Photos by: Justin Roth – Frontman for Mercury Prize-winning UK indie rock band Gomez, who released their seventh album, Whatever’s On Your Mind, on June 3rd, 2011 via The End Records, Ben Ottewell, who released his second solo album, Rattlebag, last year via Tarka Records, performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto last night with Toronto-by-way-of-Sarnia … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based electronic rock band Delta Will, who performed at this year’s Wavelength Music Festival, where they covered the songs of Caribou, and who released their newest EP, It All Glows, on October 22nd, 2013, performed at The Painted Lady in Toronto on March 22nd with Toronto-based folk-blues band Whitebrow, who released … Continue reading
Date: April 9th | Doors: 7pm Venue: The Danforth Music Hall You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 Tickets to @thecatempire in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | http://t.co/BaK0rdvhfz pic.twitter.com/VySoak7DvY — Aesthetic Magazine (@Aesthetic_Mag) March 23, 2015 Like our “The Cat … Continue reading
Photos by: Dawn Hamilton – Rock/pop/hip-hop singer-songwriter Mat Kearney, who released his fifth album, Just Kids, on February 24th, 2015 via Aware/Republic Records, which spawned the singles “Heartbeat”, “One Heart”, and “Billions”, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night with Virginia-based pop-rock band Parachute, who released their third album, Overnight, on August 13th, … Continue reading
Date: April 7 | Doors: 8pm Venue: Phoenix Concert Theatre You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and retweet the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @okgo in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | http://t.co/OmdV4rRxZh pic.twitter.com/OInZzzG9WL — Aesthetic Magazine (@Aesthetic_Mag) March 23, 2015 Like our “OK … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Stockholm-based DJ duo Dada Life, who released their second album, The Rules of Dada, on October 16th, 2012 via So Much Dada/Universal, which spawned four singles including, “Kick Out The Epic Motherfucker”, “Feed The Dada”, and “So Young, So High”, performed at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto last night with MAKJ, LOUDPVCK, … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Acclaimed punk rock band Pennywise, who released their eleventh album, Yesterdays, on July 15th, 2014 via Epitaph, which is the first album to feature lead singer Jim Lindberg since his 2009 departure, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Wyoming-based punk rock band Teenage Bottlerocket, who will release their sixth … Continue reading
By: Daniel Melfi – Recently, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds treated post-punk fans of the late-‘90s to more of what they craved most – Oasis, or the next best thing, Noel Gallagher’s new solo album Chasing Yesterday. The cast has not changed much from the debut album, still featuring former Oasis session pianist Mike Rowe, alongside Jeremy and Paul Stacey … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – New Zealand-based electropop duo Broods, who released their debut album, Evergreen, on August 22nd, 2014 via Island/Polydor, which was produced by Joel Little (Lorde, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding), and featured the singles “Mother & Father”, “L.A.F.”, and “Four Walls”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Swedish … Continue reading
By: Heather Murphy – Last year, Toronto rockers Sumo Cyco unleashed their debut full length album Lost in Cyco City. This year, Sever (formerly solo artist Skye Sweetnam), lead guitarist Matt ‘MD’ Drake, bassist Ken ‘THOR’ Corke, and drummer Andy ‘THE WOLF’ Joseph are ready to take on the world. They’re about to tour in support of the European release of their debut album this spring, and … Continue reading