Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – With the summer music festival season winding down for another year, Monster Energy Rock Allegiance Tour invaded Toronto’s Sound Academy last night with Danish metal quartet Volbeat, who released their fifth studio album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, in April, Finnish rock quintet H.I.M., who released their eighth studio album, Tears on Tape, in April, … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Toronto-based synthpop trio Dragonette and Vancouver-based Indie-Electro-RNB trio Dirty Radio brought the dance party to the CNE last night in Toronto. Performing to a relatively smaller, family-filled crowd proved to be a challenge for each group because of their unique, sometimes eclectic sound, but they each managed to find their way with pockets of the audience, ending the day for many … Continue reading
By: Laura Molinaro (@Laura_Molinaro5) – Held in the packed dirt of the once lush field space at Fork York in Toronto, day 2 of Riot Fest Toronto ensured that the summer music festival season went out with a bang. As fans moshed to the likes of up-and-coming Toronto-based punk quartet Single Mothers, grunge legends Dinosaur Jr. and … Continue reading
Venue: Lee’s Palace Date: September 19th @ 8:30pm You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine Toronto on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @blackjoelewis in #Toronto c/o @universalmusicC . Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT! http://bit.ly/14VZbIr Like our “Black Joe Lewis” post on Facebook and send us a message with your e-mail address included. Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with “Black Joe Lewis” in the subject … Continue reading
Venue: Lee’s Palace Date: September 7th @ 8pm You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine Toronto on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @Mudhoney_ w/ @thedirtynil in #Toronto c/o @COLLECTIVECON. Follow @Aesthetic_Mag+RT! http://bit.ly/143sWqI Like our “Mudhoney” post on Facebook and send us a message with your e-mail address included. Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with “Mudhoney” in the subject line. Include your full name … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – It is often the case with rock stars that the clothing doesn’t make the man; a truer statement could not be made for singer-songwriter, David Draiman. Best known for his seventeen years serving as the mastermind behind heavy metal band, Disturbed, he’s a man who is not afraid to explore … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – The ninth annual Riot Fest, which snagged a newly reunited The Replacements as Sunday’s headliner, invaded Toronto’s Fort York yesterday afternoon with a line-up that mostly included hardcore, screamo and hard rock bands, including headliners A Day to Remember, San Diego-based post-hardcore quartet Piece The Veil, Buffalo-based metal band Everytime I … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Newly reunited Nashville-based Americana string band Old Crow Medicine Show, who released their comeback album, Carry Me Back, last July, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Welland, ON-based alternative country singer-songwriter, former frontman for indie rock band Attack in Black and two-time Polaris Music Prize nominee Daniel Romano, … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – This past Thursday, one of Toronto’s favourite dive bars played host to one hell of a line up. To start things off local garage-pop-punk band, Pink Wine played to a small crowd, but that didn’t stop them from pumping out a perfect mix of power pop and punk rock with a … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Seattle grunge survivors Alice In Chains, who released their fifth studio album (second album with new frontman William DuVall, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, in May, headlined the Toronto stop of the Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival @ Molson Amphitheatre on Tuesday night.