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Photos: Life Is Beautiful 2016 – J Cole, Jane’s Addiction, Empire Of The Sun

Photos by: Meghan Lee – Day two of the 2016 Life Is Beautiful Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 24th featured performances by hip-hop artist J Cole, who released his third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, on December 9th, 2014 via Columbia, alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction, electronic duo Empire Of The Sun, who will release their third album, Two … Continue reading

Photos: TLC, Naughty By Nature @ Echo Beach

Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Atlanta-based R&B/Hip-Hop trio TLC, whose original line-up consisted of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopesand Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, and who will release a new album titled, TLC (The Legacy Continues), during the first quarter of 2017, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night with Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group Naughty By Nature, who released their seventh album, Anthem … Continue reading

Photos: The Proclaimers @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Mike Fowler – Scottish folk-rock band The Proclaimers, who are best known for the songs “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”, “Sunshine on Leith”, “I’m On My Way” and “Letter from America”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night.

Interview: The Hives Talk New Music, Fashion, and Must-Hear Swedish Bands

By: Curtis Sindrey – Eight years into their career, The Hives rose from garage rock stalwarts to one of the trendiest bands of the early 2000s, along with The Strokes and The White Stripes. Mixing arty contrivances such as a strict black-and-white dress code and the guidance of a (possibly imaginary) Svengali named Randy Fitzsimmons with Stooges-inspired rock, the Hives — Nicholaus Arson, Chris Dangerous, Dr. Matt Destruction, Vigilante Carlstroem, … Continue reading

Photos: 2016 Global Citizen Festival – Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Metallica, Demi Lovato

Photos by: Theo Wargo, Norm Galai, & Kevin Mazur –  Last night, the 2016 Global Citizen Festival marked its fifth year on the Great Lawn of New York’s Central Park with performances by Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Demi Lovato, Major Lazer, Metallica, Chris Martin, Eddie Vedder, Usher, Ellie Goulding, Yandel, and Cat Stevens. For more information about how to … Continue reading

Photos: Life Is Beautiful 2016 – Mumford And Sons, Kongos, The Shins

Photos by: Meghan Lee – Day one of the 2016 Life Is Beautiful Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 23rd featured performances by Grammy-winning UK folk rock band Mumford And Sons, who released their third album, Wilder Mind, on May 4th, 2015 via Island, which featured the singles “Believe”, “The Wolf”, “Ditmas”, “Tompkins Square Park”, and “Just Smoke”, South African alt-rock band Kongos, who released … Continue reading

Photos: The Kills @ Terminal 5

Photos by: Saidy Lopez, & Alx Bear –  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 Terminal 5 in New York City last night.

Photos: Streetlight Manifesto @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Andrew Hartl –  New Jersey-based ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto, who released their fifth studio album, The Hands That Thieve, on April 30th, 2013, their first album since 2010’s 99 Songs of Revolution: Vol. 1, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night.

Photos: The Growlers @ The Opera House

Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Psychedelic rock band The Growlers, who will release their fifth album, City Club, on September 30th via Cult Records, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night.  

Interview: The Mowgli’s talk “Where’d Your Weekend Go?”, and bringing people together

By: Lucy Sky – Blending the Laurel Canyon folk and pop traditions of bands like The Byrds and The Beach Boys with the quirky modern indie pop of bands like Fun. and Grouplove, along with meaningful lyrics and keeping pace with world issues, The Mowgli’s will release their third studio album, Where’d Your Weekend Go?, on September 30th via Photo Finish Records. They’ve been known … Continue reading