By: Staff – Legendary punk rock band Rancid has been tapped as headliner to debut The Bash — a brand new music and craft beer festival hitting the U.S. this spring. The Bash launched on May 11 in Phoenix, AZ and includes a total of seven stops in May and June. With a lineup curated by Rancid, all dates of The Bash will feature music from Rancid, Pennywise (excluding … Continue reading
By: Kirstin Bews – Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Jenn Grant is back with her new album, Love, Inevitable (out May 31st). Hailing from Halifax, Grant wrote the songs from her home city, before flying out to Portland to record with Tucker Martine. This marks a change in her production pattern, as her last four albums were … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – The 2019 CBC Music Festival took place last night at Echo Beach in Toronto and featured performances by folk-rock singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, who released her newest album, Medicine Songs, on November 10th, 2017 via True North Records, which featured the single “You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind)(feat. Tanya Tagaq), Montreal-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Punk Rock band The Distillers, who released their first new song in 15 years titled “Man vs Magnet”, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night (May 25) with heavy metal band Starcrawler, who released their self-titled debut album on January 19th, 2018 via Rough Trade, which featured the … Continue reading
Photos by: Alx Bear – Day one of Boston Calling took place at Harvard University Athletics Complex in Boston last night (May 24th), and featured performances by Twenty One Pilots, CHVRCHES, Greta Van Fleet, and Christine And The Queens!
By: Kirstin Bews – Frank Iero, formerly of 2000’s emo greats My Chemical Romance, is releasing his solo project Barriers on May 31st. Akin to namesake, barriers, considers how we set obstacles around ourselves for protection. Each song contemplates metaphorical walls that Iero has built up or knocked down, an experience most … Continue reading
Photos by: Tyler Roberts – UK metalcore band Architects, who released their newest album, Holy Hell, on November 9th, 2018 via Epitaph, which featured the singles “Doomsday”, “Hereafter”, “Royal Beggars”, and “Modern Misery”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (May 23rd) with Australian deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder, who will release their new album, Human … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto-based indie rockers Fast Romantics have released a new single titled “Do No Wrong”, which you can stream below. The track is from their third full-length album, slated for fall 2019. “The song is about that fleeting feeling of invincibility you sometimes get after coming out of a long funk,” says lead singer … Continue reading
By: Staff – Alexisonfire unleash a brand new song, “Complicit” today. Produced by the band, long-time friend Karl Bareham (City and Colour), and mixed by Grammy-award winning Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse), the track comes on the heels of “Familiar Drugs” which marked the first time the band has released new … Continue reading
By: Kirstin Bews – Flying Lotus is releasing his new album, Flamagra, on May 24th via Warp Records. Aptly named, this album is fire. While this album comes half a decade after his last effort, You’re Dead (2014), it feels like no time was wasted in the creating of this 27-track masterpiece. The theme … Continue reading