Photos by: Justin Roth – Day two of Camp Wavelength 2016 on Toronto Island on August 20th featured performances by Ohio-based indie rock band Cloud Nothings, who released their fourth album, Here and Nowhere Else, on April 1st, 2014 via Carpark Records/Wichita Recordings, which was was produced and mixed by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, R. Kelly, David Byrne), Toronto-based punk surf-industrial-gaze … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Day three of Camp Wavelength 2016 on Toronto Island on August 21st featured performances by Vancouver-based synthpop quintet Young Galaxy, who released their fifth album, Falsework, on October 30th, 2015 via Paper Bag Records, which followed up their Polaris Music Prize short-listed album, Ultramarine, which was produced by Dan Lissvik (Studio, Atelje, Taken By Trees, Lake Heartbeat), and who commissioned Scotiabank Giller Prize winning … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Day one of Camp Wavelength 2016 on Toronto Island on August 19th featured performances by electronic rock band Operators, which features Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs/Divine Fits member Dan Boeckner, and who released their debut album, Blue Wave, on April 1st, 2016 via Last Gang Records, which followed up their 2014 EP, EP1, Montreal-based band Jef Elise Barbara’s Black Space, Toronto-based “Electro-organic dream … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Pop-punk kings Blink-182 returned to the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night on the heels of their new studio album, California, their first LP without founding member Tom Delonge. If you were expecting juvenile back-and-forth banter between vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus and new member, vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba, similar to the trio’s 2000 live album, … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – Pop-Punk band Blink-182, who released their seventh album, California, on July 1st, 2016 via BMG, which serves as their first album to feature vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba, who replaced former member Tom DeLonge, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night. Check out our review here.
Photos by: Joshua Qubti-Andrews – New York City-based hip-hop artist Fat Joe, who released his newest single, “Cookin”, on August 3rd, 2016, which followed up his platinum-selling single “All The Way Up”, which serves as Fat Joe’s first top 40 hit since his 2007’s “I Won’t Tell”, performed at the Cabana Pool Bar in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – The 2016 Mad Decent Block Party took over Fort York in Toronto last night with performances by DJ/Producer and Mad Decent founder Diplo, house music DJ/Producer Marshmello, who has remixed songs by artists like Calvin Harris, Zedd, Ariana Grande, Avicii, Justin Bieber, Adele, and Duke Dumont, EDM group NGHTMRE X Slander, DJ/Producer Grandtheft, Chicago-based electro house … Continue reading
Photos by: Jon Wishart – Heavy metal band Sevendust, who released their tenth album, Kill The Flaw, on October 2nd, 2015 via Asylum, which featured the singles “Thank You”, “Death Dance”, performed at the Opera House in Toronto on August 17th with hard rock band Crobot, who will release their second album, Welcome to Fat City, on September 23rd, and hard rock … Continue reading
By: Lucy Sky – T he 1960’s was the golden age of mainstream rock and roll, and with the rise of legendary bands like The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones, retired Capitol Records executive Paul White was at the centre of a cultural revolution. August 17th marked the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ final Toronto concert, which … Continue reading
Photos by: Mike Fowler – Toronto-based indie rock band July Talk, who will release their second album, Touch, on September 9th via Sleepless Records, which will feature the single “Push + Pull”, and which will follow up their 2012 self-titled debut album, performed at the 102.1 The Edge studio in Toronto last night.