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Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – The Bovine Sex Club on Queen St. W. hosted a few heavier acts during the first day of music at NXNE 2014 on June 18, including Toronto-based hard rock band Diemonds, who released their second album, The Bad Pack, in 2012, Toronto-based heavy metal band Midnight Malice, who released their debut … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) & Amanda-Susan Carson (@xoAmandaCarson) – After a few days of parties and film screenings, the music portion of NXNE 2014 kicked-off on June 18 at an array of downtown Toronto venues, including Tattoo Toronto, which featured a “secret show” by Brooklyn-based noise pop duo Sleigh Bells, who released their third album, Bitter Rivals, on October … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Acclaimed comedian and podcast host Marc Maron, who’s long-running podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, receives over 220,000 downloads per episode, provided a keynote talk yesterday at the Hyatt Regency in Toronto as part of NXNE Interactive, where he discussed WTF’s inception, its growth, how it changed the media landscape, how a business model evolved, … Continue reading
Photos by: Amanda-Susan Carson – Actress Jena Malone, who has appeared in several high-profile films including, Donnie Darko (2001), Into the Wild (2007), Sucker Punch (2011) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), performed an brief intimate show on the rooftop of the Thompson Hotel in downtown Toronto with her band, The Shoe, as part of their “Takeover Tour”, which sees them performing in five upscale … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Pascucci – Australian indie alt rock disco-pop band The Jezabels, who released their second album, The Brink, on January 31st, 2014 via PIAS/Self-Released, which was produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat (The Vaccines, Lana Del Rey, Moby), performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto with Vancouver and Toronto-based indie electronic-rock band Gold & Youth, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Philadelphia-based indie pop-rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, who released their fourth album, Only Run, on June 3rd, 2014, which features the single, e“Coming Down”, which includes vocals from The National’s Matt Berninger, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Indiana-based shoegaze-noise rock duo Stagnant Pools, who … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Every year around in June, Queen Street W. shuts down to traffic, transit and even pedestrians. It’s a necessary evil to accommodate the perpetually expanding spectacle of the MuchMusic Video Awards. From a fan’s point of view, the awards are a rare opportunity to expose all five senses to their heroes. Access to the event (with … Continue reading
Photos by: Amanda-Susan Carson – DigiFest Toronto 2014, which seeks to take the small screen Youtube experience into a live concert setting, took over Echo Beach in Toronto over the weekend with popular Youtube artists like Miami-based girl group Fifth Harmony, who formed on the second season of The X Factor, and who released their debut … Continue reading
Photos by: Krystle Merrow – California-based ska-punk band Reel Big Fish, who released their seventh album, Candy Coated Fury, on July 31st, 2012 via Rock Ridge, which was produced by the band’s frontman, guitarist, and songwriter, Aaron Barrett, performed at The Opera House in Toronto with New Jersey-based pop-punk-ska sextet Survay Says, who released their new … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Acclaimed Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter Ziggy Marley, who is the oldest son of Bob Marley, and who released his newest album, Fly Rasta, on April 15th, 2014 via Tuff Gong Worldwide, performed at David Pecaut Square as part of Luminato 2014 with Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, which consists of refugees who were displaced … Continue reading
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