ALWAYS HAPPY TO EXPLODE A CONVERSATION WITH SPENCER KRUG OF SUNSET RUBDOWN Experimental indie-rock band Sunset Rubdown will soon release their fourth album, Always Happy to Explode — the first since they broke up in 2009. They got back together [...]
A ROCK AND ROLL SINGER, A REAL HUMDINGER A CONVERSATION WITH SAM ROBERTS Indie-rock icon Sam Roberts and his band have released eight albums, won six Junos (receiving nominations for 15), and are one of the most-played bands on rock radio in [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS @ DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO MAY 12, 2023 Along with the feeling of excitement that naturally presents itself upon seeing The New Pornographers live, it’s hard not to go in with any expectations. During their 2021 [...]
PUNK ROCK VEGAN MOVIE: MOBY’S ROCKIN’ ARGUMENT AGAINST THE STATUS QUO A CONVERSATION WITH MOBY Anyone around for the cusp of the millennium experienced the magnitude of tracks like “Porcelain” and “South Side” from Moby’s [...]
SMOKEY ROBINSON @ MERIDIAN HALL, TORONTO JUNE 28, 2022 Smokey Robinson needs no introduction, but allow me to give it a try. He is an iconic singer, songwriter, producer, record executive, “the world’s greatest poet” according [...]
Angel Olsen Big Time Jagjaguwar A country album by Angel Olsen is something I never knew I needed. But I did, and I got it… with a twist. “Out with the bangs, in with the twangs,” she declares. Olsen’s albums have all been different [...]
PATRICK WATSON @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO DECEMBER 15, 2021 We’ve become all too familiar with talk of “the new normal,” and the phrase summed up the experience at this concert — but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The [...]
Rich Aucoin Release Haven Sounds Rich Aucoin’s name seems almost synonymous with positivity. He has toured his music across countries by bicycle to raise funds for mental health and childhood cancer, and his live shows are famous for their [...]
