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Photos: Symphony X, Overkill @ The Regency Ballroom

Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – New Jersey-based progressive metal band Symphony X, who released their ninth album, Underworld, on July 24th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast, which followed up their 2011 album, Iconoclast, performed at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on October 5th with New Jersey-based thrash metal band Overkill, who released their seventeenth album, White … Continue reading →

Stream ‘Yeezer,’ the new Kanye West and Weezer Mashup Album

By: Staff –   Alex Hodowanec at Ohio State University has created a Kanye West and Weezer mash-up album. “A couple of summers ago I got into Weezer,” Hodowanec tells Radio.com. “I’m a little bit too young for the first wave of Weezer, but over the years hearing about how old Weezer was really good—I listened to … Continue reading →

Photos: Atreyu, Beartooth, Wovenwar @ The Opera House

Photos by: Jon Wishart –  Metalcore band Atreyu, who released their sixth album, Long Live, on September 18th, 2015 via Spinefarm Records, which is their first album since 2009’s Congregation of the Damned, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with Ohio-based metalcore band Beartooth, who released their debut album, Disgusting, on June 10th, 2014 via Red Bull Records, … Continue reading →

Photos: Hollywood Undead, Crown The Empire, I Prevail @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre

Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Los Angeles-based rap-rock band Hollywood Undead, who released their fourth album, Day of the Dead, on March 31st, 2015 via Interscope, which followed up their 2013 album, Notes from the Underground, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Dallas, TX-based metalcore band Crown The Empire, who released … Continue reading →

Photos: Chvrches, Mansionair @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri –  Scottish electronic band CHVRCHES, who released their second album, Every Open Eye, on September 25th, 2015 via Virgin/Glassnote, which follows up their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, out September 20th, 2013 via Virgin/Goodbye, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Australian electropop band Mansionair, who released … Continue reading →

Interview: Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff on John Hughes, Taylor Swift, and getting better

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – F rom the onset of an interaction with Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff, you wouldn’t suspect the man’s a rock star. The Bleachers frontman and Fun guitarist is humble, soft-spoken and (as the conversation continued) as passionate about his influences as his fans. With 2014’s Strange Desire, Antonoff brought the indie sensibilities of his first band Steel Train and Fun’s … Continue reading →

Photos: Oh Land, Panic Is Perfect @ Bottom Lounge

Photos by: Jen Emmert – Danish indie pop singer-songwriter Oh Land, who released her fourth album, Earth Sick, on November 11th, 2014 via Tusk Or Tooth, which follows up her 2013 album, Wish Bone, which features production by David Andrew Sitek of TV on the Radio, and Dan Carey (Bloc Party, The Kills, Franz Ferdinand), performed at the Bottom Lounge in … Continue reading →

Photos: The Growlers, The Babe Rainbow, The White Crowleys @ The Horseshoe Tavern

Photos by: Justin Roth – Garage rock band The Growlers, who released their third album, Chinese Fountain, in 2014 via Everloving Records, which followed up their 2013 EP, Gilded Pleasures, and their 2013 third album, Hung at Heart, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Australian folk-rock band The Babe Rainbow, and Hamilton-based psychedelic … Continue reading →

Interview: Frank Turner talks catharsis, CM Punk, and Charlie Hebdo

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – F rank Turner describes his signature sound as “Springsteen by way of Sick of it All”. It’s the most eloquent way to describe a songwriter whose weightiest, often melancholy self-reflections fuse seamlessly with straight-ahead barroom stomp. That sound continues to evolve on Turner’s latest album Positive Songs for Negative People (a follow-up to … Continue reading →

Photos: We Day Toronto 2015 (Demi Lovato, Hozier, Nick Jonas, Shawn Mendes)

Photos by: Brandon Newfield & Chris Young – Toronto’s Air Canada Centre was packed with 20,000 change-makers yesterday (Oct. 1st) as We Day Toronto inspired the masses in attendance. The star-studded event featured performances, and presentations by Demi Lovato, Hozier, Nick Jonas, Shawn Mendes, Carly Rae Jepsen, NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Nina Dobrev, Hedley, Kiesza, Actor/Director Henry Winkler, award-winning hip-hop artist Kardinal … Continue reading →