Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Irish indie rock-blues-soul singer-songwriter Hozier, who released his eponymous debut album on September 19th, 2014 via Rubyworks/Island, which debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 8,800 copies in its first week, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with UK indie pop-soul singer-songwriter James Bay, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Ferenc Cabarle – Scottish indie rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks, who released their third album, Unravelling, on October 6th, 2014 via FatCat Records, which serves as the the follow-up to their 2011 album In the Pit of the Stomach, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Scottish indie rock band The … Continue reading
Photos by: Chris Tanouye – UK pop-rock band You Me At Six, who released their fourth album, Cavalier Youth, on January 27th, 2014 via Virgin/Prospect Park, which was produced by Neal Avron (Linkin Park, Switchfoot, New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy, Weezer), performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Stars In Stereo, who released their eponymous album, Stars … Continue reading
Photos by: Alex Richler – South African metal band Seether, who released their sixth ablum, Isolate and Medicate, on July 1st, 2014 via The Bicycle Music Company, which features the singles “Words As Weapons”, and “Same Damn Life”, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night in support of the album with London, ON and Oshawa, … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Pascucci – Swedish electropop singer-songwriter Tove Lo, who released her debut album, Queen of the Clouds, which spawned the singles “Habits (Stay High”, and “Not on Drugs”, and serves as a follow-up to her EP Truth Serum (out March 4th, 2014 via Universal), performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre last night with indie rock duo Linus … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Anaheim, California-based hard rock band Buckcherry, who released their new EP, Fuck, on August 19th, 2014, which features a cover of Icona Pop’s “I Love It (I Don’t Care)” and their newest LP, Confessions, on Feburary 19th, 2013, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Imagine a dense forest at night, alone with thoughts of sadness in front of the roaring bonfire. Nobody’s coming, and there’s only sheer, unyielding solitude. This would be the ideal scenario for the words and melodies of Kurt Vile. Hundreds of fans crammed into Toronto’s sweltering, sold-out Phoenix Concert Theatre to watch … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – North Carolina-based progressive metal quintet Between The Buried And Me, who released their sixth album, The Parallax II: Future Sequence, which is a continuation of their 2011 EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues, on October 9th, 2013 via Metal Blade, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Austin, Texas-based psychedelic rock quintet The Black Angels, who released their fourth album, Indigo Meadow, on April 2nd, 2013, via Blue Horizon Ventures, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Austin, Texas-based psychedelic rock singer-songwriter Roky Erickson, who released his first album of new material in 14 years … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Swedish garage rock quintet The Hives, who opened for Pink during her “Truth About Love” tour at Air Canada Centre on Saturday night, and who released their fifth album, Lex Hives, last June via Disque Hives, were back at it once again on Sunday night when they performed a more intimate show … Continue reading