Photos by: Dawn Hamilton – Buffalo, NY-based indie punk rock band Lemuria, who released their third album, The Distance Is So Big, on June 18th, 2013 via Bridge 9, which featured the single “Brilliant Dancer”, performed at The Garrison in Toronto last night with Austin TX-based indie power pop/punk band Prince, and Toronto-based pop-punk band Junior … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Toronto-based EDM duo DVBBS, who released their debut EP, Initio, in 2012 via Universal Music Canada, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night for the first of three shows.
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Brooklyn-based electropop artist Big Data, who is expected to release his debut album, 2.0, in March 2015, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Toronto-based electropop band Brave Shores, which features siblings Jay McCarrol and Stefanie McCarrol, and who released their debut EP on October 27th, 2014, and Toronto-based dream … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – D’angelo is back. 14 years without a follow-up to his 2000 classic Voodoo is too long. With that album, D’angelo skirted the line between the weird, underground R&B of Jill Scott and Angie Stone and the ultra palatable stuff we all heard on the radio. It was soul and sex in their most … Continue reading
By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing – It’s a shame Walk the Moon released their second full-length album in December. With Talking is Hard, the Cincinnati quartet is clearly reaching for summer sing-alongs and the success they had with “Anna Sun”, a catchy summer ditty from the band’s self-titled album released in 2012. A December release puts them in the season … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Two-time JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, who is expected to release his fourth album, Club Meds, on January 13th, 2015 via Arts & Crafts, which features the singles “Vessel”, and “Mouthpiece”, performed at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club in Toronto last night with indie rock duo Peregrine Falls, in support of Virgin … Continue reading
Date: December 27th | Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm Venue: The Danforth Music Hall Openers: Unearth, Intervals You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: (19+) Win 2 tix to @ProtestTheHero w/ @Unearthofficial & @Intervalsmusic in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | http://t.co/HE5U8roKSh … Continue reading
Photos by: Jade Park – 91X’s Wrex The Halls 2014 concert took place last night at the Elephant Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, CA, and featured performances by Kentucky-based alternative rockers Cage The Elephant, who released their third album, Melophobia, on October 8th, 2013 via RCA, which spawned the singles “Come a Little Closer”, “Take It or Leave … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – UK metalcore band Asking Alexandria, who released their third album, From Death to Destiny, on August 6th, 2013 via Sumerian, which featured the singles “Run Free”, “The Death of Me”, “Killing You”, and more, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Arizona-based metalcore band Blessthefall, who released their … Continue reading
Photos by: Kevin Leung – Toronto-based punk-rock quartet The Flatliners, who released their fourth album, Dead Language, on September 17th, 2013 via Fat Wreck Chords, which was nominated for “Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year” at the 2014 JUNO Awards, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with Toronto-based punk band PUP, who released … Continue reading