music reviews
The War on Drugs and the National Brought Polished Perfection and Chaotic Theatricality to Toronto
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2024
The jokes write themselves. Basically anyone I've spoken with about the National's tour with the War on Drugs has made a remark along the...
Nelly Furtado Could Use a Little More Luck on '7'
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2024
A singular voice in the urban terrain of turn-of-the-millennium Canadian popular music, international phenomenon Nelly Furtado has been ...
Avril Lavigne Brought a Complicated Star Power to Calgary
Scotiabank Saddledome, September 18
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2024
It was 2003 when I first heard the riff of Avril Lavigne's "Losing Grip," the opening track of 2002's 'Let Go' that skyrocketed the Napanee...
The Tragically Hip's 'No Dress Rehearsal' Tears Down the Myth While Honouring the Legacy
Directed by Mike Downie
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2024
The Tragically Hip are truly "Canada's band" — both because of the quintessentially Canuck content of Gord Downie's lyrics, and because the...
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Showed Toronto That There's No One Way to Dominate the Floor
Scotiabank Arena, September 18
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2024
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan's Sweat tour is a sort of girls-and-gays summit to cap off 'BRAT' Summer, a coming-together of two left-field pop...
Jamie xx Still Has the X-Factor on 'In Waves'
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2024
After nine long years, Jamie xx, aka Jamie Smith, is back to hold our feet to the dancefloor with his sophomore release 'In Waves.' To ...
Sunset Rubdown Pick Up the Pieces on 'Always Happy to Explode'
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2024
The gap between Sunset Rubdown's last record, 2009's 'Dragonslayer,' and 'Always Happy to Explode' is three times longer than the band's ...
At Rifflandia, the Beaches Cut to the Feeling
Main Stage, September 15
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2024
As much as the Toronto pop-rock quartet have enjoyed their success in recent years, that success came from a difficult time. Their most ...
