Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Review by: Curtis Sindrey – Hard Rock royalty Queens of the Stone Age brought their “Villains World Tour” to Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night in what was their biggest North American show to date to play a no-nonsense 21-song set that prominently featured tracks from their new Mark Ronson-produced album, Villians. “Toronto, … Continue reading
Photos by: Francesca Ludikar – Canadian R&B artist The Weeknd, who released his third album, Starboy, on November 25th, 2016 via XO/Republic, performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night (Sept. 9th) during his ongoing Starboy: Legend Of The Fall 2017 World Tour.
Photos by: Stephen Stewart – Mashup artist Girl Talk, who released his newest EP, Broken Ankles, in 2014, which followed up his 2010 album, All Day, which was composed using overlapping samples of 372 songs by other artists, performed at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Michigan last night (Sept. 8th).
Photos by: Morgan Harris – Punk Rock band Descendents, who released their seventh album, Hypercaffium Spazzinate, on July 29th, 2016 via Epitaph which serves as their first album since 2004’s Cool to Be You, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night (Sept. 8th) with Pennsylvania-based punk rock quartet The Menzingers, who released their fifth album, After the Party, on February 3rd, 2017, which featured the single … Continue reading
By: Staff – Sydney’s Middle Kids have spent the best part of the summer in the US playing shows around the country and putting the finishing touches on their debut record, slated for release in early 2018. As part of Amazon Acoustics, Middle Kids covered Blink-182’s “All The Small Things,” turning the pop punk classic … Continue reading
Photos by: Kyle Simmons – Indie Rock band Minus The Bear, who released their sixth album, Voids, on March 3rd, 2017 via Suicide Squeeze, which is their first album without drummer Erin Tate, who left the band in January 2015, and which followed up their 2013 album, Acoustics II, performed at Ace of Spades in Sacramento, California … Continue reading
Photos by: Nicole De Khors – Grammy-nominated pop-rock band Matchbox Twenty, who released their fourth album, North, on September 4th, 2012 via Atlantic, which featured the singles “She’s So Mean”, “Overjoyed”, “Put Your Hands Up”, and “Our Song”, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto on September 6th with Academy Award-nominated pop-rock band Counting Crows, who released their seventh album, Somewhere Under Wonderland, … Continue reading
By: Staff – Superorganism—a sprawling, multi-limbed collection of international musicians and pop culture junkies—today released their new single “Something For Your M.I.N.D.” alongside a trippy band-directed video below. Superorganism’s genesis came in early 2017, springing from the minds of the band’s eight members—recruited from London, Japan, Australia and New Zealand—seven of whom now live together … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Used have announced they will be releasing their seventh studio album titled, The Canyon, due out October 27th via Hopeless Records. Produced by Ross Robinson (The Cure, At The Drive In), the 17-track album is the rawest, unadulterated and personal piece of art the band has ever released. The band also released … Continue reading
By: Lucy Sky – The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off this Thursday with an eclectic slate of films. But what usually lies beneath the radar, are the scores within the films. The score is a true compliment to Downrange composer Aldo Shllaku’s creative instinct. The Canadian composer behind the new Ryûhei Kitamura-directed film grew up with musical training … Continue reading