Photos by: Samantha Lichtenstein – Pop-rock band Hanson, who are best known for the 1997 hit song “MMMBop”, and their Grammy-nominated album Middle of Nowhere, and who released their newest album, Anthem, on June 18th, 2013 via 3CG, performed at Irving Plaza in New York City last night as part of their ongoing “Roots & Rock’n’Roll Tour” with … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – New Jersey-based ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto, who released their fifth studio album, The Hands That Thieve, on April 30th, 2013, their first album since 2010’s 99 Songs of Revolution: Vol. 1, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with folk-rock singer-songwriter Dan Potthast, and folk singer-songwriter Sycamore Smith, … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based “Electro-organic dream pop” band For Esme, who released their new album, Sugar, on October 16th, 2015, which features the single “Just Yet”, and which was produced by the band alongside James Bunton, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with Toronto-based alt-pop singer-songwriter Kira May, who released her newest album, … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Toronto-based psychedelic indie rock band Zones, who released their new album, Real Time, on March 13th, 2014 via Heretical Objects Cooperative, performed at Smiling Buddha in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Katerina Zoumboulakis – Ambient pop artist Teen Daze, who released his newest album, Morning World, on August 14th, 2015 via Paper Bag Records, which followed up his last album, January 2015’s A World Away, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with electronic artist Heavenly Beat, who released his newest album, Eucharist, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – UK deep house/UK garage/techno/funky house DJ/Producer Duke Dumont, who released his seventh EP, Blase Boys Club Part 1, on October 2nd, 2015 via Virgin EMI, which follows up his 2014 EP, EP1, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Australian house music DJ/Producer Hayden James, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – Hip-hop artist Freddie Gibbs, who released his eighth EP, Pronto, on March 9th, 2015 via E$GN, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto on October 14th.
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Synthpop artist Owl City, who released his fifth album, Mobile Orchestra, on July 10th, 2015 via Republic, which featured the singles “Verge”, “My Everything”, and “Unbelievable”, and which follows up his 2014 EP, Ultraviolet, which featured a guest appearance by Lindsey Stirling, performed at House of Blues Chicago last night as part … Continue reading
Photos by: Trevor Ball – Live audio-visual music project Jerusalem In My Heart, who released a collaborate album with Montreal-based indie rock band Suuns called Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart, on April 13th, 2015 via Secretly Canadian, performed at the Copper Owl in Victoria, B.C. on October 14th.
Photos by: Joshua Mellin (@extinctionblues) – Grammy-winning R&B/hip-hop artist R Kelly, who released his thirteenth album, Buffet, on September 25th, 2015, which featured the single “Marching Band” featuring Juicy J and Wale, which follows up his 2013 album, Black Panties, performed the second of two shows at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago last night.