The past 12 months have been a total trip and while we could share our stories and a few super embarrassing moments, we’d be better off by just saying “we get around”. Take that as you will, but it really is the perfect description for a year that provoked us to hit the open road – leaving Toronto behind for the music scenes in New York, Detroit, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Portland, and Los Angeles. It’s nothing compared to what we have planned for the new year, but it did allow our team of photographers to snap stills of more than 300 artists. They covered everyone from Kings Of Leon to Montreal’s TOPS and did so in environments such as theatres, parks, basements, and even bookstores. With that, we present to you The Best Live Photos Of 2014.
For more visuals, keep tabs on Joel Pilotte, Jeff Filman, Sean Wilkin, Julia Marcello, Josh Mahoney, Dylan Johnson, Jen Schenkel, and Amanda Fotes.
THE 1975 at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
ACTION BRONSON at Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa, ON)
AFI at Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON)
AGAINST ME! at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
ALBERT HAMMOND JR. at Sound Academy (Toronto, ON)
ARCHITECTS at The Loft (Lansing, MI)
ARCTIC MONKEYS at Molson Amphitheatre (Toronto, ON)
A$AP ROCKY at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
BISHOP NEHRU at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
THE BLACK LIPS at House Of Vans (Brooklyn, NY)
BLOOD ORANGE at Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB at The Opera House (Toronto, ON)
BROKEN BELLS at Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
CALVIN LOVE at The Opera House (Toronto, ON)
COACHWHIPS at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
CONSTANTINES at Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
DAMIEN RICE at Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
DESCENDENTS at Riot Fest Chicago (Chicago, IL)
DESTRUCTION UNIT at S.H.I.B.G.B’s (Toronto, ON)
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA at Vans Warped Tour (Toronto, ON)
DIANA at Adelaide Hall (Toronto, ON)
FIDLAR at Soy Bomb HQ (Toronto, ON)
THE FLATLINERS at Sneaky Dee’s (Toronto, ON)
FLYING LOTUS at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
FOUR YEAR STRONG at Vans Warped Tour (Toronto, ON)
FREDDIE GIBBS at The Hoxton (Toronto, ON)
THE FRONT BOTTOMS at The Opera House (Toronto, ON)
FUCKED UP at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
GARY CLARK JR. at Budweiser Gardens (London, ON)
GOGOL BORDELLO at Toronto Urban Roots Fest (Toronto, ON)
GRIMES at Governors Ball (New York, NY)
GRMLN at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
HOLLERADO at Toronto Urban Roots Fest (Toronto, ON)
HSY at Soy Bomb HQ (Toronto, ON)
IGGY AZALEA at Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
INTERPOL at Governors Ball (New York, NY)
JACK WHITE at Governors Ball (New York, NY)
JAKE BUGG at Sound Academy (Toronto, ON)
JEFF TWEEDY at Toronto Urban Roots Fest (Toronto, ON)
JENNY LEWIS at Governors Ball (New York, NY)
KEVIN DEVINE at The Drake Hotel (Toronto, ON)
THE KILLS at Field Trip (Toronto, ON)
KINGS OF LEON at Budweiser Gardens (London, ON)
KURT VILE at Governors Ball (New York, NY)
LETLIVE. at The Loft (Lansing, MI)
MAC DEMARCO at The Opera House (Toronto, ON)
NOTHING at Adelaide Hall (Toronto, ON)
PARKWAY DRIVE at Vans Warped Tour (Toronto, ON)
PERFECT PUSSY at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
PHANTOGRAM at Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa, ON)
PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH at Riot Fest Chicago (Chicago, IL)
PLAGUE VENDOR at Riot Fest Chicago (Chicago, IL)
THE PREATURES at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
PUP at Riot Fest Toronto (Toronto, ON)
RUN THE JEWELS at Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
RYAN HEMSWORTH at Adelaide Hall (Toronto, ON)
SCHOOLBOY Q at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
SLEIGH BELLS at Governors Ball (New York, NY)
THE STORY SO FAR at Vans Warped Tour (Toronto, ON)
STRAY FROM THE PATH at Vans Warped Tour (Toronto, ON)
ST. VINCENT at Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa, ON)
TOPS at Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
TYLER, THE CREATOR at Governors Ball (New York, NY)
UNITED NATIONS at Sneaky Dee’s (Toronto, ON)
THE USED at Kool Haus (Toronto, ON)
VINCE STAPLES at SXSW 2014 (Austin, TX)
WASHED OUT at Governors Ball (New York, NY)