Interview

King Princess Finds Her Zhuzh on Debut 'Cheap Queen'
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019
It takes 30 minutes, and several call apps to properly connect with Mikaela Straus. Sound is an issue, and she bristles at the choppy audio...
Cigarettes After Sex Are Purposefully in Their Feelings on 'Cry'
PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2019
When Greg Gonzalez, founding member and vocalist of ambient-pop band Cigarettes After Sex, speaks, he does so in pictures. Talking about...
City Fidelia's 'PainKiller' Is a Journey of Purpose and Reconnection With His Hometown
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2019
Ottawa artist City Fidelia is celebrating the release of his long-awaited debut LP, PainKiller. Since he started, he's amassed millions of...
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...
'The Lighthouse' Director Robert Eggers on Isolation, Dafoe and Pattison, and Staying Serious
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2019
Robert Eggers is part of a new class of horror directors drawing from history to find chills and scares that resonate with the modern world...
White Reaper Take Their Good Times Seriously on 'You Deserve Love'
PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2019
When asked where White Reaper are as a band in 2019, frontman Tony Esposito keeps it pretty literal. "We're all in the van together, on a h...
Dawn Luebbe, Director of Suburban Mom Comedy 'Greener Grass,' Reveals Its Dark Heart
PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2019
The opening credits of Greener Grass linger on a fake smile — a quivering lip and braces. It's the image of perfect, middle-class suburbia,...
The Dead South on Bluegrass Purists, New Album 'Sugar & Joy' and Being Canada's "Night Off" Band
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019
The Dead South are arguably Canada's best-known "bluegrass" band. Their video for "In Hell I'll Be in Good Company" has been viewed over 15...