Articles by Aly Laube
On 'Bloom,' Parlour Panther Find Resilience in Softness
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2024
In a world where self-love can be both a radical political act and an interior personal journey, Parlour Panther’s 'Bloom' dives deep ...
Flyana Boss Are Sprinting to the Top Together: "If I’m My Right Hand, She’s My Left"
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2024
If you've scrolled through TikTok recently, the contagious verse of "You Wish" by Flyana Boss might ring familiar: "Hello, Christ? I'm...
Backxwash Wraps Her Cinematic Trilogy: "The Big Baddie Is Defeated"
PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2022
Let the credits roll — Backxwash has wrapped her horrorcore trilogy. HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING, released...
It Took a Village to Raise Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and Now They're Paying It Forward
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2021
Don't ever say representation doesn't matter — Snotty Nose Rez Kids decided to devote their careers to music after Quinton "Yung Trybez" Ny...
Vancouver's Prado Is Ready for Her Close-Up on 'PRADO MONROE'
PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2021
Vancouver rapper and pop artist Prado has always been vocally resistant to people forcing her into their boxes or backseat. Her personality...
Backxwash Makes Rage Beautiful on 'I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses'
PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2021
Following her Polaris Music Prize-winning 2020 album, God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It, Backxwash has delivered a follow...
Hyperpop Is the New Sound of Rebellion
PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2021
"Hyperpop almost has punk energy," says Quinton Barnes, a solo artist from Kitchener, ON. "It's so serious that people take it as frivolous...
TiKA's 'Anywhere but Here' Is an Exuberant Celebration of Black Queer Love
PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2021
"I'm not a woman. I'm not a man. I'm something you will never understand," TiKA sings near the end of their debut record, Anywhere but Here...
