Photos by: Katrina Lat – Canadian hard rock band Cleopatrick, who released their newest album, Fake Moon, on March 14th, 2025 via Nowhere Special Recordings, which featured the singles “Hammer”, “Please”, and “Bad Guy”, performed at History in Toronto last night (Dec. 4th) with Toronto-based punk rock band The OBGMs, who released their newest album, Sorry, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – JUNO Award-winning punk rock quartet Billy Talent, who released their sixth album, Crisis of Faith, on January 21st, 2022 via Spinefarm, which followed up their 2016 album, Afraid of Heights, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night (July 8th) with hip-hop group Cypress Hill, who released their newest album, Back In … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey – Festival De Musique Émergente (FME) held its 2021 edition in the small city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec from Sept. 2-5 at various venues, and featured performances by Toronto-based punk trio The OBGMs, who released their new album, The Ends, on October 30, 2020 via Black Box, which was mixed by Grammy and Juno award winning Dave … Continue reading
By: Freda Looker – Toronto’s The OBGMs are paving a new wave for the punk and rock scene since their first self-titled album in back in 2017 with outstanding tracks like “Torpedo” and “Beat Up Kidz”. The OBGMs are known for breaking genre barriers, and crafting their own unique sound. Densil McFarlane, the group’s lyricist, focuses … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto punk trio The OBGMs will release their new album The Ends on October 30 via Black Box. The record was mixed by Grammy and Juno award winning Dave Schiffman (Trash Talk, PUP, Rage Against The Machine). Vocalist/guitarist Densil McFarlane says it how it is: “This album is about death, wanting to die, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Toronto-based garage rock/punk band The OBGMs, who released their self-titled debut full-length album on September 12th, 2014, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie rock band Stuck On Planet Earth, who released a pair of new singles this year including “We’d Kill The World”, and “Use Me”, and … Continue reading
We’re giving away 2 tickets to The OBGMs in Toronto! Date: December 19th – Doors: 6:30pm – Show: 7pm Venue: The Mod Club You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @theobgms in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | https://t.co/tMwPjNOyKE … Continue reading
Photos by: Mark Horton, Scott Penner, & Danyca MacDonald – Iconic Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo, who released their thirteenth album, In Our Nature, on October 29th, 2013 via Warner Music Canada, which is certified gold in Canada, performed at Ottawa Bluesfest 2015 on July 12th, along with hip-hop/pop singer CeeLo Green, who is slated to … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Right now, scores of Canadians are discovering The oOohh Baby Gimme Mores (The OBGMs) for themselves in a very non-traditional way. Not through club crawls or on the festival scene, but through a new Budweiser ad that entirely flips the tables of the rock and roll narrative. Thinking they were part of an indie documentary, the … Continue reading