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Photos: Riot Fest Chicago 2016 – The Flaming Lips, Pierce The Veil, Refused

Photos by: Katie Kuropas –  Day one of Riot Fest Chicago 2016 on September 16th featured performances by Grammy Award-winning experimental rock band The Flaming Lips, who released their fourteenth album, With a Little Help from My Fwends, which serves as a track-for-track tribute to The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, on October 28th, 2014 via Warner Bros., San Diego-based post-hardcore … Continue reading

Photos: Rifflandia 2016 – Keys N Krates, Michael Franti and Spearhead, X Ambassadors

Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Day two of Rifflandia 2016 in Victoria, British Columbia on September 16th featured performances by Toronto-based EDM trio Keys N Krates, who released their newest EP, Midnite Mass, on January 15th, 2016 via Dim Mak Records, rock/reggae/hip-hop/funk band Michael Franti and Spearhead, New York City-based alternative rock band X Ambassadors, who released their debut album, VHS, … Continue reading

Photos: Rifflandia 2016 – De La Soul, The Beatnuts, The Good Guys, Illvis Freshly

Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Day one of Rifflandia 2016 in Victoria, British Columbia on September 15th featured performances by hip-hip trio De La Soul, who released their ninth album, and the Anonymous Nobody…, on August 26th, 2016 via Kobalt, which featured the singles “Trainwreck”, “Pain”, “Royalty Capes”, “Drawn”, and “Greyhounds”, New York City-based hip-hop group The Beatnuts, rap group Illvis Freshly, and more! _____________________________________________________________________________________ De La … Continue reading

Photos: Eric Hutchinson @ The Highline Ballroom

Photos by: Mark Ashkinos – Power pop singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson, who released his newest album, Easy Street, on August 26th, 2016 via Kobalt, which followed up his 2014 album, Pure Fiction, performed at the Highline Ballroom in New York City last night.

Photos: KT Tunstall, Conner Youngblood @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Brendan Albert – Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, who released her sixth album, KIN, on September 9th, 2016 via Caroline, which featured the singles “Maybe It’s a Good Thing”, and “Hard Girls”, and which was produced by was produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, M83, Belle & Sebastian, Fitz and The Tantrums), performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on September 15th with Nashville-based … Continue reading

Photos: St. Lucia, Kind @ The Cannery Ballroom

Photos by: Cody Osen – South African-born-New York-based indie pop artist St. Lucia, who released his second album, Matter, on January 29th, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Dancing on Glass”, “Physical”, and “Love Somebody”, and which followed up his 2013 debut LP, When The Night, performed at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville last night … Continue reading

W. Brett Wilson and Brett Kissel team up to support Canadians battling cancer

By: Staff – Entrepreneur and philanthropist W. Brett Wilson, and Juno and Canadian Country Music Association Award winning country singer Brett Kissel are joining creative forces to encourage the public to support the hundreds of thousands of Canadians battling cancer each year. The partnership came about after Wilson heard “I Didn’t Fall in Love With Your Hair”—a song on Kissel’s … Continue reading

Pixies Guitarist Joey Santiago Checks Into Rehab

By: Staff – Today, Pixies’ Black Francis, David Lovering and Paz Lenchantin confirmed that the band’s lead guitarist Joey Santiago has checked into a rehabilitation center for at least 30 days to treat his alcohol and drug issues. “This is the best thing that Joey could have done, and we’re very proud that he’s taken this step,” said … Continue reading

Photos: Gold Panda, Open Mike Eagle @ The Mod Club

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  UK electronica DJ/Producer Gold Panda, who released his fourth album, Good Luck and Do Your Best, in May 2016 via City Slang, which followed up his 2013 album, Half of Where You Live, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based alternative hip-hop artist Open Mike Eagle, who released a collaborative album with UK … Continue reading

Photos: The Sheepdogs, Adam Baldwin @ Lee’s Palace

Photos by: Brendan Albert – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based blues rock band The Sheepdogs, who released their fifth album, Future Nostalgia, on October 2nd, 2015, which reached #11 in Canada, featured the single “Downtown”, and followed up their 2012 self-titled album, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Adam Baldwin, who released his newest album, No Telling When … Continue reading