Photos by: Jeff Kravitz – Day one of the 2015 Life Is Beautiful Festival in downtown Las Vegas featured performances by Grammy-winning soul-pop-R&B artist Stevie Wonder, singer-songwriter Hozier, who released his eponymous debut album on September 19th, 2014 via Rubyworks/Island, Columbus, Ohio-based experimental rock/hip-hop duo Twenty One Pilots, who released their fourth album, Blurryface, on May 17th, 2015 … Continue reading
Photos by: Emily Kovacic – Day one of Thrival Festival 2015 in Pittsburgh on September 25th featured performances by Las Vegas-based pop-punk trio Panic! At The Disco, who released their fourth album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, on October 8th, 2013 via Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen, which includes the lead single “Miss Jackson”, and “This Is … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Belgian singer-songwriter/rapper Stromae, who released his second album, Racine Carree, on August 16th, 2013, which featured the singles “Papaoutai”, “Formidable”, “Carmen”, “Ave Cesaria”, and “Tous Les Memes”, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based hip-hop/R&B artist Jidenna, who released a pair of singles this year called “Classic Man”, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Ray – UK heavy metal band Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats, who released their newest album, The Night Creeper, on September 4th, 2015 via Sony, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver on September 25th with stoner rock band Ruby The Hatchet, who released their newest album, Valley of the Snake, on February 24th, 2015, … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – San Antonio, TX-based alternative metal band Nothing More, who released their self-titled sixth album on June 24th, 2014 via Eleven Seven Music, which featured the singles “This is the Time (Ballast)”, “Mr. MTV”, and “Jenny”, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with post-hardcore band The Color Morale, who released … Continue reading
By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing – Fans of Nova Scotian indie rockers Wintersleep, get ready to rejoice. They will release their first new album in three years, titled The Great Detachment, in early 2016, with 11 new songs on the way. We caught up with drummer Loel Campbell to talk about plans for the new album, the band’s songwriting process, who they’d love to tour … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day three of Rifflandia 2015 in Victoria B.C., on September 19th featured performances by acclaimed indie rock band Modest Mouse, who released their sixth album, Strangers To Ourselves, on March 17th, 2015 via Epic, which featured the singles ‘Lampshades on Fire”, Toronto-based indie rock band Tokyo Police Club, who released their third album, Forcefield, … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Grammy-winning Australian hard rock band AC/DC, who released their seventeenth album, Rock or Bust, on November 28th, 2014 via Columbia, which was produced by Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Bob Dylan), performed at BC Place in Vancouver on September 22nd as part of their ongoing “Rock or Bust World Tour”. … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Ray – Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, who released their sixth album, Origins, on August 1st, 2014 via Nuclear Blast, which followed up their 2012 album, Helvetios, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver on September 22nd with Montreal-based extreme metal band The Agonist, who released their fourth album, Eye Of Providence, on February … Continue reading
By: Ronnie Livias | Photos by: Krystyn Bristol, C Flanigan, & Christopher Victorio – The name Kaaboo bears a good vibration, as did experiencing the first steps onto the grounds of the first ever Kaaboo Festival in Del Mar, CA. With powerhouse names like Snoop Dogg, Foster The People, Sheryl Crow and No Doubt, Kaaboo was surely set to have a euphoric first day of operation. In addition … Continue reading