Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – UK metalcore band Architects, who released their seventh album, All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, on May 27th, 2016 via Epitaph, which featured the singles “A Match Made in Heaven”, “Gone with the Wind”, “Downfall”, and “Phantom Fear”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with New York-based hardcore punk band Stray From The … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – Toronto-based hip-hop artist Nav, who released his self-titled debut mixtape on February 24th, 2017 via XO/Republic, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – Review by: Gemma Mastroianni – I had been waiting a long while to see King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard and damn, was it ever worth the wait. The band put on a phenomenal show with crisp and clear instrumentals, and trippy background visuals making it an experience most fans will … Continue reading
Photos by: Alexander Lam – Progressive Metal band Periphery, who released their fifth album, Periphery III: Select Difficulty, on July 22nd, 2016 via Sumerian, which was nominated for Best Metal Performance in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night with progressive metal band The Contortionist, who is expected to release a new album … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – UK hip-hop artist Kate Tempest, who released her newest album, Let Them Eat Chaos on October 7th, 2016. which debuted at #28 on the UK Albums Chart, and was also released in book format, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with Guelph, ON-based singer/songwriter NEFE, who won the 2014 RBC Emerging … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Hager – New Jersey-based post-hardcore band Senses Fail, who released their newest EP, In Your Absence, on March 3rd, 2017, which featured the single “Jets to Peru”, and which followed up their 2015 album, Pull the Thorns from Your Heart, which featured the single “The Importance of the Moment of Death”, performed at Neumos in Seattle … Continue reading
Photos by: Ashley Travis – Psychedelic rock band Portugal The Man, who released their newest album, Evil Friends, on June 4th, 2013 via Atlantic, which was produced by Danger Mouse (Gorillaz, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers), performed at the National in Richmond, VA last night.
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Hosted by ETalk reporter and Much host Liz Trinnear and MUCH and E! host Tyrone Edwards, JUNO Fan Fare 2017 took place at the Rideau Centre in Ottawa on April 1st, and featured appearances by Aaron Pritchett, Arkells, Chad Brownlee, Cold Creek County, Coleman Hell, Dallas Smith, Gord Bamford, Jess Moskaluke, … Continue reading
By: Staff – The 2017 JUNO Awards pulled out all the stops at the sold-out live broadcast celebrating Canada’s diverse musical talent. Live from the Canadian Tire Centre in the nation’s capital on April 2nd, the two-and-a-half hour broadcast opened with a greeting from this year’s recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award, Buffy Sainte-Marie. Ottawa’s own A Tribe … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – French pop singer-songwriter Jain, who released her debut album, Zanaka, in November 2015, which was certified as a Gold record in February 2016, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night.