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By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – In his speech (and tribute) to Director X for his Special Achievement award, Kardinal Offishall made a key distinction between the MMVAs or MTV VMAs and the Prism Prize. “The MMVAs reward songs. They don’t really care about cinematography or art direction.” But that’s exactly what we were all there to praise … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – UK progressive trance band Above and Beyond, who will release their fifth album, Acoustic II, on June 3rd, 2016 via Anjunabeats, which follows up their 2015 album, We Are All We Need, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night.
Date: May 25 Venue: The Mod Club 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 The Darcys in Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | https://t.co/Cjjgh27wY8 pic.twitter.com/al2fKJ5sed — Aesthetic Magazine (@Aesthetic_Mag) May 16, 2016 Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Pittsburgh-based punk rock band Anti-Flag, who released their ninth album, American Spring, on May 26th, 2015 via Spinefarm Records, which followed up their 2012 album, The General Strike, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto on May 14th with punk rock band Black Lungs, which serves as the side project of Alexisonfire’s guitarist and vocalist, and … Continue reading
We’re giving away a pair of GA tickets to the 2016 CBC Music Festival in Toronto! Date: May 28 Featuring: The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club, Hey Rosetta, Maestro, Tanya Tagaq, Zaki Ibrahim, Whitehorse, Charlotte Cardin, & more! You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: … Continue reading
Photos by Natahsha Prakash- Punk rock band Violent Femmes, who released their ninth album, We Can Do Anything, on March 4th, 2016 via PIAS America, which is the band’s first studio album since 2000’s Freak Magnet, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Acclaimed Toronto-based indie rock band Sloan, who released their eleventh album, Commonwealth, on September 9th, 2014 via Murderecords/Yep Roc Records, which followed up their Juno Award-nominated, and Polaris Prize-longlisted 2011 album, The Double Cross, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
By: Maria Popova – Music has a powerful grip on our emotional brain. It can breathe new life into seemingly lifeless minds. But if there is indeed no music instinct, music — not just its creation, but also its consumption — must be an acquired skill. How, then, do we “learn” music beyond merely understanding how it works? How do … Continue reading
By: Kristen Fisher – Electric Daisy Festival is an astounding stomping ground for all electronic musicians from each corner of the world to come together for two days and expand the minds of the audience surrounding them. Although the original birthplace of EDC was in Las Vegas, Nevada. The “carnival” has outgrown its stationed place and … Continue reading
Photos by: Zara Luna – Reggae pop band Emblem3, who released their third EP, Waking Up, on February 16th, 2016, which followed up their 2014 EP, Forever Together, and who signed with Simon Cowell’s record label Syco Records and Columbia Records after finishing fourth on the second season of The X Factor USA, but have since been dropped, performed at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis last … Continue reading
