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Photos: Riot Fest Toronto 2014 (Day 1) – The Cure, The Flaming Lips, + More

Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – The third annual Riot Fest Toronto Music Festival took over Downsview Park yesterday for a day of great bands and lots of mud. Performances included headliners The Cure, who’s last album, 4:13 Dream, was released in 2008 via Suretone/Geffen, along with experimental rock band The Flaming Lips, who will release their fourteenth … Continue reading →

Photos: USS, The Elwins @ Pepsi Pop Up

Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – In partnership with Pepsi Canada’s ongoing “Pepsi Pop-Up” concert series, 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”, and Toronto-based surf rock quartet The Elwins, who released their debut album, … Continue reading →

Preview: Five Can’t Miss Artists at Boston Calling

By: Krystyn Bristol –    With the Boston Calling Music Festival happening this week, fans are sure to witness some fantastic bands over the course of this bi-annual, three-day festival at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston from September 5 to 7. With an already stacked line-up that includes Lorde, Girl Talk, Spoon, The Replacements, Nas, and more, that are ready … Continue reading →

Photos: Bry Webb, The Weather Station @ AGO First Thursdays

Photos by: André Varty –  Leader of newly reformed Toronto-based indie rock band Constantines Bry Webb, who released his second solo album, Free Will, on May 20th, 2014, performed an intimate set last night with Toronto-based folk band The Weather Station, who released their newest album, All Of It Was Mine, on August 11th, 2011 via … Continue reading →

Photos: Born Ruffians, Hollerado @ Pepsi Pop Up

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  In partnership with Pepsi Canada’s ongoing “Pepsi Pop-Up” concert series, Toronto-based indie rockers Born Ruffians, who released their third album, Birthmarks, on April 16th, 2013 via Yep Roc/Paper Bag, and Toronto-via-Ottawa indie rock band Hollerado, who released their second album, White Paint, on February 26th, 2013 via Royal Mountain Records, performed an intimate … Continue reading →

Photos: Arkells, Wildlife @ Algonquin Commons Theatre

By: Scott Penner – 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, performed at the Algonquin Commons Theatre in Ottawa last night in support of the album with Toronto-based indie rock quintet Wildlife, … Continue reading →

Interview: New Found Glory’s Jordan Pundik Talks “Resurrection”, Label Changes, and Fart Jokes

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) –   From their origins in the garages of Florida’s Coral Springs, to some of the world’s biggest stages, to pressing their own albums to releases on Epitaph and (most recently) Hopeless Records, New Found Glory are the classic punk rock story. Their new album Resurrection (out October 7th via Hopeless Records) represents a return … Continue reading →

Photos: Death From Above 1979 @ Edward Day Gallery

Photos by: Jason Hodgins –  Reformed Toronto-based dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979 celebrated the release of their second album, The Physical World (out Sept. 9th via Last Gang Records), with a special pop-up shop at Edward Day Gallery on Queen Street West yesterday that featured an on-site tattoo parlour with ink done by Aaron … Continue reading →

Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to AGO First Thursdays in Toronto!

  The night will feature the music of The Weather Station, presented in partnership with SappyFest, the beloved music festival in Colville’s adopted hometown of Sackville, NB; and headliner Bry Webb, frontman of the newly reunited band The Constantines. Toronto-based artists Alex Beriault and Shannon Lea Doyle will present a three-hour durational performance balancing on a two-sided diving board. Hamilton-based musician and … Continue reading →

Photos: Zeus @ June Records

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  Toronto-based indie rock band Zeus celebrated the release of their third album, Classic Zeus, which was released on September 2nd, 2014 via Arts & Crafts, with a back alley garage concert behind June Records last night.