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
Photos by: Julian Avram – Fort Worth, Texas-based soul/gospel singer-songwriter Leon Bridges, who released his debut album, Coming Home, on June 23rd, 2015 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Coming Home” and “Smooth Sailin’”, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night with R&B/Soul/Blues singer-songwriter Son Little, who released his self-titled debut album on November 10th, 2014 … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – Norwegian EDM DJ/Producer Kygo, who will release his debut album, Cloud Nine, sometime in 2016 via Sony Music, and who has remixed songs by Coldplay, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, and Of Monsters And Men, performed at Uniun Nightclub in Toronto last night as part of the Samsung S7 launch party.
Photos by: Saidy Lopez – Mexican garage punk band Le Butcherettes, who released their third album, A Raw Youth, on September 18th, 2015 via Rodriguez Lopez Productions, which was produced by The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodríguez-López, performed at Rough Trade NYC in New York City on March 9th.
Photos by: Jon Wishart – Utah-based deathcore band Chelsea Grin, who released their third album, Ashes to Ashes, on July 8th, 2014 via Artery/Razor & Tie, performed at the Hard Luck Bar in Toronto last night with UK metalcore band Oceans Ate Alaska, who released their debut album, Lost Isles, on February 24th, 2015 via Fearless, and Florida-based metalcore … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Psychedelic rock band Dr. Dog, who released their ninth album, The Psychedelic Swamp, on February 5th, 2016 via ANTI-, which is a revamped version of their unreleased debut LP, and which followed up their 2013 album, B-Room, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Lancaster County, Pennsylvania-based indie rock band … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based indie rock singer-songwriter Jason Collett, who is best known as a member of acclaimed Toronto-based indie rock band Broken Social Scene, and who released his sixth full-length album, Song And Dance Man, on February 5th, 2016 via Arts & Crafts, which was produced by Bahamas’ Afie Jurvanen, and which followed up his 2012 album, … Continue reading