Photos by: Brendan Albert – New Jersey-based mathcore quintet The Dillinger Escape Plan, who will release their sixth album, Dissociation, on October 14th, which features the single “Limerent Death”, and which will follow up their 2013 album, One of Us Is the Killer, which featured the single “Prancer”, performed at the Hard Luck Bar on August … Continue reading
Photos by: Charito Yap – Michigan-based hard rock band Pop Evil, who released their fifth album, Up, on August 21st, 2015 via eOne, which followed up their 2013 album, Onyx, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Kate Scott – UK R&B singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, who released her third album, The Heart Speaks In Whispers, on May 13th, 2016 via Virgin EMI, which followed up her 2010 album, The Sea, which featured the singles “I’d Do It All Again”, “Paris Nights/New York Mornings”, and “Closer”, performed at Metro Chicago in Chicago on August … Continue reading
By: Nat Berman – Advertisers everywhere are in love with using celebs and big name rock bands to sell their goods. Just look at all those Lincoln commercials starring Matthew McConaughey. They’re definitely all right, all right, all right. His facial expressions and some classy scripting paired with the beauty of the Lincoln automobiles and a … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Hamilton-based alt-rock band Arkells, who released their new album, Morning Report, on August 5th, 2016, performed a secret album release show at the Mod Club in Toronto last night. Read our new interview with Arkells frontman Max Kerman here.
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – UK EDM duo Disclosure, who released their self-produced second album, Caracal, on September 25th, 2015 via Island, which features the singles “Holding On”, “Omen”, and “Jaded”, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night with hip-hop DJ/Producer DJ Premier, who is best known as half of acclaimed hip-hop duo Gang Starr, and DJ duo Walker … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – UK-based alt-rock band Nothing But Thieves, who released their self-titled debut album on October 16th, 2015 via RCA Victor, which follows up their third EP, Ban All The Music, out July 7th, 2015, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto last night with Fort Worth, Texas-based indie rock band The Unlikely Candidates, … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Newfield, & Jaime Espinoza – The second and final day of the 2016 VELD Music Festival at Downsview Park in Toronto on July 31st featured performances by Dutch DJ/Producer Martin Garrix, Toronto-based R&B duo Majid Jordan, who released their self-titled debut album on February 5th, 2016 via OVO Sound/Warner Bros., Norwegian EDM DJ/Producer Kygo, who will release his debut album, Cloud Nine, sometime … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – UK pop-rock band Coldplay, who released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, on December 4th, 2015 via Parlophone/Atlantic, performed at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo last night.
Photos by: Brandon Newfield, & Jaime Espinoza – Day one of the 2016 VELD Music Festival at Downsview Park in Toronto on July 30th featured performances by Grammy-nominated DJ/Producer Deadmau5, who released his seventh album, while(1<2), on June 17th, 2014, Australian DJ/Producer Flume, Toronto-based EDM duo DVBBS, who released their debut EP, Initio, in 2012 via Universal Music Canada, DJ/Producer Steve Aoki, who released his third album, Neon Future … Continue reading