Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Toronto-based garage rock band Public Animal, who released a new 7″ with psych rock band Moths and Locusts, on June 19th, 2015, performed at The Opera House in Toronto on June 20th as part of NXNE 2015.
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Toronto-based psychedelic pop band Grounders, who released their new self-titled album on May 12th, 2015 via Nevado Records, performed at the NXNE Hub in Toronto on June 17th.
Photos by: Amy Buck – Russian-American electronic-industrial-classical-goth-experimental rock singer-songwriter Zola Jesus, who released her fifth album, Taiga, (the Russian word for boreal forests), on October 6th, 2014 via Mute, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night during night one of NXNE 2015.
Photos by: Amy Buck – Toronto-based eletropop band DIANA, who released their newest album, Perpetual Surrender, on August 20th, 2013, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night during night one of NXNE 2015.
Photos by: Priti Shikotra – The 2015 Parklife Festival once again took over Heaton Park in Manchester, UK for a weekend that included some of the biggest names in the dance, electronic, and hip-hop worlds including Rudimental, FKA Twigs, Grace Jones, and Jessie Ware!
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Creeps up on you, doesn’t it? Every year, NXNE takes over Toronto with a sprawling lineup full of can’t-miss artists, leaving us poor music fans to ask: who the hell do I see? While the big-name acts at Yonge-Dundas Square offer big-show appeal, NXNE is about catching the up-and-comers before they take … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – So you’re going to the Pemberton Music Festival. Your friends, co-workers and Twitter followers are SO jealous, because they see that poster and know that you’re going to experience as much of it as possible. Easier said than done. There’s a lot of pressure to planning an ideal festival weekend. Once the schedule hits, … Continue reading
By: Staff – Riot Fest has revealed the line-up for Riot Fest Toronto 2015. In March, we were given a tease of the line-up with the announcement that beloved Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire were reuniting to perform at a series of only seven music festivals this summer, including Riot Fest Toronto. Now, the majority of … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Hager – We caught up with Vancouver-based indie rock quintet Mother Mother backstage at Sasquatch 2015 for a brief photoshoot. Check out their fifth album, Very Good Bad Thing, out now via Island Records/Universal Music Canada. Check out more Sasquatch 2015 coverage here.
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Manchester’s Parklife Festival features one of the UKs most simultaneously eclectic and energetic lineups, curating hip-hop, pop and EDM genres from around the world to entertain a crowd that seems that gets bigger every year. This year’s lineup includes headliners like Disclosure (almost an annual tradition at Parklife), Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Fatboy … Continue reading