By: Staff – Banks & Steelz – a musical collaboration between Wu Tang Clan’s RZA and Interpol’s Paul Banks – have announced that their upcoming debut album will be titled Anything But Words. The duo have also revealed the album’s track-listing (see below), plus special guest appearances by Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine, Kool Keith, and Wu Tan Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Masta … Continue reading
By: Staff – Capitol Hill Block Party is a three-day music and arts festival, celebrating Seattle’s iconic arts and music center, Capitol Hill. CHBP takes over six city blocks in the heart of this Seattle neighborhood, and showcases over 100 local and national artists, with notable festival alumni that includes Macklemore, Atmosphere, MGMT, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Jack White, The Presidents of the … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Pop-punk band Motion City Soundtrack, who will release their sixth album, Panic Stations, on September 18th, 2015, which follows up their 2012 album, Go, and which featured the singles “TKO”, “Lose Control”, and “It’s a Pleasure to Meet You”, performed at The Opera House in Toronto during their ongoing farewell tour with pop-rock band Let It Happen, and Baltimore-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Ellis – Philadelphia-based indie rock band Nothing, who released their sophomore album, Tired of Tomorrow, on May 13th, 2016 via Relapse, which featured the single “Vertigo Flowers”, and which followed up their 2014 album, Guilty of Everything, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Miami-based noise rock band Wrong, who released their self-titled … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Columbus, Ohio-based experimental rock/hip-hop duo Twenty One Pilots, who released their fourth album, Blurryface, on May 17th, 2015 via Fueled By Ramen, which followed up their 2013 album, Vessel, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Justin Roth – The second and final day of Field Trip 2016 at Fort York in Toronto featured performances by electropop artist Robyn, who released her newest album, Love Is Free, on August 7th, 2015 via Interscope, psych-pop band Of Montreal, who released their thirteenth album, Aureate Gloom, on March 3rd, 2015 via Polyvinyl, Brooklyn-based indie rock band DIIV, … Continue reading
Photos by: Saidy Lopez – Day two of Governors Ball 2016 featured performances by Edmonton-based synthpop band Purity Ring, who released their second album, Another Eternity, on February 27th, 2015 via 4AD, which follows up their 2012 Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted album, Shrine, Grammy-winning pop-R&B singer-songwriter Miguel, who released his third album, Wildheart, on June 29th, 2015, which features the … Continue reading
Photos by: Saidy Lopez – Rap-metal supergroup Prophets of Rage, which consists of Rage Against The Machine’s bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello, and drummer Brad Wilk, with Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Cypress Hill’s B Real, performed at Warsaw Brooklyn in New York City on June 5th after Governors Ball cancelled their day three performances due to poor weather. Set-List 1. No Sleep … Continue reading
By: Staff – Sum 41 have announced their new album, 13 Voices, due out October 7th via Hopeless Records. The ten-track album marks the band’s first LP in five years, following up 2011’s Screaming Bloody Murder, which featured the Grammy Nominated song “Blood In My Eyes.” On the album, frontman Deryck Whibley says, “I am really excited to be releasing an album after everything I’ve … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Florida-based pop-rock/pop-punk band Before You Exit, who released their fourth EP, All The Lights, on April 8th, 2016 via RCA, which followed up their 2013 EP, I Like That, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with R&B/Soul/Pop singer-songwriter Christina Grimmie, who is known for participating in The Voice, and who released … Continue reading