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Photos: Riot Fest Chicago (Day 3) – Weezer, New Found Glory, Cheap Trick, + More

Photos by: Katie Kuropas –  The third and final day of Riot Fest Chicago 2014 featured performances by alternative rock band Weezer, who will release their ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, on October 7th, 2014 via Republic, which will contain the singles “Back to the Shack”, and “Cleopatra”, pop-punk band New Found Glory, who will … Continue reading →

Photos: The Black Keys, Cage The Elephant @ Canadian Tire Centre

Photos by: Scott Penner – GRAMMY Award-winning blues rock band The Black Keys, who released their eighth album, Turn Blue, on May 12th, 2014 via Nonesuch, which was co-produced by Danger Mouse, and which features four singles including “Fever”, “Turn Blue”, “Bullett in the Brain”, and “Gotta Get Away”, performed at the Canadian Tire Centre … Continue reading →

Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to Win Butler’s (Arcade Fire) DJ Set in Toronto!

  Fresh from their world tour in support of their Polaris Music Prize shortlisted album Reflektor, DJ Windows 98 (aka Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler) will be doing a DJ set at CODA on September 23rd at 10pm. Date: September 23 at 10pm  Location: CODA You can enter only once via one of the following … Continue reading →

Photos: Riot Fest Chicago (Day 2) – The National, Taking Back Sunday, The Flaming Lips, + More

Photos by: Katie Kuropas –  Day two of Riot Fest Chicago 2014 featured performances by Brooklyn-based indie rock quintet The National, who released their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, on May 17th, 2013 via 4AD, which spawned the singles “Demons”, “Don’t Swallow The Cap”, and “I Need My Girl”, New York-based alt rock quintet Taking Back Sunday, who released their … Continue reading →

Everything Under The Sunday Podcast – Episode 3: The Wooden Sky

By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) –   The Everything Under the Sunday podcast is an eclectic mix of music, live performances, guest DJ sessions and interviews with emerging artists; recording live on Girth Radio with host Patrick Topping and presented on Aesthetic Magazine to bring the weekend one day closer to listeners. On episode three of the EUTS podcast, Patrick … Continue reading →

Album Review: The Tea Party – “The Ocean at the End”

By: Robert Liwanag –     On The Ocean at the End, Canadian rock trio The Tea Party faced a dilemma as a band re-entering music whether to follow the trends of contemporary music, reinvent its sound, or stick to what it knows best. They chose the latter (arguably the riskier decision for a band that’s been … Continue reading →

Photos: Ottawa Folk Festival 2014 (Day 5) – Hey Rosetta!, Joss Stone, The War on Drugs, + More

Photos by: Scott Penner –  The fifth and final day of Ottawa Folk Festival 2014 featured peformances by Newfoundland-based indie rock band Hey Rosetta!, who will release their new LP, Second Sight, on October 21 via Sonic Records/Warner Music Canada, and who replaced original headliners The Gaslight Anthem, UK soul-R&B singer Joss Stone, who released her sixth album, The Soul Sessions … Continue reading →

Photos: Riot Fest Chicago (Day 1) – Rise Against, Jane’s Addiction, Of Mice and Men, + More

Photos by: Katie Kuropas –  Riot Fest Chicago 2014 kicked off with performances by Chicago-based punk band Rise Against, who released their seventh album, The Black Market, on July 15th, 2014 via DGC/Interscope, Los Angeles-based hard rock band Jane’s Addiction, who are currently on hiatus, metalcore band Of Mice and Men, who released their third album, Restoring Force, on … Continue reading →

Photos: Supercrawl 2014 – DJ Spinn, Spoon, Kevin Drew, + More

Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Supercrawl 2014 continued with performances by Chicago-based DJ Spinn, Austin, TX-based indie rockers Spoon, who released their eighth full-length album, They Want My Soul, on August 5, 2014, which was their first LP on new label Loma Vista Recordings, Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, who released his second solo album, Darlings, on March 18th, … Continue reading →

Photos: Supercrawl 2014 – Arkells, The Dirty Nil, Shout Out Out Out Out, + More

Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Supercrawl 2014 kicked off with dozens of performances around downtown Hamilton including, Hamilton-based alt rock band Arkells, who released their third album, High Noon, on August 5th, 2014 via Universal Music Canada/Dine Alone Records, which debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, their highest position on that chart, Hamilton-based garage rock trio The Dirty Nil, who … Continue reading →