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By: Staff – Bestival announced its line-up this morning for its inaugural Toronto edition. The festival, which is set to take place from June 12th– 13th 2015 at Hanlan’s Point Beach, will feature Florence and the Machine, Nas, Flume, Caribou, Flosstradamus, Jamie Jones, Robin Schulz, and more. Bestival UK has been going strong for the past 12 years, … Continue reading
Photos by: Jon Wishart – Burlington-based post-hardcore band Silverstein, who will release their eighth album, I Am Alive In Everything I Touch, on May 15th, 2015 via Rise Records/New Damage Records, which features the single “A Midwestern State of Emergency”, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with Australian post-hardcore band Hands Like Houses, who … Continue reading
Photos by: Malcolm Cook – Juno Award-winning Vancouver-based indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, who released his fourth album, Club Meds, on January 13th, 2015 via Arts & Crafts, which features the singles “Vessels”, and “Mouthpiece”, and which is the first album to be released under the moniker Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Montreal-based psychedelic rock band Suuns, who released their second 2013 Polaris Music Prize longlisted album, Images Du Futur, on March 5th, 2013 via Secretly Canadian, which featured the songs “Edie’s Dream”, and “2020″, performed at The Garrison in Toronto last night with Chicago-based altrock band Disappears, who released their fourth album, Era, on … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof – S cott Helman is having a good year. Signed to Warner Music Canada, the label featured the Toronto-based singer-songwriter on its compilation album Sounds of the ‘80s. Helman’s cover of the Tom Waits rumbler “Jockey Full of Bourbon” follows on the heels of contributions from Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith. Not shabby company for the nineteen-year-old. “They asked me … Continue reading
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
