Photos by: Sam Ungemach – Grammy Award-winning guitarist Gary Clark Jr., who released his fourth album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, on September 11th, 2015, which followed up his debut live album, Gary Clark Jr Live, and his 2012 major label debut album, Blak and Blu, performed at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN last night with country … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Norway-based black metal band Abbath, who released their self-titled debut album on January 22nd, 2016 via Season of Mist, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver last night as part of the ongoing Decibel Magazine Tour with Oakland, CA-based doom metal band High On Fire, who released their seventh album, Luminiferous, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – New York City-based rapper Skizzy Mars, who released his debut EP, The Red Balloon Project, on February 3rd, 2015, which peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Rap Albums, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with hip-hop artist P-Lo, who is best known as a co-founder of Redmond, … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Vans celebrated 50 years of “Off the Wall” with a celebration of music, art, action sports and street culture at a special event at a converted warehouse in Toronto’s Davenport neighbourhood last night, which featured performances by acclaimed hip-hop artist Kool Keith.
Photos by: Carmin Edwards – Toronto-based indie rock Metric, who released their sixth album, Pagans in Vegas, on September 18th, 2015 via Universal, performed at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver last night with Seattle-based indie rock band Death Cab For Cutie, who released their eighth album, Kintsugi, on March 31st, 2015 via Atlantic, which was produced … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – Auckland, New Zealand-based alt rock quintet The Naked and Famous, who released their second album, In Rolling Waves, on September 13th, 2013 via Somewhat Damaged, which spawned the single “Hearts Like Ours”, which peaked at number 26 on the Billboard chart, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – UK synthpop singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding, who released her third album, Delirium, on November 6th, 2015 via Polydor, which spawned three singles: “On My Mind”, “Army” and “Something in the Way You Move”, performed at Rogers Arena in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – Grammy-nominated DJ/Producer Deadmau5, who released his seventh album, while(1<2), on June 17th, 2014, performed at Uniun Nightclub in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Janine Wong – Folk singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge, who released his sixth album, Something in the Water, in 2015 via Rounder Records, which followed up his 2013 self-titled album, and who won two Independent Music Awards in 2012, and 2011, and who is back by a five-piece band consisting of Joey Glynn (bass), Adam Hoskins (guitar), … Continue reading
Photos by: Philip C. Perron (@Philip_Perron) – Gary Mullen and The Works, a well-known Queen tribute band, who is fronted by Freddie Mercury imitator Gary Mullen, who is best known as a winner on the competition show Stars in Their Eyes with his vocal and visual imitation of Freddie Mercury, performed at the Hamilton Place Theatre in Hamilton last … Continue reading