Photos by Michael Iwamoto – Worcester, Mass.-based pop-punk/melodic hardcore band Four Year Strong, who released their newest EP, Go Down in History, on July 22nd, 2014 via Pure Noise, performed at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA last night with melodic hardcore band Defeater, Milwaukee-based hardcore band Expire, who released their newest album, Pretty Low, on June 17th, 2014 … Continue reading
Photos by Quinn Middleton- Toronto-based indie pop band Young Empires, who released their debut EP, Wake All My Youth, on January 31st, 2012 via Pirates Blend, which featured mix production by Al-P of MSTRKRFT and Burke Reid, performed at the Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver last night with Toronto-based electropop band Brave Shores, which features siblings Jay and Stefanie McCarrol, … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Albert Hammond Jr., who is best known as the guitarist for New York indie rock band The Strokes, and who released his third album, Momentary Masters, on July 31st via Vagrant/BMG, which follows up his debut EP, AHJ, out October 8th, 2013 via Cult Records, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Mark Horton – Day one of CityFolk 2015 (formerly called Ottawa Folk Festival) at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON on September 16th featured performances by Grammy-nominated UK reggae/pop band UB40, who released their eighteenth album, Getting Over The Storm, on September 2nd, 2013, which follows up their 2010 album, Labour of Love IV, and … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – Post-hardcore band The Fall Of Troy, who released their newest album, In The Unlikely Event, on October 6th, 2009 via Equal Vision, which was produced by Terry Date (Slayer, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Smashing Pumpkins), performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with Irish post-rock band And … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Glasgow, Scotland-based garage rock band The Fratellis, who released their fourth album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied, on August 21st, 2015 via Cooking Vinyl, which featured the singles “Me and the Devil”, and “Baby Don’t You Lie to Me”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Los Angeles/Stockholm-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – UK electronic band Years And Years, who released their debut album, Communion, on July 10th, 2015 via Interscope, which featured the singles “Real”, “Take Shelter”, “Desire”, “King”, and “Shine”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on September 14th with Brooklyn-based indie pop/R&B singer-songwriter Tei Shi, who released her debut EP, … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – The 2015 edition of Festival Music House took over Adelaide Hall in Toronto on September 14th during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2015), which featured performances by Toronto-based alt rock band Barenaked Ladies, who released their eleventh album, Silverball, on June 2nd, 2015 via Vanguard Records, oronto-based grime/hip-hop/trap trio Keys … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – The 2015 edition of Festival Music House took over Adelaide Hall in Toronto on September 13th during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2015), which featured performances by Canadian DJ Kid Koala, Montreal-based indie rock band Half Moon Run, who released their debut album, Dark Eyes, on March 27th, 2012, Toronto-based indie … Continue reading
Photos by: Krystyn Bristol – San Diego-based surf rock band Wavves, who released their fourth album, Afraid of Heights, on March 26th, 2013, performed at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on September 14th.