Photos by: Kari Terzino – Day two of Pitchfork Festival 2016 on July 16th featured performances by Acclaimed indie pop singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, who released his seventh album, Carrie & Lowell, on March 31st, 2015 via Asthmatic Kitty, which follows up his 2010 album, The Age of Adz, rock-pop singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, who in addition to being known … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Chicago Open Air 2016 on July 16th featured performances by heavy metal band Disturbed, who released their sixth album, Immortalized, on August 21st, 2015 via Reprise, French heavy metal band Gojira, who released their sixth album, Magma, on June 17th, 2016 via Roadrunner, which featured the singles “Stranded”, and “Silvera”, San Francisco-based black metal … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Atlanta-based garage rock band The Coathangers, who released their newest album, Nosebleed Weekend, on April 15th, 2016, which followed up their 2012 spirit with Heavy Cream, and their 2011 album, Larceny and Old Lace, performed at the Silver Dollar in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based post-punk band LA Witch, and Toronto-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day two of the 2016 Pemberton Music Festival on July 15 featured performances by hip-hop artist J Cole, who released his third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, on December 9th, 2014 via Columbia, electronic R&B artist FKA Twigs, Grammy-winning pop-R&B singer-songwriter Miguel, who released his third album, Wildheart, on June 29th, 2015, which features the … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day one of the 2016 Pemberton Music Festival on July 14 featured performances by iconic rapper Snoop Dogg, who released his fourteenth album, Coolaid, on July 1st, 2016 via eOne, which featured guest appearances by Too $hort, Swizz Beatz, Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa, Trick Trick, E-40, Jazze Pha, Suga Free and October London, among others, hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, hip-hop group Cypress Hill, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Kari Terzino – Day one of Pitchfork Festival 2016 featured performances by Juno Award-winning Toronto-based indie rock band Broken Social Scene, who released their fourth album, Forgiveness Rock Record, on May 4th, 2010 via Arts and Crafts, Vancouver-based electropop singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, who released her third album, Emotion, on June 24th, 2015 via 604/Interscope, which featured … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Hamilton-based synthpop singer-songwriter Jessy Lanza, who released her 2016 Polaris Music Prize short-listed album, Oh No, which featured the singles “It Means I Love You” and “VV Violence”, was co-produced by Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan, and which followed up her 2014 Polaris Prize-shortlisted album, Pull My Hair Back, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with … Continue reading
By: Staff – Pop diva Rihanna, who was scheduled to performed at Allianz Stadium in Nice, France on July 15th, canceled the event following the tragic Bastille Day terror attack, when a truck driver rammed his vehicle into a massive crowd and fired a pistol several times before being killed by police. The concert was apart of the singer’s … Continue reading
By: Lucy Sky – 2 016 Polaris Music Prize short-lister Jessy Lanza’s new album, Oh No, is addressed to her own constant nervousness. The pressure of music making, which used to calm her nerves, has led to a whole new world of contingencies that stoke the anxiety mill. The exclamation ‘Oh No’, for Lanza marks yet another … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – UK synthpop band Duran Duran, who released their fourteenth album, Paper Gods, on September 11th, 2015 via Warner Bros., which featured the single “Pressure Off”, and guest appearances by Mr Hudson, Kiesza, Janelle Monáe, Nile Rodgers, Lindsay Lohan, and John Frusciante, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night with disco/funk/soul band Chic featuring Nile Rodgers. … Continue reading