Photos by: Krystle Merrow – Toronto-based indie rock quintet July Talk, who released their self-titled debut album on October 16th, 2012 via White Girl Records, collaborated with Toronto-based brewery Mill Street Brewery to create a new beer called Conversation California Common and last night they celebrated its release with an intimate show.
Date: September 25th at 7pm Venue: The Danforth Music Hall You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and RT the following message: Contest: Win 2 Tickets to @thedrumsforever at @TheDanforthMH in #Toronto! Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT. | http://t.co/wgy9tno13K — Aesthetic Magazine (@Aesthetic_Mag) July 21, 2014 LIKE our “The Drums” post and … Continue reading
Photos by: Krystle Merrow – The second of three shows for the Edgefest Summer Concert Series took place on July 18th, and featured performances from Toronto-based alternative dance duo USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), who released their second album, Advanced Basics, on February 11th, 2014, New York-based indie pop duo MS MR, who released their debut album, Secondhand Rapture, … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Day two of the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival featured performances by New York City-based noise pop artist St. Vincent, who released her eponymous fifth studio album (and fourth solo album) on February 24th, 2014 via Loma Vista/Republic, D.C-born and L.A.-based experimental R&B singer Kelela, experimental pop band tUnE-yArDs, who released their third album, Nikki Nack, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Day one of the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival featured performances by LA-based rock artist Beck, who released his twelfth album, Morning Phase, on February 21st, 2014 via Capitol, which spawned two singles including, “Blue Moon” and “Waking Light”, iconic Italian DJ Giorgio Moroder, who collaborated with Daft Punk on the track … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Acclaimed UK EDM group Basement Jaxx, who will release their seventh album, Junto, on August 25th via Atlantic Jaxx/PIAS Recordings, which has been preceded by four singles including, “Back 2 the Wild”, “Unicorn”, and “Never Say Never”, played a rare Canadian show at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based electronic … Continue reading
Date: July 21 at 8:30pm Venue: The Drake Hotel You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and RT the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @TheWytches & Pet Sun at @thedrakehotel in #Toronto! Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT. | http://t.co/TUi0DZj49y — Aesthetic Magazine (@Aesthetic_Mag) July 18, … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Since 2006, the Polaris Music Prize and the cash, “congrats”, or controversy attached to it, have remained worthy of a fight. Canadian artists have made creative and commercial strides over the years, and the Polaris Prize serves a fundamental purpose in this business sometimes best equated with UK’s Mercury prize. The prize … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, who released his eighth album, Last of the Great Pretenders, on July 16th, 2013 via Vanguard Records, which spawned the singles “Kinks Shirt”, and “Mission Bells”, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night with New York-based pop-rock artist Gavin DeGraw, who released his fifth album, Make a … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – On her ambitious new album 1000 Forms of Fear, Australia’s Sia Furler proves that she’s ready for primetime. Sia has released over 5 studio albums and the 38-year old veteran of the music world is on the cusp of Pop’s shift to the weird, Her dark, moody songwriting and vocals accompanied some of the … Continue reading