By: Staff – CMW has announced the nominees and performers for the 20th Annual Canadian Radio Music Awards (CRMA) on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. The Strumbellas, Alessia Cara, Ruth B, and Justin Bieber lead in nominations. The Canadian Radio Music Awards will spotlight first-time charting artists on the airwaves.The CRMA ceremony will feature performances by Bleeker, James Barker Band, Jonathan Roy, Modern Space, Ruth B, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett is set to release his new solo album, West Coast Town, on April 14th via SideOneDummy. Working with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb and Grammy Award-winning engineer/mixer Matt Ross-Spang, Shiflett recorded the 10-track album at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A during the summer of 2016. In addition to Shiflett on electric guitar and Cobb on … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Synthpop/R&B singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha, who released her second EP, All Your Fault: Pt. 1, on February 17th, 2017 via Warner Bros., which featured guest appearances from G-Eazy and Ty Dolla $ign, and featured the single “I Got You”, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Daniel Skye, and singer-songwriter and trumpet … Continue reading
Photos by: Joey Diaz – Pop-Punk band Blink-182, who released their seventh album, California, on July 1st, 2016 via BMG, which serves as their first album to feature vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba, who replaced former member Tom DeLonge, performed at NRG Park in Houston, Texas last night during the 2017 Houston Rodeo.
Photos by: David Scala – Scottish heavy metal band Alestorm, who will release their fifth album, No Grave But The Sea, on May 26th, 2017 via Napalm Records, which will follow up their 2014 album, Sunset on the Golden Age, which featured the single “Drink”, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night with Toronto-based speed metal band Crimson Shadows, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Carlson – Indie rock band The Kills, who released their fifth album, Ash & Ice, on June 3rd, 2016 via Domino, which featured the singles “Doing It to Death”, and “Heart of a Dog”, and which followed up their 2011 album, Blood Pressures, performed at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA last night with indie … Continue reading
By: Staff – Gorillaz are back. The world’s most successful virtual band will make their highly anticipated return with a new studio album titled Humanz, out April 28th. Produced by Gorillaz, The Twilight Tone of D /\ P and Remi Kabaka and recorded in London, Paris, New York, Chicago and Jamaica, Humanz comes seven years on from the release of albums The … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Long Beach, CA-based indie rock band Cold War Kids, who will release their sixth album, L.A. Divine, on April 7th via Capitol, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Sydney, Australia-based alternative rock band The Middle Kids, who released their self-titled debut EP on February 17th, 2017 via … Continue reading
By: Staff – Warped Tour has announced its 2017 lineup and tour dates. The 2017 lineup includes: After the Burial, American Authors, Andy Black, Attila, Bad Cop /Bad Cop, Bad Seed Rising, Barbwire Dolls, Being as an Ocean, Blessthefall, Bowling For Soup, Boston Manor, Carnifex, Carousel Kings, CKY, Counterparts, Courage my Love, Creeper, Dance Gavin Dance, Doll … Continue reading
Photos by: Joey Diaz – Country Music singer-songwriter Chris Young, who released his sixth studio album and first Christmas album, It Must Be Christmas, on October 14th, 2016 via RCA Nashville, performed at NRG Park in Houston, Texas last night during the 2017 Houston Rodeo.