Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – The 2015 SiriusXM Indies were handed out last night at the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto during CMW 2015. In addition to the award ceremony, Juno Award-winning punk rock quartet Billy Talent, who released their fourth studio album, Dead Silence, on September 11th, 2012 via Warner Bros., Toronto-based indie rock … Continue reading
Date: May 9th – Doors at 7pm – Show at 8pm Venue: The Sheridan Centre Featuring performances by: Billy Talent, The Glorious Sons, Alvvays, Broncho, and Miracles. Check out the nominees here. You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: https://twitter.com/Aesthetic_Mag/status/590220309346840576 Like our “2015 SiriusXM Indies” post and send us a … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – The 2014 CASBY Awards took place at the Sound Academy in Toronto last night with award winners that included: Molson Canadian Favourite New Artist: July Talk Favourite New Song: Yin Yang – USS Favourite Sugar Beach Session: City and Colour Favourite New Record: High Noon – Arkells The show also included performances by Arkells, Tokyo … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – The second and final day of the ninth annual Amnesia Rockfest featured performances by Seattle grunge survivors Alice In Chains, who released their fifth studio album (second album with new frontman William DuVall, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, on May 28th, 2013, New York-based post-hardcore band Glassjaw, English heavy metal band Venom, … Continue reading
We’re giving away a pair of GA passes to the Rock The Shores Music Festival in Colwood, BC, w/ Billy Talent, The Naked and Famous, Our Lady Peace, Monster Truck, Mother Mother, and more! Flight + Hotel = Not Provided You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Juno Award-winning punk rock quartet Billy Talent, who released their fourth studio album, Dead Silence, last September via Warner Bros. Records/Roadrunner, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night, with Pittsburgh-based punk-rock quartet Anti-Flag, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut self-titled album, which was released in September 2003 and it … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof – It’s a dangerous thing to assume that success is acquired overnight. In most cases, success isn’t suddenly conjured, carbon-copied and shipped worldwide to shrieking fangirls. Stardom is but the last in a long line of steady increases, which usually begins with sweat, tears, and maybe a few drops of blood. A … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Multiple JUNO, MuchMusic and MTV Award winning punk rock quartet Billy Talent headlined the ongoing SiriusXM Road Trip, with Montreal-based indie rock band Half Moon Run. The tour, which will visit five Canadian cities this month, invaded Hamilton’s Molson Canadian Studio last night. If you live in either London, ON or … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof – Billy Talent’s “Dead Silence Tour,” which has torn from coast to coast for the past month, stopped into the nation’s capital last night to perform at Scotiabank Place, but not without its share of changes. The much-hyped venture featured alt.-rock headliners Billy Talent, Ajax punk heroes Sum 41, Hollerado, and Barrie’s lo-fi grunge … 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