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By: Staff- Vancouver’s indie-electronic duo, HUMANS, who released their debut album, Noontide, on February 24th via Hybridity Music, dropped their multi-colored, psychedelic new video for “Tell Me” today. Directed by one of HUMANS’ own, Peter Ricq, the video features the hallucinatory journey of two Muppets as they transition from the Muppet realm to a psychotropic dreamland unlike … Continue reading
By: Staff – MusiCounts and past JUNO Award winner and 2015 nominee Lights celebrated JUNO Week by announcing the 2014-2015 recipients of the Band Aid Program via a special presentation at Orchard Park Secondary School in Hamilton this afternoon. This year, the charity has distributed $595,000 in musical instruments among 69 schools across Canada in support … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – I n his 17 years in Big Wreck and his own, eponymous band Thornley, Ian Thornley has watched his albums become a fundamental part of the Canadian experience. With Big Wreck’s latest album Ghosts, the band has shown a penchant for evolving, but also keeping their best parts in tact. This weekend’s JUNO awards has … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Arlington, TX-based a cappella group Pentatonix, who released their second album, That’s Christmas to Me, on October 21st, 2014 via RCA, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night for the first of two shows.
By: Staff- Laura Marling returns with a new album Short Movie, to be released through Ribbon Music on March 24th. Today, check our her new track “Strange” below. Short Movie is Marling’s fifth album in seven years, and the first album in which Marling chose to produce the album herself. She pushed her band to record live and insisted the string players perform … Continue reading
By: Staff – Butch Walker released his highly anticipated seventh full-length album Afraid Of Ghosts via Dangerbird Records last month. Today, Walker unveiled a striking and deeply personal look at the creation of Afraid of Ghosts with a behind-the-scenes video directed by Noah Abrams. Produced by Grammy nominee Ryan Adams at his PAX AM Studios, the … Continue reading
Photos by: Roy Cohen – Hip-hop artist Logic, who released his debut album, Under Pressure, on October 21st, 2014 via Def Jam, which featured acclaimed producer No I.D. (Kanye West, Big Sean, Jay-Z), and features the singles “Under Pressure”, and “Buried Alive”, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with hip-hop artist Michael Christmas, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Toronto-based hardcore punk band Cancer Bats celebrated the release of their new album Searching For Zero (out March 10th via New Damage Records) with an in-store performance at Kops Records this afternoon.
Photos by: Rick Clifford – UK folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner, who released his fifth album, Tape Deck Heart, on April 22nd, 2013 via Xtra Mile/Interscope, which was produced by Rich Costey (Sigur Rós, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta), performed an intimate concert at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with UK folk singer-songwriter Beans On … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Best known for their late summer Riverfest Elora music festival, organizers of the long-standing event held a winter edition on March 7th at the Elora Mill Inn in Elora, ON with headliners Hamilton-based alt rock band Arkells, who released their third album, High Noon, on August 5th, 2014 via Universal Music Canada/Dine Alone … Continue reading
