By: Curtis Sindrey – Guns N’ Roses sent the Air Canada Centre to paradise city last night with a three-hour marathon performance in Toronto. Led by the reunited trio of frontman Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash (who quit the band in 1996), and Duff McKagan (who quit in 1997), the group sounded as tight as ever with … Continue reading
Photos by: Charles Yamabe – EDM DJ/Producer Dillon Francis, who released his fifth EP, This Mixtape Is Fire, on August 14th, 2015, performed at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago last night (Oct. 28th).
Photos by: Bryceson Center – Brooklyn, New York-based indie rock band Beach Fossils, who released their newest album, Somersault, on June 2nd, 2017 via Bayonet Records, which followed up their 2013 album, Clash the Truth, performed at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, New York last night with Baltimore-based indie pop band Snail Mail, who released their newest EP, Habit, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Piano Pop singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who released his newest album, So There, with the yMusic Ensemble, on September 11th, 2015, which featured eight chamber pop songs and one piano concerto performed with the Nashville Symphony, performed at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago last night (Oct. 28th).
Photos by: Sabrina Ramdoyal – San Francisco-based garage rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who are expected to release their newest album, Wrong Creatures, on January 12th, 2018, which will follow up their 2013 album, Specter at the Feast, which featured the single “Let the Day Begin”, performed at Manchester Academy in Manchester, UK last night (Oct. 27th) with Los … Continue reading
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – UK indie rock band Alt-J, who released their third album, Relaxer, on June 2nd, 2017 via Atlantic, which featured the singles “3WW”, “In Cold Blood”, “Adeline”, “Deadcrush”, and “Pleader”, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night (Oct. 27th) with Los Angeles-based indie pop artist Bishop Briggs, who released her self-titled debut EP on April 14th, 2017 via Island, which featured … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison – It was like being at the Teen Choice Awards inside Toronto’s Air Canada Centre on October 25th with the amount of youthful screams directed at Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump and the boys from Fall Out Boy. An atmosphere the band would likely describe as MANIA. A term also used to title their upcoming … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Death From Above 1979 bassist Jesse Keeler has denied claims that he has links to the alt-right following a blog post calling attention to his relationship with right-wing figure Gavin McInnes, the former Vice co-founder, and founder of the Proud Boys, a men’s rights organization often associated with the alt-right. In February 2016, … Continue reading
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – Grammy-Nominated pop-punk band Fall Out Boy, who is expected to release their seventh album, Mania, on January 19th, 2018 via Island, which will feature the singles “Young and Menace”, “Champion”, and “The Last of the Real Ones”, performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night (Oct. 25th) with Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Blackbear, … Continue reading
Photos by: Caitlin Molton – Swedish synthpop artist Zara Larsson, who released her second album, So Good, on March 17th, 2017 via Epic, which featured the singles “Lush Life”, “Never Forget You”, “Ain’t My Fault”, “I Would Like”, “So Good”, “Symphony”, “Don’t Let Me Be Yours”, and “Only You”, performed at the O2 Academy Birmingham in Birmingham, UK last night (Oct. 25th) with Liverpool, … Continue reading