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Contest: Win Two GA Passes to Digital Dreams in Toronto!

  We’re giving away a pair of GA passes to the Digital Dreams Music Festival from June 28-29, which includes: Tiesto, Justice, Deep Dish, Luciano, Eric Prydz, and more! 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 @digidreamsfest in #Toronto! Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + … Continue reading →

Contest: Win 2 Tickets to Pemberton Festival!

  We’re giving away a pair of passes (plus a camping OR shuttle pass) to the Pemberton Music Festival in Pemberton, BC (Nine Inch Nails, Outkast, DeadMau5, Soundgarden, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Metric, Modest Mouse, Snoop Dogg, Above & Beyond, The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Empire of the Sun, and more). Flight + Hotel = Not Provided … Continue reading →

Contest: Win Two GA Passes to TURF in Toronto!

  We’re giving away a pair of GA passes to each day of the Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF), which will feature performances by Neutral Milk Hotel, Jeff Tweedy, Sam Roberts Band, Gaslight Anthem, Beirut, Local Natives, Gogol Bordello, Jenny Lewis, July Talk, Hollerado, Hey Rosetta, Drive By Truckers, Gary Clark Jr, Andrew Bird, and more! You can enter only once via one … Continue reading →

Contest: Win Two 2-Day Passes to Lachie Music Festival!

  We’re giving away a pair of 2-day passes to the Lachie Music Festival from June 27-29, which will feature performances by Treble Charger, GOB, I Mother Earth, The Flatliners, The Trew, and more! You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and RT the following message: Contest: Win Two 3-Day … Continue reading →

Photos: Jackyl, A Rebel Few, Heaven’s Fire @ The Phoenix

Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Georgia-based hard rock/heavy metal band Jackyl, who released their seventh album, Best in Show, on July 31st, 2012 via Mighty Loud, which features a pair of cover tracks of “It’s Tricky” by Run-D.M.C. and “Cover of the Rolling Stone” by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on … Continue reading →

Concert Review + Photos: TV on the Radio, Saidah Baba Talibah @ David Pecaut Square

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – On an unusually chilly June night, Brooklyn art-rockers TV on the Radio hit Toronto’s Luminato stage. Featuring a back catalogue that spans over 13 years, the band took the crowd through a short, but career spanning set that also included a few new cuts. The band’s signature, key-heavy, harmonized sound was on … Continue reading →

Photos: Nightbox, Rush Midnight, Wolf Saga @ Adelaide Hall

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  Toronto (formerly Wicklow, Ireland)-based dance-punk band Nightbox, who released their second EP, The Panic Sequence, on April 22nd via Rare Beef Records, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto in support of the album with Brooklyn-based dance artist Rush Midnight, who released his debut LP on May 27th via Last Gang Records, and London, ON-based indie … Continue reading →

Photos: Justin Rutledge @ The Rivoli

Photos by: Morgan Hotston (@MorganHotston) –   Toronto-based alt country singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge, who released his sixth album, Daredevils, on April 22nd, 2014 via Outside Music, which consists entirely of Tragically Hip covers performed by Rutledge and an array of guest musicians including Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, Jenn Grant, Andy Maize, and Mary Margaret O’Hara.  

Interview: Ziggy Marley Brings the Enduring Fire of Reggae to Luminato

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) –   For over thirty years, Ziggy Marley has carried the musical legacy of Jamaica on his shoulders. In the grand tradition set by his father, Marley has made a career out of not just bringing Jamaican culture and music to the rest of the world, but bringing the world cultures he’s experienced full-circle … Continue reading →

Festival Review: Governors Ball 2014 – Day 3 (Vampire Weekend, Interpol, James Blake, + More)

By: Elaisha Green (@elaishajade) – The final day of the three-day Governors Ball festival kicked off with female West Coast natives Banks and Meg Myers. Sporting all black in the heat, Banks’ gentle vibrato was carried across the Gotham Stage. Downbeat tunes “Change”, “Warm Water”, and “Drowning” were highlights of her set. Earlier, Myers screeched into the microphone at the … Continue reading →