Date: September 25 – 6pm Location: TD Echo Beach Openers: Danny Brown, Vince Staples You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Win 2 Tickets to #ASAPRocky w/ @xdannyxbrownx in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | http://t.co/c50lT6bt4O pic.twitter.com/9cGPoRzWdx — Aesthetic Magazine … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Canadian hip-hip band Grand Analog, who released their third album, Modern Thunder, on August 20th, 2013, and who will release their fourth album, War Stories, sometime this year, performed at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto last night with Toronto-based electronic band Klox, as part of the Virgin Mobile Indie Fridays concert series. … Continue reading
By: Brandon Lorenzetti – Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Earl Sweatshirt, who released his second album, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt, on March 23rd, 2015 via Columbia, which follows up his 2013 debut album, Doris, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on August 16th. Click here to check out … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Don’t cry for Odd Future. While this summer’s news of the hip-hop collective’s breakup may be troubling, it’s best to think of it as “divide and conquer”. Judging from Earl Sweatshirt’s sold-out, rabid crowd at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, that plan is working out pretty damn well. To say Sunday’s show was long-awaited is … Continue reading
Photos by: Amanda Cain – Malibu, CA-based hip-hop artist Shwayze, who released his newest album, King Of The Summer, on July 17th, 2015, which follows up his last album, Shwayze Summer, out July 13th, 2013, performed at The Magic Bag in Ferndale, Michigan on August 7th with Detroit-based hip-hop group Cold English, who released their newest album, One Band. … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Now in its fourth year, Made in America (created by Jay-Z in partnership with Budweiser) has its lineup locked down. Start with a genre-defining superstar, and cascade from there into a collection of heroes from indie rock to hip-hop to EDM. While still a relative newcomer to the festival landscape, Made in … Continue reading
Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – Juno Award-nominated Toronto-based MC Tre Mission, who released his debut album, Stigmata, on August 11th, 2014, which followed up his 2013 mixtape, Malmaison, and who has worked with grime artists such as Wiley, JME and Skepta, performed at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto last night with Bristol, UK-born, Mississauga, ON-based rapper Keita Juma, who released his latest EP Chaos Theory, earlier this year, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Canadian alternative hip-hop artist Buck 65, who released his newest album, Neverlove, on September 30th, 2014 via Warner Music Canada, which was inspired by his divorce with his now ex-wife, and who released a more lighthearted album called Laundromat Boogie on September 29th, 2014 via Bandcamp, performed at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Experimental hip-hop band Death Grips, who released a pair of albums this year so far including Fashion Week (out Jan. 4th), and The Powers That B (out Mar. 31), performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Justin Roth – Acclaimed Canadian rapper Shad, who released his fourth album, Flying Colours, on October 15th, 2013 via Black Box, and who is the new host of popular radio show Q on CBC Radio, performed at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto on June 21st as a replacement for Action Bronson, along with Los Angeles-based hip-hop … Continue reading