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beabadoobee’s Music Remains an Insular World, Even as She Finds Fame: "I Was About to Shit Myself Every Second on Stage"
PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2024
When beabadoobee hit the road as one of the opening acts on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, she figured she would get over her initial stage...
Inside the Cult of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2024
In 2019, it felt weird to see King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard two nights in a row. Living in Ottawa at the time, travelling to Toronto...
Fcukers Accidentally Become a Hype Band, Despite Being "Jaded with the Music Industry"
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2024
"We're not going to be a press band," Fcukers bassist-keyboardist-producer Jackson Walker Lewis tells me over Zoom. The NYC trio of Lewis...
The Organ Recall the "Precarious Situation" of 'Grab That Gun' While Celebrating 20th-Anniversary Reissue
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2024
Even devoted fans of the Organ might not have noticed that the eerie aughts post-punks had reissued their first and only full-length...
"Weird Al" Yankovic Returns with a Decade's Worth of Polka Parodies — but Sadly No SZA
PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2024
The last time "Weird Al" Yankovic released an album, the year was 2014 and his 14th full-length, Mandatory Fun, went on to be his most...
Orville Peck on Loving Dolly, Being Buddies with John Waters and Getting Unmasked by Bebe Rexha
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2024
A year ago, Orville Peck announced that he was cancelling his tour dates due to his declining "mental and physical health." Apart from the...
Toronto's Revue Cinema Tries to Remain a Thriving Community Hub as Landlord Aims to Make It a Private Business
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2024
Anyone who has walked down Toronto's Roncesvalles Avenue has likely seen long lines outside of the Revue Cinema — a 112-year-old thriving ...
Nathaniel Rateliff Finds the Secret Chord to Vulnerability
PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024
"There are a lot of different ways to write songs, but the thing I love about Leonard Cohen's work is his vulnerability and honesty. His hu...