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Photos: Billy Talent, Anti-Flag @ Sound Academy

Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Juno Award-winning punk rock quartet Billy Talent, who released their fourth studio album, Dead Silence, last September via Warner Bros. Records/Roadrunner, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night, with Pittsburgh-based punk-rock quartet Anti-Flag, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut self-titled album, which was released in September 2003 and it … Continue reading

Concert Review + Photos: The Darcys, Lowell @ Adelaide Hall

By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) – Toronto-based indie rockers The Darcys played an intimate show at Adelaide Hall last night to celebrate the release of their new album, Warring. Performing for just about an hour, The Darcys demonstrated how carefully they constructed this record so that it sounded good while listening to it at home, but it sounded even better in a live … Continue reading

Concert Review + Photos: Joe Satriani, Sit Down, Servant!! @ Massey Hall

By: Steve Danyleyko – Massey Hall once again welcomed iconic guitarist Joe Satriani for his “Unstoppable Momentum” world tour last night, in support of his fourteenth studio album of the same name that was released in May. This time round, Satriani surrounded himself with some fine talent, including Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) shifting between … Continue reading

Photos: Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, The Acacia Strain, Battlecross @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre

Photos by: Dakota King – Toronto was faced with gnarly metal fans last night as hardcore-thrash metal band Hatebreed, who released their sixth studio album, The Divinity of Purpose, in January via Razor & Tie, occupied the Phoenix Concert Theatre alongside Springfield, Massachussets’ Shadows Fall, Massachussets-based death metal band The Acacia Strain, and Canton, Michigan … Continue reading

Photos: Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Elsa @ The Horseshoe Tavern

Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Sonic Youth (who went on hiatus in 2011) co-founder Lee Ranaldo and his band The Dust performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night in support of their new album, Last Night on Earth, which was released on October 8th via Matador Records, with Toronto-based dream pop band Elsa. … Continue reading

Photos: The 2013 CASBY Awards @ Sound Academy

Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – 102.1 the Edge, celebrated the best of independent and alternative music in Canada at the Edge CASBY Music Awards last night at Sound Academy in Toronto, and after nationwide fan voting, the 2013 Edge CASBY Music Award winners were announced: Molson Canadian Favourite New Artist:        Walk Off The Earth Favourite New Single: … Continue reading

Photos: Surfer Blood, Team Spirit, Andy Boay @ Lee’s Palace

By: Dianna Lee – Florida-based indie rockers Surfer Blood, who released their second studio album, Pythons, back in June, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night in support of the album with Brooklyn-based rock-soul-indie-pop quartet Team Spirit and Andy Boay, who is also the guitar-playing half of the brother-duo Tonstartssbandht, and who’s style features vocal … Continue reading

Photos: Streetlight Manifesto, Dan Potthast @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre

Photos by: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – New Jersey-based ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto, who released their fifth studio album, The Hands That Thieve, back in April, their first album since 2007, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night as part of their “The End of the Beginning” tour which will serve as … Continue reading

Photos: Crystal Stilts, Zachary Cale @ The Horseshoe Tavern

Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Brooklyn-based post-punk quintet Crystal Stilts, who released their third studio album, Nature Noir, on September 17th via Sacred Bones Records, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with folk-rock singer-songwriter Zachary Cale, who released his fourth studio album, Blue Rider, on September 24th via All Hands Electric, and who originally hails … Continue reading

Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to Pup’s Album Release Show in Toronto + Vinyl Copy of Their New Album!

  Venue: Sneaky Dee’s Date: October 17th @ 8pm You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine Toronto on Twitter and tweet the following message: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @puptheband @thesneakydees + vinyl copy of their new album. Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT! http://bit.ly/18N7BGa Like our “Pup” post on Facebook and send us a message with your e-mail address included. Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with  “Pup” in … Continue reading