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Mount Eerie Came to Toronto to "Squash the Beef" Between the US and Canada, and to Remind Us That Countries Suck

The Concert Hall, April 15

PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2025

Phil Elverum has spent much of his career awestruck by the natural world, writing album after album about the soggy majesty of the Pacific...

caroline and Caroline Polachek's Questions Are the Answer on "Tell me I never knew that"

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PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2025

Welcome to Carolineception. Perhaps inevitably, UK rock collective caroline have joined forces with the inimitable Caroline Polachek for...

Julien Baker & TORRES Harness the Achy-Breaky Spirit of Country on 'Send a Prayer My Way'

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2025

If you didn't know any better, you might assume TORRES (a.k.a. Mackenzie Scott) and Julien Baker's new album, 'Send a Prayer My Way,' was...

Jimmie Kilpatrick's 'Jimmie' Is a Sweet, Scrappy Conversation with an Old Friend

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PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2025

Listening to Shotgun Jimmie has always felt like a conversation with a particularly witty, articulate friend — a perfect combination of...

Ribbon Skirt's 'Bite Down' Is Irresistible Indigenous Futurism

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2025

"They want 2000s Buffy Marie / They want my status, but they're getting my teeth," Tashiina Buswa intones, talk-singing so deadpan you can...

Goldie Boutilier's Sold-Out Toronto Show Marked the Arrival of an Icon

The Horseshoe Tavern, April 9

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2025

Nova Scotia's Goldie Boutilier set the Horseshoe Tavern ablaze last night, with her first-ever sold-out show right here in Toronto marking...

Bon Iver Steps Into the Light on 'SABLE, fABLE'

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2025

Many of us fans of Bon Iver's era defining 2008 album 'For Emma, Forever Ago' eagerly awaited what sounded like a return to form with the...

Underdog Music Doc 'Harkness' Loses Sight of Its Own Purpose

Directed by Maria Markina

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2025

There's a very fine line between obsession and determination. Maria Markina stretches this theme to its limit in her film 'Harkness,' an...