Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Welsh heavy metal band Bullet For My Valentine, who released their fifth album, Venom, on August 14th, 2015, which was the band’s first album since the departure of bassist Jason “Jay” James, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Alexander Lam – Vancouver-based punk rock band Dead Soft, who released their newest song “I Believe You”, on May 5th, 2017, which followed up their 2015 single “The Wind” performed at the Garrison in Toronto during The Dirty Nil’s curated NXNE showcase with Toronto-based alt-rock band Secret Satanists, who released their newest album, A Very Sharp … Continue reading
Photos by: Nicole De Khors – Pop-Rock band Train, who released their tenth album, A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat, on January 27th, 2017 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Play That Song”, “Drink Up”, and “Lottery”, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night with pop-rock band O.A.R., who released their eighth album, The Rockville LP, on June 10th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Pop-Punk artist and motivational speaker Bif Naked, who released an acoustic album titled Bif Naked Forever: Acoustic Hits & Other Delights, on December 4th, 2012 via Warner Music Canada, which followed up her 2009 album, The Promise, performed at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie rock band Iduna, and Toronto-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Nicole De Khors – Canadian electropop/punk rock artist Peaches, who released her newest album, Rub, on September 25th, 2015, which featured the singles “Light in Places”, “Close Up” (featuring Kim Gordon), and “Dick in the Air”, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on June 19th during NXNE 2017 with future house artist Hey DW, whose influences … Continue reading
Photos by: Anton Mak – Toronto-based hip-hop artist Jazz Cartier, who released his second album, Hotel Paranoia, on February 1st, 2016, performed at Uniun Nightclub in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Orest Dorosh & Curtis Sindrey – Alessia Cara and Joe Jonas reigned Toronto last night as hosts of the 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, where Canadian DJ collective A Tribe Called Red took home their first ever hardware for Video of the Year (“R.E.D.”) and Best Director (“Stadium Pow Wow”, Kevan Funk). Meanwhile, hometown hip-hop sensation Drake won two … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Indie Rock band Chastity Belt, who released their third album, I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone, on June 2nd, 2017 via Hardly Art, which followed up their 2015 album, Time to Go Home, performed at the Great Hall in Toronto last night with spoken word artist Sneaks, who released their newest album, It’s a Myth, … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – To celebrate the upcoming release of their third studio album, Evolve, multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons held a pop-up shop and fan meet-and-greet in Toronto this afternoon (June 17). The pop-up shop will be open to the general public from Saturday, June 17 (10am to 9pm) to Sunday, June 18 (9am-5pm). … Continue reading
Photos by: Alexander Lam – Toronto-based punk-rock quartet The Flatliners, who released their newest album, Inviting Light, on April 7, 2017 via Rise Records, which followed up their 2016 Nerves EP, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Hamilton-based garage rock trio The Dirty Nil, who released their debut full-length album, Higher Power, on February 26th, 2016 via Dine Alone … Continue reading