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By: Luke Ottenhof – “We’re all gonna get our fuckin’ kicks tonight,” screamed Billie Joe Armstrong, leaning over the stage monitors. He spoke the truth. California punk rock staple Green Day has gone strong since the early 90’s, and Thursday night’s powerhouse performance to a sold out Air Canada Centre left no scrap of doubt that they … Continue reading
Photos & Words by: Bruce Emberley – Juno Award winner and Toronto native Serena Ryder epitomized the phrase – good on disc, great live – and she took it to a whole new level last night at The Danforth Music Hall. Currently on tour in support of her sixth studio album, Harmony, her set featured … Continue reading
Photos by: Staff – Toronto-based shoegaze pop duo Daniel Benjamin and Maddy Wilde (AKA Moon King) celebrated the release of their new 12-inch EP “OBSESSION II” at The Drake Hotel last night.
By: Luke Ottenhof – It was a damn good night for home-grown noise-punk in Ottawa. Hometown heroes reigned, as local boys METZ, now based in Toronto, demolished the Babylon Nightclub last night, alongside touring partners and self-titled “avant garbagé” outfit The Soupcans, and local punk rockers Pregnancy Scares. Pregnancy Scares took the stage at around 9:30pm, bashing … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – With the release of their second studio album, White Paint, in February, Juno Award nominees Hollerado have transformed into a band that are dead set on living and creating on their own terms. “Hollerado has always been very DIY,” Hollerado front man and guitarist Menno Versteeg says. “And the music industry … Continue reading
Venue: Sound Academy Date: April 25th at 8:00pm You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message exactly as it appears below: #Contest: Win 2 Tickets To How To Destroy Angels In #Toronto! Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT. (cc: @GoldenvoiceCA). http://bit.ly/Zdb2yS Like our “How To Destroy Angels” post on Facebook. Send … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – The announcement was made this morning on The Dean Blundell show, and Mumford and Sons will head–. No, that’s not right. The Lumineers, Mumford stand-ins, are headlining. The festival, which will take place on July 31st at Downsview Park, took a folk-rock approach this year, which has been criticized by some fans due to … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof – “A negative attitude, humming a positive tune.” The back-handed mantra sums up the sound of Chicago prog-punk trio Their/They’re/There on their debut self-titled EP, out April 20. Debut EP’s are tricky business, and even tougher considering the hype around this young band, but indie rock veterans Matthew Frank, Evan Weiss, and … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt – If there’s one thing you can immediately tell from a Watsky show, it’s that Watsky fans REALLY love Watsky and Watsky really loves them. Last night was Watsky’s second-ever performance in Toronto; the first being his show at the MOD Club less than a year ago. The support for his new … Continue reading
Photos by: Staff – Toronto-based psychedelic shoegaze rockers Rituals performed at Toronto’s Drake Hotel last night to launch their new Mesmerized 12″ EP, with support from Toronto-based Industrial surf-gazers Odonis Odonis and shoegaze indie rockers Elsa.
