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10 Bands Who Were in Ridiculous Commercials

By: Nat Berman –  Advertisers everywhere are in love with using celebs and big name rock bands to sell their goods. Just look at all those Lincoln commercials starring Matthew McConaughey. They’re definitely all right, all right, all right. His facial expressions and some classy scripting paired with the beauty of the Lincoln automobiles and a … Continue reading

Photos: Arkells @ The Mod Club

Photos by: Orest Dorosh –  Hamilton-based alt-rock band Arkells, who released their new album, Morning Report, on August 5th, 2016, performed a secret album release show at the Mod Club in Toronto last night. Read our new interview with Arkells frontman Max Kerman here. 

Photos: Disclosure, DJ Premier, Walker and Royce @ Echo Beach

Photos by: Stephan Ordonez –  UK EDM duo Disclosure, who released their self-produced second album, Caracal, on September 25th, 2015 via Island, which features the singles “Holding On”, “Omen”, and “Jaded”, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night with hip-hop DJ/Producer DJ Premier, who is best known as half of acclaimed hip-hop duo Gang Starr, and DJ duo Walker … Continue reading

Photos: Nothing But Thieves, The Unlikely Candidates, Weathers @ The Velvet Underground

Photos by: Katrina Lat –  UK-based alt-rock band Nothing But Thieves, who released their self-titled debut album on October 16th, 2015 via RCA Victor, which follows up their third EP, Ban All The Music, out July 7th, 2015, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto last night with Fort Worth, Texas-based indie rock band The Unlikely Candidates, … Continue reading

Photos: VELD Music Festival 2016 – Martin Garrix, Majid Jordan, Kygo

Photos by: Brandon Newfield, & Jaime Espinoza – The second and final day of the 2016 VELD Music Festival at Downsview Park in Toronto on July 31st featured performances by Dutch DJ/Producer Martin Garrix, Toronto-based R&B duo Majid Jordan, who released their self-titled debut album on February 5th, 2016 via OVO Sound/Warner Bros., Norwegian EDM DJ/Producer Kygo, who will release his debut album, Cloud Nine, sometime … Continue reading

Photos: Coldplay @ First Niagara Center

Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – UK pop-rock band Coldplay, who released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, on December 4th, 2015 via Parlophone/Atlantic, performed at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo last night. 

Photos: VELD Music Festival 2016 – Deadmau5, Flume, DVBBS, Steve Aoki

Photos by: Brandon Newfield, & Jaime Espinoza – Day one of the 2016 VELD Music Festival at Downsview Park in Toronto on July 30th featured performances by Grammy-nominated DJ/Producer Deadmau5, who released his seventh album, while(1<2), on June 17th, 2014, Australian DJ/Producer Flume,  Toronto-based EDM duo DVBBS, who released their debut EP, Initio, in 2012 via Universal Music Canada, DJ/Producer Steve Aoki, who released his third album, Neon Future … Continue reading

Contest: Win 2 tickets to Riverfest Elora 2016!

We’re giving away two (2) GA tickets to Riverfest Elora 2016 Buy tickets here. Date(s): August 19-21 Featuring: Chromeo, The Sheepdogs, Hey Rosetta!, Walk Off The Earth, Matthew Good, Wintersleep, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Yukon Blonde, Dear Rouge, and more! You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the … Continue reading

The Killers Announce “Sam’s Town” Vinyl Reissue

By: Staff – To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their sophomore album, Sam’s Town, The Killers will be releasing a 10th anniversary Sam’s Town vinyl reissue this Fall and hosting a two-day extravaganza at Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Las Vegas on September 30th & October 1st, 2016. Tickets for the event will go on sale August 5th at 10am PST, with presale tickets available to members of The Killers’ … Continue reading

Photos: Silversun Pickups, Romes @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Francesca Ludikar  – Los Angeles-based alt rock band Silversun Pickups, who released their fourth album, Better Nature, on September 25th, 2015 via New Machine Recordings, which was produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M., Weezer, One Direction, Taylor Swift), performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Toronto-based soul-pop band Romes, who released their debut EP, Believe, on April 8th, 2016 … Continue reading