Date(s): January 14th | Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm Venue: The Opera House Opener: Joe Pug You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @thedevilmakes3 in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | @LiveNationON | http://t.co/IUhjNlSafl … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto-based hard rock trio Danko Jones will release their seventh LP, Fire Music, on February 10th via New Damage Records, which is produced by JUNO Award winning Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Monster Truck, Metric). The track features Danko’s smooth talking alter ego ’The Mango Kid’. A video for the single filmed in Toronto … Continue reading
Date(s): Feb. 20th | Doors at 8pm Venue: The Rockpile West You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 tickets to @TalibKweli in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | #hiphop | http://t.co/elizkuIBsw pic.twitter.com/r6RkTj8CHp — Aesthetic Magazine (@Aesthetic_Mag) January 9, 2015 … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Los Angeles-based heavy metal band Black Label Society, who released their ninth album, Catacombs of the Black Vatican, on April 7th, 2014 via Mascot Records/E1 Music, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night in support of the album with Grammy-nominated metalcore band Hatebreed, who released their sixth album, The Divinity of … Continue reading
By: Staff – Sour Soul, the new collaborative album between Wu-Tang Clan and New York rap legend Ghostface Killah and acclaimed Toronto-based trio BADBADNOTGOOD gets released on February 24th through eOne Music Canada. Produced by Frank Dukes and BADBADNOTGOOD on analog tape with vintage equipment, the album takes Ghost back to his gritty soulful roots. The album … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Black Coast (aka New York producer Stan Rapoport) and New York City-based singer-songwriter M. Maggie just released their second collaboration, a song called “Enough”. It’s infectiously catchy, especially with Maggie’s dreamy vocals. Stream it below.
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – You might know house artist Samantha Vacation (aka Daryl Seaver) from her 2013 12-inch for L.I.E.S., but she’s back with her new release CD-R, which according to her label (Jeff Witscher’s Salon imprint), is a “collected works from the past year exploring themes of rhythmic complexity using a vocabulary drawn from deep … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – UK pop artist Robyn Sherwell, who’s last track, “Islander”, was released in November, is back with a new melancholy-drenched electronic pop offering called “Pale Lung”. She says the song is about “falling for someone you’re not supposed to fall for. It summarizes that specific mix of guilt and desire at that moment you first realize … Continue reading
By: Brandon Lorenzetti – We sit down with acclaimed hip-hop producer Just Blaze (Jay-Z, Eminem, Kanye West) before his show at Uniun Nightclub in Toronto as part of the 2014 Hennessy Artistry Series where he talks about how music production has evolved, his creative process, hanging up on Jay-Z’s A&R dept., and more!
By: Staff – Toronto indie quartet Hollerado will release a special collection of demos dedicated to fans titled 111 Songs on March 24, 2015. Stream the first track “Firefly (Annie Murphy)” below. On the band’s 2013 release White Paint, the first 111 fans to pre-order the LP were promised a custom song written exclusively for them. Now complete, 111 Songs will take the form of … Continue reading