reviews
'The Silent Twins' Gives a Voice to Outsider Art
Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2022
It's a rare but precious thing to glimpse the nitty gritty of what it looks like for women to create art — and it's doubly precious and imp...
'The Woman King' Gives Its Characters the Royal Treatment
Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2022
Loosely based on the the Agojie, an all-female warrior army who guarded the West African kingdom of Dahomey roughly between the 17th and 19...
Badge Époque Ensemble Expand Their Compositional Horizons on 'Clouds of Joy'
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022
Not unlike the meteorological namesake of Clouds of Joy, their third full-length album, Badge Époque Ensemble have taken a handful of diffe...
Death Cab for Cutie Evolve into Themselves on 'Asphalt Meadows'
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022
With 25 years and 10 albums under their belt, Death Cab for Cutie are at an interesting point in their career. They're not quite a legacy a...
Djo Looks Back to the Future on Neon-Hued 'DECIDE'
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022
In 2019, Joe Keery dropped Twenty Twenty, his debut record under the moniker Djo. He let down his legendary Steve Harrington curls and donn...
Courtney Barnett's Everyday Observations Took on New Meanings in Toronto
Massey Hall, September 14
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022
Warming up the room and establishing the material conditions of the occasion, Courtney Barnett opened her Massey Hall performance with the...
Fake Palms Make Lemonade on the Life-Affirming 'Lemons'
PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2022
Near the end of the penultimate track of their third album Lemons, Fake Palms' mastermind Michael le Riche croons "I do exist, do exist, do...
Whitney Find Their 'SPARK' in Slick Studio Experimentation
PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2022
In the early 2010s, Smith Westerns represented indie rock's new direction. Alongside other evolving acts (and tourmates) Foxygen, Girls and...