Photos by: Veronique Giguere – Synthpop band PVRIS, who released their newest album, Evergreen, on July 14th, 2023 via Hopeless, performed at History in Toronto last night (Sept. 15th).
Photos by: Myles Herod – Ethan Hawke, and Maya Hawke attended the Wildcat premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on (Sept. 11th). Ethan Hawke explores the life and art of American author Flannery O’Connor — played by his own daughter, Maya Hawke — in his latest interrogation of the artist’s way.
By: Staff – To celebrate the release of Pastel Blank’s new single “Dopamine”, the indie rock artist curated a brand new “My Favourite Grooves of All-Time” Spotify playlist that can be stream below! Formed in 2019 from lead singer/songwriter Angus Watt’s desire to provoke more dancing within the Victoria, B.C. indie music community, Pastel Blank … Continue reading
By: Staff – Folks may remember Alexis Normand as the guitar-playing member of Rosie & the Riveters. The band parted ways in 2020 and she has since become an award-winning documentary filmmaker and also recorded an album with James Bunton (Donovan Woods, Vivek Shraya). Mementos, which is out on September 15th. And to celebrate, the bilingual … Continue reading
By: Myles Herod – Boy Kills World is an arcade game for the multiplex screens, a bruising melee of broken bones that goes for some of the same beat-em-up high octane found in today’s superhero franchises. Bloodier for sure – but not much better. Inspired by high-flying button-mashers Mortal Kombat, the movie stars Bill Skarsgard as the titular … Continue reading
Photos by: Myles Herod – Richard Linklater attended the Hit Man premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on (Sept. 11th). The latest from Richard Linklater reunites the prolific indie auteur with Everybody Wants Some!!’s Glen Powell for a sorta-true crime comedy thriller about role-play, romance, and the precarious pursuit of self-knowledge.
Photos by: Myles Herod – Harmony Korine attended the Aggro Dr1ft premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival last night (Sept. 11th). Spellbinding infrared photography conjures a hallucinatory portrait of a haunted assassin (Jordi Mollà) in this sensuous experimental elegy from Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers, Trash Humpers).
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – R&B/Pop singer-songwriter Tori Kelly, who released an EP titled Tori on July 28th, 2023 via Epic, performed at History in Toronto on Sept. 10th.
By: Staff – Acclaimed Canadian country music artist Andrew Hyatt is back with his new video for “Still Somethin’”. Watch it exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below. Directed by Brandon Ferguson (Nickelback), the music video was filmed at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, AB, in the streets of Nashville, TN and in a studio using cinematography … Continue reading
Photos by: Myles Herod – Ava DuVernay attended the Origin premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 11th. Ava DuVernay directs an inspired adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s life, as she digs into the nuance of discrimination while writing what would become her New York Times bestselling book, Caste: The Origins of Our … Continue reading