Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Canadian psychedelic pop artist Mac DeMarco, who released his second album, Salad Days, on April 1st, 2014 via Captured Tracks, which features the singles “Passing Out Pieces”, and “Brother”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with New Zealand-based psychedelic pop artist Connan Mockasin, who released his second album, Caramel, … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist Sarah McLachlan, who released her first album of original music in four years, Shine On, on May 6th, 2014 via Verve Records, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night in support of the album.
Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – Acclaimed hip-hop artist Brother Ali, who released his fifth album, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color, on September 18th, 2012 via Rhymesayers Entertainment, which was produced by Jake One (50 Cent, Drake, Chance The Rapper, Wiz Khalifa), performed at Tattoo Toronto in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based rapper … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Toronto-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen (aka Bahamas), who released his third album, Bahamas Is Afie, on August 19th, 2014 via Brushfire/Universal, which serves as a follow-up to his 2012 album, Barchords, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Montreal-based folk quartet The Barr Brothers, who released their self-titled debut album in 2011, … Continue reading
Photos by: Ferenc Cabarle – Los Angeles-based indie pop duo Capital Cities, who released their debut album, In a Tidal Wave of Mystery, on June 4th, 2014 via Lazy Hooks/Capital, which featured the singles “Safe and Sound”, “Kangaroo Court”, “I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo”, ” and “One Minute More”, performed at The Danforth … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Ohio-based pop-punk band Relient K, who released their seventh album, Collapsible Lung, on July 2nd 2013 via Mono Vs Stereo, performed at House of Blues Chicago on November 1st as part of the 10th anniversary tour to celebrate the release of their JUNO Award-nominated fourth album, Mmhmm, which was released on November 2nd, 2004, … Continue reading
Photos by: Matt Klopot – Grammy Award-winning R&B-dance-pop singer Usher, who is expected to release his eighth album, UR, sometime in the near future, which features the lead single “Good Kisser”, which was produced by Pop & Oak (Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Drake), performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night as part of … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – English alternative rock/indie rock quartet The 1975, who released their debut self-titled album on September 2nd, 2013 via Dirty Hit/Polydor, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night with Philadelphia-based indie pop band CRUISR, who released their debut EP, All Over, on September 23rd, 2014 via Universal Music Canada, and New Jersey-based … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Dutch progressive/electro house DJ/Producer Hardwell, who is expected to release his debut album, United We Are, sometime next year, brought his ” I Am Hardwell” tour to Arrow Hall in Toronto on November 1st with Dutch DJ/Producer Dannic, who opened the show.
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – As far as artist branding goes, Aaron Jerome, the primary mind behind SBTRKT, is fairly good at maintaining an anonymous and elusive spirit as the face of his electro alter ego. Propelled by the success of his self-titled debut album, the subsequent launch of collaborators Jessie Ware and Sampha’s careers, and a … Continue reading