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Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day two of Rifflandia 2015 in Victoria B.C., on September 18th featured performances by Hamilton-based alt rock band Arkells, who released their third album, High Noon, on August 5th, 2014 via Universal Music Canada/Dine Alone Records, Montreal-based indie rock band The Dears, Juno-winning, Polaris Music Prize-nominated electronic group A Tribe Called Red, who released … Continue reading
Review by: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing | Photos by: Mark Horton – Wilco’s a band that doesn’t sit still. The Chicago-based rock/country/alternative country band have been kicking it since 1994 and haven’t slowed down. And with an incredible set to close out Ottawa’s CityFolk festival Sunday night, it’s clear Jeff Tweedy and his team aren’t willing to rest, or rest … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – The third and final day of TURF 2015 in Toronto featured performances by iconic alt rock band Pixies, who released their fifth album, Indie Cindy, on April 19th, 2014, an Francisco-based alt rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who released their self-produced seventh album, Specter at the Feast, on March 18th, 2013 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Blues rock singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, who released her second album, This Means War, on June 30th, 2015 via Hollywood, which followed up her 2012 debut album, Til The Casket Drops, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with San Diego-based indie pop band The Young Wild, and pop-rock singer-songwriter Marc … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Montreal-based art rock trio Braids, who released their third album, Deep In The Iris, on April 27th, 2015, which scored a short-list nomination for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, and which followed up their 2013 album Flourish // Perish, (out August 20th, 2013 via Arbutus Records/Full Time Hobby/Flemish Eye), performed at Lee’s Palace … Continue reading
Photos by: Priti Shikotra – UK post-punk singer-songwriter Ratboy, who self-released his new mixtape, The Mixtape, on April 20th, 2014 performed at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester, UK on September 21st with UK britpop band Flesh, and UK “glitch indie” band Zibra, who are currently in the studio working on new music with Simon Katz (Youngblood Hawke, Digitalism, Chiddy Bang) … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Indie rock singer-songwriter Will Butler, who is best known as a member of Grammy-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, and who released his debut solo album, Policy, on March 10th, 2015 via Merge, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on September 21st with Hamilton-based pop-punk band Billy Moon, who released their new … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Grammy-winning UK dance-pop singer-songwriter Jess Glynne, who released her debut album, I Cry When I Laugh, on August 21st, 2015 via Atlantic, which features the singles “Right Here”, “Real Love”, “Hold My Hand”, and “Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself”, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto on September 21st with singer-songwriter Jordan … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Day two of TURF 2015 in Toronto featured performances by alt-rock band Wilco, who released their ninth album, Star Wars, on July 16th, 2015 in the form of a free download at wilcoworld.net, Los Angeles-based indie folk band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, who released their self-titled third album on July 23rd, 2013, Halifax-based indie pop … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – This year’s Polaris Prize winner, the iconic Buffy Sainte-Marie, was as gracious a winner as she was a passionate performer. She gave a soaring performance and reminded Canada how lucky we are to have artists like her. As presenter Owen Pallett put it, “her music is angry and its love is fierce. It’s the … Continue reading
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