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Interview: Bombay Bicycle Club’s Ed Nash Talks Toothless, Getting Older, and Collaborations

By: Curtis Sindrey – Toothless is the new project from Ed Nash, bassist for Bombay Bicycle Club, who released his debut album, The Pace of the Passing, on January 27th via Rostrum Records. To all intents and purposes, Toothless and his debut record have been carefully conceived by Nash. Everything up to and including the album’s artwork ties into the central themes that run … Continue reading

Photos: Mykki Blanco, Cakes Da Killa, Music Bear Tony Banks @ Velvet Underground

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  Hip-hop artist Mykki Blanco, who released his debut album, Mykki, on September 16th, 2016, which featured the single “High School Never Ends (feat. Woodkid)”, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto last night with New Jersey-based rapper Cakes Da Killa, who released his second EP, #IMF, on February 10th, 2015 via Mishka NYC, and hip-hop artist Music Bear Tony … Continue reading

Musink Festival Announces 2017 Lineup

By: Staff – The 10th annual MUSINK, presented by Travis Barker, is set for March 17, 18, and 19, 2017 at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, CA. The three-day tattoo convention, car show and concert is America’s largest tattoo and music festival, featuring hundreds of world-renowned tattoo artists, Famous Stars and Straps presents the Low and Slow Car Show, … Continue reading

Photos: Surfer Blood, Sloucher @ Barboza

Photos by: Daniel Hager  –  Florida-based indie rockers Surfer Blood, who released their fourth album, Snowdonia, on February 3rd, 2017 via Joyful Noise, which followed up their 2015 album, 1000 Palms, and their 2013 album, Pythons, which was produced by Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies, Jimmy Eat World), performed at Barboza in Seattle on February 12th with … Continue reading

Photos: Hamilton Leithauser, Lucy Dacus @ The Opera House

Photos by: Theo Rallis – Hamilton Leithauser, who is best known as the frontman for Boston-based garage rock band The Recoys, who broke up in 1999, and New York City-based indie rock band The Walkmen, who went on hiatus in 2014, and who released a collaborative album with Rostam Batmanglij, the former multi-instrumentalist and producer of Vampire Weekend, called I Had … Continue reading

Photos: Pop Evil, Red Sun Rising, Badflower @ House of Blues Chicago

Photos by: Cindi Huang – Hard Rock band Pop Evil, who released their fourth album, Up, on August 21st, 2015 via eOne, which was produced by Adam Kasper (Aerosmith, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, R.E.M., The Tragically Hip, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam), performed at the House of Blues in Chicago on February 10th with hard rock band Red Sun Rising, and … Continue reading

Contest: Win 2 Tickets to Bring Me The Horizon in Toronto!

We’re giving away two (2) GA tickets to Bring Me The Horizon in Toronto! Buy tickets here. Date: March 15 – 7pm Venue: Ricoh Coliseum Openers: Underoath, Beartooth 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 Bring Me The Horizon in #Toronto! … Continue reading

Photos: Metallica @ Hollywood Palladium

Photos by: Charley Gallay –  Grammy Award-winning, and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Metallica, who released their tenth album, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, on November 18th, 2016, performed at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles last night as part of the Citi Sound Vault concert series.

Wayhome Announces 2017 Lineup

By: Staff – The Wayhome Music Festival has revealed its 2017 line-up. Grammy Live Performance Award winners, Imagine Dragons, critically acclaimed, cutting-edge R&B  artist Frank Ocean, and double platinum 2017 Grammy award winning Australian producer Flume will headline the main stage Other notable artists include: French electronic-duo Justice, chart topping singer-songwriter of the standout 2016 release “A Seat at the table” … Continue reading

Photos: Marianas Trench, Shawn Hook @ Save On Foods Memorial Centre

Photos by: Tyson Elder – Vancouver-based pop-punk band Marianas Trench, who released their fourth album, Astoria, on October 23rd, 2015 via 604, which featured the singles “One Love”, and “This Means War”, and which followed up their 2015 EP, Something Old / Something New, performed at the Save On Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria B.C last night with Canadian Pop/Electronic/Rock singer-songwriter Shawn … Continue reading