Photos by: Amy Buck – Victoria, B.C.-based indie rock singer-songwriter Aidan Knight, who released his second album, Small Reveal, on October 23rd, 2012, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night as part of NXNE 2015 with indie pop/rock singer-songwriter Lia Ices, who released her third album, Ices, on September 16th, 2014 via Jagjaguwar, which follow … Continue reading
Photos by: Philip C. Perron (@Philip_Perron) – Toronto-based hard rock quartet The Trews, who released their self-titled fifth album on April 22, 2014 via Bumstead, which spawned the single “What’s Fair Is Fair”, performed at Woodbine Park in Toronto last night for the Beach BBQ & Brews Festival with Winnipeg-based indie rock band Attica Riots, who got … Continue reading
Photos by: Jon Wishart – Indie rock band The Ataris, who are best known for their 2003 hit song “The Boys of Summer”, and who released their newest EP, All Souls’ Day & the Graveyard of the Atlantic, on November 25th, 2010 via Paper + Plastick, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on June 18th with Toronto-based punk band … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri & Amy Buck – Brooklyn-based indie pop band Lucius, who released their debut album, Wildewoman, on October 15th, 2013 via Mom + Pop Music, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night as part of NXNE 2015 with Brooklyn-based baroque pop band San Fermin, who released their second album, Jackrabbit, on April 21st, 2015 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Los Angeles-based pop singer Willow Smith, who is best known as the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Will Smith, and who released her debut EP, 3, on November 17th, 2014 via Roc Nation, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night as part of NXNE 2015.
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Australian synthpop singer-songwriter Betty Who, who released her debut album, Take Me When You Go, on October 7th, 2014 via RCA, which was produced by Martin Johnson (Gavin DeGraw, Daughtry, Avril Lavigne), Claude Kelly (Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Backstreet Boys), & Starsmith (Ellie Goulding, Kylie Minogue, Cheryl Cole), performed at The … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based electro dream pop band For Esme, who released their newest song, “You”, on May 7th, 2015, which will be featured on their forthcoming album, Sugar, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on June 17th, 2015 with Baltimore-based indie pop band Lower Dens, who released their third album, Escape From Evil, … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) =- UK indie rock band Glass Animals, who released their debut album, Zaba, on June 6th, 2014 via Harvest Records, which was executive produced by Paul Epworth (Adele, Coldplay, Paul McCartney), and featured the singles “Black Mambo”, “Gooey”, “Pools”, and “Hazey”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on June 17th … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Russian-American electronic-industrial-classical-goth-experimental rock singer-songwriter Zola Jesus, who released her fifth album, Taiga, (the Russian word for boreal forests), on October 6th, 2014 via Mute, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night during night one of NXNE 2015.
Photos by: Matt Klopot – Chicago-based pop-punk band Fall Out Boy, who released their sixth album, American Beauty/American Psycho, on January 16th, 2015 via Island, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night as part of their ongoing c0-headlining “Boys of Zummer” tour with Pittsburgh-based rapper Wiz Khalifa, who will release his fifth album, Blacc Hollywood, … Continue reading