earn It”, “Death Grip”, “Wash It Away”, and “Split”, performed at History in Toronto on April 28th with metal band Paleface Swiss, Scottish heavy metal band Bleed … Continue reading →

Photos by: Katrina Lat –  Canadian indie rock band Talk, who released their newest album, Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, on October 20th, 2023 via Capitol, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on Apr. 27th.

Photos by: Mike Highfield – Metalcore band Kublai Khan TX, who released their newest album, Lowest Form of Animal, on April 1st, 2022 via Rise, which followed up their 2019 album, Absolute, performed at the Opera House in Toronto on April 16th with hardcore punk band Sunami, who released their newest album, Sunami, in 2023, which … Continue reading →

Photos by: David McDonald –  Alt-Rock band Blue October, who released their newest album, Spinning the Truth Around, on October 13th, 2023 via Up/Down, which featured the singles “Spinning the Truth Around”, “Where Did You Go? I’m Less of a Mess These Days”, “Shut Up, I Want You to Love Me Back”, “How Can You Love … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Today, Björk confirms her upcoming DJ set at Under The K Bridge in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, May 10. Hand-selected by Bjork, the lineup will feature Eartheater (DJ set), Jlin, Mun Sing, Sega Bodega (DJ set), and Shygirl (Club Shy set). Presented by The Bowery Presents, the event will open doors at … Continue reading →

By: Staff – On Friday, April 12th, METZ will release Up On Gravity Hill, their first new album in four years, worldwide on Sub Pop and in Canada on Dine Alone. Today, the band is sharing an official video for the album highlight “Superior Mirage,” which was directed by John Andrews. METZ frontman Alex Edkins shares … Continue reading →

By: Taija Grey –  UK pop/dance/garage artist PinkPantheress, who released her debut album, Heaven Knows, on November 10th, 2023 via Warner UK, which featured the singles “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”, “Mosquito”, “Capable of Love”, and “Nice to Meet You”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on April 7th with Atlanta-based hip-hop artist … Continue reading →

By: Joanna Roselli – Pop-Punk band Bowling For Soup, who releaed their newest album, Pop Drunk Snot Bread, on April 22nd, 2022 via Brando/Que-so, which featured the singles “Alexa Bliss”, “Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody’s Doing It)”, “Killin’ ‘Em With Kindness”, and “I Wanna Be Brad Pitt”, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Knocked Loose unleash their seething, experimental new single “Don’t Reach For Me,” a track that combines the band’s signature frenzied attack with deliberate catchiness and exhilarating sonic variety. After one listen, the song’s refrain — “I dream of a cleansing wave,” roared out by frontman Bryan Garris in his patented piercing, rueful … Continue reading →

Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – JUNO Award-winning indie rock duo Tegan and Sara, who released their newest album, Crybaby, on October 21st, 2022 via Mom + Pop, which featured the singles “Fucking Up What Matters”, “Yellow”, “Faded Like a Feeling”, “I Can’t Grow Up”, and “Smoking Weed Alone”, performed at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre … Continue reading →

Photos by Josh Moody – Emo karaoke took over Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto on March 22nd with a catalogue full of beloved 90s-00s emo/pop-punk bands like Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, and more, and a live band that played each song note-for-note. For millennial emos looking for a fun twist on the typical karaoke … Continue reading →

Photos by: Dave Blass – Hard Rock band Lynch Mob, who released their newest album, Babylon, on October 20th, 2023 via Frontiers Records, performed at The Canyon Agoura Hills in Agoura Hills, California on March 30th.

By: Staff – From the team who created Boots and Hearts Music Festival, Wayhome Music and Arts Festival, and Canada Rocks with The Rolling Stones, the internationally acclaimed and multi-award winning Canadian live entertainment company, Republic Live, announces a brand new pop-punk and alternative rock festival, All Your Friends Fest, for summer 2024. The two-day event, complete … Continue reading →

By: Curtis Sindrey – AEW returned to Toronto’s Coca-Cola Coliseum on March 20th for back-to-back tapings of AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage. For over three hours of action, AEW treated wrestling fans to matches featuring “Mad King” Eddie Kingston vs. Kazuchika Okada for the AEW Continental Championship, “Lionheart” Chris Jericho vs. FTW Champion HOOK, AEW Women’s … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Pulp will play their first North American shows in over a decade as they announce a tour of the US and Canada for this fall. The Sheffield band last performed on the continent in 2012, their final show coming at the Coachella Festival that year and are excited to make their return … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Grammy-nominated band Sum 41 has shared their newest single “Waiting On A Twist Of Fate”, out now via Rise Records, from their upcoming final album Heaven :x: Hell. The second single from the double album’s pop-punk Heaven side, “Waiting On A Twist Of Fate” harkens back to the earliest days of the band’s pop punk roots. The track … Continue reading →