reviews
July Talk Found Fresh Tension in Toronto
Massey Hall, March 10
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2023
July Talk have reached dizzying heights in their decade plus as a band — critical respect, industry approval, radio airplay — but playing t...
Fever Ray's 'Radical Romantics' Is Ferociously Tender
PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2023
"I just wanna be touched / I just wanna shiver"; in two lines, Karin Dreijer more or less sums up the driving force behind their horny, ten...
'Luther: The Fallen Sun' Can't Solve the Case of Its Own Predictable Formula
Directed by Jamie Payne
PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2023
Where all my Lutherans at? Since its debut in 2010, Idris Elba and creator/writer Neil Cross has given us 20 episodes of (mostly) televisio...
'Scream VI' Slashes Through the Rule Book
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2023
Scream VI is a slasher sequel that plays by new rules It's not an easy feat to continue a long-running, well-loved franchise and still win...
Altin Gün Reignite on the Fiery 'Aşk'
PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2023
Altin Gün love what they do. The Amsterdam-based psychedelic sextet have been thoughtfully mining the canon of Turkish folk for only a hand...
Frankie Rose's 'Love as Projection' Reflects the Halcyon Days of 2009 Indie Rock
PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2023
Frankie Rose used to be the ringer of Brookyln indie rock, serving time behind the drums in buzz bands Dum Dum Girls and Crystal Stilts, an...
Ari Lennox Was Soulful Rather Than Showy in Toronto
History, March 7
PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2023
Under bright purple lights and shrouded by a white curtain that only revealed her silhouette, Ari Lennox gracefully sang to a sold-out crow...
Witchrot Transcend the Chatter on 'Live in the Hammer'
PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2023
Most people who know Witchrot's name learned it the same way — that infamous 2018 Facebook post that sent the Toronto band viral, in which...