Photos by: Joshua Mellin – Synthpop band Future Islands, who will release their new album, The Far Field, on April 7th via 4AD, which will feature the single “Ran”, which will serve as the first Future Islands album to feature live drums by Michael Lowry, who joined the band prior to their sensational performance of ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ on David Letterman, performed at House of … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – French shoegaze/metal band Alcest, who released their fifth album, Kodama, on September 30th, 2016 via Prophecy Productions, which is a concept album about “the confrontation of the natural world and the human world”, inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s film Princess Mononoke, performed at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver last night with San Francisco-based alt-metal band Creepers, … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Juno Award-nominated, Montreal-based indie pop singer-songwriter Coeur De Pirate, who released her newest album, Roses, on August 28th, 2015 via Dare To Care Records, which featured the singles “Oublie-moi / Carry On”, “Oceans Brawl”, and “Crier tout bas”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with synthpop singer-songwriter KROY, whose influences range … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Southern Rock band Drive-By Truckers, who released their eleventh album, American Band, on September 30th, 2016 via ATO, which was produced by long-time collaborator David Barbe, and recorded in the summer of 2016, and which serves as the first Drive-By Truckers album since 1999’s Pizza Deliverance not to feature cover art by longtime … Continue reading
Photos by: Philip Moussavi – Australian EDM duo Peking Duk, who released their debut EP, Songs to Sweat To, on July 31st, 2015 via RCA, performed at Celebrities Nightclub in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Kevin Winter, John Shearer, Kevin Mazur, Larry Busacca, Mike Coppola, Frazer Harrison – Last night, Taylor Swift headlined DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night, where she captivated the thousands of attendees the night before the Big Game with hit songs including “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” (Fifty Shades Darker) and “Better Man,” which were performed for the first-ever time live, as well as “Bad Blood” … Continue reading
Photos by: Irma Ali – Do you secretly cry alone in your bedroom listening to Brand New getting all sad about how your high school girlfriend is the one that got away? Well… Emo Nite Atlanta knows how you feel. The event took place at the Masquerade in Atlanta, GA on Feb 3rd which played all of … Continue reading
Photos by: Jennifer Boris – Southern Rock band The Cadillac Three, who released their second album, Bury Me In My Boots, on August 5th, 2016 via Big Machine Records, which featured the singles “The South” (ft. Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, and Mike Ell), “Party Like You”, “White Lightning”, and “Drunk Like You”, performed at Saint Andrews … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini – Portuguese dance/hip-hop/R&B singer-songwriter David Carreira, who released his newest album, 3, on December 4th, 2015 via Regi Concerto, performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – Multi-platinum hip-hop artist Big Sean surprised Toronto fans yesterday (Feb. 3) with the opening of his first ever pop-up shop at 12 Ossington Ave. The multi-city retail experience offered a visual and fashionable interpretation of I Decided, his brand new album. The shop is open today (Feb. 4) from 5-11pm and tomorrow (Feb. 5) from 12-6pm.