Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Grammy Winner Emmylou Harris, Grammy Winner, and former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, JUNO nominee Ron Sexsmith, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, and The Milk Carton Kids performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night as part of the Lampedusa concert series to raise awareness of the unprecedented worldwide refugee crisis.
Photos by: Adam Horton – Hip-Hop supergroup La Coka Nostra, which consists of Ill Bill (Non Phixion, Heavy Metal Kings), Slaine (Special Teamz), DJ Lethal (House of Pain, Limp Bizkit), and Danny Boy (House of Pain), who is expected to release their new album, To Thine Own Self Be True, on November 4th, performed at the Rockpile West in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – The Wayhome Music Festival held a screening of their 2016 aftermovie at Adelaide Hall in Toronto last night, which also featured a DJ set by DJ Windows 98 (aka Win Butler of Grammy-winning alt-rock band Arcade Fire).
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Toronto-based synthpop band Crystal Castles, who released their fourth album, Amnesty (I), on August 19th, 2016 via Fiction Records/Casablanca Records, which featured the singles “Frail”, “Concrete”, “Char”, and “Fleece”, which serves as both the band’s first album since the 2014 departure of ex-frontwoman Alice Glass, and their first new album since 2012’s III, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto … Continue reading
By: Elaisha Green (@elaishajade) – A grand piano sat centre stage as the air thickened in anticipation. UK indie pop singer-songwriter Tom Odell appeared promptly on stage in Toronto’s Mod Club last night and seated himself at the piano bench. “Still Getting Used to Being on My Own”, swelled throughout the venue above the audience’s cheers, as … Continue reading
Photos by: Shahnoor Ijaz – UK-based indie pop singer-songwriter Tom Odell, who released his second album, Wrong Crowd, on June 10th, 2016 via RCA, which featured the singles “Wrong Crowd”, “Magnetized”, “Here I Am”, and “Concrete”, and which followed up his 2013 debut studio album, Long Way Down, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with UK folk-pop singer-songwriter … Continue reading
Photos by: Brendan Albert – South Carolina-based folk duo Shovels And Rope, who released their fifth album, Little Seeds, on October 7th, 2016, which followed up their 2015 album, Busted Jukebox Vol. 1, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with alt-country singer-songwriter Matthew Logan Vasquez, who released his newest album, Solicitor Returns, on February 9th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive, who released their fifth album, Ire, on September 25th, 2015 via Epitaph, which featured the singles “Vice Grip”, “Crushed”, “The Sound of Violence”, “Devil’s Calling”, and “Bottom Feeder”, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with post-hardcore band We Came As Romans, who released their self-titled fourth album on July … Continue reading
Photos by: Andrew Hartl – South African alt-rock band Kongos, who released their third album, Egomaniac, on June 10th, 2016 via Epic, which followed up their 2012 album, Lunatic, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Welsh alt-rock band The Joy Formidable, who released their third album, Hitch, on March 25th, 2015 via Caroline, … Continue reading
Photos by: Mike Fowler – UK pop-soul singer-songwriter Rick Astley, who released his eighth album, 50, on June 10th, 2016 via BMG, which serves as his first studio album in more than 10 years, following 2005’s Portrait, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.