reviews
Sean Leon Keeps Listeners Wanting More on Addictive "WHAT IS HAPPENING?"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024
Sean Leon's "WHAT IS HAPPENING?" could easily have been a funk banger. All the pieces are there: a shimmying synth bass, choppy strums of ...
Respire's 'Hiraeth' Is Pure Sound and Fury
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024
Respire are a difficult band to categorize. While certain parts are somewhat easy to parse out — they're a diverse collective that fuses ...
'Doubles' Looks at a Toronto Through a New Lens
Directed by Ian Harnarine
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024
In 'Doubles,' we're first introduced to the titular Trinidadian food by Dhani (Sanjiv Boodu), a young Trinidadian street vendor who is fed...
Just Like the Real Year 2000, Ice Spice's 'Y2K!' Is a Big Buildup to a Bit of a Letdown
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024
The Y2K phenomenon was a big buildup to something that turned out to be an over-hyped anticlimax. In the months before the millennium...
Limp Bizkit Proved You Can’t Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree in Toronto
Budwesier Stage, July 24
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2024
It's slightly astounding to see how many people turn up for a Limp Bizkit show in 2024. But under each red cap at their Loserville 2024 ...
Fantasia 2024: 'Kryptic' Lurks in a Uniquely Canadian Wilderness
Directed by Kourtney Roy
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2024
The feminine impulse to hunt monsters in the Canadian wilderness is an innate mystery I respect and identify with. Kryptic, Kourtney Roy's...
The Red Clay Strays Are Made for the Spotlight on 'Made by These Moments'
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2024
You don't sell out Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium three nights in a row if you're not making good music. But Alabama's...
Cinthie Held on to Her Crown at Bass Coast
Slay Bay, July 13
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2024
Berlin-based producer, DJ and label magnate Cinthie Christl is formally recognized as the Vinyl Princess, and she held that mantle proudly...