Photos by: Orest Dorosh – The 2016 iHeartRadio Fest took place in Toronto last night, which featured performances by JUNO Award winning indie rock duo Tegan and Sara, who will release their eighth album, Love You to Death, on June 3rd, which was produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia, Beck, Ellie Goulding), New York City-based alternative rock band X Ambassadors, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Paul Woods – Scottish folk-pop singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt, who released her seventh EP, Modern Love, on February 5th, 2016 via Universal, which followed up her 2014 debut album, Peroxide, which was produced by Nesbitt with Jake Gosling (Paloma Faith, Ed Sheeran, One Direction) and Iain Archer (Example, Snow Patrol, Jake Bugg), and which featured the single “Selfies”, performed at Scala … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – R&B/Pop singer-songwriter Tori Kelly, who released her debut album, Unbreakable Smile, on June 23rd, 2015 via Capitol/Schoolboy, which featured the singles“Nobody Love”, “Should’ve Been Us”, and “Hollow”, and which followed up her 2013 EP, Foreword, performed at the Revival Bar in Toronto on May 4th with Toronto-based R&B artist Jahkoy, and Canadian singer-songwriter Lucas Dipasquale. … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Malaysian indie pop singer-songwriter Yuna, who will release her new album, Chapters, on May 20th, 2016 via The Verve Music Group, which followed up her third studio album and second international album, Nocturnal, which she released in 2013, and which debuted and peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, performed at The Mod Club in … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – While Levitation 2016 was canceled due to floods, relief shows took place in and around the downtown Austin, Texas area, including performances by psychedelic rock band The Golden Dawn, psychedelic rock band Drinking Flowers, who released their new album, New Swirled Order, on March 18th, 2016 via Manifesto Records, which followed … Continue reading
Photos by: Philip C. Perron (@Philip_Perron) – The 2016 Indies took place last night at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night during CMW 2016, which featured performances by Halifax-based alt rock/indie rock band Wintersleep, who released their new album, The Great Detachment, on March 4th, 2016 via Dine Alone Records, JUNO Award nominated Toronto-based alt country six-piece The … Continue reading
Photos by: Zara Luna – Death metal band Dying Fetus, who released their newest album, Reign Supreme, on June 19th, 2012 via Relapse, which followed up their 2009 album, Descend Into Depravity, performed at the Cabooze in Minneapolis last night with metalcore band The Acacia Strain, who released their seventh album, Coma Witch, on October 14th, 2014 via Rise, … Continue reading
Photos by: Mike Fowler – Heavy metal band Baroness, who released their fourth album, Purple, on December 18th, 2015 via Abraxan Hymns, which is their first album following their involvement in a 2012 bus crash that left nine people injured, and their first album to feature new band members Nick Jost and Sebastian Thompson, performed at The Opera House in … Continue reading
Photos by: Julio de la Torre – Arlington, TX-based a cappella group Pentatonix, who released their self-titled fourth album on October 16th, 2015 via RCA, which followed up their 2014 album, That’s Christmas to Me, performed at the Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU in San Diego last night.
Photos by: Paul Woods – The third and final day of Desertfest 2016, which took place from April 29-May 1, featured performances by dozens of metal bands including UK doom metal band Electric Wizard, who released their eighth album, Time To Die, on September 29th, 2014, Toronto-based doom metal band Blood Ceremony, Necro Deathmort, and more!