By: Staff – In a new feature to Aesthetic Magazine, we are proud to announce that we are the new presenting partner for Toronto-based film podcast Contra Zoom. Your host, Dakota Arsenault, goes in depth about everything film; from lists, to reviews, and more! In the inaugural episode, Dakota, along with special guest, Aesthetic Magazine Founder … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – Festival De Musique Émergente (FME) held its 2021 edition in the small city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec from Sept. 2-5 at various venues, and featured performances by Toronto-based punk trio The OBGMs, who released their new album, The Ends, on October 30, 2020 via Black Box, which was mixed by Grammy and Juno award winning Dave … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – Acclaimed Canadian country-rock band Blue Rodeo, who released their newest album, 1000 Arms, on October 28th, 2016 via Warner Music Canada, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night (Aug. 28th) with folk-rock singer-songwriter Alan Doyle, who is best known as one of the lead singers of acclaimed east coast folk-rock band Great … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – It was a Saturday night in a world of possibilities as Arkells took the stage last night (Aug. 14) at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage for their second of three shows dubbed the “Arkells Long Weekend.” In one of their first shows in over 500 days, the Hamilton-based band brought along an optimistic outlook … Continue reading
By: Staff – Earlier this year, Thom Yorke created a version of Radiohead’s “Creep” for designer Jun Takahashi’s Tokyo Fashion Week showcase of “Creep Very,” his UNDERCOVER Fall/Winter 2021 Women’s collection. This haunting reimagining of the 1993 hit is now being released as “Creep (Very 2021 RMX),” a standalone single available for streaming and digital … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Montreal-based singer-songwriter Adeline Saive has spent the last year experimenting with genres including pop, folk, and soul, and is learning avidly from industry professionals, while having successfully released three singles in 2020 as an independent artist. Her anglophone debut single gathered over 20,000 streams on Spotify, and her francophone debut ranked in the Top 200 ADISQ charts in Québec … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – Country music singer-songwriter Dean Brody, who released his newest EP, Black Sheep, on April 26th, 2019, which featured the singles “Good Goodbye”, “Dose of Country”, “Whiskey in a Teacup”, and “Black Sheep”, and which followed up his 2016 album, Beautiful Freakshow, performed at the OLG Play Stage in Toronto last night (Sept. 26th) with emerging Canadian country music … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – As the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate the world, the music photography community, along with the music industry as a whole, has been heavily impacted as music venues close and tours are postponed. With an end not quite in sight, photographers are forced to adapt to this “new normal” as they struggle to … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Canadian actor Michael Mando, who is best known as the fan favourite Nacho Varga, right hand man to the heir of the Salamanca empire, on AMC’s hit series Better Call Saul, returns with a new single, and an EP on the way. One fateful encounter in New York with Prince’s guitarist Michael “Fish” Herring sealed Mando’s desire … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Moaning, the musical effort from vocalist/guitarist Sean Solomon, bassist/keyboardist Pascal Stevenson and drummer Andrew MacKelvie, will follow-up their 2018 self-titled debut with Uneasy Laughter via Sub Pop Records on March 20th. What happens when an abrasive rock trio trades guitars for synths, cranks up the beats and leans into the everyday anxieties of simply … Continue reading
