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Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – The third annual Riot Fest Toronto Music Festival took over Downsview Park yesterday for a day of great bands and lots of mud. Performances included headliners The Cure, who’s last album, 4:13 Dream, was released in 2008 via Suretone/Geffen, along with experimental rock band The Flaming Lips, who will release their fourteenth … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – In partnership with Pepsi Canada’s ongoing “Pepsi Pop-Up” concert series, Toronto-based alternative dance duo USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), who released their second album, Advanced Basics, on February 11th, 2014, which was funded through crowdsourcing site PledgeMusic, with the project being titled “#Letsgetweirdtogether”, and Toronto-based surf rock quartet The Elwins, who released their debut album, … Continue reading
Photos by: André Varty – Leader of newly reformed Toronto-based indie rock band Constantines Bry Webb, who released his second solo album, Free Will, on May 20th, 2014, performed an intimate set last night with Toronto-based folk band The Weather Station, who released their newest album, All Of It Was Mine, on August 11th, 2011 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – In partnership with Pepsi Canada’s ongoing “Pepsi Pop-Up” concert series, Toronto-based indie rockers Born Ruffians, who released their third album, Birthmarks, on April 16th, 2013 via Yep Roc/Paper Bag, and Toronto-via-Ottawa indie rock band Hollerado, who released their second album, White Paint, on February 26th, 2013 via Royal Mountain Records, performed an intimate … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner – Hamilton-based alt rock band Arkells, who released their third album, High Noon, on August 5th, 2014 via Universal Music Canada/Dine Alone Records, which debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, their highest position on that chart, performed at the Algonquin Commons Theatre in Ottawa last night in support of the album with Toronto-based indie rock quintet Wildlife, … Continue reading
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – Reformed Toronto-based dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979 celebrated the release of their second album, The Physical World (out Sept. 9th via Last Gang Records), with a special pop-up shop at Edward Day Gallery on Queen Street West yesterday that featured an on-site tattoo parlour with ink done by Aaron … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Toronto-based indie rock band Zeus celebrated the release of their third album, Classic Zeus, which was released on September 2nd, 2014 via Arts & Crafts, with a back alley garage concert behind June Records last night.
Photos by: André Varty – Toronto-based indie rock band The Wooden Sky, who released their fourth album, Let’s Be Ready, on September 2nd, 2014 via Chelsea Records (their own label), performed a special in-store set at Sonic Boom’s Bathurst location, which might serve as the record store’s final in-store event before their move to their new … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Lorenzetti – The final event in the Electric Island 2014 concert series closed out the summer on September 1st with a line-up that included Tales of Us, a Techno duo born in Toronto and New York and than raised in Milan, Italy with releases on Seth Troxler’s label Visionquest, Jamie XX, the producer behind The … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Acclaimed DJs DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist kicked off their Renegades of Rhythm Tour at The Guvernment in Toronto last night. The tour was created to pay homage to the great ambassador of the one and twos Afrika Bambaataa, with the duo using vinyl records from Bambaataa’s massive 40,000+ vinyl collection.
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