Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Hip-Hop artist Watsky, who released his newest album, Complaint, on January 11th, 2019, which featured the singles “Welcome to the Family”, “All Like Whatever”, “Mean Ass Drunk”, “No Complaints No Conversation”, and “Limos 4 Emos”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (Feb. 22nd) with Seattle-based hip-hop … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Indie Rock artist Kurt Vile, who released his eighth album, Bottle It In, on October 12th, 2018 via Matador, which featured the singles “Loading Zones”, and “Bassackwards”, and also featured contributions from Kim Gordon, Cass McCombs, Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint, and Mary Lattimore, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Canadian folk-rock singer-songwriter Joel Plaskett, who released his newest album, Solidarity, on February 17th, 2017 via Pheromone Recordings, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (Dec. 21st).
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere, who released their seventh studio album, Fishing Blues, on August 12th via Rhymesayers, which featured guest appearances by I.B.E, Dem Atlas, Doom and Kool Keith, Aesop Rock, The Grouch, and Kim Manning, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night (March 18th) with hip-hop artist Evidence, who released his third solo album, … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Minneapolis, Minnesota-based hip-hop artist P.O.S, who is best known as a founding member of the indie hip-hop collective Doomtree, and who released his fifth album, Chill, dummy, on January 27th, 2017, which followed up his 2012 album, We Don’t Even Live Here, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night with hip-hop artist Transit22, and rapper … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Portland-based hip-hop artist Aesop Rock, who released his seventh album, The Impossible Kid, on April 29th, 2016 via Rhymesayers, which spawned a 48-minute video for the entire album, which is a shot-for-shot remake of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, using small figurines, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night with New York City-based rapper … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Acclaimed Nova Scotia-based rock band Joel Plaskett Emergency, who will perform at today’s (May 23) CBC Music Festival in Toronto, and who released their new album, The Park Avenue Sobriety Test, on March 17th, 2015 via Pheromone Recordings, which follows up their 2012 album, Scrappy Happiness, performed at The Danforth Music … Continue reading
For the third year in a row, we are proud to share our year-end list for the best concerts of 2014 from Aesthetic Magazine’s team of contributors. Every one of these lists is vital to what we do, and represents the various ways in which our contributors interact with the global music scene on behalf of … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – San Francisco-based rapper Watsky, who released his third album, All You Can Do, on August 12th, 2014 via Steel Wool Media/Welk Music Group, which features the singles “Whoa Whoa Whoa”, “Ink Don’t Bleed”, “Right Now”, and the title track, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with … Continue reading
Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – St. Catharines-based folk-rock band City and Colour, who released their fourth album, The Hurry and the Harm, on June 4th, 2013 via Dine Alone Records played a hometown show (and the first show ever) at the brand new Meridian Centre with Joel Plaskett, who released his fifth album, Scrappy Happiness, on March 27th, … Continue reading
