reviews
Gayance's 'Mascarade' Is a Self-Assured Warning Shot
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2023
Montreal-raised producer Gayance's debut LP, Mascarade, is an eclectic fusion of influences that appears to exist in a constant state of ev...
Season 3 of 'The Mandalorian' Gets Lost in Space
Created by Jon Favreau
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2023
Liam Neeson recently complained to Variety about the quantity of new Star Wars content: "There's so many spinoffs. It's diluting it to me,...
Phantom Lung's 'Abhorrent Entity' Is an Unrelenting Ride
PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2023
Phantom Lung harken back to a golden period of death metal/grindcore in Canadian music. Following in a similar vein to that of Ion Dissonan...
Stand-Up Comedians the Beths Showed Toronto That They're Also Excellent Musicians
Phoenix Concert Theatre, February 26
PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2023
The Beths are outstanding songwriters and tight musicians — that much wasn't a surprise when the group came to Toronto for the second time...
Jack White's Electrifying 'SNL' Performance Couldn't Quite Save an Off-Kilter Episode
February 25, 2023
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2023
Utilizing very few members of its sizeable cast this week, Saturday Night Live welcomed both Woody Harrelson and Jack White to its Five-Tim...
SZA Brought Theatrics to Toronto — but All She Really Needed Was the Mic
Scotiabank Arena, February 25
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2023
SZA sat at the edge of a diving board, her legs dangling from above as she looked down over Toronto's sold-out Scotiabank Arena. Ocean wate...
'Cracker Island' Makes the Case for Gorillaz Being Damon Albarn's Quintessential Project
PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2023
The best Gorillaz albums play out a bit like mixtapes, with leader Damon Albarn's pop-rock Blur-isms going toe-to-toe with an ever-shifting...
U.S. Girls Evolve Again on the Sticky and Synthetic 'Bless This Mess'
PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2023
On "Only Daedalus," the juicy disco romp that opens U.S. Girls' nervy, synthetic fantasia Bless This Mess, Meg Remy finds herself lost in t...