Articles by Max Mertens
Cloud Nothings
Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, May 9
PUBLISHED May 10, 2015
Cloud Nothings' best songs are like a humid early summer's day before a rainstorm, building up pressure until they can no longer take it, e...
JMSN
Tattoo, Toronto ON, May 8
PUBLISHED May 9, 2015
Frontman of a power-pop band; major label producer and songwriter; background vocalist on Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city. Detroit...
Jazz Cartier Takes Us Inside 'Marauding in Paradise'
PUBLISHED May 8, 2015
It's only been a few weeks since Jazz Cartier's debut project Marauding in Paradise dropped, but to hear the 22-year-old Toronto rapper tel...
Lucki Eck$
The Garrison, Toronto ON, May 7
PUBLISHED May 8, 2015
There's no denying Lucki Eck$ has talent. In his short career, the young Chicago rapper has collaborated with Chance the Rapper, Danny Brow...
Harrison
Studio Bar, Toronto ON, May 7
PUBLISHED May 8, 2015
There's a glut of young Toronto-based producers out there right now making waves on SoundCloud, but Harrison stands out from the pack for a...
​Clairmont The Second
Tattoo, Toronto ON, May 2
PUBLISHED May 3, 2015
He might not have been old enough to get into Tattoo on a regular night, but at only 17 years old, Clairmont The Second is a Toronto newcom...
GoldLink
Tattoo, Toronto ON, May 2
PUBLISHED May 3, 2015
A sharp 10 p.m. curfew didn't stop people from turning out to Tattoo to catch rising DMV rapper's GoldLink's first headlining set in Toront...
​Peanut Butter Wolf and J. Rocc
Tattoo, Toronto ON, May 1
PUBLISHED May 2, 2015
Anyone who's ever played a DJ set in Toronto knows it can be a daunting task to get audiences here moving. Luckily for those attending Tatt...