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For the third year in a row, we are proud to share our year-end list for the best concert photos of 2014. From Tanya Tagaq’s raw energy, to The National’s signature brooding stage presence, to Vag Halen’s Vanessa Dunn being topless on stage at The Horseshoe Tavern, these are the photos that amazed us, shocked us, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Lorenzetti – Toronto-based DJ duo Zeds Dead, who released their fifth album, Somewhere Else, on July 1st, 2014 via Mad Decent, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto on December 20th.
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Toronto-based power pop band Crystalyne, who released their second EP, The Remedy, on November 23rd, 2013 via Alternative Empire, performed at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club in Toronto on December 19th with Toronto-based pop-rock band Brighter Brightest, who released their debut full-length album, Right For Me, on August 9th, 2011 via Black Box … Continue reading
Photos by: Dawn Hamilton – Toronto-based synthpop band Austra, who released their second album, Olympia, on June 17th, 2013 via Paper Bag, which spawned the singles “Home”, and “Painful Like”, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with Chinese Opera, Montreal-based electronic duo Blue Hawaii, who released a new mixtape called AGOR this month, … Continue reading
Photos by: André Varty – New York City-based indie pop band Bleachers (the side project of GRAMMY Award-winning indie rock band fun’s guitarist Jack Antonof), who released their debut album, Strange Desire, on July 10th, 2014 via RCA, which features the singles “I Wanna Get Better”, “Shadow”, and “Rollercoaster”, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last … Continue reading
For the third year in a row, we are proud to share our year-end list for the best albums of 2014. We invited our team of contributors to share a few sentences about their selections: many identify with their top picks on a personal level where the music is a soundtrack to their year; for … Continue reading
For the third year in a row, we are proud to share our year-end list for the best concerts of 2014 from Aesthetic Magazine’s team of contributors. Every one of these lists is vital to what we do, and represents the various ways in which our contributors interact with the global music scene on behalf of … Continue reading
By: Olivia Goheen – We interviewed Analogue Gallery owner Lucia Graca about the evolution of the gallery, her memories of being in the pit capturing artists like Arcade Fire, Cage The Elephant, and The Flaming Lips, and more! Toronto’s Analogue Gallery (673 Queen St. W.) displays six decades of Rock ‘n’ roll’s most iconic photos. How has the gallery evolved … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) | Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – The ‘void’ in the Enter the Void tour, which stopped in Toronto on Dec. 18th, seemingly holds all things cool-out, pop, funk, dark and soulful R&B on one stage. Between opening acts SZA and The Internet and headliner Jhené Aiko, there were all sorts of suggestions of what the genre is like these days … Continue reading
From Foo Fighters’ hard-hitting track “Something From Nothing”, to the bluesy rock style of The Black Keys’ “Fever”, to Caribou’s intense, meaningful and beautiful “I Can’t Do Without You”, to Alvvays’ earworm “Archie, Marry Me”, to Stars’ disco-inspired “No One Is Lost”, to Haerts’ 80s new wave-influenced “Wings”, to Sloan’s psychedelic “Three Sisters”, 2014 has been a strong … Continue reading
