Photos by: Katrina Lat – Toronto-based dance-Punk duo MSTRKRFT, which consists of Jesse Keeler of Death from Above 1979, who released their second album, The Physical World, in September 2014, and Al-P (Alex Puodziukas) of Girlsareshort, and who will release their third album, Operator, on July 22nd via Last Gang, performed at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto during NXNE 2016 with Toronto-based indie pop … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Los Angeles-based indie rock band Moving Units, who released their newest album, Neurotic Exotic, on September 10th, 2013 via Metropolis Records, which followed up their 2011 EP, Tension War, performed at The Silver Dollar in Toronto last night as part of NXNE 2016 with Toronto-based indie rock band Future Peers, and Toronto-based experimental … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – The second and final day of Bestival Toronto 2016 at Woodbine Park in Toronto on June 12th featured performances by Goth rock legends The Cure, who released their newest album, 4:13 Dream, in 2008 via Suretone/Geffen, which featured the singles “The Only One”, “Freakshow”, “Sleep When I’m Dead”, and “The Perfect Boy”, synthpop artist Grimes, K indie rock band Daughter, … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Quebec-based heavy metal band Voivod, who released their newest album, Target Earth, on January 22nd, 2013 via Century Media Records, which serves as the band’s first studio album to feature Daniel Mongrain on guitar (replacing the late Denis D’Amour) and the only album since 1991’s Angel Rat with Jean-Yves Thériault on bass, performed at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver on … Continue reading
Photos by: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Grammy-winning UK folk rock band Mumford And Sons, who released their third album, Wilder Mind, on May 4th, 2015 via Island, which featured the singles “Believe”, “The Wolf”, “Ditmas”, “Tompkins Square Park”, and “Just Smoke”, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre on June 13th with Atlanta-based rapper Raury, who released his debut album, All We Need, … Continue reading
Photos by: John-Michael Lelievre – Toronto-based indie pop band Valley, who released their newest album, This Room Is White, on June 3rd, 2016. performed at The Mod Club in Toronto on June 12th with Toronto-based singer-songwriter The Autumn Portrait, who released his newest album, Tired Love, on October 2nd, 2012, and who is expected to record a … Continue reading
Photos by: Priti Shikotra – Day one of the 2016 Parklife Festival at Heaton Park in Manchester, UK on June 11th featured performances by acclaimed electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, who released their eighth album, Born in the Echoes, on July 17th, 2015 via Astralwerks, rapper Ice Cube, UK alt rock band Wolf Alice, who released their debut album, My Love Is … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Day one of Bestival Toronto 2016 at Woodbine Park in Toronto on June 11th featured performances by Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala, who will release their third album, Currents, on July 17th, which features the singles “Let It Happen”, “‘Cause I’m a Man”, “Disciples”, and “Eventually”, synthpop artist Porter Robinson, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Austin, Texas-based rock band Black Pistol Fire, who released their newest album, Don’t Wake the Riot, on May 20th, 2016, which featured the single “Bad Blood”, and which followed up their 2014 album, Hush Or Howl, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night with Toronto-based garage rock band The Cool Hands, who released their … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – Grammy-nominated UK indie rock band Florence and the Machine, who released their third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, on May 29th, 2015 via Island, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night with Icelandic folk-pop band Of Monsters And Men, who released their second album, Beneath The Skin, on … Continue reading