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
By: Adam Harrison – Female indie rock prowless ruled at the Air Canada Centre last night when Toronto got a double dose of female-led indie rock bands Metric and Stars, who proved they were both fit for arena rock. Stars opened the evening when co-lead singers Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell stormed into The North’s opening … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison – Metric, who is rounding out their world tour in Canada, made a stop at MuchMusic in Toronto on Tuesday night for a special LIVE AT MUCH W/ METRIC broadcast before they receive some “stadium love” this weekend at the Air Canada Centre with openers Stars, appropriately ending their tour in their … 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
By: Laura Stanley – I’ll be the first to admit that Coldplay’s latest album, Mylo Xyloto, isn’t their best work. With most of the album being over produced pop songs featuring Rihanna (okay, that was just the one song but still), gone are the days of emotionally rich, soft piano-pop songs like that of their … Continue reading