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Contest: Win 2 Tickets to Bombay Bicycle Club in Toronto!

  Date: October 16 Venue: The Opera House Time: Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm Opener: Milo Greene You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and RT the following message: Contest: Win 2 Tickets to @BombayBicycle w/ @MiloGreene in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | http://t.co/mQHxhmQ0PD — Aesthetic … Continue reading →

Photos: Chromeo, Wave Racer @ Kool Haus

Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – Montreal-based electro-funk/disco duo Chromeo, who released their fourth album, White Women, on May 12th, 2014 via Last Gang Records, which spawned the singles “Over Your Shoulder”, “Come Alive”, “Jealous (I Ain’t With It)”, and more, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night as part of their “Frequent Flyer Tour” … Continue reading →

Photos: Death From Above 1979, The New Pornographers @ Honest Ed’s

Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Reformed Toronto-based dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979, who are expected to release a documentary called “Life After Death From Above 1979”, which will be released on October 7th, and who released their second album, The Physical World, on September 9th via Last Gang Records, which features the single “Trainwreck 1979”, performed … Continue reading →

Festival Preview: Way Over Yonder Returns to Santa Monica with Jackson Browne, Local Natives, and more!

By: Krystyn Bristol –     The Way Over Yonder Festival, best known as Newport Folk Festival’s West Coast edition, returns for a second year to the Santa Monica Pier as one of the largest folk music events this year. This year’s festival will showcase acts such as Jackson Browne and Lucinda Williams and newer or more traditional folk … Continue reading →

Photos: The Drums, Beverly @ Adelaide Hall

Photos by: Krystle Merrow –  Brooklyn-based indie rock band The Drums, who released their third album, Encyclopedia, on September 23rd, 2014 via Minor Records, which features the single “Can’t Pretend”, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based indie rock-pop band Beverly, who released their debut LP, Careers, on July 1st, 2014 via Williamsburg-based Kanine Records, and … Continue reading →

Photos: The Dandy Warhols, Wish @ Lee’s Palace

Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Portland-based psychedelic power pop band The Dandy Warhols, who released their eight album, This Machine, on April 24th, 2012 via Beat the World/The End, who are best known for their 2001 single “Bohemian Like You”, which has been featured in a number of films and television shows including: The Replacements, Summer Catch, Igby Goes Down, Numb3rs, Six … Continue reading →

Photos: Hilltop Hoods, Sims @ The Hoxton

By: Gavin Clark – Adelaide, Australia’s hip-hop pioneers the Hilltop Hoods invaded The Hoxton in Toronto last night with the third stage of their “Cosby Sweater” world tour in support of their new album Walking under Stars. Their veteran presence was on full display as they treated hip-hop heads to a night of Aussie awesomeness. The group, which consists of MC Pressure, Suffa, … Continue reading →

Concert Review: Vintage Trouble @ Lee’s Palace

By: Anan Rahman (@anan_ra) – It was in 1885 when Nietzsche proclaimed that God is dead. Similarly, earlier this year, a figure no less august than Gene Simmons declared that rock is finally dead. While there are those amongst us who wouldn’t be too heartbroken to read the last rites over their copy of Love Gun, the audience who were in attendance … Continue reading →

Interview: AWOLNATION Set Sail for Sophomore Supremacy

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) –   Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably heard “Sail”, AWOLNATION’s enduring mega hit before. It’s the one that goes “Blame it on my A-D-D BABY” and has been used in a laundry list of ads, trailers and television shows, including Pretty Little Liars, Vikings, BMW ads, NBA playoff preview videos … Continue reading →

Photos: KOI Music Festival 2014 (Day 3) – USS, Protest The Hero, Silverstein, + More

Photos by: Josh Friesen –  The third and final day of the KOI Music Festival featured performances by Toronto-based alternative dance duo USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), who released their second album, Advanced Basics, on February 11th, 2014, which was funded through crowdsourcing site PledgeMusic, with the project being titled “#Letsgetweirdtogether”, Canadian progessive metal quintet Protest The Hero, who released their fourth … Continue reading →