By: Curtis Sindrey – In a pair of new interviews from the 2016 Musink Music Festival, drummer Travis Barker has confirmed that the new Blink-182 album is finished, and that fans could expect a new single within the next two months, along with a summer tour, which is set to be announced within the next six weeks. … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Los Angeles-based art pop/electronic/ambient singer-songwriter Julia Holter, who released her fourth album, Have You In My Wilderness, on September 25th, 2015 via Domino, which followed up her 2013 album, Loud City Song, which featured the singles “World”, and “In the Green Wild”, performed at The Great Hall in Toronto last night with Indiana-based indie … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – Halifax-based alt rock/indie rock band Wintersleep, who will release their new album, The Great Detachment, on March 4, 2016 via Dine Alone Records, which features the single “America”, and which followed up their 2012 album, Hello Hum, which was produced by Tony Doogan, and Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, MGMT), performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – R&B singer-songwriter Tinashe, who released her fourth mixtape, Amethyst, on March 16th, 2015, which she recorded the mixtape in her bedroom over the 2014 Christmas vacation and released it as a “thank you” to her fans, and which followed up her debut album, Aquarius, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Garage rock singer-songwriter Ty Segall, who released his eighth solo album, Emotional Mugger, on January 22nd, 2016 via Drag City, which was produced by both Segall himself and F. Bermudez, and which followed up his 2014 album, Manipulator, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with psych rock band … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Toronto-based punk band Fucked Up, who released their fourth album, Glass Boys, on June 3rd via Arts & Crafts/Matador Records, which features guest vocals by The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie, Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, and former Alexisonfire frontman George Pettit, performed the live score to the 1928 silent film West of Zanzibar at the … Continue reading
Photos by: Francesca Ludikar – New York City-based hip-hop artist Hoodie Allen, who released his second album, Happy Camper, on January 22nd, 2016, which followed up his 2014 album, People Keep Talking, and his 2014 EP, All About It, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on March 3rd with California-based rapper Super Duper Kyle, and Toronto-based rapper Pryde, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Jon Wishart – Metalcore band Blessthefall, who released their fifth album, To Those Left Behind, on September 18th, 2015 via Fearless, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with melodic metalcore band Miss May I, who released their fifth album, Deathless, on August 7th, 2015 via Rise, which was produced by Joey Sturgis (The Devil … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – UK indie pop singer-songwriter Jack Garratt, who released his debut album, Phase, on February 19th, 2016 via Island, which featured the singles “The Love You’re Given”, “Chemical”, “Weathered”, “Breathe Life”, and “Worry”, performed at The Garrison in Toronto last night with trip-hop singer-songwriter Kacy Hill, who is currently signed to Kanye West’s GOOD Music, and who released her debut EP, Bloo, … Continue reading
By: Jaime Espinoza – The 31st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Barclay’s Center in New York City. Inductees are selected by over 800 voters in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation as well as the public through online voting. An artist … Continue reading