Photos by: Brendan Albert – Toronto Fashion Week 2019 wrapped up last night (Sept. 5th) at the Royal Ontario Museum with catwalk shows featuring Canadian-born, Italian-based menswear designer Christopher Bates, who uses top quality fabrics and extreme attention to detail, attracting a number of celebrity fans including MLB Star Jose Bautista, NBA star DeMarre Carroll of the Brooklyn … Continue reading
By: Staff – Hip-Hop artist Danny Brown has announced the release of his long awaited and much anticipated return with his fifth studio album uknowhatimsayin¿, on October 4th via WARP. The news coincides with the release of the album’s first single and video “Dirty Laundry”, directed by Simon Cahn. Brown’s lyrics balance earnest storytelling with … Continue reading
By: Staff – Cigarettes After Sex will return with their anticipated sophomore album – Cry – on October 25th via Partisan Records. Recorded during night time sessions in a mansion on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the album is a lush, cinematic meditation on the many complex facets of love – meeting, wanting, needing, losing…sometimes all at once. Listen to … Continue reading
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Toronto Fashion Week 2019 continued on September 4th at the Royal Ontario Museum with catwalk shows featuring Canadian womenswear designer NARCES, which specializes in cocktail, evening, bridal, and flowergirl ready-to-wear, made to measure custom dresses and gowns, RVNG Couture, which is a luxury fashion house creating collections that empower women with clothing … Continue reading
By: Staff – Emerging singer-songwriter Saffron A is back with her new EP, Resistance, which you can stream exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. Based in Brantford Ontario, Saffron A is a rare artist who has refined her skills on the octave mandolin and mandocello. Her music sits where emotion and intellect intersect with lyrics inspired by divine poetry and sounds beaming with the … 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
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Synthpop artist Banks, who released her second album, III, on July 12th, 2019 via Harvest, which featured the singles “Gimme”, “Look What You’re Doing to Me”, and “Contaminated”, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night (Sept. 3rd) with Brooklyn, New York-based R&B singer-songwriter Kevin Garrett, who released his debut album, Hoax, on March 22nd, 2019 … Continue reading
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Toronto Fashion Week 2019 kicked off at Fashion House (78 Yorkville Ave) last night (Sept. 3rd) with captivating runaway shows from Toronto-based women’s evening wear brand Steven Lejambe, which specializes in feminine silhouettes and unique styles., and Canadian outerwear brand WUXLY, where in addition to the new looks on display, featured … Continue reading
Photos by: Alx Bear – UK electronic band Hot Chip, who released their seventh album, A Bath Full of Ecstasy, on June 21st, 2019 via Domino, performed at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, New York last night (Sept. 3rd).
By: Staff – Emerging Toronto-based punk band No Big Deal is back with a new video for their track “Bring The Rain”, which you can watch exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. The song is the brand new single from Toronto punks, and serves as a mid-tempo rocker reminiscent of Rancid, with a touch of blink-182. Five … Continue reading