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Photos by: Neil Van – 2-time 2013 BRIT Award winner Ben Howard, who performed at 2013 Glastonbury festival on the Pyramid Stage, and who released his critically acclaimed and 2012 Mercury Prize-nominated debut album, Every Kingdom, in 2011, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto on Thursday night with New York City-based singer-songwriter Willy Mason, who will … Continue reading
By: Chiara DiAngelo (@chiarabella) – Celebrating twenty years as a band, the lads of Arizona pop-punk quartet Jimmy Eat World are getting on in years now, but right from the get-go, it was obvious that they’ve still got it. Light nostalgia, the band’s set focused on their multiple albums released throughout the mid- to late-2000’s (i.e. post-Bleed American). Still … Continue reading
By: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Toronto got “Radioactive” Monday night as Las Vegas-based indie rockers Imagine Dragons lit up Echo Beach. The band has come a long way in just a year and one album, now playing to a sold out crowd of 6,500 passionate and youthful fans. The screams echoed across the beach all … Continue reading
By: Saska Kalra (@sashakalra) – Toronto-based synth-pop artist Lyon debuted her new EP, Indian Summer (out August 20th via Black Box), at an exclusive listening party at 99 Sudbury in Toronto last night. The versatile space at 99 Sudbury Street played host to a night that felt like a coming out party for an emerging artist. … Continue reading
By: Duncan Boyd – “Hey do you want to see a band? No I hate bands, they’re always packed with men spooning their girlfriends, clutching their hands as if they’d let go, their feet with lift from the air and ascend.” This is a quote from “I Know What Love Isn’t” by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt (@LaurenGarbutt1) – Hip-hop pioneers De La Soul, who formed in 1987 in Long Island, New York, and who released their most recent album, Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present… First Serve, last April, performed a headlining set during the first night of Toronto’s Festival of Beer at Bandshell Park in Toronto with … Continue reading
By: Sasha Kalra (@sashakalra) – Get ready boys and girls; VELD is just around the corner. The luscious setting of Downsview Park will host the second annual VELD Musical Festival on the weekend of August 3rdand 4th. The festival debuted last year too much acclaim and the organizers have returned with an even bigger lineup this time around. … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Richmond, Virginia-based folk-punk singer-songwriter Tim Barry, who is best known as the former lead singer of the Richmond, Virginia-based punk rock quintet Avail, performed at The Hard Luck Bar in Toronto last night with alternative country artist Cory Branan, who released his first album in six years, Mutt, in May 2012 via Bloodshot Records, and Des Ark … Continue reading
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – Oshawa-based alternative country quintet Cuff The Duke performed at The Dakota Tavern with special guest Hayden last night for the first of two intimate concerts.
Venue: Wrongbar Date: July 28th Restrictions: 19+ 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 @trubluhawaii @wrongbar. (@arbutusrecords, @embracepresents). Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT. http://bit.ly/1dQ7ZDP Like our “Blue Hawaii” post on Facebook and send us a message with your e-mail address included. Send an email to aestheticmag@gmail.com with “Blue Hawaii” in the subject line. Include … Continue reading
