Photos by: Amanda Witt – Day two of Musink Festival 2017 took place at the OC Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California last night (March 18th) with performances by Alt-Rock band The Used, who released their sixth album, Imaginary Enemy, on April 1st, 2014 via Hopeless Records, which followed up their 2012 album, Vulnerable, post-hardcore band Glassjaw, … Continue reading
Photos by: James Alvarez – Alt-Rock/Rap-Rock band 311, who is expected to release their new album, Mosaic, sometime in 2017, which will feature the single “Too Much to Think”, and follow up their 2014 album, Stereolithic, performed at House of Blues Anaheim in Anaheim, CA last night.
Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Florida-based punk band Against Me, who released their newest album, Shape Shift With Me, on September 16th, 2016 via Treblesixth, which followed up their 2015 live album, 23 Live Sex Acts, and their 2014 studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, which featured the singles “True Trans”, “Unconditional Love”, and “Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ”, … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – German folktronica duo Milky Chance, who released their second album, Blossom, on March 17th, 2017 via Ignition, which featured the singles “Cocoon”, “Doing Good”, and “Ego”, and which followed up their 2013 debut album, Sadnecessary, which charted at 17 on the Billboard 200 chart, and featured the singles “Stolen Dance”, “Down by the River”, and “Flashed Junk Mind”, performed at Lee’s … Continue reading
Photos by: Amanda Witt – Day one of Musink Festival 2017 took place at the OC Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California on March 17th with performances by iconic punk rock band NOFX, who released their thirteenth album, First Ditch Effort, on October 7th, 2016 via Fat Wreck Chords, which featured the singles “Six Years … Continue reading
Photos by: Anton Mak – UK folk-rock band The Staves, which consists of Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor, and who released their third album, If I Was, on March 23rd, 2015, which followed up their 2012 album, Dead & Born & Grown, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with New York City-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Mikaela Davis, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Los Angeles-based folk-rock band Dawes, who released their fifth album, We’re All Gonna Die, on September 16th, 2016 via HUB, which followed up their 2015 album, All Your Favourite Bands, which was produced by David Rawlings (Gillian Welsh), performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Isaac Wray – Electronic DJ/Producer Big Wild, who has toured with an array of like-minded producers including GRiZ, Tycho, Pretty Lights, and Bassnectar, and who released his newest EP, The Invincible EP, in early 2017 on Odesza’s Foreign Family Collective label, which included the single “I Just Wanna”, performed at Venue Nightclub in Vancouver last night with DJ duo Phantoms. … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody – Vancouver-based indie rock band The Zolas, who released their third album, Swooner, on March 4th, 2016, which followed up their 2012 album, Ancient Mars, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Kris Cortes – Chicago-based punk rock band The Orwells, who released their third album, Terrible Human Beings, on February 17th, 2017 via Atlantic, which was produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kasabian), and which followed up their 2014 album, Disgraceland, which included tracks produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, … Continue reading