reviews
Tess Parks Struts Forward Resiliently on 'And Those Who Were Seen Dancing'
PUBLISHED May 17, 2022
Psychedelic songwriter Tess Parks does not look like she's dancing on the cover of her long-awaited second solo album, And Those Who Were S...
'The Kids in the Hall' Continues to Push Boundaries with Uncompromising New Season
PUBLISHED May 16, 2022
For as much as they're beloved, the Kids in the Hall have no truck for the sentimental. And so, their sketch series revival mostly finds th...
Kendrick Lamar Delivers Game-Changing Vulnerability on 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers'
PUBLISHED May 16, 2022
When Kendrick Lamar, one of this generation's most influential artists, dropped future Pulitzer Prize history-maker DAMN. some 1,800 days a...
The Rolling Stones' 'Live at the El Mocambo' Is Essential Rock History for Toronto and Beyond
PUBLISHED May 16, 2022
A heads up that you're going to read a fair amount about Charlie Watts over the course of this review of what is the most monumental Canadi...
Award-Winning Documentary 'Eternal Spring' Gets Uncomfortably Close to Its Subject
Directed by Jason Loftus
PUBLISHED May 16, 2022
A big winner at this year's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Eternal Spring won the Rogers Audience Award for Best Can...
Selena Gomez and Post Malone Couldn't Save a Dismal Episode of 'Saturday Night Live'
May 14, 2022
PUBLISHED May 15, 2022
Despite Post Malone going all-out musically (and appearing briefly in one sketch), Selena Gomez occasionally ratcheting up her monotone ene...
The Joel Plaskett Emergency and TUNS in Ottawa Were More Like Vaudeville Than a Rock Show
Babs Asper Theatre, May 14
PUBLISHED May 15, 2022
An scorching mid-May evening in Ottawa found the National Arts Centre lobby intermingled with stunning gowns, stylish suits and the coolest...
The Black Keys' 'Dropout Boogie' Will Get Anyone Hyped for Some Sportsball
PUBLISHED May 13, 2022
The Black Keys' slickly modern take on bluesy garage rock is tailor-made for the intermissions between periods of hockey games or in the so...