Photos by: Theo Rallis – Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, who released their 10th album, Construct, on May 27th, 2013 via Century Media, performed at The Opera House in Toronto on January 11th with Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium, who released their sixth album, Shadows of the Dying Sun, on April 25th, 2014 via Century … Continue reading
Photos by: Kevin Leung – The third Long Winter concert of the ongoing concert series’ third year took place at The Great Hall in Toronto last night, and featured music from Toronto-based psychedelic space rock band Moon Wood, indie pop singer-songwriter Alden Penner (Clues, The Unicorns), and more, along with performance art, arcade games, food, visual art, and film. If … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – 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 The Opera House in Toronto on Jan. 8th with Winnipeg-based hardcore punk quintet Comeback Kid, who released their fifth album, Die Knowing, on March … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Los Angeles-based heavy metal band Black Label Society, who released their ninth album, Catacombs of the Black Vatican, on April 7th, 2014 via Mascot Records/E1 Music, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night in support of the album with Grammy-nominated metalcore band Hatebreed, who released their sixth album, The Divinity of … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Toronto nightlife hotspot and concert venue The Guvernment presented one of its “final gifts” to clubgoers last night in the form of a Christmas-themed party. With the Toronto landmark closing its doors on January 31st, 2015, and the forthcoming final shows at the end of this month with deadmau5, Armin van Buuren, Cosmic Gate, Danny Tenaglia, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Lorenzetti – The second and final night of Solaris Festival 2014 at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto featured Skillex, who released his debut album, Recess, on March 14th, 2014 via Asylum/Big Beat/OWSLA/Atlantic, Steve Aoki, who released his second album, Neon Future I, on September 30th, 2014 via Ultra/Dim Mak, German DJ/Producer Boys Noize, French DJ/Producer Tchami, … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Lorenzetti – Night one of Solaris Festival 2014 brought Kaskade, Adventure Club, 3LAU, and more, to the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. Check out our Solaris Festival night two photos here.
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – Canadian progessive metal quintet Protest The Hero, who released their fourth album, Volition, on October 29th, 2013 via Razor & Tie, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Wakefield, MA-based metalcore band Unearth, who released their sixth album, Watchers of Rule, on October 28th, 2014 via eOne … Continue reading
Photos by: Kevin Leung – Some of Toronto’s best indie musicians joined forces last night at Lee’s Palace for a night of cover songs called Cover Me Impressed. The show, which featured members of July Talk, Steven Stanley, Spencer Burton, Brendan Canning, CATL, Taylor Knox, Ferraro, Whitney Rose and Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs, benefited both … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Academy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated rapper and founding member of Southern hip hop group Three 6 Mafia, Juicy J, who will released his fourth solo album, Pure THC: The Hustle Continues, sometime in 2015, performed at The Guvernment in Toronto last night.