Photos by: Amy Buck – Toronto-based eletropop band DIANA, who released their newest album, Perpetual Surrender, on August 20th, 2013, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night during night one of NXNE 2015.
Photos by: Justin Roth – Iconic Canadian hard rock band Rush, who released their twentieth album, Clockwork Angels, on June 8th, 2012 via Roadrunner, performed the first of two shows at Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night as part of their ongoing R40 Live 40th Anniversary Tour.
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who released their newest album, Quarters, on May 1st, 2015, which follows up their last album, I’m in Your Mind Fuzz, on November 11th, 2014 via Castle Face Records, performed the first ever show at the newly renovated Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night with Toronto-based … Continue reading
By: Staff – Following an accident where Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl fell off a stage in Gothenburg, Sweden midway through a performance on June 12, which resulted in a broken leg, Grohl sounded off today in an open letter detailing the incident, revealing that the Grammy-winning band will be forced to cancel the rest … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Grammy-winning UK folk rock band Mumford And Sons, who released their third album, Wilder Mind, on May 4th, 2015 via Island, performed at Butler’s Barracks in Niagara-on-the-Lake last night as part of their ongoing Gentlemen of the Road tour with UK indie rock band The Maccabees, who will release their new album, Marks To … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth & Stevie Gedge – The second and final day of the inaugural Bestival Toronto music festival featured performances by Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Nas, who released his newest album, Life Is Good, on July 13th, 2012, Los Angeles-based R&B/pop singer-songwriter Banks, who released her debut album, Goddess, on September 5th, 2014 via Harvest, Polaris … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – San Francisco-based power pop band Third Eye Blind, who are best known for their ’90s hits “Semi Charmed Life”, and “Never Let You Go”, and who released their fifth album, Dopamine, on June 16th, 2015 via Mega Collider, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night with acoustic rock band Dashboard … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Polaris Music Prize announced their 2015 long-list at an event held at The Carleton in Halifax, Nova Scotia this afternoon. The Long-List Lydia Ainsworth – Right From Real Absolutely Free – Absolutely Free The Acorn – Vieux Loup Alvvays – Alvvays Arkells – High Noon Rich Aucoin – Ephemeral BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Grammy Award-winning (Best Rock Performance – “Radioactive”) Las Vegas-based alternative rock quartet Imagine Dragons, who released second album, Smoke + Mirrors, on February 17th, 2015 via Interscope, which follows up their platinum-selling debut album, Night Visions, performed at the Allstate Arena in Chicago last night during their “Smoke + Mirrors Tour”.
By: Staff – Another One, Mac DeMarco’s mini-LP of love songs and the follow up to last year’s Salad Days, is due out August 7th on Captured Tracks. Following the release of first single, “The Way You’d Love Her,” DeMarco now presents the video for the mini-LP’s title track, “Another One,” made by and starring the man himself. Here, DeMarco wears his heart … Continue reading