March 2024 Issue

Jeen Shines on 'Gold Control'

PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2024

'Gold Control' finds JEEN in a state of contemplation, adding tinges of shoegaze and ‘80s goth pop to her scrappy rock melange...

'Argylle' Is Stupid, but Not Stupid Enough

Directed by Matthew Vaughn

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2024

Bear with me on this one. Bryce Dallas Howard plays Elly Conway, a successful author whose espionage series Argylle has captured the...

Donald Glover's 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' Is a Rare Remake That Offers Something New

Created by Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2024

A certifiable hit in the 2000s, Mr. & Mrs. Smith went against the grain of the then-super-popular Nicholas Sparks romances, starring...

Molly McGlynn Gives Voice to Universal Struggles of 'Fitting In'

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2024

In an alternative universe, writer and director Molly McGlynn would’ve been granted the budget to properly set her sophomore feature during...

Liquid Mike Rise to the Occasion with 'Paul Bunyan's Slingshot'

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2024

Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot is a fun and ambitious (but not too ambitious) expansion of Liquid Mike’s sound...

Vera Sola's 'Peacemaker' Brims with Cinematic Grandeur

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2024

Vera Sola’s sophomore album feels like a long lost Western, complete with sweeping American landscapes, gun-slingers and a troubled heroine...

TORRES Is a Towering Presence on 'What an Enormous Room'

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2024

I’ve started thinking about rooms, and what it means to have a room of one's own, differently since I moved to Toronto. The reasons for...

Ty Segall's 'Three Bells' Rings with Clarity

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2024

Segall draws on his influences — psych rock, folk, heavy metal — and produces one of his most conceptual and narratively clarified records...