Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Toronto-based pop duo Prozzak, who are best known for the string of early-2000s hits including “Sucks To Be You”, “Strange Disease”, “Europa”, and “www.nevergetoveryou”, and who, following their 2015 reunion, released two new songs “Baby I Need Your Love (Pussy Cat Pussy Cat)” , and “Love Fools Anonymous”, performed at The Danforth Music … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Los Angeles-based jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington, who released his debut album, The Epic, on May 5th, 2016 via Brainfeeder, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night as part of NXNE 2016.
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@AngelMarchini) – Indie rock band The Kills, who will release their fifth album, Ash & Ice, on June 3rd via Domino, which will feature the singles “Doing It to Death”, and “Heart of a Dog”, and which follows up their 2011 album, Blood Pressures, which featured the singles “Satellite”, “Future Starts Slow”, “Baby Says”, and “The Last Goodbye”, performed at … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Canadian DJ/Producer Kaytranada, who released his debut album, 99.9%, on May 6th, 2016 via XL, which featured guest appearances by Anderson Paak, Vic Mensa, Little Dragon, Syd, Craig David, AlunaGeorge, and BadBadNotGood, and which featured the singles “Leave Me Alone” featuring Shay Lia, “Drive Me Crazy” featuring Vic Mensa, “Bus Ride”, and “Glowed Up” featuring Anderson Paak, performed at … Continue reading
Photos by: Staff – Piano pop singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who released his newest album, So There, on September 11th, 2015 via New West Records, which features eight chamber pop songs and one piano concerto performed with the Nashville Symphony, and which followed up his 2013 live album with Ben Folds Five entitled Live, which included a compilation of live recordings taken during the band’s … Continue reading
Photos by: David Scala – Pop singer-songwriter Royal Wood, who released his newest album, Ghost Light, on April 22nd, 2016, which featured the singles “Long Way Out”, and “Good To Be Young” performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Synthpop singer-songwriter Lights, who released her fourth album, Midnight Machines, on April 8th, 2016, which includes six acoustic renditions along with two new songs, and which followed up her 2014 album, Little Machines, which featured the singles “Up We Go”, and “Running with the Boys”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Hopsin, who released his fourth album, Pound Syndrome, on July 24th, 2015 via Funk Volume/Warner Bros., which featured the singles “Ill Mind of Hopsin 7”, “Crown Me”, “Fly”, and “Fort Collins”, and which followed up his 2013 album, Knock Madness, which featured guest appearances by SwizZz, Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton, and Tech N9ne, among others, performed … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Hip-hop artist Yelawolf, who released his second album, Love Story, on April 21st, 2015 via Interscope, which featured the singles “Box Chevy V”, “Till It’s Gone”, “Whiskey in a Bottle”, “American You” and “Best Friend” featuring Eminem, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Canadian pop-rock singer-songwriter … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – UK post-punk band Savages, who released their second album, Adore Life, on January 22nd, 2016 via Matador, which followed their 2013 debut album, Silence Yourself, which received a nomination for the 2013 Mercury Prize, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based experimental/punk singer-songwriter Angus Tarnawsky, who released his debut EP … Continue reading