Photos by: Theo Rallis – New York City-based alt rock band Interpol, who released their fifth album, El Pintor, on September 8th, 2014, which features guest appearances by Brandon Curtis of Secret Machines, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. and Rob Moose of Bon Iver, and which was engineered by James Brown (Foo Fighters), and mixed by Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine), performed … Continue reading
By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing – T oronto-based punk trio METZ hit the Canadian music scene with their self-titled debut album in 2012, and carved out a successful space for themselves making noisy, abrasive and entirely impressive punk music. AlexEdkins, Chris Slorach and Hayden Menzies returned last year with the appropriately named METZ II and, like with METZ, are earning critical praise for their work and have once … Continue reading
Photos by: Mark Horton & Danyca MacDonald – EDM supergroup Jack U, which consists of acclaimed DJs Skrillex, and Diplo, headlined the Full Flex Express tour stop at Ottawa Bluesfest in July 8th, which also featured Toronto-based EDM duo Zeds Dead, who released their newest album, Somewhere Else, on July 1st, 2014 via Mad Decent, New … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Japanese indie rock band Toe, who will release their third album, Hear You, on August 7th via Topshelf Records, which follows up their 2012 EP, The Future Is Now, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based downtempo-folktronica-hip-hop artist Shinya Mizoguchi (aka StarRo), who released his newest single, “I Will”, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Atlanta-based psychedelic rock quartet The Black Lips, who released their first album since 2011’s Arabia Mountain, called Underneath the Rainbow, on March 18th, 2014 via Vice Records, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern on July 9th with Toronto-based punk band Teenanger, who released their newest album, E P L P, on September 7th, 2014, and Toronto-based garage … Continue reading
Photos by: Chelsea Lauren – Grammy-winning pop-R&B singer-songwriter Miguel, who released his third album, Wildheart, on June 29th, 2015, which features the single “Coffee”, performed an intimate concert at Sonos Studio in Los Angeles last night.
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Reformed Toronto-based dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979, who released a documentary called “Life After Death From Above 1979″, on October 7th, 2014, and who released their second album, The Physical World, on September 9th via Last Gang Records, which features the single “Trainwreck 1979″, performed at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto … Continue reading
Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – Acclaimed jazz-rock band Steely Dan, who released their most recent album, Everything Must Go, on June 10th, 2003 via Reprise, which served as their second album following their 20-year studio hiatus, performed at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on July 11th with acclaimed singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, who released a collaborative … Continue reading
Date: August 14-16 Venue: Bissell Park, Elora, ON Featuring: Metric, Sam Roberts Band, Bruce Cockburn, Lighthouse, The New Pornographers, Zeus, Shakey Graves, Operators, Tokyo Police Club, The Planet Smashers, The Wooden Sky, The Both (Amiee Mann and Ted Leo), Amelia Curran, The Acorn, Stretch Orchestra, Groenland, The Elwins, + more! Tickets are on sale now. Click here for more … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based pop-rock singer-songwriter Taylor Knox, who released his debut EP, Lines, earlier this year, and who has played drums for the likes of Sloan, Jason Collett, Hayden, Zeus, and The Golden Dogs, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto on July 10th with Toronto-based indie rock band Sam Cash and The Romantic Dogs, who released … Continue reading