Spring 2023 Issue

Depeche Mode Are Reborn on 'Memento Mori'

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2023

Depeche Mode's greatest strength may be their resiliency amid chaos. Over the past 42 years, it's been that ability to pivot that's kept th...

DEBBY FRIDAY Makes Her Own 'GOOD LUCK'

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2023

Coming of age can be crushing. For many, there's often much in transitioning from adolescence to adulthood that they'd rather leave behind....

Softcult Face the Abyss on 'see you in the dark'

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2023

In 2013, John Doran declared that m b v, the highly-anticipated third LP from My Bloody Valentine, a whole 22 years in the making, had simp...

Liturgy's '93696' Burns with Fury and Ecstasy

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2023

Every artistic decision and mark of evolution that Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix has made under the umbrella of Liturgy has been in service of her q...

Tour the Home Studios Where Canadian Artists Make Music

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2023

Gone are the days when artists needed to go into the studio to make a sophisticated recording. While professional studios still very much h...

Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in March 2023

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2023

With the Academy Awards wrapped up and 2022's films unofficially/officially in the rearview, we can finally turn our attention to some mid-...

The Myths of Anthony Shim's 'Riceboy Sleeps' Are Grounded in Real-Life Experience

PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2023

In the beginning of Riceboy Sleeps, a lavender-orange sun blankets South Korea like a burning god over water that looks unmoving, uncaring....

Yves Tumor Throws Psychic Fisticuffs on 'Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)'

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2023

With their fifth studio album — the lengthily titled Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) —...