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Photos: Four Year Strong, Comeback Kid, Expire, Handguns @ The Opera House

Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – Worcester, Mass.-based pop-punk/melodic hardcore band Four Year Strong, who released their newest EP, Go Down in History, on July 22nd, 2014 via Pure Noise, performed at The Opera House in Toronto on Jan. 8th with Winnipeg-based hardcore punk quintet Comeback Kid, who released their fifth album, Die Knowing, on March … Continue reading →

Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to The Devil Makes Three in Toronto!

  Date(s): January 14th | Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm Venue: The Opera House Opener: Joe Pug 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 @thedevilmakes3 in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | @LiveNationON | http://t.co/IUhjNlSafl … Continue reading →

New Music: Danko Jones – “Do You Wanna Rock”

By: Staff –   Toronto-based hard rock trio Danko Jones will release their seventh LP, Fire Music, on February 10th via New Damage Records, which is produced by JUNO Award winning Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Monster Truck, Metric). The track features Danko’s smooth talking alter ego ’The Mango Kid’. A video for the single filmed in Toronto … Continue reading →

Contest: Win 2 Tickets to Talib Kweli in Toronto!

  Date(s): Feb. 20th | Doors at 8pm Venue: The Rockpile West You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 tickets to @TalibKweli in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | #hiphop | http://t.co/elizkuIBsw pic.twitter.com/r6RkTj8CHp — Aesthetic Magazine (@Aesthetic_Mag) January 9, 2015 … Continue reading →

Photos: Black Label Society, Hatebreed, Butcher Babies @ Kool Haus

Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Los Angeles-based heavy metal band Black Label Society, who released their ninth album, Catacombs of the Black Vatican, on April 7th, 2014 via Mascot Records/E1 Music, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night in support of the album with Grammy-nominated metalcore band Hatebreed, who released their sixth album, The Divinity of … Continue reading →

New Music: BadBadNotGood & GhostFace Killah – “Ray Gun ft. Doom”

By: Staff –    Sour Soul, the new collaborative album between Wu-Tang Clan and New York rap legend Ghostface Killah and acclaimed Toronto-based trio BADBADNOTGOOD gets released on February 24th through eOne Music Canada. Produced by Frank Dukes and BADBADNOTGOOD on analog tape with vintage equipment, the album takes Ghost back to his gritty soulful roots. The album … Continue reading →

New Music: Black Coast Ft. M. Maggie – “Enough”

By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) –   Black Coast (aka New York producer Stan Rapoport) and New York City-based singer-songwriter M. Maggie just released their second collaboration, a song called “Enough”. It’s infectiously catchy, especially with Maggie’s dreamy vocals. Stream it below.  

New Music: Samantha Vacation – “CD-R”

By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) –   You might know house artist Samantha Vacation (aka Daryl Seaver) from her 2013 12-inch for L.I.E.S., but she’s back with her new release CD-R, which according to her label (Jeff Witscher’s Salon imprint), is a “collected works from the past year exploring themes of rhythmic complexity using a vocabulary drawn from deep … Continue reading →

New Music: Robyn Sherwell – “Pale Lung”

By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) –   UK pop artist Robyn Sherwell, who’s last track, “Islander”, was released in November, is back with a new melancholy-drenched electronic pop offering called “Pale Lung”. She says the song is about “falling for someone you’re not supposed to fall for. It summarizes that specific mix of guilt and desire at that moment you first realize … Continue reading →

Interview: Just Blaze Talks His Creative Process, Hanging Up on Jay-Z, and More!

By: Brandon Lorenzetti – We sit down with acclaimed hip-hop producer Just Blaze (Jay-Z, Eminem, Kanye West) before his show at Uniun Nightclub in Toronto as part of the 2014 Hennessy Artistry Series where he talks about how music production has evolved, his creative process, hanging up on Jay-Z’s A&R dept., and more!