reviews
Edwin Raphael Shapes a World of His Own on 'Warm Terracotta'
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2023
"Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on a map...
Caroline Polachek's 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You' Is All-Consuming
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2023
When so much pop music feels like face cream and vape smoke, the invocation of true, real-world texture — abrasion and stickiness, grit and...
Samia Did What She Came to Do in Toronto
The Opera House, February 15
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2023
Samia might seem all too easy to pigeonhole (never ask an indie musician why their parents' names are blue on Wikipedia). But with her new...
The Sadies Carried On in Montreal
La Sala Rossa, February 11
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2023
Last summer it seemed possible that the Sadies would hang up their hats, guitars and stand up bass forever — but during their Taverne Tour...
Pile Write New Stories on 'All Fiction'
PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2023
Over the course of their first seven albums, Pile have developed the particular brand of dissonant yet melodic rock that fans have come to...
'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Jumps a Tiny Shark for the MCU
Directed by Peyton Reed
PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2023
Welcome to Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where the green screen is plentiful, seasoned actors are phoning it in and we're a...
Ron Sexsmith Is Blue-Sky Thinking on the Buoyant 'The Vivian Line'
PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2023
Ron Sexsmith's career seemed charmed from day one. When the lead-off track of your Daniel Lanois-assisted, Elvis Costello-adoring major lab...
Andy Shauf's Sinister, Lovesick 'Norm' Will Have You Looking over Your Shoulder
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2023
Andy Shauf is a world-builder, and over the years he's granted listeners a visitor's pass into the lives of a motley crew of characters. We...