By: Staff – In celebration of NBA All-Star Weekend, blockbuster comedian and actor Kevin Hart (Grudge Match, Ride Along I & II) hosts the NBA All Star Celebrity Game After Party, a post-game celebration in the Roy Thomson Hall lobby that follows the All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday, February 12. Hart, a four-time NBA All-Star Celebrity Game MVP acts as head coach of the USA … Continue reading
By: Staff – Iceland’s Secret Solstice festival has unveiled its third phase lineup announcement for 2016, which organizers say is the biggest in the festival’s history since launching in 2014. This includes headliners UK rock heavyweights Radiohead in their Icelandic debut this June. In total, 32 new acts have been added including Radiohead, Róisín Murphy, Afrika Bambaataa, Kelela, and Action Bronson from … Continue reading
By: Staff – Massive Attack return with the Ritual Spirit EP. Released today (Jan 28) via Kobalt Label Services, the EP features the return of Tricky (on “Take It There”) in addition to collaborations with Young Fathers (“Voodoo In My Blood”), Roots Manuva (“Dead Editors”) and newcomer Azekel (“Ritual Spirit”). Massive Attack’s Robert del Naja and long-term studio collaborator Euan Dickinson wrote and produced the EP. A second Massive Attack EP, written … Continue reading
By: Staff – Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros have announced their new album, PersonA, which is out April 15th via Community Music. Stream the first single “No Love Like Yours” below. Singer Alex Ebert says, “We had long been a social experiment first, musicians second. Over time, though, we were emerging, by virtue of hours … Continue reading
By: Staff – Filter has announced the 32-date “Make American Hate Again” tour. The tour kicks off on April 13th in San Francisco along with openers Orgy, Vampires Everywhere and Death Valley High. Tour dates can be seen below. “Filter is the mind,” says Filter frontman Richard Patrick. “It’s your interpretation or my interpretation. Our thing is to … Continue reading
By: Staff – Oh Wonder has released a new video for their latest single “Lose It”. Watch it HERE. Matching the song’s glimmering infectiousness, the innovative and surprising clip features five professional dancers quite literally “losing it” to the music. In order to truly capture the moment as it unfolded, the London duo—Anthony West and Josephine Vander Gucht—asked the … Continue reading
By: Staff – Tim Hecker has revealed details of his forthcoming album, Love Streams, which will be released in Canada on April 8th via Paper Bag Records. Pre-order the album here from iTunes and here on CD or vinyl. Love Streams takes its cues from the avant-classical orchestration and extreme electronic processing of his previous full-length, 2013’s Virgins, but shaped into more melancholic, ultraviolet hues. Inspired by notions … Continue reading
By: Staff – Jessy Lanza has announced the follow-up to her standout debut album Pull My Hair Back, entitled Oh No, due out May 13th via Hyperdub. And along with today’s announcement Lanza also released a new video for the pulsating, high-energy album track “It Means I Love You.” Watch that here. Jessy Lanza’s second album Oh No is addressed to her own constant nervousness. The pressure … Continue reading
By: Staff – CBC Music Festival returns to TD Echo Beach in Toronto on Saturday, May 28th. This special CBC event will showcase some of the country’s most talented musical acts, including Hey Rosetta!, Tanya Tagaq, Whitehorse, The Franklin Electric, Maestro, Zaki Ibrahim, Charlotte Cardin, Rich Terfry and the 2016 CBC Music Searchlight winner. Much more to be announced in the coming weeks. … Continue reading
By: Staff – Iggy Pop has announced a very limited run of one-time-only live performances in support of his new album Post Pop Depression. The Post Pop Depression tour will mark the sole occasion that the album lineup of Iggy, producer/guitarist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/bandleader Josh Homme, Homme’s Queens Of The Stone Age bandmate and Dead Weather-man Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys drummer … Continue reading