music reviews

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...

Jonah Yano Made Thought Tangible at Highlands Music Festival

Camp Walden, September 27

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

The music at Highlands Music Festival is carefully scheduled at three stages littered across Camp Walden. There is the Main Stage...

Skratch Bastid and Friends Brought the Bounce to POP Montreal

Marche des Possible, September 28

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

At the top of his set at Skratch Bastid's BBQ cookout, DJ Nu-Mark hilariously recollected having "bottles thrown on me by Green Day ...

Nabihah Iqbal Was a Dream at POP Montreal

Rialto Theatre, September 28

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

I was excited to settle down and witness what I considered one of POP Montreal 2024's strongest bookings — London-born producer, songwriter...

Naima Bock's 'Below a Massive Dark Land' Hides a Universe of Light

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

The title of Naima Bock's sophomore record is a bit of a misnomer — the immense, looming weight of a phrase like 'Below a Great Dark Land'...

Leif Vollebekk Speaks to the Past on 'Revelation'

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

For some artists, the songwriting muse visits through acts of conscious collaboration. For Leif Vollebekk, the solitude of the...

Mustafa Takes a Profound Journey on 'Dunya'

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

'Dunya,' Mustafa's full-length debut, roughly translates from Arabic to "the world in all its flaws." And to be sure, there is an entire...