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Photos: CMW 2015 – FIDLAR @ The Great Hall

Photos by: Roy Cohen – Los Angeles-based skate punk band FIDLAR, who released their self-titled debut album on January 22nd, 2013 via Mom + Pop Records/Dine Alone Records, performed at The Great Hall in Toronto last night as part of CMW 2015.   

Contest: Win a Pouzza Fest Prize Pack!

  We’re giving away a Pouzza Fest prize pack that includes two (2) 3-day GA passes and a Pouzza Fest T-shirt! Date: April 13 at 6:30pm Venue: The Danforth Music Hall You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win a @PouzzaFest Prize … Continue reading

Photos: Bad Religion, Off!, The Hollowpoints @ Showbox SoDo

Photos by: Matthew Thompson –  Acclaimed punk rock band Bad Religion, who released their 16th studio album, True North, on January 22nd, 2013, which they released exactly 11 years after their twelfth album The Process of Belief, performed at Showbox SoDo in Seattle last night with Los Angeles-based hardcore punk band Off!, who released their third album, Wasted Years, on April … Continue reading

Photos: Musink Festival – Bad Religion, Off!, Ignite @ OC Fair & Event Center

Photos by: Heidi Black – Day two of Musink Festival featured performances by headliners acclaimed punk rock band Bad Religion, who released their 16th studio album, True North, on January 22nd, 2013, which they released exactly 11 years after their twelfth album The Process of Belief, along with Los Angeles-based hardcore punk band Off!, who released their third album, Wasted … Continue reading

Photos: Pennywise, Teenage Bottlerocket, A Wilhelm Scream, The Cola Heads @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Amy Buck – Acclaimed punk rock band Pennywise, who released their eleventh album, Yesterdays, on July 15th, 2014 via Epitaph, which is the first album to feature lead singer Jim Lindberg since his 2009 departure, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Wyoming-based punk rock band Teenage Bottlerocket, who will release their sixth … Continue reading

Album Review: Brutal Youth – “Bottoming Out”

By: Charnel Anderson –     Toronto transplants Brutal Youth (originally from Newfoundland) will release a 5-song, 7” EP called Bottoming Out on February 24th via Paper + Plastick. The EP is a prototypical hardcore punk record, which has drawn comparisons to Philadelphia’s Kid Dynamite. Bottoming Out follows the band’s 2013 full-length Stay Honest, and features a more abrasive and acidic sound, though the EP … Continue reading

Photos: Joyce Manor, Upset @ The Glass House

Photos by: Krystyn Bristol – Torrance, CA-based punk rock band Joyce Manor, who released their third album, Never Hungover Again, on July 21st, 2014 via Epitaph Records, which follows 2012’s Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired, which features a cover of The Buggles’ 1979 hit “Video Killed the Radio Star”, performed at The Glass House in … Continue reading

Photos: Anti Flag, The Dying Arts, Worlds Scariest Police Chases, The Cola Heads @ The Horseshoe Tavern

Photos by: Rick Clifford – Pittsburgh-based punk rock band Anti Flag, who will release their tenth studio album. American Spring, via Spinefarm Records in May 2015, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their fourth album, The Terror State, which was released on October 21st, 2003, with Toronto-based punk band The Dying Arts, … Continue reading

Interview: Danko Jones Talks “Fire Music”, Indie Rock Pretense, and Nickelback Haters

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – D anko Jones is NOT – to repeat, NOT – embracing EDM, nor is he going for a more synth-ed out, free jazz, old school hip-hop or new wave approach. He hasn’t visited the French avant-garde underground scene and come back with a revolutionary new approach and he doesn’t think that his days … Continue reading

Photos: Fucked Up, Vag Halen, New Fries @ The Horseshoe Tavern

Photos by: Krystle Merrow –  Toronto-based punk band Fucked Up, who released their fourth album, Glass Boys, on June 3rd via Arts & Crafts/Matador Records, which features guest vocals by The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie, Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, and former Alexisonfire frontman George Pettit, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern on September 26th with Toronto-based feminist queer … Continue reading