Photos by Kevin Mazur – Grammy Award-winning (Best Rock Performance – “Radioactive”) Las Vegas-based alternative rock quartet Imagine Dragons, who released second album, Smoke + Mirrors, on February 17th, 2015 via Interscope, which follows up their platinum-selling debut album, Night Visions, performed at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, CA on September 28th.
Photos by: Justin Roth – The Toronto edition of the Imagine Oct 20th concert series took place last night at The Randolph Theatre, which featured performances by Feist, The Sadies, Lowell, Brave Shores, Sarah Slean, and more. The blog/hashtag #ImagineOct20th has inspired many potential voters across Canada to hold similar events, with the movement aiming to “battle … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Dance-rock supergroup FFS, which consists of Grammy-winning Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, and Los Angeles-based rock-pop band Sparks, who released their eponymous debut album on June 8th, 2015 via Domino, which was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, Earl Sweatshirt, Brian Wilson), performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in … Continue reading
Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – Odd Future neo-soul trip hop group The Internet, which features OFWGKTA members Syd Tha Kyd and Matt Martians, who released their third album, Ego Death, on June 26th, 2015 via Odd Future/Columbia, which follows up their sophomore album, Feel Good, out September 20th, 2013 via Odd Future Records, performed at Tattoo Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based … Continue reading
Photos by Quinn Middleton – Chris Cornell, who is best known as the lead singer of Soundgarden, and alt-rock supergroup Audioslave, and who released his fourth solo album, Higher Truth, on September 18th, 2015 via Universal, performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver last night as part of his ongoing Acoustic Higher Truth Tour.
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Seattle-based acoustic indie folk singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen, his debut full-length album, Ledges, on February 11th, 2014, which was self-produced and recorded at Stone Gossard’s Studio Litho in Seattle, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with folk singer-songwriter Chris Porterfield, who is best known as the frontman for Milwaukee-based folk band Field … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Toronto-based indie rock quartet The Beaches, who released their second EP, Heights, on May 6th, 2014 via Done With Dolls, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on September 28th as part of the Canada’s Walk of Fame “Future Music Legends” showcase.
Photos by: Amy Buck (@amybuckphoto) – JUNO Award-winning electropop singer-songwriter Lights, who released her third album, Little Machines, on September 19th, 2014 via Warner Bros, performed an intimate, secret show at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night in support of music education charity MusiCounts with the aim of donating $50,000 to the charity.
Photos by: Sabrina Direnzo – Day two of the 2015 KOI Music Festival in downtown Kitchener, ON last weekend featured performances by metalcore band August Burns Red, who released their seventh album, Found In Far Away Places, on June 29th, 2015 via Fearless Records, Los Angeles-based post-hardcore band Letlive, who released their third album, The Blackest Beautiful, on July 9th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Emily Kovacic – The second and final day of Thrival Festival 2015 in Pittsburgh on September 26th featured performances by Atlanta-based indie rock quintet Manchester Orchestra, who released their fourth album, Cope, on April 1st, 2014 via Loma Vista Recordings/Favourite Gentlemen, Juno Award-winning Toronto-based electropop singer-songwriter Lights, who released her third album, Little Machines, on September 19th, 2014 … Continue reading