By: Staff – Neon Trees has dropped a new music video for their new single “Songs I Can’t Listen To”. Check out the clip below. The video co-stars writer, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist Dustin Lance Black, who won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Milk. The band’s “An Intimate Night Out … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Following social media outrage and an online petition that received over 7,000 signatures to remove him from the line-up, NXNE has canceled New York-based rapper Action Bronson’s performance, who was set to perform at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto on June 21 as part of the annual music festival. In a statement, North … Continue reading
By: Staff – Riot Fest has revealed the line-up for Riot Fest Toronto 2015. In March, we were given a tease of the line-up with the announcement that beloved Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire were reuniting to perform at a series of only seven music festivals this summer, including Riot Fest Toronto. Now, the majority of … Continue reading
By: Staff – During those long, silent years since Silverchair’s split in 2011, there was lots of speculation about what former frontman Daniel Johns was doing. The enigmatic singer/songwriter removed himself from radar. Rumours were rife. “Some of the rumours were probably true”, Johns chuckles. Which ones? “Well, anyone who wants to listen to the new songs will … Continue reading
By: Staff – Sweden’s The Tallest Man On Earth (aka Kristian Matsson) has been on his first-ever full-band tour in support of Dark Bird Is Home, released last week via Dead Oceans. And the budding singer-songwriter made his late night television debut on Conan last night to support the album. Watch the performance here, and catch … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Juno Award-winning, Polaris Music Prize-nominated electronic group A Tribe Called Red released their new EP, Suplex, yesterday. The four-song EP features the group’s signature unique style of traditional Pow Wow music mixed with club sound, and includes guest performances by Aboriginal hip-hop veteran, Hellnback, and past Tribe collaborators, Northern Voice. The EP also … Continue reading
By: Staff – Grammy-nominated metal band Lamb of God will release their seventh full-length album, VII: Sturm Und Drang, this July via Epic Records. Today, the band unleashed a brand new track, “Still Echoes”, via www.lamb-of-god.com. Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe states, “The time has come to give the fans their first taste of the new Lamb of God album. This is a … Continue reading
By: Staff – Tom Waits will make his 10th and final appearance on Late Show with David Letterman tonight (May 14th), and he will perform a new song. Waits first appeared with Letterman on December 21, 1983, when Dave had Late Night on NBC. After tonight’s appearance, Waits said, “I don’t know when I will see Dave again. I guess from … Continue reading
By: Staff – Sometime during the summer of 2013, a secret military operation designated “Oceapur 9” was conducted somewhere within the Kootanay Mountains. Until now, the details of this mission have been fiercely guarded from the public eye. It is at great risk to their safety that Sudbury genre-bending collective Pistol George Warren reveal those mysteries in … Continue reading
By: Staff – The third annual Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF) announced its initial 2015 line-up this morning. The festival, which organizers pushed back to September 18-20 from early July due in large part to the upcoming Pan Am Games, will feature three outdoor stages featuring Of Monsters and Men, Wilco, Neko Case, Lord Huron, Edward Sharp … Continue reading