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Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Grammy award nominee and acclaimed Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Femi Kuti, who is the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and who released his new album, No Place for My Dream, on June 25th via Knitting Factory Records, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night. If you missed him last night, Kuti will be performing at Ottawa Bluefest tonight at … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Eight-piece California-based alternative rock band The Mowgli’s, who lifted from their name from Rudyard Kipling’s character, Mowgli, from his acclaimed novel The Jungle Book, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night in support of their major label debut album Waiting for the Dawn, which was released on June 18th via Photo Finish Records/Island … Continue reading
By: Chiara DiAngelo (@chiarabella) – The picture-perfect landscape of Niagara-on-the-lake hosted a coming home party of sorts for City and Colour on Saturday night, which was co-organized by The Edge 102.1 and Dine Alone Records. The sold-out concert offered a range of up-and-coming and established Canadian and Dine Alone talent to the 18,000 fans in … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – Arizona-based pop-punk five-piece The Maine, who released their fourth studio album, Forever Halloween, on June 4th via Rude Records, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Massachusetts-based indie rockers A Rocket To The Moon, who released their second studio album, Wild & Free, on March … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – Oakland, California-based indie rock quintet Rogue Wave, who are currently touring in support of their fifth studio album Nightingale Floors (out June 4th via Vagrant Records), performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with support from New York-based five-piece Caveman, who released their self-titled second album in April via Fat Possum … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre got a little funky on Wednesday night as English neo soul rockers, The Heavy, famous for their commercial hit “How You Like Me Now?” dropped by to show off their newest album, The Glorious Dead. San Diego-based folk rockers, The Silent Comedy, opened the show. All those unaware … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – R&B legend Smokey Robinson, who founded The Miracles in 1955 and enjoyed a 40-year career that included a Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction, performed at the Toronto Jazz Festival last night with pop/R&B starlett Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, who recently concluded a four-year term as a Detroit city council member and who will be among … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Alabama-based sci-fi rockers Man or Astro-man?, who reformed only three years ago and recently released their eighth studio album, Defcon 5…4…3…2…1, which was their first album in 12 years and produced by the likes of Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Manic Street Preachers) performed at Lee’s Palace last night with Miami-based indie rock … Continue reading
Photos by: Neil Van – The fifth and final day of NXNE brought us Los Angeles-based noise rock trio Nightmare Air, which consists of Dave Dupuis (ex- Film School), Swaan Miller, and Jimmy Lucido, and whose debut LP, High In The Lasers, was released in May, and Copenhagen punk band Lower, who are apart of Copenhagen’s budding underground … Continue reading
Photos by Neil Van – Day 4 of NXNE brought us Toronto-based hardcore punk favourites and 2009 Polaris Music Prize winners Fucked Up, Danish four-piece punks Iceage, Vancouver punk quartet White Lung, Toronto-based blues duo CATL, and London, ON-based punks Single Mothers, who we covered earlier this month when they opened for American Nightmare, at The Horseshoe … Continue reading
