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Review by: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing | Photos by: Mark Horton & Marc DesRosiers – About one hour into Van Morrison’s set at Ottawa’s City Folk festival Friday night, the Northern Irish singer pulled out the biggest of the big guns, the song everyone was waiting for. And although his rendition of “Brown Eyed Girl” was a departure from the … Continue reading
Photos by: Priti Shikotra – Grammy-nominated UK indie rock band Florence and the Machine, who released their third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, on May 29th, 2015 via Island, performed at Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK last night.
Photos by: Mark Horton & Marc DesRosiers – Day two of CityFolk 2015 (formerly called Ottawa Folk Festival) at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON on September 17th featured performances by Juno-winning Halifax-based indie rock band Wintersleep, who are currently recording their sixth studio album, folk rock band The Avett Brothers, who released their newest album, Magpie and … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day one of Rifflandia 2015 in Victoria B.C., on September 17th featured performances by Brooklyn-based alternative hip-hop group Flatbush Zombies, who released a collaborative EP with The Underachivevers called Clockwork Indigo on October 17th, 2014 via Electric KoolAde Records, rapper Post Malone, Toronto-based rapper Jazz Cartier, who released his newest mixtape, Marauding in Paradise, … Continue reading
Photos by Michael Iwamoto – Worcester, Mass.-based pop-punk/melodic hardcore band Four Year Strong, who released their newest EP, Go Down in History, on July 22nd, 2014 via Pure Noise, performed at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA last night with melodic hardcore band Defeater, Milwaukee-based hardcore band Expire, who released their newest album, Pretty Low, on June 17th, 2014 … Continue reading
Photos by Quinn Middleton- Toronto-based indie pop band Young Empires, who released their debut EP, Wake All My Youth, on January 31st, 2012 via Pirates Blend, which featured mix production by Al-P of MSTRKRFT and Burke Reid, performed at the Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver last night with Toronto-based electropop band Brave Shores, which features siblings Jay and Stefanie McCarrol, … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Albert Hammond Jr., who is best known as the guitarist for New York indie rock band The Strokes, and who released his third album, Momentary Masters, on July 31st via Vagrant/BMG, which follows up his debut EP, AHJ, out October 8th, 2013 via Cult Records, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Mark Horton – Day one of CityFolk 2015 (formerly called Ottawa Folk Festival) at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON on September 16th featured performances by Grammy-nominated UK reggae/pop band UB40, who released their eighteenth album, Getting Over The Storm, on September 2nd, 2013, which follows up their 2010 album, Labour of Love IV, and … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – Post-hardcore band The Fall Of Troy, who released their newest album, In The Unlikely Event, on October 6th, 2009 via Equal Vision, which was produced by Terry Date (Slayer, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Smashing Pumpkins), performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with Irish post-rock band And … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Glasgow, Scotland-based garage rock band The Fratellis, who released their fourth album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied, on August 21st, 2015 via Cooking Vinyl, which featured the singles “Me and the Devil”, and “Baby Don’t You Lie to Me”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Los Angeles/Stockholm-based … Continue reading
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