By: Staff – NXNE just announced the first wave of their 2015 line-up. The Toronto staple, which is in its 21st year, will feature Queens, New York rapper Action Bronson, Vancouver indie rockers The New Pornographers, Mississippi hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, Los Angeles surf pop duo Best Coast, New Jersey indie rock band Real Estate, Los … Continue reading
We’re giving away 2 tickets to ex-My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero in Toronto on Feb. 25th! Date: Feb. 25 | 7pm Venue: Hard Luck (772 Dundas St. W) You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: (19+) Win 2 Tix to @FrankIero in … Continue reading
Photos by: Rick Clifford – Grammy-nominated and Juno award-winning Canadian hard rock band Nickelback, who released their eighth album, No Fixed Address, on November 14th, 2014 via Republic Records, which spawned the singles “Edge of a Revolution”, “What Are You Waiting For?”, “Million Miles an Hour”, and “Miss You”, performed at the Air Canada Centre in … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – South African alternative rock/kwaito band Kongos, who released their second album, Lunatic, on December 28th, 2012, with a re-release on February 25th, 2014, which features the singles “I’m Only Joking”, “Come With Me Now”, and “I Want to Know”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based indie pop … Continue reading
Photos by: Julian Avram – Toronto-based jazz trio BadBadNotGood, who released a new collaborative album with Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah called Sour Soul (out Feb. 24th via eOne Music Canada), which follows their third album III (May 6th, 2014) via Innovative Leisure/Pirates Blend, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize, performed at The … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – UK alt rock band Bush, who released their sixth album, Man on the Run, on October 21st, 2014 via Zuma Rock Records, performed at the Sound Academy in Toronto last night with British Columbia-based hard rock band Theory of a Deadman, who released their fifth album, Savages, on July 29th, 2014 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Wong – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania-based indie rock band The Districts, who released their new self-titled EP on January 28th, 2014, which follows their self-released 2012 album Telephone, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with New Jersey-based psych-folk-rock band Pine Barons, who released their self-titled debut album on March 16th, 2013, … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Toronto-based pop-punk band School Damage, who released their third EP, Straight D’s, on September 23rd, 2014, hit Noble Street Studios in downtown Toronto this afternoon as part of Converse’s fifth Converse Rubber Tracks “pop-up” studio. Since its 2011 launch in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, Converse Rubber Tracks has provided over 800 emerging artists the opportunity … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – New Zealand-based pop singer-songwriter Brooke Fraser, who released her fourth album, Brutal Romantic, on November 18th, 2014 via Vagrant, which follows her 2010 album Flags, which featured the singles “Something in the Water”, “Betty”, and “Coachella”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with alternative rock band Dark … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Lorenzetti – UK progressive trance trio Above and Beyond, who released their fourth album, We Are All We Need, on January 16th, 2015 via Anjunabeats, performed at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto on February 15th with UK progressive trance DJ/Producer Mat Zo, who released his debut album, Damage Control, on November 5th, 2013 … Continue reading