Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Toronto-based hip-hop artist Jazz Cartier, who released his debut album, Marauding in Paradise, on April 15th, 2015, which received a long-list nomination for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Seattle-based indie folk band Hey Marseilles, who will release their new self-titled album on February 5th via Shanachie Ent. Corp, which will follow up their 2013 album, Lines We Trace, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with Minneapolis-based indie rock band Bad Bad Hats, who released their newest album, Psychic Reader, … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Brooklyn-based indie pop band Wet, who released their debut album, Don’t You, on January 29th, 2016 via Columbia, which followed up their 2014 self-titled debut EP, performed at The Garrison in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – The JUNO Awards held a press conference at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto this morning to announce its 2016 nominees; the winners being announced during the JUNO Awards ceremony in Calgary on April 3rd. Several 2016 nominees including Young Empires, The Elwins, The Sheepdogs, Diemonds, and Whitehorse appeared at the event, and Toronto-based singer-songwriter Scott … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Acclaimed Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren, who released his sixth album, Embrace, on October 29th, 2015 via Armada, which features Cosmic Gate, Gavin DeGraw, Hardwell, Eric Vloeimans and Mr. Probz, and which followed up his 2013 album, Intense, performed at the Enercare Centre in Toronto last night with trance DJ/Producer Andrew Rayel, trance DJ/Producer Orjan Nilsen, and UK trance … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Winnipeg-based alt rock band The Watchmen, who are best known for their string of successful mid-to-late-1990s albums including: McLaren Furnace Room, Silent Radar, and Silent Radar, and whose newest album is 2001’s Slomotion, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Toronto-based band East of Avenue, who released their self-titled debut EP on August 28th, 2015 … Continue reading
Photos by: Mashal Khan – Toronto-based indie noise rock band Greys, who released their debut album, If Anything, on June 17th, 2014, an who released their newest EP, Repulsion, on October 30th, 2015 via Buzz Records, performed at the Smiling Buddha in Toronto last night as part of the two-night concert series celebrating the 1.5 year … Continue reading
Photos by: Mike Fowler – Toronto-based singer-songwriter Jordan B. Wright, who has played with various bands on recordings, tours and festivals including Midem in Cannes, Canadian Music Week, NXNE, Hillside Music Festival, Pan Am Games Closing at Nathan Phillips Square, celebrated the release of the new album, Everything Blue, which features talent such as Morgan Doctor (Andy Kim, Chantel … Continue reading
Photos by: Katrina Lat – Texas-based synthpop band Neon Indian, who released their third album, VEGA INTL. Night School, on October 16th, 2015 via Mom + Pop, which followed up their 2013 EP, Errata Anex, which is an anagram of Era Extraña, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with New York-based synthpop singer-songwriter Computer Magic, who released her … Continue reading
Photos by: Anthony D’Elia – Montreal-based EDM trio Black Tiger Sex Machine, who are known for their heavy electro sound and post-apocalyptic visuals, and who draw from diverse influences ranging from old-school techno to classic rock to 90s boom bap hip-hop, and who launched Kannibalen Records, whose roster includes Kai Wachi, Apashe, Snails & Dabin, performed at The … Continue reading