Bedouine Bedouine

Published Jun 23, 2017

Bedouine's (Azniv Korkejian) debut is a delight, drifting with the warmth and ease of a summer day and lightly hued with nostalgia.   Musi...

Taylor Knox Love

Published Jun 13, 2017

Romantics rejoice: Taylor Knox returns this week with a collection of T-shirt-ready sentiments that will have you bopping along — and perhap...

Franz Ferdinand The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 2

Published Jun 03, 2017

Rather than perform under a portrait of their namesake, Franz Ferdinand brought their 15 years of highly danceable songs to the sold-out cro...

Hooded Fang Dynasty House

Published May 18, 2017

Things get decidedly darker on Dynasty House, the six-song sixth album from Toronto's Hooded Fang. Thematically, April Aliermo and Daniel Le...

Daniel Romano Modern Pressure

Published May 17, 2017

The restless and prolific Daniel Romano returns with Modern Pressure, his latest world-weary collection of poems, feelings and social commen...

Mac DeMarco Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, May 12

Published May 13, 2017

Mac DeMarco, the casual king of good times, walked onto the Danforth stage drenched in a rather ominous deep red light and into an absolute...

Dilly Dally The Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, April 28

Published Apr 29, 2017

"We're just taking our time because we don't want it to close. It's, like, too good for this city," Dilly Dally fronter Katie Monks said to...

Suuns Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, April 27

Published Apr 28, 2017

Last night held many classic Silver Dollar moments — the venue stuffed good and full of a rowdy crowd, as the floor shook and flexed in that...

Microtones, Custom Guitars and Fear Itself: Five Keys to Unlocking King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Published Mar 20, 2017

Flying Microtonal Banana, album number nine for Australia's King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (out now on ATO) follows through with the band'...

Devendra Banhart The Phoenix, Toronto ON, March 9

Published Mar 10, 2017

It all began with Devendra Banhart, dressed head to toe in brown save for a flash of salmon pink at his ankles, quietly approaching the stag...

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana

Published Feb 22, 2017

With a swirling whirl of wind, Flying Microtonal Banana begins — and what an intriguing place it'll take you to.   As with every other rel...

Homeshake Fresh Air

Published Feb 02, 2017

Homeshake keeps it spicy with album number three, Fresh Air, his follow-up to Midnight Snack and In the Shower. With synths, electric drums,...

Ty Segall Ty Segall

Published Jan 25, 2017

It's been just shy of a decade since Ty Segall released his first self-titled album, and here he is, at it again. Another year tends to mean...

Ariel Pink / Weyes Blood Myths 002

Published Jan 25, 2017

Round two of Mexican Summer's collaborative EP series is here, this time featuring Ariel Rosenberg (Ariel Pink) and Natalie Mering (Weyes Bl...

DIANA The Great Hall, Toronto ON, December 8

Published Dec 09, 2016

No one member at DIANA's hometown Toronto gig last night (December 8) stole the show: between the sultry and deliciously '80s saxophone rips...

Christo Graham November Baby

Published Nov 28, 2016

On the cover of November Baby, Bishop's Mills, ON's Christo Graham stands in a pose befitting Springsteen, boasting a triple layer of denim...

Seu Jorge Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, November 15

Published Nov 16, 2016

The queue outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre was dotted with red toques last night (November 15), and later amongst the seated crowd, match...

Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker

Published Oct 20, 2016

On the cover of this, his 14th full-length, Leonard Cohen sits, humbly checking off everything that is stereotypically "cool": sunglasses, h...

Julia Jacklin Don't Let the Kids Win

Published Oct 07, 2016

It may come as a bit of a surprise to find that, given the strength and clarity of her debut album Don't Let the Kids Win, Australia's Julia...

Five Facts Devendra Banhart Seems to Believe About Devendra Banhart

Published Oct 04, 2016

The ever-explorative Devendra Banhart — who's gone from longhaired purveyor of "freak folk" to buttoned-up bringer of love songs dipped in h...