By: Staff – To celebrate the release of Toronto-based indie artist Lo Lo’s debut EP, Sweater Collection, the rising singer-songwriter curated a playlist of the tracks that helped inspire her songwriting for the EP. “Complicated” – Avril Lavigne “Hey There Delilah” – Plain White Tees “Run Every Time” – Gavin DeGraw “This Boy” – James Morrison “Dreaming With … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Indie pop band Passion Pit, who self-released their fourth album, Tremendous Sea of Love, on March 24th, 2017, which followed up their 2015 album, Kindred, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (May 17th) with Toronto-based surf rock quartet The Elwins, who released their third album, Beauty Community, on October 13th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Jenna Hum – Pop/R&B singer-songwriter Alessia Cara, who released her second album, The Pains of Growing, on November 30th, 2018 via Def Jam, performed at Sony Centre in Toronto last night (May 17th).
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – UK singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, who released her newest album, Sparks, on August 18th, 2014 via RCA, performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto last night (May 16th).
By: Jessica Nakamoto – For 21-year-old singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Isaiah Steinberg, art and storytelling have always gone hand-in-hand. Yet it wasn’t until his mother’s passing that the young Canadian began to put pen to paper and utilize lyrics as an emotional outlet and platform from which to document stories of his own. Finding solace in song, … Continue reading
By: Staff – In a new feature to Aesthetic Magazine, we are proud to announce that we are the new presenting partner for Toronto-based podcast Teenage Dirtbagz. Your hosts, Maddie and Carley are just two teenagers in their twenties who are on a quest to watch and dissect the most iconic high school movies of all … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Heavy Metal band Black Label Society, who released their newest album, Grimmest Hits, on January 19th, 2018 via eOne, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night (May 14th).
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – On May 13th, the Prism Prize announced that director Kevan Funk won the Grand Prize of the 2019 Prism Prize for Belle Game’s music video for “Low.” Funk was on hand to accept the Prism Prize trophy and $15,000 award at the Prism Prize Awards Presentation at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Hard Rock band Halestorm, who released their newest album, Vicious, on July 27th, 2018 via Atlantic, which featured the singles “Uncomfortable”, “Do Not Disturb”, and “Vicious”, and which was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Korn, Rise Against, Alice In Chains, Deftones), performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (May 13th) with Las … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Harris – Chicago-based pop-punk band Knuckle Puck, who released their newest album, Shapeshifter, on October 13th, 2017 via Rise, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night (May 12th).