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At Project Nowhere 2024, Toronto Experienced the Patriarchy

The Garrison, October 3

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2024

Of all the possible spawn points available to drop into the choose-your-own-adventure bar crawl format of Project Nowhere's second annual...

The Smile Could Have Cut Out Some of 'Cutouts'

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2024

I knew it would only be a matter of time before the Smile went through their 'Kid A' phase, but I had no idea it would be so soon. I was...

Chris Oday Enchanted the Ghosts at Highlands Festival

Camp Walden, September 28

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2024

The smoke from dying morning fires was made silver by the afternoon sunlight slanting through the red pine trees, leaving the air around...

La Force Finds the Eye of the Storm with "protection"

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PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2024

It was befitting that the album artwork for La Force's great 2023 album 'XO SKELETON' was a black and white image of Ariel Engle covered in...

SOPHIE's Posthumous Self-Titled Is a Bittersweet Party

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

It's been almost four years since SOPHIE's death. The experimental producer and rising avant-garde pop star was unlike anyone we'd seen...

Drug Church Continue Their Ascent on 'PRUDE'

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

Longevity is hard to come by for most hardcore bands, and understandably so. Many struggle to harness and maintain the ethos and style...

TEKE::TEKE Converted the Non-Believers at Highlands

Camp Walden, September 28

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

The audience refused to leave at the end of Montreal psych-rock band TEKE::TEKE's performance at Highlands. A surging ovation carried...

At Highlands Music Festival, Georgia Harmer Cherished the Minutiae

Camp Walden, September 28

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

Georgia Harmer and her band couldn't decide whether to keep their sunglasses on during their early-evening performance at Highlands...