Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – Day one of the inaugural Big Festival Canada took place at Burl’s Creek in Oro-Medonte, Ontario on August 19th, and featured performances by blues rock artist Ben Harper, who released his newest album, Call It What It Is, on April 8th, 2016 via Stax, Toronto-based indie rock/alt-country six-piece The Strumbellas, who released their … Continue reading
Photos by: Danny DeRusso – Alternative Rock band Goo Goo Dolls, who released their eleventh album, Boxes, on May 6th, 2016 via Warner Bros., which featured the singles “So Alive”, and “Over and Over”, and which marked the band’s first album since 1995’s A Boy Named Goorecorded without drummer Mike Malinin, who was removed from the band in 2013, … Continue reading
Photos by: Michael Cooper – Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere, who released their seventh studio album, Fishing Blues, on August 12th via Rhymesayers, performed at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on August 18th.
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Juno Award winning Canadian rock band, Sam Roberts Band, who released their sixth album, TerraForm, on October 28th, 2016, which was produced by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck, Alvvays, Viet Cong, METZ), performed at the CNE Bandshell in Toronto on August 19th.
Photos by: Lisa Mark – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning pop-punk band Green Day, who released their 12th studio album, Revolution Radio, on October 7th, 2016 via Reprise Records, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto on August 18th.
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – Country Music singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, who released his second album, From A Room: Volume 1, on May 5th, 2017 via Mercury Nashville, which featured the singles “Either Way”, and “Broken Halos”, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night (Aug. 17th) with country music singer-songwriter Margo Price, who released her debut album, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Blues Rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who released their newest album, Hypnotic Eye, on July 29th, 2014 via Reprise, which featured the singles “American Dream Plan B”, “Red River”, “U Get Me High”, “Forgotten Man”, and “Fault Lines”, performed at Rogers Arena in Vancouver last night (Aug. 17th) with indie folk band The Lumineers, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Tojo Andrianarivo – Synthpop duo Sylvan Esso, who released their second album, What Now, on April 28, 2017 via Loma Vista Recordings, which followed up their 2014 self-titled debut album, which featured the singles “Hey Mami”, “Play It Right”, “Coffee”, and “Dress”, performed at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland last night (Aug. 17th) with synthpop band Flock of Dimes, who released … Continue reading
By: Staff – Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Terra Lightfoot has announced the release of her upcoming full-length album, New Mistakes, on October 13th via Sonic Unyon Records with pre-orders available today. Need a taste of the new album? Watch the Dustin Rabin-directed (Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Billy Talent) video for “Paradise” below. “Paradise” is … Continue reading
By: Staff – Weezer will release their eleventh album, Pacific Daydream, on October 27th via Crush Music/Atlantic. Produced by Butch Walker, Pacific Daydream is the follow up to Weezer (The White Album), which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Album at the end of last year. Weezer gave fans another peek of what’s to … Continue reading