reviews

The Jokes About the Red Hot Chili Peppers Are True, but Also, Fuck You

Budweiser Stage, July 17

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2024

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are, as the song goes, addicted to the shindig. Between songs at their sold-out Toronto show, they seemed unable...

Boy Golden Is All Grown Up on 'For Eden'

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2024

An all-purpose roots rocker with a heart of Acapulco Gold, Boy Golden is the friendliest guy you've never met. The Manitoban trouble-loving...

GUM/Ambrose Kenny-Smith Make the Most of 'Ill Times'

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2024

Jay Watson and Ambrose Kenny-Smith lead parallel musical lives you wouldn't necessarily expect to intersect. At surface level, they're ...

Fantasia 2024: 'Darkest Miriam' Finds Poetry Amidst the Chaos of a Toronto Library

Directed by Naomi Jaye

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2024

'Darkest Miriam' is an urban exploration of isolation, connection and literature that earnestly attempts to portray a sense of poetic...

'Twisters' Lacks a Fresh Twist, but Its Leads Are a Force of Nature

Directed by Lee Isaac Chung

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2024

Some stories benefit from constant reimagining to allow for the narrative to be adapted through a contemporary lens — 'A Star Is Born' and...

Conducta Was an Unpredictable Machine at Bass Coast

Slay Bay, July 13

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2024

Bristol-born label boss, sweet rolling DJ and slick producer Collins Nemi has been jamming as Conducta since he was in his early teens...

At Bass Coast 2024, Leikeli47 Was Actualization in Action

Main Stage, July 12

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2024

Valuing privacy in an age of unlimited access, Leikeli47 did not get her start on social media, and hasn't even used it in years...

At Winnipeg Folk Fest, Nadah El Shazly Stopped Time

Bur Oak Stage, July 14

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

It was hard to process what happened during Nadah El Shazly's set. Describing how it was doesn't come close to helping understand...