By: Staff – LA-based rapper Casper Sun is back with a new video for his track “Sonnie”, the first single off his upcoming EP Pink Matter. “There was no budget involved… we aimed to traverse around LA/Koreatown with nothing but a free-app that placed an old-timey VHS filter on your recorded videos,” Casper Sun says on the video. … Continue reading
By: Jessica Nakamoto – For 21-year-old singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Isaiah Steinberg, art and storytelling have always gone hand-in-hand. Yet it wasn’t until his mother’s passing that the young Canadian began to put pen to paper and utilize lyrics as an emotional outlet and platform from which to document stories of his own. Finding solace in song, … Continue reading
Photos by: Cristina Cañedo – Indie band Sons Of An Illustrious Father, who released their newest album, Deus Sex Machina: Or, Moving Slowly Beyond Nikola Tesla, on June 1st, 2018, performed at the Moby Dick Club in Madrid, Spain last night (May 15th).
By: Staff – The Rolling Stones have announced the rescheduling of their 2019 “No Filter” North American tour. All the cities from the previous postponed shows are locked in with full details of 17 concerts announced today. The only Canadian date at Burl’s Creek in Ontario remains scheduled for June 29th. Additionally, the June 29th … 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 podcast Teenage Dirtbagz. Your hosts, Maddie and Carley are just two teenagers in their twenties who are on a quest to watch and dissect the most iconic high school movies of all … Continue reading
By: Staff – Slipknot has announced details of their long-awaited sixth LP, We Are Not Your Kind, which will be released August 9th via Roadrunner Records. Today the band has shared the album’s first single “Unsainted,” with an official music video streaming on Slipknot’s YouTube channel. Directed by the band’s own M. Shawn Crahan, the “Unsainted” … Continue reading
Photos by: Tony Contini – Dancehall artist Santigold, who released her newest album, I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions, on July 27th, 2018 via Downtown, performed at the Van Buren in Phoenix last night (May 14th).
Photos by: David McDonald – Heavy Metal band Black Label Society, who released their newest album, Grimmest Hits, on January 19th, 2018 via eOne, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night (May 14th).
By: Staff – Brantford, Ontario-based singer-songwriter Saffron A is back with her brand new EP, Resilience, which you can stream exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. “The Resilience EP is part one of a collection of songs that detail the emotional aftermath of sexual assault,” says Saffron A. “The content is strikingly personal and emotional, evoking an immediate response … Continue reading
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – On May 13th, the Prism Prize announced that director Kevan Funk won the Grand Prize of the 2019 Prism Prize for Belle Game’s music video for “Low.” Funk was on hand to accept the Prism Prize trophy and $15,000 award at the Prism Prize Awards Presentation at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. … Continue reading