reviews
'Becoming a Queen' Is a Royal Celebration of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Directed By Chris Strikes
PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2022
After going virtual in 2020 and offering up a food festival in lieu of a parade in 2021, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival (a.k.a. Caribana) i...
Jack White Keeps Pushing the Envelope on 'Entering Heaven Alive'
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2022
Anyone who has learned guitar at any point in the past couple of decades has probably fumbled their way through a Jack White riff at some p...
Lizzo Is 'Special,' Though the Music Isn't Always
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2022
The music video for "About Damn Time," the infectious and glimmering lead single from Lizzo's fourth studio album, Special, opens on a grou...
Kazoo! Fest Makes Its "Long-Overdue Goodbye" by Doing What It's Always Done
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2022
It's the beginning of the end of Kazoo! Fest, and shn shn is seated cross-legged on the floor of the stage at Royal City Mission, an assort...
Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels Triumphantly Capped Off Ottawa Bluesfest 2022
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2022
Ottawa Bluesfest has been billed as "Canada's largest festival" for no other reason than its pure scope. After an opening four-day extended...
'Slingshot' Launches Winnipeg's JayWood into New Territory
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2022
On "YGBO," an interlude that appears late on JayWood's sophomore album Slingshot, the Winnipegger repeatedly shouts a line that, on its own...
'The Gray Man' Has Vivid Performances to Make Up for a Colourless Script
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2022
Since their immense success within the MCU, the Russo brothers have been relatively quiet. They've mostly worn producer hats the last few y...
Interpol Remain Locked in the Same Groove on 'The Other Side of Make-Believe'
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2022
For more than a decade, Interpol have been stuck in a sort of medium mood. Unable to live up to the hype of their classic debut, 2002's Tur...