Interview

Purity Ring Survived Isolation and Lightning Storms on the Journey to Third Album 'WOMB'
PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020
Megan James and Corin Roddick are describing the place where they conceived "Stardew," the first song they wrote for their third album as P...
Lex Leosis Talks About Levelling Up Every Aspect for 'Mythologies' and the Future of the Sorority
PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2020
Rap group the Sorority — the one-time foursome turned threesome — made Cancon stars out of Polaris Music Prize-winning MC Haviah Mighty, Ke...
Burd & Keyz Honours His Partner's Legacy and Keeps an Eye on Toronto Up-and-Comers While Building His Producer Buzz
PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2020
Being a Toronto producer has a ring to it in boardrooms today, but ten years ago, it was all about pushing a few dollars into a dream. "M...
Thundercat Finds Healing and Some Laughs on 'It Is What It Is'
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2020
No matter the level of fame that virtuoso bassist Thundercat (aka Stephen Lee Bruner) attains, you get the sense he never forgets his roots...
Nap Eyes Prove That Nerds Aren't So Bad After All
PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2020
Nerds have gotten a bad rap in the past few years. While the term may conjure an extremely online message board troll, it can also describe...
Waxahatchee Got Sober and Made the Best Album of Her Career
PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2020
Katie Crutchfield channelled her angst into poetic lo-fi garage rock as Waxahatchee for four albums, gaining a loyal following and a reputa...
Are Kruelty the Hardest Band on the Planet, or Hilarious Sweethearts Pretending to Be Scary?
PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2020
Heavy music is inherently scary, especially to those who first encounter the genre. Then, occasionally, a band like Kruelty come along; cra...
Black Metal Embraces Its Folk Legacy with Myrkur, Ihsahn and Behemoth's Nergal
PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020
Black metal was built from the ashes of folklore and ancient traditions, upon a reverence of nature and days past. That's why folk has such...