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This was the biggest, best and most precise TOOL show Toronto has ever seen
TOOL returned to Toronto for two epic nights of music. We managed to snake our way into night one and it was as incredible as you hoped it to be. Read all about it and check out our photos from the show here.
Bow down to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, the rock ‘n’ roll Gods of the millennium
The ever-eclectic Australian rock band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard descended upon Rebel in Toronto on Sunday, August 25th to melt the minds of their Canadian fans. Read the full review and see all the photos here.
How to become a Music Photographer
Big stages, media escorts, photo passes, and huge backpacks full of gear aside... becoming a music photographer might be easier than you think. Use these tips to help get you started and remember that practice makes perfect.
Local punks Bad Waitress kicked off Danforth Music Hall's 100th Anniversary with a fierce performance
Toronto punk rockers Bad Waitress opened up the night of celebrations for Danforth’s 100th Anniversary with a fierce performance before Wolf Parade closed out the night. See all the photos from their set here.
Sum 41 and Grandson set a new bar for hometown shows at RBC Echo Beach
Millennials swarmed RBC Echo Beach to celebrate Sum 41’s homecoming in support of their seventh studio album Order in Decline on Thursday, August 8th, 2019. Read the review and see the photos here.
How much is too much? Editing music photos in the Instagram Era
How much is too much? This article will shed some light on my point of view when it comes to editing music photos and why it's more important than ever to make your photos stand out.
Listen to TOOL's first new single in 13 years, "Fear Inoculum"
Don’t waste any time and hit play! After a long 13 years, we finally get a new TOOL single “Fear Inoculum”. This song begs to be on repeat for days.
You can finally stream TOOL's back catalog, here are all the links
It’s about damn time we can finally listen to TOOL’s back catalog on digital services (Opiate, Undertow, Ænima, Lateralus and10,000 Days ). Get all the links to your preferred streaming service here.
Haim release new song "Summer Girl"
Summer may be half over but that’s not stopping the HAIM sisters from keeping the vibes going. They just dropped an infectious single entitled “Summer Girl”, a near perfect song. Listen to it on repeat here.
Doom metal masters Khemmis brought Desolation to Velvet Underground
Colorado doom metal band Khemmis performed at Toronto’s Velvet Underground last week supporting their latest studio album Desolation (their first for Nuclear Blast records). Check out all the photos from their set here.
Killswitch Engage drop their second single 'I Am Broken Too'
Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage dropped a brand new single and lyric video for their track titled I Am Broken Too. Listen to the single here and make sure you pre-order the new album.
More than a decade in the making, Andy Shauf’s Foxwarren proved it was worth the wait at Lee’s Palace
Foxwarren is the latest and greatest offering out of the Canadian Prairies and we hope they’re here to stay. Read our review from their first of two nights at Lee’s Palace and check out all the photos from their set here.
High school flashbacks and ageing Rock Stars at Rockstar Disrupt Festival
Atreyu, Circa Survive, Thrice and The Used on the same bill? Did I jump into a time machine and go back to the early 2000s when emo, screamo and metalcore was the music of choice?
Fruit Bats deliver all the feels on their latest single "Ocean"
Chicago folk-rock act Fruit Bats have recently dropped their latest album Gold Past Life via Merge Records on June 21. We’re absolutely obsessed with this album and specifically this track “Ocean”.
The best albums of 2019 (so far)
We’re halfway through the year and we’ve already seen and heard a ton of new music. We’ve put together a list of twenty five albums that we’re deeming to be the best of 2019 (so far)… according to us.
Glassjaw performed to 200 people in Toronto and it was glorious
Glassjaw. Toronto. Jasper Dandy? You may need a minute to let that sink in if you’re a long time Glassjaw fan like myself. Read our review of their set and check out all of the photos that we captured at the link.
6 Drake songs for the 6ix to celebrate the Toronto Raptors historic 2019 NBA Finals WIN
Last night the Toronto Raptors made history with a historic win against the Golden State Warriors to become the 2019 NBA Champions. Here’s 6 Drake songs for the 6ix to keep the party going.
10 photo passes and the stories behind them
From stacking Insta likes to getting published, it all starts with the almighty photo pass. Read about 10 photo passes and the stories behind them featuring Blink-182, Taylor Swift, Metallica and more.
Pillars deliver an intoxicating soundscape on "Dissolution"
Pillars is a Post Rock band from Indianapolis that you absolutely need to know about. “Dissolution” was the first single off their latest release Cavum and is a must listen track for any Post Rock fan.
Crumb will keep you coming back for more with their track "Fall Down"
Crumb have been baiting us with infectious tracks since 2016 and we’re all about to get hooked. Watch the visualizer video they dropped for their single “Fall Down” and get hooked immediately.