Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Belgian singer-songwriter/rapper Stromae, who released his second album, Racine Carree, on August 16th, 2013, which featured the singles “Papaoutai”, “Formidable”, “Carmen”, “Ave Cesaria”, and “Tous Les Memes”, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based hip-hop/R&B artist Jidenna, who released a pair of singles this year called “Classic Man”, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Ray – UK heavy metal band Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats, who released their newest album, The Night Creeper, on September 4th, 2015 via Sony, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver on September 25th with stoner rock band Ruby The Hatchet, who released their newest album, Valley of the Snake, on February 24th, 2015, … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – San Antonio, TX-based alternative metal band Nothing More, who released their self-titled sixth album on June 24th, 2014 via Eleven Seven Music, which featured the singles “This is the Time (Ballast)”, “Mr. MTV”, and “Jenny”, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with post-hardcore band The Color Morale, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day three of Rifflandia 2015 in Victoria B.C., on September 19th featured performances by acclaimed indie rock band Modest Mouse, who released their sixth album, Strangers To Ourselves, on March 17th, 2015 via Epic, which featured the singles ‘Lampshades on Fire”, Toronto-based indie rock band Tokyo Police Club, who released their third album, Forcefield, … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Grammy-winning Australian hard rock band AC/DC, who released their seventeenth album, Rock or Bust, on November 28th, 2014 via Columbia, which was produced by Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Bob Dylan), performed at BC Place in Vancouver on September 22nd as part of their ongoing “Rock or Bust World Tour”. … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Ray – Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, who released their sixth album, Origins, on August 1st, 2014 via Nuclear Blast, which followed up their 2012 album, Helvetios, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver on September 22nd with Montreal-based extreme metal band The Agonist, who released their fourth album, Eye Of Providence, on February … Continue reading
By: Ronnie Livias | Photos by: Krystyn Bristol, C Flanigan, & Christopher Victorio – The name Kaaboo bears a good vibration, as did experiencing the first steps onto the grounds of the first ever Kaaboo Festival in Del Mar, CA. With powerhouse names like Snoop Dogg, Foster The People, Sheryl Crow and No Doubt, Kaaboo was surely set to have a euphoric first day of operation. In addition … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Los Angeles-based hard rock/heavy metal artist Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, who released his third solo album, World On Fire, on September 16th, 2014 via Roadrunner, and who is best known as the ex-guitarist for Grammy-nominated hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, performed at the Sound Academy in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Alabama-based blues rock band Alabama Shakes, who released their second album, Sound & Color, on April 21st, 2015 via ATO, which followed up their 2012 debut album, Boys & Girls, performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie rock quintet July Talk, who released their self-titled debut … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri, Dale Benvenuto, & Rick Clifford – Riot Fest once again took over Toronto’s Downsview Park last weekend and our photographers were there all weekend. Check out some of our canadid portraits of some of the performing artists including Frank Turner, Bleachers, Eagles Of Death Metal, Courage My Love, and more!