By: Jessica Nakamoto – For 21-year-old singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Isaiah Steinberg, art and storytelling have always gone hand-in-hand. Yet it wasn’t until his mother’s passing that the young Canadian began to put pen to paper and utilize lyrics as an emotional outlet and platform from which to document stories of his own. Finding solace in song, … Continue reading
By: Staff – The nominees for the 2017 MMVAs have been announced, with Canadian artists A Tribe Called Red, Grimes, and Shawn Mendes topping the list with an impressive four nominations each. Close behind with three nominations each are Alessia Cara, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Lorde, PUP, The Weeknd, and Zeds Dead. Performers Arkells and Niall Horan each nabbed … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Prism Prize has announced its list for the top 20 finalists for best Canadian Music Video of the year, as voted by a jury of more than 120 music, film and media arts professionals. The Prism Prize Top 20 is based on originality, creativity, style, innovation and effective execution, and the winning video will be awarded $15,000.00 cash … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Polaris Music Prize has announced its 2016 short list. Announcing the 2016 short list were this year’s gala hosts: Tom Power, CBC Radio 2 Morning host and Polaris jurist, and Amanda Parris, host of CBC Radio 2’s Marvin’s Room and CBC’s Exhibitionists. The Polaris Music Prize gala will be held at The Carlu in Toronto on Monday, September … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – The second and final day of Bestival Toronto 2016 at Woodbine Park in Toronto on June 12th featured performances by Goth rock legends The Cure, who released their newest album, 4:13 Dream, in 2008 via Suretone/Geffen, which featured the singles “The Only One”, “Freakshow”, “Sleep When I’m Dead”, and “The Perfect Boy”, synthpop artist Grimes, K indie rock band Daughter, … Continue reading
Photos by: Kevin Tosh, & Matthew Lamb – The fourth and final day of Sasquatch 2016 at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington featured performances by Grammy-nominated UK indie rock band Florence and the Machine, who released their third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, on May 29th, 2015 via Island, Acclaimed indie pop singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Alex Kacha, Nico Amarca, Ian Clontz, Rodney Boles, Eric Waters, Ryan Snyder, Ryan Sides, & Caleb Smallwood – Moogfest, which celebrates the legacy of Bob Moog, the visionary engineer who pioneered the analog synthesizer and other technology tools used by artists like Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and Kraftwerk, featured more performances on May 20th by the … Continue reading
Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – The 2016 Laneway Festival took place at the Sydney College of the Arts in Sydney, Australia on February 7th and featured performances by Edmonton, ON-based synthpop band Purity Ring, who released their second album, Another Eternity, on February 27th, 2015 via 4AD, which follows up their 2012 Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted album, Shrine, Australian DJ/Producer Flume, dream pop … Continue reading
By: Staff – FIDLAR shared their new emoji inspired music video for “Why Generation.” Watch the clip below. Directed by longtime collaborator Ryan Baxley (“Cocaine“, “40oz. On Repeat“, “West Coast“) and animated by Nolan Fabricius, the clip reimagines FIDLAR’s notoriously rowdy live show in a world created entirely out of the popular social messaging characters. … Continue reading
By: Staff – Today, Grimes released her new video for “Kill V. Maim”, from her fourth album Art Angels (via 4AD/Beggars), which Grimes directed alongside Mac Boucher in Toronto. Watch the video below. Grimes will perform at Coachella and will open for Florence & The Machine in the U.S. this spring at arenas including Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 14. She … Continue reading
