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By: Staff – Toronto Urban Roots Fest (TURF) returns to Fort York from September 16th-18th. Today the festival announced that Death Cab For Cutie, James Bay, Barenaked Ladies, Dropkick Murphys, Explosions in the Sky, Matthew Good, Jake Bugg, The Sheepdogs, Lush, The Hives, Lake Street Dive, Matt Andersen and The Bona Fide, Drive By Truckers, Guided By Voices, Matt Mays, Rheostatics, Okkervil River, Corb Lund, The Felice Brothers, The Mekons, Marlon Williams, Julien Baker, John Moreland, Skinny Lister, and MidnightShine, are all set to … Continue reading
Photos by: Caitlin Molton – The Great Escape Music Festival, which takes place annually in Brighton and Hove, UK, wrapped up on May 21st with performances by South African-born-New York-based indie pop artist St. Lucia, who released his second album, Matter, on January 29th, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Dancing on Glass”, “Physical”, and “Love Somebody”, and … Continue reading
By: Kristen Fisher – As We Are FSTVL reaches new heights, it reflects dance music at its apex, in a host of classic and current talent including Fatboy Slim, Steve Angello, Armand Van Helden, Henrik Schwarz, Maya Jane Coles, and more! The festival betters itself further on return to Upminster, Greater London the weekend of May 28-29 by building 5 … Continue reading
By: Kristen Fisher – The Movement Electronic Music Festival takes place every Memorial Day weekend inside Hart Plaza – Detroit’s legendary riverfront destination. The festival features six technologically-rich outdoor stages; more than 120 artists; a posh VIP setting located behind the main stage; dozens of official afterparties; an interactive technology center featuring the hottest gear in the industry; and several … Continue reading
By: Staff – Following the announcement yesterday morning that frontman Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer, The Tragically Hip have announced tour dates for a summer tour, which will support their forthcoming album, Man Machine Poem, out June 17th. Check out the full list of tour dates below. The tour, which will serve as their last ever set of performances, kicks off … Continue reading
Photos by: Caitlin Molton – The Great Escape Music Festival, which takes place annually in Brighton and Hove, UK, continued on May 20th with performances by Welsh indie rock singer-songwriter The Anchoress, who released her debut album, Confessions of a Romance Novelist, on January 15th, 2016, UK singer-songwriter Anne-Marie, UK soul/pop/R&B singer-songwriter Izzy Bizu, who will release her debut album, … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – The Electric Island Music Festival took place on Toronto Island last night, which featured performances by Jamie Jones, DJ Tennis, Job Jobse, and more!
By: Staff – Gord Downie, lead singer of iconic Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. The band announced in a statement this morning that the singer-songwriter learned of the illness in December. “Since then, obviously, he’s endured a lot of difficult times, and he has been fighting hard,” the statement said. “In privacy … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Chicago-based progressive house DJ/Producer Kaskade, who released his ninth album, Automatic, on September 25th, 2015 via Warner Bros., which featured the singles “A Little More”, “Never Sleep Alone”, “Disarm You”, “We Don’t Stop”, “Whatever”, and “Us”, and which followed up his 2013 album, Atmosphere, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night with Indian/American electro house DJ/Producer … Continue reading
Photos by: Rossi Ivanova – German power metal band Blind Guardian, who released their tenth album, Beyond The Red Mirror, on January 30th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast, which serves as their first album since 2010’s At the Edge of Time, which marked the longest gap between two studio albums in their career (being three days longer than the … Continue reading
