Photos by: Eva Blue, Tim Snow, & Pierre Bourgault – The second and final day of the first annual ILESONIQ Festival in Montreal featured performances by Laidback Luke, who has remixed the likes of Kanye West, Madonna, David Guetta, and Katy Perry, UK dubstep producer Caspa, Israeli psytrance/electronica/psychedelic duo Infected Mushroom, hip-hop producer Araabmuzik, Toronto-based DJ duo Zeds Dead, … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – As people shuffled out of Fort York at the conclusion of the Toronto stop of the Mad Decent Block Party, concertgoers packed into The Hoxton for the afterparty to see sets from Block Party headliner Diplo, hometown DJ duo Zeds Dead, who released their fifth album, Somewhere Else, on July 1st, 2014 … Continue reading
Photos by: Eva Blue, Tim Snow, & Pierre Bourgault – The first annual ILESONIQ Festival in Montreal kicked off yesterday at Parc Jean Drapeau (the home of Osheaga, and Heavy Montreal) with performances by UK house producer Jesse Rose, Montreal-based EDM duo Adventure Club, Aussie DJ/Producer Anna Lunoe, New York City-based electro house duo The Chainsmokers, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Montreal-based “hindi rockers” Elephant Stone, who are expected to release their third LP, The Three Poisons, on August 26th, 2014 via Hidden Pony Records, performed an intimate show at the Toronto Botanical Garden last night as part of the Edwards Summer Music Series.
Photos by: Angelo Marchini – UK post-punk band Echo and the Bunnymen, who broke up in 1993, but have since reformed and continued touring and recording since 1996, including their new album, Meteorites, which was released on June 2, 2014 via 429 Records, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Canadian rock singer-songwriter … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – The North American festival scene is at maximum density. From coast to coast, there’s a wide range of them, complete with 2-3 days of big stars and bigger crowds. The question is: does that same formula work when it’s scaled down? Ontario’s Wolfe Island Music Festival has emphatically proven that can absolutely be the … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (Unless Otherwise Noted) – The second and final day of of Heavy Montreal 2014 featured performances by iconic thrash metal band Slayer, who are expected to release their eleventh album in 2015, their first album without long-time guitarist Jeff Hanneman, Toronto-based punk band Fucked Up, who released their fourth album, Glass Boys, on June 3rd … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (Unless Otherwise Noted) – Day 1 of Heavy Montreal 2014 featured performances by metal giants Metallica, who performed an all-request set that included tracks like “Seek & Destroy”, “The Four Horsemen”, “Enter Sandman”, and more, New York-based thrash metal band Anthrax, who are expected to release their eleventh album in 2015, … Continue reading
Photos by: Krystle Merrow – California-based punk rock band The Offspring, who released their ninth album, Days Go By, on June 26th, 2012 via Columbia, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto on August 7th as part of their “Summer Nationals Tour”, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band’s third album, Smash, with punk rock legends Bad Religion, … Continue reading
Photos by: Luis Wolf Rodriguez – UK grunge brother duo Drenge, who released their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album on August 19th, 2013, performed at Bootleg Bar in Los Angeles last night with Brooklyn-based pop-punk band Wax Witches, which is Bleeding Knees Club frontman Alex Wall’s solo project, who released their debut album, Celebrity Beatings, on March … Continue reading