Photos by: Sarah McNeil – Indie Rock singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, who released his eighth album, Salutations, on March 17th, 2017 via Nonesuch, which featured ten tracks that originally appeared on his 2016 album, Ruminations, in acoustic form, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (Sept. 13th) with Los Angeles-based indie folk singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Jennifer Boris – Country Rock artist Kid Rock, who released his newest album, First Kiss, on February 24th, 2015 via Warner Bros., performed at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit last night (Sept. 13th).
Photos by: Emily Chin – Indie Rock artist Mac DeMarco, who released his third album, This Old Dog, on May 5th, 2017 via Captured Tracks, which featured the singles “This Old Dog”, “My Old Man”, “On the Level”, and “One More Love Song”, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last night (Sept. 12th) with Orange County, California-based punk rock duo The Garden, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Harrison Haines – Sydney, Australia-based indie rock band Middle Kids, who released their self-titled debut EP on February 17th, 2017 via Domino, performed at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night (Sept. 12th).
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Consistently hailed as one of TIFF’s best parties, Festival Music House celebrated its eighth anniversary last night (Sept. 10th) at the Velvet Underground in Toronto, which featured performances by Toronto-based trap/future bass DJ/Producer Grandtheft, who released his newest single “Easy Go” in 2016, Toronto-based indie rock band Hollerado, who released their newest album, Born … Continue reading
Photos by: James Alvarez – The inaugural High And Low Festival took place at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California on September 9th, which featured performances by alt-rock band Brand New, who released their fifth album, Science Fiction, on August 17th, 2017 via Procrastinate! Music Traitors, which served as the band’s first in eight years since 2009’s … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Acclaimed hip-hop-soul singer Lauryn Hill, who released her first new song in over a decade called “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)”, on May 4th, 2013, before serving three months in prison for tax evasion, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night (Sept. 10th) with Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Nas, who released his newest album, Life Is … Continue reading
Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Review by: Curtis Sindrey – Hard Rock royalty Queens of the Stone Age brought their “Villains World Tour” to Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night in what was their biggest North American show to date to play a no-nonsense 21-song set that prominently featured tracks from their new Mark Ronson-produced album, Villians. “Toronto, … Continue reading
Photos by: Francesca Ludikar – Canadian R&B artist The Weeknd, who released his third album, Starboy, on November 25th, 2016 via XO/Republic, performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night (Sept. 9th) during his ongoing Starboy: Legend Of The Fall 2017 World Tour.
Photos by: Stephen Stewart – Mashup artist Girl Talk, who released his newest EP, Broken Ankles, in 2014, which followed up his 2010 album, All Day, which was composed using overlapping samples of 372 songs by other artists, performed at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Michigan last night (Sept. 8th).