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We’re giving away a pair of GA tickets to the 2016 CBC Music Festival in Toronto! Date: May 28 Featuring: The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club, Hey Rosetta, Maestro, Tanya Tagaq, Zaki Ibrahim, Whitehorse, Charlotte Cardin, & more! You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: … Continue reading
Photos by Natahsha Prakash- Punk rock band Violent Femmes, who released their ninth album, We Can Do Anything, on March 4th, 2016 via PIAS America, which is the band’s first studio album since 2000’s Freak Magnet, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Acclaimed Toronto-based indie rock band Sloan, who released their eleventh album, Commonwealth, on September 9th, 2014 via Murderecords/Yep Roc Records, which followed up their Juno Award-nominated, and Polaris Prize-longlisted 2011 album, The Double Cross, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
By: Maria Popova – Music has a powerful grip on our emotional brain. It can breathe new life into seemingly lifeless minds. But if there is indeed no music instinct, music — not just its creation, but also its consumption — must be an acquired skill. How, then, do we “learn” music beyond merely understanding how it works? How do … Continue reading
By: Kristen Fisher – Electric Daisy Festival is an astounding stomping ground for all electronic musicians from each corner of the world to come together for two days and expand the minds of the audience surrounding them. Although the original birthplace of EDC was in Las Vegas, Nevada. The “carnival” has outgrown its stationed place and … Continue reading
Photos by: Zara Luna – Reggae pop band Emblem3, who released their third EP, Waking Up, on February 16th, 2016, which followed up their 2014 EP, Forever Together, and who signed with Simon Cowell’s record label Syco Records and Columbia Records after finishing fourth on the second season of The X Factor USA, but have since been dropped, performed at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis last … Continue reading
By: Staff – Die Antwoord have released their first new song in two years titled “Dazed and Confused” (produced by GOD), which will be featured on the group’s upcoming, Suck On This, mixtape, which is set for release on May 19th. Stream the song below. The song serves as the band’s first new music since their 2014 … Continue reading
Photos by: Carmin Edwards – Art pop singer-songwriter Santigold, who released her third album, 99¢, on February 26th, 2016 via Atlantic, which featured the singles “Can’t Get Enough of Myself”, “Who Be Lovin’ Me”, “Chasing Shadows”, and “Banshee”, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last night.
By: Staff – Billy Talent have announced the release of their new album, Afraid of Heights, which is set for release on July 29th. The album is heralded by the title track, which can be streamed below. Fans who preorder Afraid of Heights will receive an instant download of this single with five additional tracks to follow leading up to … Continue reading
Photos by: Staff – Piano pop singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who released his newest album, So There, on September 11th, 2015 via New West Records, which features eight chamber pop songs and one piano concerto performed with the Nashville Symphony, and which followed up his 2013 live album with Ben Folds Five entitled Live, which included a compilation of live recordings taken during the band’s … Continue reading
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