Celebrating the best that Canadian music has to offer, the JUNO Awards rolled out their 2020 nominations earlier today in Toronto. Alessia Cara led the way with six nominations including “Artist of the Year“, and has also been selected to host and perform at this year’s ceremony. Fellow Canadians Daniel Caesar, …
Read More »Pearl Jam Teasing New Album
Early Friday morning, Pearl Jam began a series of teases on social media promoting what fans believe to be their latest studio album. Although the band has actively been touring for a while, Pearl Jam hasn’t released a full length album since 2013’s Lightning Bolt. After a series of Instagram posts, …
Read More »Need To Know: Artists to Watch in 2020
The past twelve months saw an abundance of new talent break onto the scene in 2019, and next year is looking to be no different. Listed below, Music Existence writers Katie Tymochenko, Bradley Todd and Jacob Kussmaul have contributed their top ten picks for Artists to Watch in 2020. 1) …
Read More »Top 10 John Frusciante Performances with the Red Hot Chili Peppers
With Sunday’s breaking news that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are bringing back their legendary guitarist John Frusciante, fans can’t help but reminisce on the prominent performances Frusciante gave before his departure in 2009. Throughout the 90s and early-2000s Frusciante was known for his electrifying guitar solos, melodic riffs and …
Read More »Interview: Chadwick Stokes on his new band, Dispatch, and social justice in 2019
Chadwick Stokes has had a long and storied career as a singer/songwriter with his various projects like Dispatch and State Radio. His lyrics have consistently been rooted in social justice reform, and have called on his fans to take action against the wrong doings in their communities. His latest project …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers to reunite with John Frusciante
Christmas came early this year for Red Hot Chili Pepper fans with the announcement of some major line up changes. Announced today via the Chili Peppers’ Instagram account, current guitarist Josh Klinghoffer will be leaving the band, and will be replaced by former guitarist John Frusciante. Frusciante had previously left the …
Read More »Need to Know: 2020 band reunions
With the decade about to wrap up, 2020 is looking to be the year of rock n’ roll reunions. Multiple bands spanning across various rock sub-genres have decided that 2020 will be their year to come back, and Music Existence has all the details you need to know below. 1) …
Read More »Interview: Ida Mae on Live Albums, American Blues and Rock’s Revival
Last week Music Existence spoke with Chris Turpin of the blues-based duo IDA MAE. Turpin, alongside his wife Stephanie Ward have been hustling through the music industry for a while now. While in college, the pair were part of the alternative rock band Kill It Kid. For about six years …
Read More »Live Review: Ruby Waters at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, ON (11.13.19)
Toronto’s iconic Horseshoe Tavern was in full swing on Wednesday night when homegrown talent Ruby Waters hit the stage for her first headlining gig since releasing her debut EP Almost Naked. Waters and over 400 of her fans packed into the back of the legendary Toronto venue, where she was …
Read More »Interview: LEAH on her new album, the music industry and more
Celtic metal fusion vocalist LEAH is set to release her latest album Ancient Winter, this Friday November 15th. The fifth release from the Canadian recording artist arrives just in time for the holiday season, bringing together an album full of winter inspired Celtic music. LEAH’s record was entirely crowdfunded by …
Read More »Interview: Snow Patrol on 25 Years of Music
Most bands don’t make it twenty-five years. Most bands don’t make it past the garage, or out of their hometown. Some of the lucky ones might get a recording contract or maybe a hit on the radio, but the margin of success musicians have is so slim that one song …
Read More »Interview: Joyous Wolf Talks About New Music, Touring and Hollywood
When you’re surrounded by beach bums and surf seekers, growing a local music scene might not be an easy task. Despite being a short drive away from the entertainment capital of the world, scheduling places for a young rock band to play in Orange County was never easy for Joyous …
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