Photos by: Saidy Lopez & Kevin Mazur – Day one of the 2017 Made In America Festival at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 2nd featured performances by hip-hop artist J. Cole, who released his fourth album, 4 Your Eyez Only, on December 9th, 2016 via Roc Nation/Interscope, house music DJ Kaskade, who released his … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Hager – Day two of Bumbershoot 2017 in Seattle on September 2nd featured performances by pop singer-songwriter Lorde, who released her second album, Melodrama, on June 16th, 2017 via Republic, hip-hop group The Roots, Grammy-winning alt-rock band Weezer, who released their tenth album, The White Album, on April 1st, 2016 via Atlantic, Icelandic indie pop band Kaleo, … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Hager – Day one of Bumbershoot 2017 in Seattle on September 1st featured performances by Australian DJ Flume, who released his second album, Skin, on May 27th, 2016 via Future Classic, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Big Sean, who released his fourth album, I Decided, on February 3rd, 2017 via Def Jam, rapper Flo Rida, Los Angeles-based indie pop … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – UK hard rock band Deep Purple, who released their 20th album, Infinite, on April 7th, 2017 via earMUSIC, which featured the singles “Time for Bedlam”, “All I Got Is You”, “Limitless”, and “Johnny’s Band”, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night (Sept. 2nd) with heavy metal artist Alice Cooper, who released his 27th album, … Continue reading
By: Alyssa Bardol – UK Hard Rock band The Struts, who released their third EP, Live and Unplugged EP, on March 3rd, 2017 via Interscope, which followed up their 2015 EP, Have You Heard, performed at Ballpark Village in St. Louis (Sept. 2nd) with St. Louis-based indie rock/alternative pop band Free Parking, who have opened for the likes of … Continue reading
Photos by: Isaac Wray – Toronto-based indie rock band Tokyo Police Club, who released their newest EP, Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness: Part Two, on September 23rd, 2016 via Dine Alone, performed at Minoru Park in Richmond, BC last night (Sept. 2nd).
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Described as a “rock fable”, Crow’s Theatre’s newest production “A&R Angels” is set to premiere on November 20th, and its playwright and stars, Broken Social Scene leader Kevin Drew, and Billy Talent frontman Ben Kowalewicz, participated in a roundtable event in Toronto last night to discuss the new production. Tickets are on-sale … Continue reading
Photos by: Alx Bear – Swedish synthpop band Little Dragon, who released their fifth album, Season High, on April 14th, 2017 via Because, which featured the singles “High”, and “Sweet”, and which followed up their 2014 album, Nabuma Rubberband, performed at Terminal 5 in New York City last night (Aug. 29th) with singer-songwriter Xavier Omar, who released his newest … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based blues rock band The Sheepdogs, who released their fifth album, Future Nostalgia, on October 2nd, 2015, which reached #11 in Canada, featured the single “Downtown”, and followed up their 2012 self-titled album, performed at the CNE Bandshell in Toronto last night (Aug. 29th) with Toronto-based garage rock band Sam Coffey and The … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Review by: Adam Harrison – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, John Mayer, visited Toronto for the second time this year as part of his ongoing “The Search for Everything Tour”. This time to get some final summer feels at the outdoor Budweiser Stage last night while promoting his latest album of the same name. Los Angeles … Continue reading