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Photos by: Justin Roth – Day one of TURF 2015 featured performances by Icelandic folk-pop band Of Monsters And Men, who released their second album, Beneath The Skin, on June 8th, 2015 via Republic, South Carolina-based folk-rock band The Avett Brothers, who released their newest album, Magpie and the Dandelion, in October 2013, Idaho-based indie rock band Built To Spill, … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri, Dale Benvenuto, & Rick Clifford – The second and final day of Riot Fest Toronto 2015 on September 19th featured performances by UK electronic band The Prodigy, who released their sixth album, The Day Is My Enemy, on March 30th, 2015, Grammy-winning alt rock band Weezer, who released their ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@AngelMarchini) – The 2015 Polaris Music Prize gala was held last night at The Carlu in downtown Toronto and featured an impressive short-list of nominees that included Alvvays, BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah, The New Pornographers, Drake, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Viet Cong, and more. In the end, it was Buffy Sainte-Marie and her album, Power in the … Continue reading
By: Brandon Lorenzetti – Beatport Music Award-winner Gramatik, who released his newest album, Coffee Shop Selection, earlier this year, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on September 19th.
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri, Dale Benvenuto, & Rick Clifford – Day one of Riot Fest Toronto 2015 on September 19th featured performances by Juno-winning post-hardcore band Alexisonfire, who announced their official and permanent reunion during their performance, alt rock band Weezer, who released their ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, on October 7th, 2014, acclaimed UK heavy metal band … Continue reading
Review by: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing | Photos by: Mark Horton, Scott Penner, & Marc DesRosiers – For most of Saturday — throughout the afternoon and evening — at Ottawa’s CityFolk festival, the skies threatened. And when festivalgoers made their way to the main stage for the Sheepdogs, those blues/southern style rockers from Saskatchewan, the threat became real, it … Continue reading
Review by: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing | Photos by: Mark Horton & Marc DesRosiers – About one hour into Van Morrison’s set at Ottawa’s City Folk festival Friday night, the Northern Irish singer pulled out the biggest of the big guns, the song everyone was waiting for. And although his rendition of “Brown Eyed Girl” was a departure from the … Continue reading
Photos by: Priti Shikotra – Grammy-nominated UK indie rock band Florence and the Machine, who released their third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, on May 29th, 2015 via Island, performed at Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK last night.
Photos by: Mark Horton & Marc DesRosiers – Day two of CityFolk 2015 (formerly called Ottawa Folk Festival) at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON on September 17th featured performances by Juno-winning Halifax-based indie rock band Wintersleep, who are currently recording their sixth studio album, folk rock band The Avett Brothers, who released their newest album, Magpie and … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day one of Rifflandia 2015 in Victoria B.C., on September 17th featured performances by Brooklyn-based alternative hip-hop group Flatbush Zombies, who released a collaborative EP with The Underachivevers called Clockwork Indigo on October 17th, 2014 via Electric KoolAde Records, rapper Post Malone, Toronto-based rapper Jazz Cartier, who released his newest mixtape, Marauding in Paradise, … Continue reading
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