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Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Day one of the 2014 Toronto Reggae Festival featured performances by iconic singer Beres Hammond, who released his nineteenth album, One Love, One Life, on November 13th, 2012 via VP Records, which was nominated for Best Reggae Album at the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards, New York-based reggae singer, Tarrus Riley, who released … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – The third and final edition of Edgefest 2014 (see our coverage of the second and first editions) took over Echo Beach in Toronto on August 16th with performances by iconic Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace, who released their new single, Won’t Turn Back, on July 10th, from their forthcoming ninth album, … Continue reading
By: Brandon Lorenzetti – Embrace, along with SFX Entertainment, threw a fantastic late-summer party at Hanlan’s Point Beach on August 16th that felt like a mix between full-scale EDM festival, and intimate beach party that featured DJ sets from Moby, who released his eleventh album, Innocents, on October 1st, 2013 via Little Idiot/Mute, Chicago-based DJ/producer Lee … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini – British folk-rock singer-songwriter Passenger (aka Mike Rosenberg), who fronted the band of the same name from 2003-2009, who only released one album, 2007’s Wicked Man’s Rest, and who released his fifth solo album, Whispers, on June 6th, 2014 via Nettwerk/Black Crow, which spawned the singles “Scare Away The Dark”, and “Heart’s On … Continue reading
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
