Articles by Charlie McQuaid

Black Country, New Road Live Up to the Hype on 'For the first time'

PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2021

Black Country, New Road have been building their idiosyncratic brand for the past couple of years: legendary live performances at vaunted s...

Tei Shi Dances Through Disaster on 'Die 4 Your Love'

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2020

Tei Shi dances you out of your slumber with her uplifting breakup EP Die 4 Your Love. The on-form Columbian-Canadian artist combines '80s s...

Other Lives Find Beauty In Solitude on 'For Their Love'

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2020

Working from home isn't so bad under the right circumstances. Other Lives songwriter Jesse Tabish recently moved from Portland to a rustic...

Hotel Lux Invite Listeners to the Local Pub on 'Barstool Preaching' EP

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2020

Although occasionally unrefined, Hotel Lux's debut EP Barstool Preaching is charming enough to shine bright in an increasingly straight edg...

Fontaines D.C.

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, September 13

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2019

Grian Chatten is a nervous watch. The disheveled but dogged frontman of Fontaines D.C. stalked onto the stage at the Phoenix Concert Theatr...