March 2023 Issue

Jonah Yano Creates Portraits of Memories

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2023

What is a song? For Hiroshima-born, Montreal-based musician Jonah Yano, it's something tangible, to be thumbed through like a collection of...

Mac DeMarco Is Doing Exactly What He Wants All the Time

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2023

Judging by Mac DeMarco's thrift store fashion sense and his reputation as a goofy prankster, it might be fair to assume that he approaches...

Black Mountain's "Riff-Hungry" Psych Rock Epic 'In the Future' Turns 15

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023

In the mid-aughts, Vancouver was home to some buzzing indie bands like the New Pornographers and Destroyer, and respected metal bands like...

'Ever Deadly' Is an Emotional, Engaging Portrait of Tanya Tagaq

Directed by Tanya Tagaq and Chelsea McMullan

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023

Of all the ways to describe Tanya Tagaq, "fearless" may be the most appropriate. The Inuk throat singer has spent her entire life championi...

Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in January 2023

PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2023

January is not know for having a particularly strong film calendar to get excited about – although, M3GAN has been making waves this year –...

'Skinamarink' Director ​Kyle Edward Ball Turned His Nightmares into a Viral Horror Hit

PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2023

Back in December 2021 to combat the tedium of another lockdown, I was scrolling through Reddit's r/Filmmakers sub. A post titled, "Skinamar...

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in January 2023

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2023

It's the first New Faves of the new year! This month's batch of up-and-coming Canadian artists are here to kick 2023 off on the right foot,...

Toronto's poolblood Wrestles with Tenderness on the Sparkling 'mole'

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2023

At a 2021 virtual showcase hosted by Toronto's Long Winter festival, poolblood's Maryam Said contributed a video of themselves playing an o...