Photos by: Katrina Lat – UK synthpop/R&B singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, who is expected to release her self-titled debut album on June 2nd, which will feature the singles “New Love”, “Be the One”, “Last Dance”, “Hotter than Hell”, and “Blow Your Mind (Mwah)”, and which will feature production by Zedd, Verse Simmonds (Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Fifth Harmony), among others, performed at the Mod … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – UK Acoustic Folk singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich, who released his second album, After the Rain, on August 19th, 2016 via Dirty Hit, which followed up his 2012 EP, In the Open, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with indie rock singer-songwriter Brolly, whose influences range from Bon Iver, Coldplay and Sigur Ros, and singer-songwriter Megan Bonnell, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – Vancouver-based rapper SonReal, who released their newest EP, The Name, in 2016, which followed up his 2015 EP, For The Town, and who has been nominated for two Juno Awards (2003 Rap Recording of the Year for “The Closers”, and 2004 Rap Recording of the Year for “Everywhere We Go”, along with two MMVAs including … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Wong – UK electronic/soul artist Sampha, who released his debut album, Process, on February 3rd, 2017 via Young Turks, which featured the singles “Timmy’s Prayer”, “Blood on Me”, and “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano”, and who is best known widely for his collaborative work with SBTRKT, Jessie Ware, Drake, Kanye West, Solange, Koreless, Lil Silva, Katy B and others, performed at the Mod … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – UK alt-rock/pop singer-songwriter Banners, who released his self-titled debut EP on January 15th, 2016 via Island, which was produced by Stephen Kozmeniuk (Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Nelly Furtado), performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with Brooklyn, New York City-based indie pop singer-songwriter Tor Miller, who released his debut album, American English, on September … Continue reading
Photos by: Mike Nguyen – Los Angeles-based rapper Dumbfoundead, who released his newest album, We Might Die, on November 10th, 2016, which featured production by Stereotypes, brandUn DeShay, Harley Mac, King Kanobby, Two Fresh, Getter, and Josh Pan, and which followed up his 2013 album, Old Boy Jon, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with hip-hop duo Year of … Continue reading
Photos by: Jessie Lau – Acoustic Pop singer-songwriter Kina Grannis, who released her newest album, Elements, on May 6th, 2014, which was produced by Matt Hales (a.k.a. Aqualung), and which followed up her 2010 album, Stairwells, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Imaginary Future, who released his newest album, Sunlight, on March 24th, 2015, which … Continue reading
Photos by: Brendan Albert – UK singer-songwriter Tom Chaplin, who is best known as the frontman of Grammy-nominated alt-rock band Keane, and who released his debut solo album, The Wave, on October 14th, 2016 via Island, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@AngelMarchini) – Toronto-based synthpop band Austra, who released their newest album, Future Politics, on January 20th, 2016 via Pink Fizz Records, which featured the single “Utopia”, and which followed up their 2013 album, Olympia, which spawned the singles “Home”, and “Painful Like”, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with Toronto-based dark pop artist Lido Pimienta. … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Toronto-based indie rock band Tokyo Police Club, who released their new EP, Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness, on April 8th, 2016 via Dine Alone Records, performed the first of three nights at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with soft rock singer Your Boy Tony Braxton (aka Shad), who released his debut … Continue reading