Date: Sept. 19-20 – Downsview Park, Toronto Featuring: Alexisonfire, Weezer, The Prodigy, Wu-Tang Clan, Motorhead, All Time Low, Rancid, Tyler, The Creator, Coheed and Cambria, + more! More info here: http://riotfest.org/toronto/ You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 Tickets to @RiotFest … Continue reading
Date: Sept. 19-20 – Downsview Park, Toronto Featuring: Alexisonfire, Weezer, The Prodigy, Wu-Tang Clan, Motorhead, All Time Low, Rancid, Tyler, The Creator, Coheed and Cambria, + more! More info here: http://riotfest.org/toronto/ You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 Tickets to @RiotFest … Continue reading
Photos by: Staff – Hamilton kicked off the 2015 JUNO Awards with a concert at Liuna Station in Hamilton yesterday with Saskatoon-based boogie rock band The Sheepdogs, who released their self-titled fourth album on September 4th, 2012 via Warner Music Canada/Atlantic, Toronto-based indie rock band Tokyo Police Club, who released their third album, Forcefield, on March 24th, … Continue reading
By: Staff – ALEXISONFIRE have announced they will reunite to perform at a series of seven festivals this summer, including Toronto’s Riot Fest & Expo, taking place on September 19 and 20, 2015. This limited engagement is the first time the band has performed together since they briefly reunited for a worldwide 10th anniversary tour in 2012. One of … Continue reading
Photos by: Marc DesRosiers – St. Catharines-based folk-rock artist City and Colour, who released his fourth album, The Hurry and the Harm, on June 4th, 2013 via Dine Alone Records, performed the first of two intimate shows at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa last night.
Photos by: Jon Wishart – Night two of Burly Calling 2014 in Burlington, ON featured performances by Toronto-based indie rock/pop band Beautiful Nothing, Toronto-based punk band Say Yes, which features former Alexisonfire drummer Jordan Hastings, and former Saint Alvia member Adam Michael, and who released their self-titled EP on August 19th, 2014 via Dine Alone Records, Toronto-based hard rock … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – In 2009, Toronto-based punk rock group Fucked Up won the Polaris Prize for The Chemistry of Common Life, and in 2011, they created the acclaimed epic punk-rock opera David Comes to Life. In 2014, what does the Damian Abraham-fronted sextet do for their encore? On Glass Boys, their latest effort, they give us one hell of … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison – Call the fire brigade because this fire can’t be extinguished! Ontario post-hardcore heroes, Alexisonfire, made their third of four sold out appearances in Toronto as part of their farewell tour last night. Teaming up with Hamilton-based Monster Truck, they blew the roof off the Sound Academy. Monster Truck set the extreme … Continue reading
By: Stephen McGill – As a band, losing your lead singer is usually a death sentence, especially when that singer is the incredibly charismatic and terrifying Frank Carter. U.K. hardcore band Gallows faced this sentence with Carter’s departure, and the subsequent announcement of his replacement – former Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeil – took many by … Continue reading