Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Alt-rock band RNDM, which features Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and drummer Richard Stuverud, and who released their debut album, Ghost Riding, on March 4th, 2015 via Dine Alone Records, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with garage rock singer-songwriter Parker Gispert, who is best known as the lead singer of Atlanta-based garage rock band The Whigs, … Continue reading
Photos by: Taylor Ohryn – Vancouver-based electropop singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, who released her third album, Emotion, on June 24th, 2015 via 604/Interscope, which featured the singles “I Really Like You”, “Run Away with Me”, “Your Type”, and “Boy Problems”, and which followed up her 2012 album, Kiss, which featured the hit single “Call Me Maybe”, which received two Grammy nominations, … Continue reading
Photos by: Kris Cortes – Indianapolis, Indiana-based folk-pop duo Lily and Madeleine, who released their third album, Keep It Together, on February 26th, 2016 via New West Records, which followed up their 2014 album, Fumes, performed at Lincoln Hall in Chicago last night with classical artist Shannon Hayden, who released her newest album, You See The World, on February … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based jazz trio BadBadNotGood, who released a new collaborative album with Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah called Sour Soul (out Feb. 24th, 2015 via eOne Music Canada), which follows their Polaris Music Prize-Nominated album III (out May 6th, 2014), performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with New Jersey-based rapper Marvel Alexander, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – UK folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner, who released his sixth album, Positive Songs for Negative People, on August 7th, 2015 via Xtra Mile, which featured the singles “The Next Storm”, and “Josephine”, and which followed up his 2013 album, Tape Deck Heart, which was produced by Rich Costey (Sigur Rós, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta), performed at … Continue reading
Photos by: Madelynn Vickers – Metalcore band Atreyu, who released their sixth album, Long Live, on September 18th, 2015 via Spinefarm Records, which is their first album since 2009’s Congregation of the Damned, performed at the Scout Bar in Houston, Texas last night with nu metal band From Ashes To New, New Orleans-based metal band Cane Hill, and Texas-based hardcore band Blood … Continue reading
Photos by: Philip C. Perron (@Philip_Perron) – Vancouver-based pop-punk band Marianas Trench, who released their fourth album, Astoria, on October 23rd, 2015 via 604, which featured the singles “One Love”, and “This Means War”, and which followed up their 2015 EP, Something Old / Something New, performed at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton last night with Juno Award-nominated … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Juno Award-winning Hamilton-based hard rock band Monster Truck, who released their second album, Sittin’ Heavy, on February 19th, 2016 via Dine Alone Records, which followed up their 2013 debut full-length album, Furiosity, and their 2011 EP, The Brown, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with UK blues rock band The … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Chicago-based heavy metal band Disturbed, who released their sixth album, Immortalized, on August 21st, 2015 via Reprise/Warner Bros., which serves as their first studio album since 2010’s Asylum, marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Rossi Ivanova – Swedish power metal band Sabaton, who released their seventh album, Heroes, on May 6th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast, which is the band’s first album to feature the new line-up with guitarists Chris Rörland and Thobbe Englund as well as new drummer Hannes van Dahl, performed at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, … Continue reading