Photos by: Katrina Lat – Experimental folk-rock singer-songwriter Father John Misty, who released his second album, I Love You, Honeybear, on February 10th, 2015 via Sub Pop, performed at the Port Lands in Toronto on June 18th as part of NXNE 2016 with Vancouver-based indie rock quintet Mother Mother, who released their fifth album, Very Good Bad Thing, on November … Continue reading
Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – Gainesville, Florida-based southern rock band Mudcrutch, who is best known for being the band that introduced Tom Petty to fame, and who released their second album, 2, on May 20th, 2016 via Reprise, performed at the Fillmore in San Francisco on June 19th.
Photos by: Mike Fowler – Indie rock singer-songwriter Kevin Morby, who is Formerly known as the bassist of Woods and the frontman of The Babies, and who released his third solo album, Singing Saw, on April 15th, 2016, performed at The Great Hall in Toronto on June 17th.
Photos by: Gus Samarco – Jam rock band Groove Fetish, who released their newest EP, Between Earth & Outer Space, on December 31st, 2014, performed at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina on June 18th.
Photos by: Jon Wishart – St. Catharines-based folk-rock artist City and Colour, who released his fifth album, If I Should Go Before You, on October 9th, 2015 via Dine Alone Records, which follows up his fourth album, The Hurry and the Harm, out June 4th, 2013 via Dine Alone Records, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Toronto-based pop duo Prozzak, who are best known for the string of early-2000s hits including “Sucks To Be You”, “Strange Disease”, “Europa”, and “www.nevergetoveryou”, and who, following their 2015 reunion, released two new songs “Baby I Need Your Love (Pussy Cat Pussy Cat)” , and “Love Fools Anonymous”, performed at The Danforth Music … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Day one of Levitation Vancouver 2016 on June 17th featured performances by San Francisco-based ambient artist Tycho, who released his self-produced fourth album, Awake, on March 18th, 2014 via Ghostly International, which followed-up his 2011 album, Dive, psych-pop band Of Montreal, who released their thirteenth album, Aureate Gloom, on March 3rd, 2015 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Australian indie rock singer-songwriter Matt Corby, who released his debut album, Telluric, on March 11th, 2016 via Mercury/Universal, which followed up a collection of six EPs that he released between 2009-2013, including 2013’s Resolution, 2011’s Into the Flame, and 2009’s Song For…, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Hamilton-based indie rock band No King For Countrymen, who released their newest EP, A Year In Recovery, on July 21st, 2015, performed at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto last night as part of NXNE 2016.
Photos by: Amy Buck – Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Schoolboy Q, who will release his fourth album, Blank Face, on July 8th via Top Dawg/Interscope, which will follow up his released his 2014 album, Oxymoron, performed at the Port Lands in Toronto on June 17th as part of NXNE 2016 with rapper Ghostface Killah, who is best known … Continue reading