Chromatics / Desire / In Mirrors / Tess Roby Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, May 27

Published May 28, 2019

The last time Chromatics played Toronto, singer Ruth Radelet was not yet a member, synthesizers were secondary to guitar noise, and their la...

​Weyes Blood Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, May 24

Published May 25, 2019

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) has done the rounds in Toronto, playing many of its cosiest venues over the years. Her performance at the H...

Alex Lahey The Best of Luck Club

Published May 15, 2019

Melbourne, Australia's Alex Lahey made a strong first impression in 2017 with the release of her debut album, I Love You Like A Brother, a c...

The National I Am Easy to Find

Published May 14, 2019

The National have always been the kind of band that enjoy a longer gestation period when making a new album. Following a four-and-a-half yea...

Alex Lahey's New Album 'The Best of Luck Club' Is "a Dive Bar" Full of Supportive Strangers

Published May 13, 2019

When it came time for Alex Lahey to record her new album, The Best of Luck Club — the followup to her debut album, 2017's I Love You Like a...

The National and Mike Mills Discuss Their Forthcoming "Small Miracle" Album and Film

Published May 04, 2019

According to frontperson Matt Berninger, the National's forthcoming new album, I Am Easy to Find, almost didn't happen.   "We weren't orig...

Spiritualized Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, April 12

Published Apr 13, 2019

Touring has never been about making money for Jason Pierce. In fact, while most musicians travel the world playing gigs to earn an income, S...

Teenage Fanclub Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, March 8

Published Mar 09, 2019

Gerard Love has one hell of a sweet voice. Some fans will argue that it was the best one in Teenage Fanclub: a soft, sugar-sweet tone that w...

Anemone Started as a Word, Then Became Montréal's Best New Psych Band on 'Beat My Distance'

Published Feb 20, 2019

Before Anemone was a band, before they'd released their new album Beat My Distance, even before Montréal songwriter and band founder Chloé S...

Deerhunter Reveal the Influence of Cate Le Bon and Whitney Houston on 'Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?'

Published Jan 17, 2019

"How bored are you right now? How bored will your readers be?"   Bradford Cox can talk for hours about many topics. Twice in the span of 9...

Deerhunter Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Published Jan 15, 2019

Named after the late French author Jean Baudrillard's 2007 book, Deerhunter's eighth full-length arrives with a lot of the same existential...

Calpurnia, Let's Eat Grandma and Lil Berete Led 2018's Gen Z Revolution

Published Dec 13, 2018

Generation Z made their presence known loud and clear by giving us some of the year's most inspired and intrepid music. Adolescence may be a...

Lowest of the Low Shakespeare... My Box!!

Published Nov 16, 2018

Toronto has no shortage of musical flag-bearers when it comes to representing the city these days. But long before Drake and Broken Social S...

Ellis's 'The Fuzz' Is Not Just an EP, It's a State of Mind

Published Nov 09, 2018

Whenever Linnea Siggelkow writes music, she vanishes into a headspace she imagines, called "the fuzz."   "The way I describe it is like th...

Ellis The Fuzz

Published Nov 07, 2018

Linnea Siggelkow knows a thing or two about heartbreak. It was the feeling of it that became the impetus for forming her band Ellis, a name...

Arkells Reach New Heights for Hamilton on 'Rally Cry'

Published Oct 30, 2018

Sitting in the comfy control room of Toronto's Noble Street Studios, the five members of Arkells are trying to explain why they get along so...

Guided By Voices Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, October 25

Published Oct 26, 2018

Guided By Voices have their share of rabid fan bases all over the world, but few of those communities live up to the one that has grown in T...

Arkells Take Some Big, Ambitious Swings on 'Rally Cry'

Published Oct 23, 2018

Last Friday, Hamilton rock heroes Arkells released their highly anticipated fifth album, Rally Cry, an emphatic set of reach-for-the-sky ant...

Helena Deland Discusses Montreal Community, Gorilla Vs. Bear and Making Day Music or Night Music

Published Oct 18, 2018

Helena Deland might just be the Kevin Bacon of Montreal's music scene. Although the singer-songwriter has only been active for a few years n...

Arkells Rally Cry

Published Oct 16, 2018

Arkells might just be the biggest rock band in Canada at the moment. Thanks to last year's single, "Knocking At the Door," they've had a hit...