Photos by: Kathryn DeFrank – Hip-Hop artist Wale, who released his fourth album, The Album About Nothing, on March 31st, 2015 via Maybach/Atlantic, performed at the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia last night.
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive, who released their fifth album, Ire, on September 25th, 2015 via Epitaph, which featured the singles “Vice Grip”, “Crushed”, “The Sound of Violence”, “Devil’s Calling”, and “Bottom Feeder”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with post-hardcore band We Came As Romans, who released their self-titled fourth album on July … Continue reading
Photos by: Andrew Hartl – South African alt-rock band Kongos, who released their third album, Egomaniac, on June 10th, 2016 via Epic, which followed up their 2012 album, Lunatic, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Welsh alt-rock band The Joy Formidable, who released their third album, Hitch, on March 25th, 2015 via Caroline, … Continue reading
Photos by: Mike Fowler – UK pop-soul singer-songwriter Rick Astley, who released his eighth album, 50, on June 10th, 2016 via BMG, which serves as his first studio album in more than 10 years, following 2005’s Portrait, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
By: Curtis Sindrey – Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Rachael Yamagata released her highly anticipated fourth studio album Tightrope Walker on September 23rd via Frankenfish Records/Thirty Tigers. With its themes of perseverance, relentlessness, and owning your own power, Tightrope Walker (Yamagata‘s first album since 2011’s Chesapeake), represents an artistic rebirth both lyrically and sonically for the Woodstock, NY-based artist. For her second independent release, Yamagata launched a … Continue reading
We’re giving away two (2) GA tickets to Phantogram in Toronto! Buy tickets here. Date: October 19th at 7pm Venue: The Phoenix Concert Theatre Opener: The Range You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to Phantogram in Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag … Continue reading
By: Staff – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day have announced their 2017 Revolution Radio North American Tour. The band is touring in support of their new album Revolution Radio, which was released Friday, October 7th by Reprise Records. Against Me! will provide support for all dates. Presale tickets will be available to … Continue reading
Photos by: Isaac Wray – The Blueprint 19 Year Anniversary concert took place last night at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, which featured performances by EDM DJ/Producer Dillon Francis, who released his debut mixtape/EP, This Mixtape Is Fire, on August 14th, 2015, which followed up his 2014 debut album, Money Sucks, Friends Rule, DJ/Producer RL Grime, electronic/trip-hop/soul DJ/Producer Griz, and Australian hip-hop/trap/experimental … Continue reading
Photos by: Priti Shikotra – Hip-hop artist Mykki Blanco, who released his debut album, Mykki, on September 16th, 2016, which featured the single “High School Never Ends (feat. Woodkid)”, performed at the Soup Kitchen in Manchester, UK last night.
Photos by: Brendan Albert – DJ/Producer DJ Shadow, who released his fifth album, The Mountain Will Fall, on June 24th, 2016 via Mass Appeal, which serves as his first studio album since 2011’s The Less You Know, the Better, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.