Respire

Respire's 'Hiraeth' Is Pure Sound and Fury

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024

Respire are a difficult band to categorize. While certain parts are somewhat easy to parse out — they're a diverse collective that fuses ...

Prepare the Ground Closed with Considered Catharsis

Lee's Palace and the Garrison, June 2

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2024

Prepare the Ground closed their inaugural fest's Sunday night across three venues, ending the three-day affair at Lee's Palace. The absolut...

Toronto's Respire Announce New Album 'Hiraeth,' Share "Distant Light of Belonging"

PUBLISHED May 21, 2024

Exclaim! New Faves alumni Respire have announced a new album, led by the single "Distant Light of Belonging." 'Hiraeth' — the follow-up to...

Toronto's Prepare the Ground Festival Adds Tomb Mold, YOB's Mike Scheidt, Kontravoid and North of America to Inaugural Edition

PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2024

Prepare the Ground organizers are continuing to bulk up the roster of artists for their upcoming inaugural heavy music festival presented b...

Toronto's New Friends Fest 2023 Celebrated the Subversive Force of Community

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2023

Started in 2017, New Friends Fest  — Toronto's preeminent (post)hardcore, punk and screamo festival — held its fourth, devastatingly loud i...

Toronto's New Friends Fest Gets the HIRS Collective, Gulfer, pageninetynine for 2023 Edition

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2023

The DIY purveyors of punk and hardcore over at New Friends Fest have announced details of their 2023 event, which is due to take place at T...

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in December 2020

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2020

December is typically reserved for looking back at the year's best releases, but between your millionth listens of the best albums of 2020...

Respire's Orchestral Metal Epic 'Black Line' Is an Emotional Rollercoaster

PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2020

If Toronto's Broken Social Scene were to ever have a metal counterpart, it would have to be Respire. The collective's combination of orches...