Photos by: Priti Shikotra – UK pop-rock band Busted, who released their third album, Night Driver, on November 25th, 2016 via East West, which serves as the band’s first album of new material in thirteen years, following 2003’s A Present for Everyone, and which featured the singles “On What You’re On”, and “Thinking of You”, performed at the O2 Apollo Manchester … Continue reading
Photos by: Sara Mohr – Swedish indie pop/synthpop singer-songwriter Tove Lo, who released her second album, Lady Wood, on October 28th, 2016 via Island, which featured the singles “Cool Girl”, and “True Disaster”, performed at the House of Blues in Chicago last night with Indie pop singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan, who released her debut EP, Mine, on June 9th, 2015 … Continue reading
Photos by: Mike Nguyen – Seattle-based hip-hop/R&B artist Sango, who is expected to release his second album, In The Comfort Of, in Spring 2017, which will follow up his 2013 debut album, North, and who has produced tracks for artists like Tinashe, and Bryson Tiller, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto last night with electronic artist Monte … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Country music singer-songwriter Whitney Rose, who released her newest album, Heartbreaker of the Year, on April 21st, 2015 via Cameron House Records, which was mixed at Niko Bolas (Neil Young, Keith Richards, Rod Stewart), performed at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Heavy metal artist Andy Black, who is best known as the founder and lead vocalist for Black Veil Brides, and who released his debut solo album, The Shadow Side, on May 6th, 2016 via Lava/Republic, which featured guest performances from Quinn Allman, Rian Dawson, Ashton Irwin, Juliet Simms, Matt Skiba, and Gerard and Mikey Way, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Hip-hop artist Mykki Blanco, who released his debut album, Mykki, on September 16th, 2016, which featured the single “High School Never Ends (feat. Woodkid)”, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto last night with New Jersey-based rapper Cakes Da Killa, who released his second EP, #IMF, on February 10th, 2015 via Mishka NYC, and hip-hop artist Music Bear Tony … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Hager – Florida-based indie rockers Surfer Blood, who released their fourth album, Snowdonia, on February 3rd, 2017 via Joyful Noise, which followed up their 2015 album, 1000 Palms, and their 2013 album, Pythons, which was produced by Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies, Jimmy Eat World), performed at Barboza in Seattle on February 12th with … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Hamilton Leithauser, who is best known as the frontman for Boston-based garage rock band The Recoys, who broke up in 1999, and New York City-based indie rock band The Walkmen, who went on hiatus in 2014, and who released a collaborative album with Rostam Batmanglij, the former multi-instrumentalist and producer of Vampire Weekend, called I Had … Continue reading
Photos by: Cindi Huang – Hard Rock band Pop Evil, who released their fourth album, Up, on August 21st, 2015 via eOne, which was produced by Adam Kasper (Aerosmith, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, R.E.M., The Tragically Hip, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam), performed at the House of Blues in Chicago on February 10th with hard rock band Red Sun Rising, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Charley Gallay – Grammy Award-winning, and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Metallica, who released their tenth album, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, on November 18th, 2016, performed at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles last night as part of the Citi Sound Vault concert series.