Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Psychedelic Rock band Portugal The Man, who released their eighth album, Woodstock, on June 16th, 2017 via Atlantic, performed at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago last night (Feb. 16th).
Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Heavy Metal band Stone Sour, who released their newest album, Hydrograd, on June 30th, 2017, which featured the singles “Fabuless”, “Song #3”, “Taipei Person Allah Tea”, and “Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)”, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night (Feb. 14th) with Los Angeles-based metalcore band In This Moment, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Los Angeles-based indie folk band Magic Giant, who released their debut album, In The Wind, on May 19th, 2017, which they recorded in the spring of 2016, between a shuttle bus converted into a solar-powered mobile recording studio, and the band’s home recording base, The Bunker, in Silver Lake, CA, performed at the … Continue reading
Photos by: Ashley Travis – UK indie rock singer-songwriter Declan McKenna, who released his debut album, What Do You Think About the Car?, on July 21st, 2017 via Columbia, performed at the Southern Café and Music Hall in Charlottesville, VA last night (Feb. 13th).
Photos by: Kevin Tosh – Philadelphia-based indie pop-rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, who released their fifth album, The Tourist, on February 24th, 2017 via CYHSY Inc., which followed up their 2014 album, Only Run, performed at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle last night (Feb. 12th) with Los Angeles-based dream pop artist Steady Holiday, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Adriana Malinowska – Vancouver-based pop-rock quartet Hedley, who released their newest album, Cageless, on September 29th, 2017 via Universal Music Canada, which featured the singles “Love Again”, and “Better Days”, performed at Stampede Corral in Calgary last night (Feb. 12th) with Canadian Pop/Electronic/Rock singer-songwriter Shawn Hook, who released his newest EP, My Side of Your Story, on June 16th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – Review by: Adam Harrison – Toronto’s appropriately named venue, Rebel, played host last night to the gothic king himself, Marilyn Manson. Currently supporting his tenth studio album, Heaven Upside Down, Manson is making up dates he cancelled last year after a giant pair of prop pistols crushed him on stage, injuring his leg. The set … Continue reading
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).