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Photos by: Amy Buck – Canadian hip-hip band Grand Analog, who released their third album, Modern Thunder, on August 20th, 2013, and who will release their fourth album, War Stories, sometime this year, performed at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto last night with Toronto-based electronic band Klox, as part of the Virgin Mobile Indie Fridays concert series. … Continue reading
By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing – The host for the second night of Ottawa’s annual Arboretum Festival, CBC’s Laurie Brown, may have said it best, between openers Organ Mood and local instrumental band Flying Horses. She told the audience gathered at St. Alban’s church near Ottawa’s downtown core Thursday night that music without words can move us “blissfully beyond … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – By now, we know what to expect from an average music festival: dirt, grime, sub-par food & drink, involuntary piggybacks to sweaty crowd-surfers and a parade of bands you’ve never heard of, peppered with the handful you have. But what if there was a festival that called a cliché a cliché and … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – The second and final day of the 2015 Toronto Reggae Fest featured performances by iconic singer Beres Hammond, who released his nineteenth album, One Love, One Life, on November 13th, 2012 via VP Records, Grammy-winning reggae/hip-hop artist Shaggy, who is best known for his string of late ’90s-early ’00s hits “It Wasn’t Me”, “Angel”, … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – The third and final day of Riverfest Elora 2015 featured performances by iconic Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, who released his newest album, Small Source of Comfort, in 2011, Indie rock duo The Both, consisting of Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, who released their self-titled debut album on April 15th, 2014, which was produced by Paul Bryan … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Day one of the 2015 Toronto Reggae Fest featured performances by iconic singer Beres Hammond, who released his nineteenth album, One Love, One Life, on November 13th, 2012 via VP Records, Bronx, New York-based reggae singer Tarrus Riley, who released his newest album, Love Situation, in 2014, reggae/dancehall artist YellowMan, and Jamaican roots … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Reunited LA-based alternative rock band Failure, who were originally active from 1990 to 1997, and who released their fourth album, and their first new album in 18 years, The Heart Is a Monster, on June 30th 2015, which follows up their self-released 2014 EP titled Tree of Stars, performed at Lee’s … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Day two of Riverfest Elora 2015 featured performances by Juno Award-winning Toronto-based indie rock band Metric, who released a new song called “The Shade”, on May 11th, 2015, which serves as an early taste of their upcoming sixth studio album, Vancouver-based indie rock band The New Pornographers, who released their sixth album, Brill … Continue reading
By: Brandon Lorenzetti – Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Earl Sweatshirt, who released his second album, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt, on March 23rd, 2015 via Columbia, which follows up his 2013 debut album, Doris, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on August 16th. Click here to check out … Continue reading
By: Brandon Lorenzetti – Time Festival 2015 at Fort York in Toronto on August 15th featured performances by South African rap-rave band Die Antwoord, who released their third album, Donker Mag, on June 3rd, 2014 via Zef, which features the singles “Pitbull Terrier”, and “Cookie Thumper”, Canadian psychedelic pop artist Mac DeMarco, who released a mini-LP called … Continue reading
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