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By: Staff – CCMA & JUNO Award nominated artist Mike Robins is back with his new music video for “Lightening Don’t Strike Twice”, which you can watch exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. “Lightening Don’t Strike Twice”. “Lightening Don’t Strike Twice” is an adorable love song about feeling that once in a lifetime kind of love unlike anything else. On … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Austin, Texas-based Heartless Bastards share a brand new visual to accompany their first digital single in 5 years, “Revolution,” today. The song was originally released only on Bandcamp at first, where proceeds were donated to the ACLU. Now, the song is out everywhere. The timely visual shines with a message of inner power in … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Since the release of her chart-topping holiday album, Warmer In The Winter, three years ago, Lindsey Stirling’s annual winter tour has become a fan-favorite across the country this time of year. Though touring may not be possible in 2020, the platinum-selling electronic artist, and violinist is keeping the tradition going by bringing … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Iconic song “Under Pressure” – originally released by Queen and David Bowie – receives a powerful rendition from another pair of acclaimed musicians in Karen O and Willie Nelson, which you can stream below. Two days after the 39-year anniversary of the song’s original release, the lyrics remain as poignant today as … Continue reading →

By: Staff – California metalcore mainstays Atreyu have announced a pair of “Carry the Fire” livestream event. The first stream will be a greatest hits set that takes place on Friday, November 20, with the second stream finding the band playing 2007’s Lead Sails Paper Anchor in full and takes place on Friday, December 4. There will be exclusive merch bundles … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Arctic Monkeys has announced the release of Arctic Monkeys – Live At The Royal Albert Hall on December 4th, 2020. All proceeds from the album will go to War Child UK to help fill what could be up to a £2 million deficit they are facing in 2021, caused by the devastating … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Arlington, Texas-based singer-songwriter Andrew Delaney is back with his new single “Feels Like It’s True”, which you can stream exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below We’ve all heard of stories of people rushing into love. Delaney’s upcoming single “Feels Like It’s True” does the opposite and takes its time approaching love, almost too much time. But over … Continue reading →

By: Staff – To celebrate the release of Kennen’s new video for “Timothée Chalamet”, the Ontario-based producer, and singer-songwriter curated a brand new Spotify playlist, which you can stream below. One too many tales of unrequited love–that’s what inspired Kennen’s first projects. The singer, songwriter and producer works out of his own room and creates … Continue reading →

By: Staff – In the face of one of the worst professional gender imbalances in the country, Canada’s leading producer of contemporary opera Tapestry Opera is launching an innovative multi-year opportunity titled Women in Musical Leadership, a full-time professional fellowship to advance six talented female-identifying and non-binary music directors and conductors and richly expand the … Continue reading →

By: Staff – In a new feature to Aesthetic Magazine, we are proud to announce that we are the new presenting partner for Toronto-based film podcast Contra Zoom. Your host, Dakota Arsenault, goes in depth about everything film; from lists, to reviews, and more! On this episode, Dakota plays “Make/Remake” examines how two films that share the … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Renowned composer and director John Carpenter has announced his first album of non-soundtrack music in nearly five years, Lost Themes III: Alive After Death, is set for a February 5th release via Sacred Bones. Carpenter famously called the first Lost Themes album “a soundtrack for the movies in your mind.”. On Alive … Continue reading →

By: Staff – A year has passed since the release of Refused’s fifth full-length album, War Music, and Nov. 20th will bring a new round of the band’s hook-laden, political post-hardcore punk rock with the release of their latest EP, The Malignant Fire. With the release of the first track “Born On The Outs”, anticipation … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Montreal psych-rock band The Besnard Lakes have announced the release of their new album, The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings, on January 29th, 2021. The 72-minute suite marks the first release via their new labels — Flemish Eye in Canada, Fat Cat Records in the US — … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Award-winning Canadian country artist Karen Lee Batten is back with a new video for her track “Too Strong”, which you can watch exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. “Too Strong” – co-written by Batten, Jeff Johnson (Madeline Merlo), Mitch Merrett (Tyler Joe Miller), and Chad Kroeger (Nickelback) – was also co-produced by the CCMA-winning Merrett … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Run The Jewels have shared a new video for “Yankee and the Brave (ep. 4)” from their new album RTJ4. Directed by Sean Solomon with animation by Titmouse, the video brings the song’s action film-ready narrative to life as Mike and El are pulled into a stand off with a malicious robotic … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Emerging BC-based country artist Dani Strong has shared 5 new songs from her upcoming 2nd album, Undefined, which is set for release on Oct. 23rd. Stream the tracks exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. Produced by JUNO Award winning and 2020 Grammy nominee, Dan Brodbeck (The Cranberries, Texas King), Undefined sees Dani unafraid to wander across genre lines, blending … Continue reading →

