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Hot Docs Review: The WeWork Documentary Is the Ultimate Tech-Douche Hate-Watch
Directed by Jed Rothstein
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2021
I have a friend who worked for a small tech startup based out of a WeWork shared office space. A few times, before Blue Jays games, I would...
'What Drives Us' Is a Charmingly Earnest DIY Music Manifesto
Directed by Dave Grohl
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2021
For a guy who has spent 30 years as a very famous rock star, Dave Grohl sure likes to romanticize touring in a van. Foo Fighters were suppo...
VISSIA Takes Charge on the Multifaceted 'With Pleasure'
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2021
With Pleasure finds Edmonton's VISSIA chasing satisfaction across genre lines. Her previous album, 2017's Place Holder, delivered smart, a...
Dawn Richard Can't Live Up to Her Own Ambitions on 'Second Line: An Electro Revival'
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2021
Between 2013 and 2016, Dawn Richard used electronic music as bedrock in chronicling personal and professional trials over a trilogy of accl...
Rochelle Jordan Pushes Her Artistry into Bolder Territory on 'Play with the Changes'
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2021
As labels courted Rochelle Jordan and primary collaborator KLSH in the time following her 2014 solo debut, 1021, the two concurrently becam...
Kristian North Transcends His '80s Influences on 'Passion Play'
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2021
It's always interesting when an artist decides to branch out from their signature style, seizing an opportunity to further explore their un...
'Fanny: The Right to Rock' Celebrates the Past but Gets Stuck in the Present
Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart
PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2021
Fanny are forgotten trailblazers. As an all-female rock group in the early '70s — not to mention Filipina-Americans and members of the LGBT...
'The Sparks Brothers' Brings Much-Needed Humour to the Rock Doc Genre
Directed by Edgar Wright
PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2021
Sparks are musicians' musicians — the kind of band who get talked about in hushed tones by their peers and devoted admirers, but are largel...