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Words by: Curtis Sindrey | Photos by: Nim Mendoza – Sunday marked the only Canadian stop on Death Cab For Cutie (DCFC) frontman Ben Gibbard’s debut solo tour. Opening for him was formerly Toronto-based, now Moncton-based folk-pop singer-songwriter, Julie Doiron, who brought a strong collection of well-written tracks that provided an intimate portrait into a … Continue reading
Show Date: October 25th Venue: Air Canada Centre 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: WIN 2 Tickets to @SmashingPumpkin in Toronto. To enter, follow @Aesthetic_Mag and RT this. Details: http://bit.ly/Tn2VMJ. Like our Smashing Pumpkins post on Facebook. Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with … Continue reading
Show Date: October 20th Venue: Kool Haus 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: WIN 2 Tickets to see @CATPOWER in Toronto. To enter, follow @Aesthetic_Mag and RT this. Details: http://bit.ly/Tn1zl1 Like our Cat Power post on Facebook. Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with “Cat … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison – The Black Keys’ latest EP release, Tour Rehearsal Tapes, is a genuine title and features six live tracks recorded from the studio in December of 2011, before going on tour for the better part of a year. When the introductory combination of drum and bass beats began, to the opening track … Continue reading
By: Eric Freedlander – Victoria Bergsman, aka Taken By Trees, takes us back to summer with her new album Other Worlds. Inspired by a trip to Hawaii, Bergsman, along with producer Henning Fürst, create a very breezy and subtle record that benefits from tender melodies and just the right bit of versatility. Similar to Brooklyn duo … Continue reading
By: Eric Freedlander – With their sixth studio album The 2nd Law, Muse has picked up where they left off from The Resistance and have created a sound that is radically different from its predecessor. While the first single “Survival” has a very poppy sound to it, and is something you can tell was made for commercial … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – “All of my bandmates were assassinated before this show. God rest their souls,” said Jack Dishel, joking, of Only Son, and formerly of Stipplicon and The Moldly Peaches, who opened for Regina Spektor on Thursday night at Sony Centre in Toronto. Accompanied by an invisible backing band, Dishel relied heavily on … Continue reading
By: Colin Rabyniuk – For the first time in a decade, Montreal’s Godspeed You! Black Emperor have released a new album. The four-song, 53 minute epic was released at a show in Boston on October 1 without any announcement or pre-release media. Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! features two older, unreleased songs, now reworked and retitled, both resting … Continue reading
By: Eric Freedlander – Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino, the duo better known as Matt & Kim, are hoping that the fourth time is the charm, as their first three albums, Matt & Kim (2006), Grand (2009) and Sidewalks (2010) were all met with some success, but not enough to transition them from indie to … Continue reading
Words by: Nadya Domingo | Photos by: Nim Mendoza – Jessica Stuart links arms with her friends last Saturday night as they face the Phoenix Concert Theatre stage with wide smiles on their faces. Some of them have been nominated for a Toronto Indie Music Awards prize. “And the winner is…” says the presenter. “Haley … Continue reading
