Photos by: Priti Shikotra – Sydney, Australia-based pop-punk band Tonight Alive, who will release their third studio album, Limitless, on March 4th, 2016, which will follow up their 2013 album, The Other Side, performed at the O2 Ritz Manchester in Manchester, UK last night.
Photos by: Rossi Ivanova – Spanish indie rock band Hinds, who released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, on January 8th, 2016 via Lucky Number, which features the singles “Garden”, “Bamboo”, “Castigadas en el granero” and “Chili Town”, performed at KOKO in London, UK last night with London-based indie rock singer-songwriter Only Real, and New York City-based post-punk … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Alt rock singer-songwriter Lee DeWyze, who released his sixth album, Oil & Water, on February 12th, 2016, which followed up his 2013 album, Frames, which featured collaborations with Drew Pearson, Julian Emery, Justin Irvin, Shelly Fairchild, Rick Seibold, Matthew Wilder and Toby Gad, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based alt pop band Wakey Wakey, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Vancouver-based Americana/Soul singer-songwriter Frazey Ford, who is best known as a founding member of Vancouver-based folk group The Be Good Tanyas, and who released her newest album, Indian Ocean, in 2014, which followed up her 2010 debut solo album, Obadiah, performed at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre in Toronto last night with folk singer-songwriter Phil Cook, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Vancouver-based synthpop quintet Young Galaxy, who released their fifth album, Falsework, on October 30th, 2015 via Paper Bag Records, which followed up their Polaris Music Prize short-listed album, Ultramarine, which was produced by Dan Lissvik (Studio, Atelje, Taken By Trees, Lake Heartbeat), and who commissioned Scotiabank Giller Prize winning novelist/blogger/journalist Sean Michaels to write a story that would work as a … Continue reading
Photos by: Meghan Lee – 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 Marquee in Tempe, Arizona last night with Philadelphia-based indie folk-rock … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – South African-born-New York-based indie pop artist St. Lucia, who released his second album, Matter, on January 29th, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Dancing on Glass”, “Physical”, and “Love Somebody”, and which followed up his 2013 debut LP, When The Night, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Hamilton-based psychedelic folk band Lee Harvey Osmond, who released their third album, Beautiful Scars, on April 7th, 2015, which received a long-list nomination for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, and which followed up their JUNO-nominated 2013 album, The Folk Sinner, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Thompson Wilson, and Toronto-based indie rock band Sam Cash … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Nova Scotia-based hip-hop artist Classified, who released his fourth album, Grateful, on January 15th, 2016 via Universal Music Canada, which featured the singles “No Pressure” featuring Snoop Dogg, and “Filthy” featuring DJ Premier, and which followed up his self-titled third album on January 22nd, 2013, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Acclaimed hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg, who released his 13th album, Bush, on May 12th, 2015 via Doggystyle Records/I Am Other/Columbia, performed a DJ set at Uniun Nightclub in Toronto last night under the name DJ Snoopadelic as part of the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend.