Photos by: Brendan Albert – Toronto-based dance-punk duo MSTRKRFT, which consists of Jesse Keeler of Death from Above 1979, who released their second album, The Physical World, in September 2014, and Al-P (Alex Puodziukas) of Girlsareshort, and who released their third album, Operator, on July 22nd, 2016 via Last Gang, performed at the Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based electronic duo Bulkhead, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Halifax-based alt rock/indie rock band Wintersleep, who will release their new album, The Great Detachment, on March 4, 2016 via Dine Alone Records, which features the single “Amerika”, and which followed up their 2012 album, Hello Hum, which was produced by Tony Doogan, and Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, MGMT), performed at the Guelph Concert Theatre in Guelph, … Continue reading
Photos by: David Scala – 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), which followed up their 2014 album, Lo-Fantasy, performed an intimate acoustic set at Tiny Record Shop in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Indie folk-pop band The Weepies, who released their fifth album, Sirens, on April 28th, 2015 via Nettwerk, performed at the Drake Hotel in Toronto last night.
By: Staff – Granger Smith was injured last night while performing a show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Granger was standing on a monitor when it gave way, bringing Granger crashing off the stage into a metal barricade. Miraculously, Granger managed to get up and finish the set through excruciating pain, which ended with … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Acclaimed singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, who released her sixth album, Hard Sail, on June 17th, 2016 via Warner Music Canada, which followed up her 2009 album, Plain Jane, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Sarah McNeil – UK alt-rock/pop singer-songwriter Banners, who released his self-titled debut EP on January 15th, 2016 via Island, which was produced by Stephen Kozmeniuk (Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Nelly Furtado), performed at the Drake Hotel in Toronto last night!
We invited our team of contributors to share some of their favourite concert photos of 2015. Many identify with their top picks on a personal level where the gig was the highlight of their year; for some, their list represents a culmination of 2016’s hard work; and others select clear stand-outs amidst the transforming process of … Continue reading
Photos by: Isaac Wray – Chicago-based electro house duo Louis The Child, who released a remix package of their 2015 smash single “It’s Strange”, which includes 20 different remixes of the track from artists such as Bee’s Knees, SoySauce, JackLNDN, Boombox Cartel, Tobiahs, The Knocks and over a dozen more, performed at Celebrities Nightclub in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – Toronto-based hip-hop artist Tory Lanez, who released his debut album, I Told You, on August 19th, 2016 via Interscope, which featured production by Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Two Inch Punch and Noah Breakfast, among others, and which featured the singles “Say It”, and “Luv”, performed at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto last night with rapper Jacquees, and hip-hop … Continue reading