Photos by: Amy Buck – Montreal-based psychedelic rock band Suuns, who released their second 2013 Polaris Music Prize longlisted album, Images Du Futur, on March 5th, 2013 via Secretly Canadian, which featured the songs “Edie’s Dream”, and “2020″, performed at The Garrison in Toronto last night with Chicago-based altrock band Disappears, who released their fourth album, Era, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Krystyn Bristol – The second and final day of the inaugural US edition of the Air and Style festival at the Rose Bowl stadium in Los Angeles on February 22nd, featured performances by acclaimed DJ/Producer Steve Aoki, who released his second album, Neon Future I, on September 30th, 2014 via Ultra/Dim Mak, which features … Continue reading
Photos by: Krystyn Bristol – The inaugural US edition of the Air and Style festival, which blends live music, action sports, art, and culture, kicked off at the Rose Bowl stadium in Los Angeles on February 21st, with a line-up that featured hometown rapper Kendrick Lamar, who released his second album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, on October … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Grammy-nominated and Juno award-winning Canadian hard rock band Nickelback, who released their eighth album, No Fixed Address, on November 14th, 2014 via Republic Records, which spawned the singles “Edge of a Revolution”, “What Are You Waiting For?”, “Million Miles an Hour”, and “Miss You”, performed at the Air Canada Centre in … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – South African alternative rock/kwaito band Kongos, who released their second album, Lunatic, on December 28th, 2012, with a re-release on February 25th, 2014, which features the singles “I’m Only Joking”, “Come With Me Now”, and “I Want to Know”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based indie pop … Continue reading
Photos by: Julian Avram – Toronto-based jazz trio BadBadNotGood, who released a new collaborative album with Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah called Sour Soul (out Feb. 24th via eOne Music Canada), which follows their third album III (May 6th, 2014) via Innovative Leisure/Pirates Blend, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize, performed at The … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – UK alt rock band Bush, who released their sixth album, Man on the Run, on October 21st, 2014 via Zuma Rock Records, performed at the Sound Academy in Toronto last night with British Columbia-based hard rock band Theory of a Deadman, who released their fifth album, Savages, on July 29th, 2014 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – Florida-based ska-punk band Less Than Jake, who released their eighth album, See the Light, on November 12th, 2013 via Fat Wreck Chords, performed at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on February 17th with Huntington Beach, CA-based ska punk band Reel Big Fish, who released a Christmas-themed EP called Happy Skalidays … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Wong – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania-based indie rock band The Districts, who released their new self-titled EP on January 28th, 2014, which follows their self-released 2012 album Telephone, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with New Jersey-based psych-folk-rock band Pine Barons, who released their self-titled debut album on March 16th, 2013, … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Toronto-based pop-punk band School Damage, who released their third EP, Straight D’s, on September 23rd, 2014, hit Noble Street Studios in downtown Toronto this afternoon as part of Converse’s fifth Converse Rubber Tracks “pop-up” studio. Since its 2011 launch in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, Converse Rubber Tracks has provided over 800 emerging artists the opportunity … Continue reading