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By: Curtis Sindrey – Beloved Portland-based indie rock band The Decemberists returned to Toronto’s Sony Centre on May 30th. While the five-piece is best known for their folk-rock singalongs, the group’s new album, I’ll Be Your Girl, sees a band that has embraced New Order and Depeche Mode-influenced synths on new tracks like “Once In My Life”. What … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Indie Rock artist Johnny Marr, who will release his third solo album, Call The Comet, on June 15, 2018, performed at the Velvet Underground in Toronto last night (May 30th).
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – UK indie rock band The Kooks, who are expected to release their newest album, Let’s Go Sunshine, on August 31st, 2018, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on May 29th.
Photos by: David Scala – Review by: Curtis Sindrey – After nearly four decades of touring, and 12 studio albums, iconic heavy metal band Slayer are hanging up their pentagrams this year with the final date of their “farewell tour” set for December 8th in Helsinki, Finland. During a blistering 19-song set, Tom Araya and co. shredded through iconic … Continue reading
By: Gilles LeBlanc – Billie Joe Armstrong has been punk’s poster boy for the past 25 years. He’s also been unfairly accused of being a sellout for just as long. How many rockstars can boast about having multiple Grammy AND Tony Awards to their name, not to mention a version of the Rock Band video game? … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – The 2018 CBC Music Festival took place at Echo Beach in Toronto last night (May 26th), and featured performances by Toronto-based indie rock band July Talk, who released their second album, Touch, on September 9th, 2016 via Sleepless Records, JUNO Award-nominated, British Columbia-based indie rock band Yukon Blonde, Juno Award-winning, Polaris Music Prize-nominated electronic … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Pop-punk band New Found Glory, who released their ninth album, Makes Me Sick, on April 28th, 2017 via Hopeless, which featured the singles “Happy Being Miserable”, “Party on Apocalypse”, and “The Sound of Two Voices”, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night (May 27th) with Queens, New York-based punk rock band Bayside, New … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – Hip-Hop artist Nav, who released his debut album, Reckless, on May 18th, 2018 via XO/Republic, which featured the singles “Wanted You”, and “Freshman List”, and which features guest appearances from Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, Travis Scott, and Gunna, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night (May 21st) with Toronto-based hip-hop duo 88glam, who … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody – Scottish electropop band CHVRCHES, who will release their third album, Love Is Dead, on May 25th, 2018 via Glassnote, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (May 19th).
Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Folk-Rock singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff, who released his newest album, Tearing at the Seams, in March 2018 via Stax Records, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night (May 18th).
