Articles by Erin Lowers

Lex Leosis / Keynes Woods

Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 9

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2019

There's always one night in a festival with too many shows, too many similar set times and too much talent — the last night of Megaphono's...

Snotty Nose Rez Kids / City Fidelia

Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 8

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2019

While indie rock and pop still dominate the majority of programming at Megaphono, another hotbed of talent was peeking out at 27 Club on Fr...

Haviah Mighty / Crook the Kid

Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 7

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2019

It may have been drizzling with freezing rain in Ottawa on Thursday night, but inside Triple 7, a venue that felt like someone's garage-tur...

NorthSideBenji

Caviar Dreams

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2019

Over the past two years, NorthSideBenji has been teasing Toronto with music and building his 33K+ digital following, so when he announced t...

Burna Bandz

Compact Burna

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2019

Racking up upwards of 4M views on his music videos on YouTube, Northside Jane rapper Burna Bandz is the latest artist from Toronto's UpTop...

Inside the Atlanta Release Party for 21 Savage's 'I Am > I Was'

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2019

Love, money, drugs, fear and success were all on display at Motel 21 this past December, an interactive art exhibit that celebrated the rel...

Deaths of Mac Miller and Lil Peep Contribute to a Dark Year for Rap

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

For the past two years, the hip-hop world has been in a constant state of mourning. While last year saw the loss of veteran rappers and key...

Lil Peep's Mother Raises Awareness of Drug Dependency and Discusses Posthumous Releases

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2018

Earlier this fall, in the heart of New York City's East Village, a mural of genre-defying Lil Peep (born Gustav Elijah Åhr) was unveiled. C...