SOPHIE with Charli XCX – Photo by Daniel Boczarski at SXSW 2016. Love him or hate him, SOPHIE is one of the more interesting producers to emerge from London in recent years. Drawing influences from disparate…
Operation Mind Crime featuring lead progressive metal singer Geoff Tate (formally of Queensyche) performed at the Rockpile in Mississauga last week. Performing many hits from the Queensryche discography and some newer material off his latest…
Hailing from Bergen, Norway, ABBATH took Toronto by storm as he performed at the Opera House. As the lights dimmed, the ex-Immortal vocalist & guitarist appeared on stage sporting his signature black and white makeup…
Photographs by Janine Van Oostrom. A homecoming of sorts, Hamilton’s Junior Boys closed a two month North American tour supporting their excellent new album, their fifth, Big Black Coat at the Phoenix on a chilly…
Photographs by Dawn Hamilton. Music industry today is one of the worst industries anybody can ever hope to get into. It’s the wild-west period for the industry, and while a lot of opportunities can be…
It took French musician/producer Ludovic Navarre, aka St. Germain, 15 years to follow up his global smash album, Tourist, the album that soundtracked most chillout lounges through the naughts. In those 15 years Navarre obviously…
Photographs by Randall Vasquez. Chairlift have always been unapologetically pop since 2008’s debut Does You Inspire You. Moth, the duo’s third album released earlier this year stands in stark contrast to their previous records. Sonically…
Photographs by Dawn Hamilton. “Any chance you get to see Maynard is fantastic”, said a middle aged man to a young girl, waiting behind the closed doors of Toronto’s Sony Centre. The girl agreed, as…
Photographs by Agah Bahari. On the southeast corner of King St. & Bathurst, a crowded line nearly busting at the barricades forms at the entrance that stands underneath a white lit neon sign which reads…
