Articles by Laura Stanley
Frazey Ford
U kin B the Sun
PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2020
It's easy to get stuck in a pattern of negative thinking, and with the current state of the world, it doesn't feel like anything can jolt y...
Class of 2020: The Mooks Are Driven to Rock
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2020
Although Toronto garage-rockers the Mooks formed just three years ago, the trio's respective careers span over a decade. Vocalist and guita...
Nico Paulo
Wave Call
PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2020
Nico Paulo's debut EP, Wave Call, moves with steady gestures. Paulo, who immigrated to Canada from Portugal in 2014, reconciles with change...
The Highwomen and the Year of Brandi Carlile
PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2019
From playing an instrumental role in the making of a music legend's comeback record to becoming part of a country supergroup with a purpose...
Orville Peck Talks About His Breakthrough Year, Why the Mask Isn't a Mystery and Living His Sincere Truth
PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2019
Country artist Orville Peck introduced himself to audiences in late 2018 with the psych-rock-doused country tune "Big Sky." In the single's...
Ellen Froese
Fightin' Words
PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019
Saskatoon-based singer-songwriter Ellen Froese could share a stage with almost anybody, from Patsy Cline to k.d. lang to Daniel Romano (dur...
Rooms Like Sonology Don't Make Great Records, People Like Idée Fixe's Jeff McMurrich Do
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2019
If you were to walk through Bartlett Parkette, a small green space on Geary Avenue in the west end of Toronto, you would likely mistake the...
Tegan and Sara
Hey, I'm Just Like You
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2019
While compiling research for their new memoir, High School, Tegan and Sara found cassette tapes of songs they wrote and recorded between th...