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Photos: Pitchfork Festival (Day 2) – St. Vincent, Kelela, tUnE-yArDs, + More

Photos by: Katie Kuropas –  Day two of the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival featured performances by New York City-based noise pop artist St. Vincent, who released her eponymous fifth studio album (and fourth solo album) on February 24th, 2014 via Loma Vista/Republic, D.C-born and L.A.-based experimental R&B singer Kelela, experimental pop band tUnE-yArDs, who released their third album, Nikki Nack, on … Continue reading

Photos: TIME Festival (Grimes, Flume, Action Bronson, + More)

Photos by: Geoff Fitzgerald – Despite Toronto’s ever-increasing summer music festival schedule, a new festival has popped up in the form of TIME Festival. The festival, which took place yesterday at Fort York, featured performances by Vancouver-based art pop artist Grimes, who released her third album, Visions, on January 31st, 2012 via Artbutus, Australian DJ Flume, who … Continue reading

Photos: Pitchfork Festival (Day 1) – Beck, Giorgio Moroder, Sun Kil Moon, + More

Photos by: Katie Kuropas –  Day one of the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival featured performances by LA-based rock artist Beck, who released his twelfth album, Morning Phase, on February 21st, 2014 via Capitol, which spawned two singles including, “Blue Moon” and “Waking Light”, iconic Italian DJ Giorgio Moroder, who collaborated with Daft Punk on the track … Continue reading

Photos: Basement Jaxx, HolloH, Kings of the North @ The Hoxton

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  Acclaimed UK EDM group Basement Jaxx, who will release their seventh album, Junto, on August 25th via Atlantic Jaxx/PIAS Recordings, which has been preceded by four singles including, “Back 2 the Wild”, “Unicorn”, and “Never Say Never”, played a rare Canadian show at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based electronic … Continue reading

Photos: Matt Nathanson, Gavin DeGraw @ Sound Academy

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  Folk-rock singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, who released his eighth album, Last of the Great Pretenders, on July 16th, 2013 via Vanguard Records, which spawned the singles “Kinks Shirt”, and “Mission Bells”, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night with New York-based pop-rock artist Gavin DeGraw, who released his fifth album, Make a … Continue reading

Photos: Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 (Day 10) – Collective Soul, Sam Roberts Band, + More

Photos by: Scott Penner – The 10th and final day of Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 featured performances by Atlanta-based hard rock band Collective Soul, who will release their ninth album, See What You Started by Continuing, this August or September, JUNO Award-winning Montreal-based alternative rock group Sam Roberts Band, who released their fifth album, Lo-Fantasy, on February 11th, 2014 … Continue reading

Photos: Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 (Day 9) – Snoop Dogg, Childish Gambino, AWOLNATION, + More

Photos by: Scott Penner –  Day nine of Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 featured performances by Grammy Award-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg, who released his twelfth album, Reincarnated, on April 23rd, 2013 via Berhane Sound System/Mad Decent/Vice/RCA, Florida-based neotraditional country band The Mavericks, who released their sixth album, In Time, on January 21st, 2013 via Valory/Big Machine, rapper Childish … Continue reading

Photos: Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 (Day 8) – Barenaked Ladies, Third Eye Blind, Slash, + More

Photos by: Scott Penner –  Day eight (July 11) of Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 featured performances by JUNO Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Canadian pop-rock band Barenaked Ladies, who released their eleventh album, Grinning Streak, on June 4th, 2013 via Vanguard Records, San Franciso-based alternative rock band Third Eye Blind, who are best known for their string of late-’90s … Continue reading

Concert Review + Photos: Future, Rico Love @ Sound Academy

By: Gavin Clark – Atlanta-based rapper Future invaded Toronto’s Sound Academy on July 11th with his “I’m Just Being Honest” tour in support of his sophomore album Honest. With a catalogue that consists of some of hip-hop’s biggest bangers and a reputation for high-energy performances, there was a strong expectation to be met. The opening act, Rico Love, played a soulfully smooth R&B set to … Continue reading

Photos: The Fray, Barcelona, Oh Honey @ Echo Beach

Photos by: Amanda-Susan Carson (@xoAmandaCarson) – Denver-based pop-rock band The Fray, who released their fourth album, Helios, on February 25th, 2014 via Epic, which spawned the single “Love Don’t Die”, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto in support of the album with Seattle-based indie piano rock band Barcelona, who released a three-part EP called The Melodrama, earlier this year, … Continue reading