Photos by: Mike Fowler – Toronto-based singer-songwriter Jordan B. Wright, who has played with various bands on recordings, tours and festivals including Midem in Cannes, Canadian Music Week, NXNE, Hillside Music Festival, Pan Am Games Closing at Nathan Phillips Square, celebrated the release of the new album, Everything Blue, which features talent such as Morgan Doctor (Andy Kim, Chantel … Continue reading
Photos by: Coen Rees – New York City-based “pop cock rock” band Mother Feather, who signed to Metal Blade Records in 2015, and whose debut album is currently being completed for an early 2016, performed at Knitting Factory Brooklyn in Brooklyn last night with New York City-based pop/R&B/soul singer-songwriter Denny Love, New York City-based soul group Douglas and … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Texas-based synthpop band Neon Indian, who released their third album, VEGA INTL. Night School, on October 16th, 2015 via Mom + Pop, which followed up their 2013 EP, Errata Anex, which is an anagram of Era Extraña, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with New York-based synthpop singer-songwriter Computer Magic, who released her … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – Denmark-based dance-rock band New Politics, who released their third album, Vikings, on August 14th, 2015 via DCD2/Warner Bros. Records, performed at the Marina Jeep Arena in Rochester, New York on January 29th with Indie pop band Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, who released their self-titled debut album on October 14th, 2014, hunder Bay, ON-based indie pop … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Montreal-based EDM trio Black Tiger Sex Machine, who are known for their heavy electro sound and post-apocalyptic visuals, and who draw from diverse influences ranging from old-school techno to classic rock to 90s boom bap hip-hop, and who launched Kannibalen Records, whose roster includes Kai Wachi, Apashe, Snails & Dabin, performed at The … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Australian indie rock singer-songwriter Matt Corby, who will release his debut album, Telluric, on March 11th via Mercury/Universal, which will follow up a collection of six EPs that Corby released between 2009-2013, including 2013’s Resolution, 2011’s Into the Flame, and 2009’s Song For…, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie … Continue reading
Photos by: Kari Terzino – Alt-County singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, who released his newest album, Sermon on the Rocks, on October 16th, 2015, which followed up his 2013 album, The Beast in Its Tracks, performed at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago last night with Colorado-based folk/bluesgrass band Elephant Revival, who released a 2015 live album entitled Sands … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Toronto-based rap-rock band Plaitwrights, who released their newest album, Jane’s Dad’s Cadillac, on January 13th, 2016, which the band recorded on analog tape in 2015, and produced the visuals for on location in London, Amsterdam and Greece over the span of 2.5 weeks, performed an album release show at The Revival in Toronto last … Continue reading
By: Lucy Sky – Madchild’s show at Babylon nightclub in downtown Ottawa on January 21st was a night filled with dirty beats, and the grimiest of rhymes. From start to finish, this wasn’t something any hip-hop fan in the area would want to miss. People came from as far as Peterborough to see the show, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – Brooklyn, New York City-based indie pop singer-songwriter Tor Miller, who released his debut EP, Headlights, on February 2nd, 2015 via Glassnote Records, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie rock band Sun K, who released their debut album, Northern Lies, on March 10th, 2015 via MapleMusic Recordings, which was … Continue reading