Photos by: Carmin Edwards – Toronto-based punk-rock quartet The Flatliners, who released their fifth album, Division of Spoils, in 2015 via Fat Wreck Chords, which followed up their 2013 album, Dead Language, which was nominated for “Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year” at the 2014 JUNO Awards, performed at The Cobalt in Vancouver on June … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Quebec-based heavy metal band Voivod, who released their newest album, Target Earth, on January 22nd, 2013 via Century Media Records, which serves as the band’s first studio album to feature Daniel Mongrain on guitar (replacing the late Denis D’Amour) and the only album since 1991’s Angel Rat with Jean-Yves Thériault on bass, performed at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver on … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Groove metal band Lamb of God, who released their eighth album, VII: Sturm und Drang, on July 24th, 2015 via Epic/Nuclear Blast, which serves as the first album after lead vocalist Randy Blythe’s manslaughter case, and which followed up their 2012 album, Resolution, performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver last night with Maryland-based … Continue reading
Photos by Natasha Priya – Indie folk band The Lumineers, who released their second album, Cleopatra, on April 8th, 2016 via Dalton, which featured the singles “Ophelia” and “Angela”, and which followed up their 2012 self-titled album, which featured the singles “Ho Hey”, “Stubborn Love” and “Submarines”, performed at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, B.C. last night … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Vancouver-based psychedelic rock band Black Mountain, who released their fourth album, IV, on April 1st, 2016 via Dine Alone Records, which followed up their 2010 album, Wilderness Heart, which received a long-list nomination for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver last night with Vancouver-based indie rock … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth, who released their tenth album, Jomsviking, on March 25th, 2016 via Metal Blade, which was mixed and produced by Andy Sneap (Accept, Saxon, Opeth, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Exodus, Megadeth), performed at the Commodore Ballroom on May 16th with Swedish death metal band Entombed A.D., who released their second album, Dead Dawn, on February 26th, 2016 … Continue reading
Photos by Natahsha Prakash- Punk rock band Violent Femmes, who released their ninth album, We Can Do Anything, on March 4th, 2016 via PIAS America, which is the band’s first studio album since 2000’s Freak Magnet, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Carmin Edwards – Art pop singer-songwriter Santigold, who released her third album, 99¢, on February 26th, 2016 via Atlantic, which featured the singles “Can’t Get Enough of Myself”, “Who Be Lovin’ Me”, “Chasing Shadows”, and “Banshee”, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Emily Chin – UK indie rock band The Heavy, who released their fourth album, Hurt and the Merciless, on April 1st, 2016 via Bad Son, performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Emily Chin – Los Angeles-based sister indie rock duo Bleached, who released their sophomore album, Welcome The Worms, on April 1st, 2016 via Dead Oceans, which was co-produced by Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, YACHT), performed at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver last night.