Articles by Alisha Mughal

Fake Palms Make Lemonade on the Life-Affirming 'Lemons'

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2022

Near the end of the penultimate track of their third album Lemons, Fake Palms' mastermind Michael le Riche croons "I do exist, do exist, do...

​'Reservation Dogs' Continues to Break Ground — Even When the Cameras Aren't Rolling

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2022

Reservation Dogs is billed as a comedy, but the pivotal scene of Season 1 was a moment of intense tragedy: in the penultimate episode of th...

Nutrients Find the Sublime in Common Things on 'Different Bridges'

PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2022

Toronto's Nutrients strike a magical sort of balance on their sophomore full-length Different Bridges, managing to be both cool as Paul New...

iskwē and Tom Wilson's 'Mother Love' Is a Stunning Exercise in Contrasts

PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2022

iskwē and Tom Wilson's debut collaborative album, Mother Love, is a glorious wealth of contradictions. It begins with Wilson's voice counti...

'Benediction' Captures the Complexities of a Lifetime

Directed by Terence Davies

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2022

There are movies that take a lifetime. Terence Davies has a talent for creating such movies, even if they don't begin right at a protagonis...

For All the Hype, 'Crimes of the Future' Isn't That Shocking

Directed by David Cronenberg

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2022

When it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg made headlines because viewers booed and even walked out during its screeni...

Liam Gallagher Says Nothing New on 'C'mon You Know'

PUBLISHED May 26, 2022

When Creation Records founder Alan McGee discovered Oasis, the first thing he noticed was Liam Gallagher. Recalling the oft-mythologized ni...

Ellevator Emerge Fully Formed on 'The Words You Spoke Still Move Me'

PUBLISHED May 6, 2022

For a debut to emerge as if forged of a decades-long discography is an impressive feat, but that's exactly what Hamilton-born trio Ellevato...