Photos by: Josh Friesen – The third and final day of the KOI Music Festival featured performances by Toronto-based alternative dance duo USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), who released their second album, Advanced Basics, on February 11th, 2014, which was funded through crowdsourcing site PledgeMusic, with the project being titled “#Letsgetweirdtogether”, Canadian progessive metal quintet Protest The Hero, who released their fourth … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Friesen – Day two of KOI Music Festival 2014 featured performances by Michigan-based post-hardcore band Chiodos, who released their fourth album, Devil, on April 1st, 2014 via Razor & Tie, which was produced by David Bottrill (Moneen, Tool, Silverchair), pop-punk band Four Year Strong, who released their new EP, Go Down in History, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Friesen – The KOI Music Festival 2014 in Kitchener kicked off last night with Toronto-based hard rock band Danko Jones, who released their sixth album, Rock and Roll Is Black and Blue, on October 9th, 2012 via Bad Taste Records, Toronto-based indie rockers Teenage Kicks, who released their debut full-length album, Spoils of Youth, on April 29, 2014 via Rezolute Music/Universal … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Friesen – Texas-based Christian rapper Lecrae, who released his seventh album, Anomaly, on September 9th, 2014 via Reach, hard rock singer-songwriter Lacey Sturm, who is the co-founder and former lead vocalist of the hard rock band Flyleaf, Canadian Christian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch, who released their seventh album, OXYGEN:INHALE, on August 26th, 2014, and more, performed at the Air Canada … Continue reading
By: Josh Friesen – Little known about Kitchener, Waterloo is that the music energy around there is stronger than ever! With the annual weekend-long KOI Music Festival, the energy will be pumping even more. This year, KOI has drawn in some bigger acts such as Protest The Hero, Silverstein, Every Time I Die, Miss May I, … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Friesen – British Columbia-based powerpop band These Kids Wear Crowns, who appeared on MuchMusic’s “disBand” and signed to a contract with Capitol Records/EMI, and who released their third album (second on Capital/EMI) called Jumpstart on March 1st, 2011, performed at the CNE in Toronto last night with Bowmanville, ON-based pop band Eleven Past One, who released … Continue reading
