Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Day one of Rifflandia 2016 in Victoria, British Columbia on September 15th featured performances by hip-hip trio De La Soul, who released their ninth album, and the Anonymous Nobody…, on August 26th, 2016 via Kobalt, which featured the singles “Trainwreck”, “Pain”, “Royalty Capes”, “Drawn”, and “Greyhounds”, New York City-based hip-hop group The Beatnuts, rap group Illvis Freshly, and more! _____________________________________________________________________________________ De La … Continue reading
Photos by: Mark Ashkinos – Power pop singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson, who released his newest album, Easy Street, on August 26th, 2016 via Kobalt, which followed up his 2014 album, Pure Fiction, performed at the Highline Ballroom in New York City last night.
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, who released her sixth album, KIN, on September 9th, 2016 via Caroline, which featured the singles “Maybe It’s a Good Thing”, and “Hard Girls”, and which was produced by was produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, M83, Belle & Sebastian, Fitz and The Tantrums), performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on September 15th with Nashville-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Cody Osen – South African-born-New York-based indie pop artist St. Lucia, who released his second album, Matter, on January 29th, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Dancing on Glass”, “Physical”, and “Love Somebody”, and which followed up his 2013 debut LP, When The Night, performed at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville last night … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – UK electronica DJ/Producer Gold Panda, who released his fourth album, Good Luck and Do Your Best, in May 2016 via City Slang, which followed up his 2013 album, Half of Where You Live, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based alternative hip-hop artist Open Mike Eagle, who released a collaborative album with UK … Continue reading
Photos by: Brendan Albert – 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 Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Adam Baldwin, who released his newest album, No Telling When … Continue reading
Photos by: Tony Contini – Grammy Award winner, Ray LaMontagne, released his sixth studio album, Ouroboros, on March 4th, 2016 via RCA Records, performed at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona last night.
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@AngelMarchini) – UK indie rock band The Heavy, who released their fourth album, Hurt and the Merciless, on April 1st, 2016 via Bad Son, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Matthew Thompson – New York-based progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, who will release their eighth album, The Color Before The Sun, on October 16th, 2015 via 300 Entertainment, which serves as the band’s first non-conceptual album that they’ve released, making it the only Coheed And Cambria album to not be a part of The Amory Wars storyline, … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Iconic thrash metal band Slayer, who released their eleventh album, Repentless, on September 11th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast, which serves as their first album to feature guitarist Gary Holt of Exodus and drummer Paul Bostaph since 2001’s God Hates Us All, and is also the first Slayer album following the death of founding member Jeff Hanneman, performed at Sound Academy in … Continue reading