Articles by Ava Muir

Los Campesinos! / Adult Mom

Opera House, Toronto ON, November 11

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2018

British indie-poppers Los Campesinos! touched down in Toronto last night for one of the only Canadian dates on their ten-year anniversary r...

Watch Blankscreen's Trippy Video for New Single "Passing Over"

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2018

Formed in August 2017, Toronto post-punk trio Blankscreen have made some impressive waves in the city's underground scene over the past yea...

IDLES

Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, September 17

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2018

A mere six months ago, IDLES presented their incredibly potent brand of punk music for the first time at Toronto's Hard Luck Bar. On Monday...

FIDLAR / Dilly Dally

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, September 12

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2018

FIDLAR and Dilly Dally were paired by the punk gods and on Wednesday night, Toronto came out to worship. Selling out the Phoenix Concert Th...

Dilly Dally Weather the Storm to Reach 'Heaven'

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018

Katie Monks felt lost.   Gruellingly extensive tours in support of Dilly Dally's debut full-length, 2015's Sore, garnered international pra...

Dilly Dally

Heaven

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2018

To reach Heaven, Dilly Dally's sophomore record, the Toronto-based four-piece first had to make it back from hell. The monstrous success of...

IDLES Transcend Tragedy, Champion Love and Vulnerability on 'Joy As an Act of Resistance'

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2018

"I think people don't talk about death enough," Joe Talbot, frontman of British post-punk quintet IDLES, tells Exclaim! over a phone call —...

IDLES

Joy As an Act of Resistance

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2018

Quashing any fears of a sophomore slump, Bristol punks IDLES have delivered what will ultimately be hailed as one of 2018's most vital reco...