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Festival Preview: 5 Can’t Miss Bands at Ottawa Folk Festival 2014

By: Krystyn Bristol –     Where else can you find Grammy-winning artists, loads of craft beer, raffles and charitable silent auctions in the midst of the rivers and trees of Ottawa? Coined as “the great escape”, the 2014 Ottawa Folk Fest is bringing all of those perks and more to the woodsy atmosphere for five … Continue reading →

Album Review: In-Flight Safety – “Conversationalist”

By: Paula Reid –       It’s been five years since Halifax-natives In-Flight Safety have released any new music, but their new album set for release today (September 9th) features long-awaited new tracks. Following 2009’s album We Are An Empire My Dear, the band’s warm and mellow sound was not particularly daring, and garnered comparisons to bands … Continue reading →

Photos: Festival Music House 2014 (Day 2) @ Adelaide Hall

Photos by: Emma McIntyre – The second and final night of the fifth annual Festival Music House (FMH) showcase, which provides an opportunity for film and television industry tastemakers to explore Canada’s wealth of world-class musical talent during the height of TIFF 2014, featured performances by Ottawa-based electronic trio A Tribe Called Red, who released their second album, … Continue reading →

Photos: Festival Music House 2014 (Day 1) @ Adelaide Hall

Photos by: Emma McIntyre – The fifth annual Festival Music House (FMH) showcase, which provides an opportunity for film and television industry tastemakers to explore Canada’s wealth of world-class musical talent during the height of TIFF 2014, kicked off last night at Adelaide Hall in Toronto with featured performances by Toronto-based jazz trio BadBadNotGood, who released their … Continue reading →

Festival Review: Riot Fest 2014 Brought Toronto Music Festivals To The Next Level

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Think of Riot Fest Toronto 2014 as a training exercise. Coming from last year’s two-day, one-stage affair, the nine-year-old festival literally quadrupled its game, ballooning its traditional, punk-focused lineup across four stages to include indie, metal, folk and… well, Die Antwoord. This lineup was as engineered towards Gen-X/Y’ers as much as it was … Continue reading →

Contest: (18+) Win a Pop Montreal 2014 Prize Pack!

    We’re giving away a great Pop Montreal 2014 prize pack that includes: Two (2) tickets to Mutual Benefit (Date: Sept. 19 | Time: 10pm | Venue: Fédération Ukrainienne :: Salle St-Ambroise) Two (2) tickets to Dot Wiggin with Free Love Fenner, Brave Radar & Fakes (18+ | Date: Sept. 20 | Time: 11:30pm – Venue: La … Continue reading →

Photos: Riot Fest Toronto 2014 (Day 2) – City and Colour, Buzzcocks, The National, + More

Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – The second and final day of the third annual Riot Fest Toronto Music Festival featured performances by headliners City and Colour, who released their fourth album, The Hurry and the Harm, on June 4th, 2013 via Dine Alone Records, UK punk band Buzzcocks, who released their ninth album, The Way, on May … Continue reading →

Contest: Win 2 Tickets to MRCY Block Party with Metric, Neutral Milk Hotel, Death From Above 1979, + More!

    Date: September 12  Location:  l’Espace Montmorency, Laval, QC Featuring: Metric, Neutral Milk Hotel, Death From Above 1979, and more! More Info You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 Tickets to @MRCYBlockParty w/ @Metric, @dfa1979, & more! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + … Continue reading →

Contest: Win 2 Weekend Tickets to the Muskoka Sound Music Festival!

  Date: September 12-14th  Location: Huntsville, ON Featuring: Walk Off The Earth, Mother Mother, The Trews, Serena Ryder, Monster Truck, Hawksley Workman, Buck 65, Shad, and more! More Info You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 Weekend Tickets to the @MuskokaSound! … Continue reading →

Preview: KOI Music Festival Brings Danko Jones, Everytime I Die, USS, to Kitchener!

By: Josh Friesen –     Little known about Kitchener, Waterloo is that the music energy around there is stronger than ever! With the annual weekend-long KOI Music Festival, the energy will be pumping even more. This year, KOI has drawn in some bigger acts such as Protest The Hero, Silverstein, Every Time I Die, Miss May I, … Continue reading →