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Photos: August Burns Red, Miss May I, Northlane @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre

Photos by: Theo Rallis – Metalcore band August Burns Red, who released their sixth album, Rescue & Restore, on June 25th, 2013 via Solid State, which featured the single “Spirit Breaker”, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with  melodic metalcore band Miss May I, who released their fourth album, Rise of a Lion, … Continue reading

Photos: B.o.B @ Luxy Nightclub

Photos by: Victoria Charko (@victoriacharko) – Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist B.o.B, who released his third album, Underground Luxury, on December 17th, 2013 via Grand Hustle/Atlantic, which featured the singles “HeadBand”, “Ready”, and “John Doe”, performed at Luxy Nightclub in Vaughn, ON last night.

Photos: Wolfgang Gartner @ Uniun Nightclub

Photos by: Jon Wishart – California-based electro house DJ/Producer Wolfgang Gartner, who released his debut album, Weekend in America, on September 20th, 2011 via Ultra, brought his ongoing “Unholy Tour” to Uniun Nightclub in Toronto last night.

Photos: AFI’s Davey Havok and Jade Puget Debut New Side-Project in Los Angeles

Photos by: Joey Pacheco (@MRJOJOJOEY) –  AFI’s Davey Havok and Jade Puget debuted their new straight edge hardcore band XTRMST last night at The Roxy in Los Angeles. The new side-project released their self-titled debut album on November 14th, 2014 via Dim Mak Records (EDM icon Steve Aoki’s label). Check out our interview with Jade Puget here.  

Photos: Beams, Jose Contreras, Loon Choir @ The Horseshoe Tavern

Photos by: Theo Rallis – Toronto-based indie rock-folk band Beams, who released a new 7″ called The Gutters & The Glass on January 27th, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern last night with Jose Contreras, who is best known as the frontman for Canadian indie rock band By Divine Right, and who released his self-titled debut solo album … Continue reading

Interview: Mord Fustang Talks Video Games, His Dream Collaborations, and His Studio Setup

By: Brandon Lorenzetti – DJ/producer Mord Fustang recently released his debut album 9999 in 1. According to Mord, 9999 in 1 is “kind of a concept album.” Growing up in the small Eastern European country of Estonia, Mord became a video game fanatic – today he claims “70% of my body is made of video games.” The title comes from the random numbers … Continue reading

Interview: Danko Jones Talks “Fire Music”, Indie Rock Pretense, and Nickelback Haters

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – D anko Jones is NOT – to repeat, NOT – embracing EDM, nor is he going for a more synth-ed out, free jazz, old school hip-hop or new wave approach. He hasn’t visited the French avant-garde underground scene and come back with a revolutionary new approach and he doesn’t think that his days … Continue reading

Photos: Sleeping With Sirens, Pierce The Veil, PVRIS, Mallory Knox @ The Warfield, San Francisco

Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – Florida-based post-hardcore band Sleeping With Sirens, who will release their fourth album, Madness, on March 17th via Epitaph, which features the single “Kick Me”, performed at The Warfield in San Francisco on January 26th with San Diego-based post-hardcore band Pierce The Veil, who is expected to release their fourth album sometime … Continue reading

Photos: Big Sugar @ Hamilton Place

Photos by: Dawn Hamilton – Toronto-based blues rock-reggae band Big Sugar, who released their new album, Yardstyle, on April 14th, 2014 via eOne Music, which features acoustic versions of their catalogue of hit songs, performed a stripped-down acoustic show at Hamilton Place in Hamilton last night.

Photos: 2015 JUNO Awards Nominee Press Conference

Photos by: Amy Buck (@AmyBuckk) Organizers of the 2015 JUNO Awards held a press conference at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto this morning to announce this year’s nominees; the winners being announced during the 44th annual JUNO Awards in Hamilton in March. A slew of 2015 nominees including Del Barber (Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: … Continue reading