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Photos by: Emily Kovacic – New York-based indie pop singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez, who released her debut EP, Dollhouse, on May 19th, 2014 via Atlantic, and who was a member of Team Adam in the third season of The Voice, performed at The Club at Stage AE in Pittsburgh last night.
Photos by: Staff – The 2015 JUNO Awards weekend kicked off yesterday with a celebrity fundraising hockey game at The Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena in Hamilton in support of MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS. NHL Greats including Brad Dalgarno, Gary Leeman, Gary Roberts, Mark Napier, Mike Pelyk, and Natalie Spooner, and Canadian musicians including … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – I f you don’t know who Tre Mission is, you should. Maybe the problem is, we’re all getting numb to the same old story of an unbelievably talented Toronto emcee taking the world by storm, but with Tre Mission, it’s different. The 24 year-old Toronto emcee has been at it since he … Continue reading
Photos by: Dawn Hamilton – Toronto-based hardcore punk band Cancer Bats, who released their new album, Searching For Zero, on March 10th via New Damage Records, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Barrie, ON hard rockers Indian Handcrafts, who released their second album, Cival Disobedience For Losers, on October 30th, 2012 via Sargent House, … Continue reading
Photos by: Staff – Hamilton kicked off the 2015 JUNO Awards with a concert at Liuna Station in Hamilton yesterday with Saskatoon-based boogie rock band The Sheepdogs, who released their self-titled fourth album on September 4th, 2012 via Warner Music Canada/Atlantic, Toronto-based indie rock band Tokyo Police Club, who released their third album, Forcefield, on March 24th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Lorenzetti – Houston, TX-based hip-hop artist Travis Scott, who released his second mixtape, Days Before Rodeo, on August 18th, 2014 via Grand Hustle, which featured guest appearances by The 1975, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, Big Sean, T.I., & Migos, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on March 11th with Atlanta-based hip-hop artist Metro Boomin, who released … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Shadows loom over CBC Radio’s arts and culture show ‘Q’, but this week the flagship production announced their new full-time host – JUNO Award-winning rapper Shad, promising a fresh voice behind the microphone. In our new interview with the 33-year-old hip-hop artist, Shad candidly discusses his thoughts on Q’s role in Canadian culture, … Continue reading
By: Staff- Vancouver’s indie-electronic duo, HUMANS, who released their debut album, Noontide, on February 24th via Hybridity Music, dropped their multi-colored, psychedelic new video for “Tell Me” today. Directed by one of HUMANS’ own, Peter Ricq, the video features the hallucinatory journey of two Muppets as they transition from the Muppet realm to a psychotropic dreamland unlike … Continue reading
By: Staff – MusiCounts and past JUNO Award winner and 2015 nominee Lights celebrated JUNO Week by announcing the 2014-2015 recipients of the Band Aid Program via a special presentation at Orchard Park Secondary School in Hamilton this afternoon. This year, the charity has distributed $595,000 in musical instruments among 69 schools across Canada in support … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – I n his 17 years in Big Wreck and his own, eponymous band Thornley, Ian Thornley has watched his albums become a fundamental part of the Canadian experience. With Big Wreck’s latest album Ghosts, the band has shown a penchant for evolving, but also keeping their best parts in tact. This weekend’s JUNO awards has … Continue reading