By: Staff – For the past ten years, San Francisco rock / post-metal luminaries Deafheaven have built one of the most compelling discographies in metal, one that has challenged both the modus operandi and perceptions of the genre. Each critically acclaimed release widened the scope of their particular views of what rock and metal can be, … Continue reading →

By: Staff – The Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx will form a supergroup fo the first time ever for an upcoming concert titled Halloween Dead Stream. The one-hour intimate event will be the first of its kind, equal parts powerhouse punk, melancholy mariachi and hallucinogenic horror. Your mind will be tricked and your ears will be treated as … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Julien Baker will release her third studio album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador Records. Today she reveals the first look at the album via “Faith Healer.” Watch the Daniel Henry-directed video below. She says, “Put most simply, I think that ‘Faith Healer’ is a song about vices, both the obvious … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Emerging artist Okabe is back with his new single “Wait”, which you can stream exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. “The song was inspired by intense feelings of angst,” said Okabe. “Being in love with someone but living across the world from that person. The feelings of confusion, romanticization and bliss and everything in-between powered … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Just under a month after delivering their 2016 album, Nonagon Infinity, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard took the stage at San Francisco’s The Independent for a set both wildly frenetic and meticulously executed. In one of their final club gigs before bursting onto the international scene—soon selling out amphitheaters and headlining … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Toronto-based indie rock band Stuck On Planet Earth is back with a new video for “Ghosts On The Radio”, which you can watch exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. Plus, the band has announced they will play a special show at Sneaky Dee’s, which will be livestreamed via Noonchorus on Friday, November 6th, 2020 … Continue reading →

By: Staff – On the heels of her A Soft Place EP release, Calgary alt-pop artist Selci invites us deeper into her surrealist vision with the video for “Live Your Light”, which you can watch exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. Co-directed with emerging filmmaker Annabeth Trondsen—who also contributed to Selci’s darkly humorous “For You” video—the duo’s latest offering revolves around the concept … Continue reading →

By: Staff – In a new feature to Aesthetic Magazine, we are proud to announce that we are the new presenting partner for Toronto-based film podcast Contra Zoom. Your host, Dakota Arsenault, goes in depth about everything film; from lists, to reviews, and more! Nathan Sizemore and Katey Cottrill return to the show as we … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Quebec-based guitarist/musical director/singer-songwriter David Lafleche is back with a new video for “We Collided”, which you can watch exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. Lafleche, renowned for his work on La Voix (The Voice, Quebec), is set to release his debut album in 2021.  This modern country track was born in, arguably the greatest music … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Backxwash has won the 2020 Polaris Music Prize for the album God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It. “Be as honest as you want to be and create the art that you want to,” said Backxwash while reflecting on her win. The Prize goes to the best … Continue reading →

By: Staff – To celebrate the release of Alex Southey’s new single “On the Dance Floor”, the rising singer-songwriter has curated an exclusive “Suburban Millennial Coming of Age” Spotify playlist, which you can stream below. Southey is an emerging singer-songwriter based in Toronto. His unique blend of wandering lyricism, atmospheric strings, and emotive sense of melody … Continue reading →

By: Jessica Nakamoto – With spooky season finally upon us, there’s no better time to be “Afraid of the Dark”. Channeling a haunted cabin and sleepless nights at a rural songwriting retreat, Kaatii’s latest single (out now) is an upbeat yet spine-tingling ode to being paranoid for no reason whatsoever. Originally conjured up in Breckenridge, Colorado … Continue reading →

By: Staff – Nashville-based pop singer/songwriter Alex Noelle is back with her new single “Ludlow”, which you can stream exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. Her third single in 2020 finds the celebration in devastating heartbreak. Written by Noelle with production by Elysse Yulo, Alex Noelle, and Adam Sickler and mixing and mastering by Adam Sickler, “Ludlow” is an upbeat … Continue reading →