By: Staff – The When We Were Young Festival has announce its 2017 lineup. The Festival, which is set to take place at the Observatory in Orange Country, CA on April 8-9, will be headlined by ex-The Smiths frontman Morrissey. Other notable artists include: Descendents, AFI (who released their new self-titled album last month, which debuted … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto’s Paper Bag Records has announced the launch of Paper Bag Vintage, a new label that will showcase and preserve Canadian albums that have yet to be pressed on vinyl or haven’t been reissued in recent years. Paper Bag Vintage’s first release will be a reissue of The Dears’ acclaimed debut album End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story for the first time … Continue reading
By: Staff – Grammy Award-winning rock band Muse just announced a North American tour with worldwide multi-platinum selling band Thirty Seconds to Mars. PVRIS will be the support band for the tour which will kick off May 20th in West Palm Beach, FL and wrap up on September 20th in Salt Lake City, UT. A Muse fan club presale will start Wednesday, February 8th at 10am local time … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – With the world roiled by fear and division borne out of politics, economic uncertainty, and terrorism, perhaps there is no better time for the arrival of music underpinned by the belief that love wins. Into the maw of anxiety comes Mother Mother with No Culture (out Feb. 10th via Universal Music Canada), which posits … Continue reading
By: Staff – Following an explosive Super Bowl half-time performance, Lady Gaga will be traveling the globe with the ”Joanne World Tour” starting on August 1st in Vancouver, BC with a series of concert dates throughout Europe and the UK before returning to North America in November and December this year. Grammy and Golden Globe winner and Academy Award-nominated Lady Gaga is a one-of-a kind artist and performer. … Continue reading
Photos by: Joshua Mellin – Synthpop band Future Islands, who will release their new album, The Far Field, on April 7th via 4AD, which will feature the single “Ran”, which will serve as the first Future Islands album to feature live drums by Michael Lowry, who joined the band prior to their sensational performance of ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ on David Letterman, performed at House of … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – French shoegaze/metal band Alcest, who released their fifth album, Kodama, on September 30th, 2016 via Prophecy Productions, which is a concept album about “the confrontation of the natural world and the human world”, inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s film Princess Mononoke, performed at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver last night with San Francisco-based alt-metal band Creepers, … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Juno Award-nominated, Montreal-based indie pop singer-songwriter Coeur De Pirate, who released her newest album, Roses, on August 28th, 2015 via Dare To Care Records, which featured the singles “Oublie-moi / Carry On”, “Oceans Brawl”, and “Crier tout bas”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with synthpop singer-songwriter KROY, whose influences range … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Southern Rock band Drive-By Truckers, who released their eleventh album, American Band, on September 30th, 2016 via ATO, which was produced by long-time collaborator David Barbe, and recorded in the summer of 2016, and which serves as the first Drive-By Truckers album since 1999’s Pizza Deliverance not to feature cover art by longtime … Continue reading
Photos by: Philip Moussavi – Australian EDM duo Peking Duk, who released their debut EP, Songs to Sweat To, on July 31st, 2015 via RCA, performed at Celebrities Nightclub in Vancouver last night.