Photos by: Justin Roth – Americana singer-songwriter Valerie June, who released her fourth album, The Order of Time, in 2017, which featured the singles “Astral Plane”, and “Shakedown”, and which followed up her 2013 album, Pushin’ Against a Stone, performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto last night (Feb. 11th) with Los Angeles-based folk-punk singer-songwriter Sunny War, who released her … Continue reading
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – Review by: Adam Harrison – Indie-alternative-electro-dance-rock band, Awolnation, highlighted the weekend at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre last night in support of their latest album, Here Come The Runts. And the venue was full of such runts, in the first of two sold out back-to back nights. Opening the show were UK alt-rock rising stars, … Continue reading
Photos by: Ray Maichin – Blues Rock singer-songwriter Dan Auerbach, who released his second solo album, Waiting on a Song, on June 2nd, 2017 via Easy Eye Sound, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last night (Feb. 10th).
Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Singer-songwriter Brian Fallon, who is best known as the frontman of New Jersey-based punk rock band The Gaslight Anthem, and who will release his new solo album, Sleepwalkers, on February 9th, 2018 via Island, performed an intimate acoustic showcase at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto last night (Feb. 7th).
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – San Francisco-based garage rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who released their eighth album, Wrong Creatures, on January 12th, 2018 via Vagrant, which featured the singles “Little Thing Gone Wild”, “Haunt”, “Question of Faith”, and “King of Bones”, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night (Feb. 6th) with Seattle-based garage rock band Night Beats, who released their … Continue reading
By: Patrick Bales – Swedish indie folk duo First Aid Kit, who released their fourth album, Ruins, on January 19th, 2018 via Columbia, which was produced by Tucker Martine (The Decembrists, My Morning Jacket, The Avett Brothers), performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (Feb. 5th) with folk singer-songwriter Van William, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Priti Shikotra – Irish pop-rock band The Script, who released their fifth album, Freedom Child, on September 1st, 2017 via Columbia/Sony, which featured the singles “Rain”, and “Arms Open”, performed at Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK last night (Feb. 3rd) with UK R&B/Pop singer-songwriter Ella Eyre, who released her debut album, Feline, on August 28th, 2015 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – New Zealand-based pop/jazz/R&B/indie rock singer-songwriter Kimbra, who will release her third album, Primal Heart, on April 20th, 2018 via Warner Bros., which will feature the singles “Everybody Knows”, “Top of the World”, and “Human”, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night (Feb. 2nd) with Providence, Rhode Island-based indie rock band Arc Iris, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Harris – New York-based pop-punk band Diet Cig, who released their debut album, Swear I’m Good At This, on April 7th, 2017 via Frenchkiss Records, performed at the Garrison in Toronto last night (Jan. 30th).
Photos by: Kyle Simmons – Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein, who released their ninth album, Dead Reflection, on July 14th, 2017 via Rise Records, which featured the single “Retrograde”, performed at Ace of Spades in Sacramento, California last night (Jan. 30th) with pop-punk band Tonight Alive, who released their fourth album, Underworld, on January 12th, 2018 via Hopeless, … Continue reading