By: Staff – Toronto-based pop band The Holy Gasp is back with their new single “Simple Pleasures”, which you can stream exclusively on Aesthetic Magazine below. “I wrote “Simple Pleasures” drunk as a goddamn sailor in the back of a cab after my brother’s wedding,” says frontman Benjamin Hackman. “It was in the wee hours … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – UK indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, who released their sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, on May 11th, 2018 via Domino, performed at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto last night (August 5th).
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Review by: Curtis Sindrey – The National performed at Toronto’s Fort York last night in what can best be described as a mini music festival. Joined by opener, Father John Misty, and Jenny Lewis, the Brooklyn-based indie rockers took the crowd on a 20-song journey with songs that pierced through the late-summer air and … Continue reading
Photos by: Andrei Chlytchkov – Pop/Rock artist David Byrne, who released his eleventh album, American Utopia, on March 9th, 2018 via Nonesuch, performed at Sony Centre in Toronto last night (Aug. 3rd).
By: Staff – To celebrate the release of Toronto-based R&B singer/songwriter Conrad The Third’s new single “Get You Alone”, we enlisted him to curate an exclusive “Song I Wish I Had Written” Spotify playlist, which you can stream below! “Get You Alone” is the lead single off of Conrads’ debut album Calm Waters. Born to a family … Continue reading
By: Staff – Regular Unconscious, the sophomore full-length from Toronto artist Cares, is an album of emotional electronics processing a fractured reality. Stressful ambience. The mood shifts between frantic and serene, finding catharsis and energy in exorcising the overload of contemporary life. Stream it exclusively on Aesthetic Magazine below! Regular Unconscious is inspired by subconscious states, late … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Synthpop duo Sylvan Esso, who released their second album, What Now, on April 28, 2017 via Loma Vista Recordings, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (July 31st).
Photos by: Jenna Hum – Pop artist St. Vincent, who released her fifth album, Masseduction, on October 13th, 2017 via Loma Vista, performed at the Sony Centre in Toronto last night (July 31st).
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – UK synthpop artist Dua Lipa, who released her self-titled debut album on June 2nd, 2017 via Warner Bros., which featured the singles “Be the One”, “Last Dance”, “Hotter than Hell”, “Blow Your Mind (Mwah)”, “Lost in Your Light”, “New Rules”, “Homesick”, and “IDGAF”, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night (July 30th) with Canadian synthpop artist Allie X, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Joanna Glezakos – Review by: Adam Harrison – Fifteen years ago, Evanescence brought gothic rock into the spotlight. Now the band is back and spicing things up again – all grown up, reinvented, and touring with a 30+ person orchestra as part of their backup band. It’s not the first time a hard rock or heavy metal … Continue reading