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Photos by: Mike Fowler | Review by: Elaisha Green (@elaishajade) – As the sound of the synth swelled, a roaring crowd welcomed trip-hop duo Phantogram to the stage. A distorted 808 and live drums thundered through the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night as Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel took the stage. With a translucent sheet that … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – French synthpop band M83, who released their seventh album, Junk, on April 8th, 2016 via Mute, which featured the singles “Do It, Try It”, “Solitude”, and “Go!”, performed at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto last night with UK synthpop artist Shura, who released her debut album, Nothing’s Real, on July 8th, 2016 via Polydor, which featured … Continue reading
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Toronto-based synthpop band Crystal Castles, who released their fourth album, Amnesty (I), on August 19th, 2016 via Fiction Records/Casablanca Records, which featured the singles “Frail”, “Concrete”, “Char”, and “Fleece”, which serves as both the band’s first album since the 2014 departure of ex-frontwoman Alice Glass, and their first new album since 2012’s III, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – French synthpop singer-songwriter Christine and the Queens, who released her new EP, Saint Claude, on April 14th, 2015 via Because Records, which follows up her 2014 debut album, Chaleur Humaine, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Cody Osen – South African-born-New York-based indie pop artist St. Lucia, who released his second album, Matter, on January 29th, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Dancing on Glass”, “Physical”, and “Love Somebody”, and which followed up his 2013 debut LP, When The Night, performed at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville last night … Continue reading
By: Staff – After a period of chart-topping collaborations, Canadian electro-pop trio Dragonette have announced their new album, Royal Blues. The album, which will feature the airy, joyous new single “Lonely Heart“, is a collection of 13 songs, updating the classic hooks-plus-electronics pairing that Dragonette are known for with new sounds and new collaborators. It will be released worldwide on November 11th. … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Brooklyn-based synthpop duo Chairlift, who released their third album, Moth, on January 22nd, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Ch-Ching”, and “Romeo”, and which followed up their 2012 album, Something, which serves as the band’s first album since founding member Aaron Pfenning left the band in 2010, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – UK synthpop singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding, who released her third album, Delirium, on November 6th, 2015 via Polydor, which spawned three singles: “On My Mind”, “Army” and “Something in the Way You Move”, performed at Rogers Arena in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: David Scala – Australian synthpop band Bag Raiders, who released their self-titled debut album on October 1st, 2010 via Modular, and who has remixed artists like Cut Copy, The Ting Tings, Banks, ZZZ, Super Mal, K.I.M., Midnight Juggernauts, Muscles, Kid Sister, and Lost Valentinos, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night with Australian … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Vancouver-based synthpop quintet Young Galaxy, who released their fifth album, Falsework, on October 30th, 2015 via Paper Bag Records, which followed up their Polaris Music Prize short-listed album, Ultramarine, which was produced by Dan Lissvik (Studio, Atelje, Taken By Trees, Lake Heartbeat), and who commissioned Scotiabank Giller Prize winning novelist/blogger/journalist Sean Michaels to write a story that would work as a … Continue reading
