By: Dianna Lee – Florida-based indie rockers Surfer Blood, who released their second studio album, Pythons, back in June, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night in support of the album with Brooklyn-based rock-soul-indie-pop quartet Team Spirit and Andy Boay, who is also the guitar-playing half of the brother-duo Tonstartssbandht, and who’s style features vocal … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – The Burgerama Caravan pulled into Lee’s Palace in Toronto on Tuesday night to host an evening of some of underground rock’s best bands. The caravan Burger Records organized is currently on tour across North America featuring bands, The Growlers, Pangea, Cosmonauts and Gap Dream, all of which are on the Burger Records label. Local pop-folk-punk band, … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Toronto’s Lee’s Palace in Toronto hosted Brooklyn based indie heroes Clap Your Hands Say Yeah last night, who have since pared down from a quartet to a duo last year. The night began with the Providence, Rhode Island-based band Arc Iris, a five-piece keyboards, trumpet and drum ensemble. All members were … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Austin, Texas-based blues-funk-soul band Black Joe Lewis, who released their new album, Electric Slave, on August 27th via Vagrant Records, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Seattle-based “garage R&B” band Pickwick, who released their new album, Can’t Talk Medicine, on March 12th via Dine Alone Recordsi in … Continue reading
Venue: Lee’s Palace Date: September 21st @ 7:30pm You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine Toronto on Twitter and tweet the following message: #Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @jenngrantmusic in #Toronto c/o @COLLECTIVECON. Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT! http://bit.ly/1bnlQVB Like our “Jenn Grant” post on Facebook and send us a message with your e-mail address included. Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with “Jenn Grant” in the subject line. … Continue reading
By: Duncan Boyd – “Hey do you want to see a band? No I hate bands, they’re always packed with men spooning their girlfriends, clutching their hands as if they’d let go, their feet with lift from the air and ascend.” This is a quote from “I Know What Love Isn’t” by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill – Syracuse, New York indie rockers Ra Ra Riot performed at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace last night in support of their third album Beta Love, which was released in January, with openers Pacific Air, which consists of twins, Ryan and Taylor Lawhon. They will be releasing their debut album in April.