Photos by: Priti Shikotra, Tom Martin, & Marc Sethi – The first day of the 2015 Leeds Festival featured performances by reunited UK indie rock band The Libertines, who will release their third album, Anthems for Doomed Youth, on September 11th, 2015 via Virgin EMI, which will feature the singles “Gunga Din”, and “Glasgow Coma Scale Blues”, … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – The first annual Camp Wavelength, which was presented by Wavelength Music, Toronto’s non-profit, DIY music community hub, kicked off on August 28th on Toronto Island with performances by Toronto-based electronic rock band Holy Fuck, who released their newest album, Latin, on May 11th, 2010 via Young Turks, which received a long-list nominated … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – There were plenty of stories surrounding the lineup for the 2015 Greenbelt Harvest Picnic. Some were heartbreaking, like the story of Kathleen Edwards’ stolen 1957 Les Paul Junior. Some were triumphant, like the story of headliner Arkells’ double Juno victory. Some were even controversial, like the last-minute removal of Iron and Wine due … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Some 4,000 music fans visited Christie Lake in Hamilton, ON on August 29th for the annual Greenbelt Harvest Picnic, which 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, Toronto-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen (aka Bahamas), who released his … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Jamaican-Canadian reggae artist/producer Leroy Sibbles, who released his newest album, Reggae Hit Bass Lines, in 2009, and who was featured in the 2009 documentary, Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, performed at The CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) in Toronto on August 27th with Jamaica-born soul singer Jay Douglas, whose 2011 album, Lovers Paradise (A440), earned him … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist Chronixx, who released his second EP, Dread & Terrible, in 2014 via Zincfence, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto on August 21st.
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – UK indie rock band The Vaccines, who released their third album, English Graffiti, on May 25th, 2015 via Columbia, which features the singles “Handsome”, and “Dream Lover”, and which follows up their debut EP, Melody Calling, on August 11th, 2013 via Columbia, and their 2012 album, Come of Age, which featured the … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Pop-rock singer-songwriter Kate Voegele, who released her third EP, Wild Card, on November 4th, 2014, which follows up her third album, Gravity Happens, out May 17th, 2011, which featured the single “Heart In Chains”, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Tyler Hilton, who released his … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – The 2015 Family Channel’s Big Ticket Summer Concert at Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on August 23rd featured performances by pop-rap singer-songwriter Becky G, dance group The Next Step, UK pop band The Vamps, who released their debut album, Meet The Vamps, on April 14th, 2014 via Mercury/Virgin EMI, which featured the singles “Can … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Grammy-nominated heavy metal band Motley Crue, who released their ninth and final album, Saints of Los Angeles, on June 24th, 2008 via Eleven Seven Music, performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night as part of their final tour, called “The Final Tour”, with heavy metal singer-songwriter Alice Cooper, … Continue reading