Articles by Ian Gormely
Wolf Parade's 'Apologies to the Queen Mary' Toronto Anniversary Show Was a Coronation
March 11, 2025
PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2025
Nothing about Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner suggests nostalgia. Throughout each of their multi-decade careers, the two musicians have jumped...
Panda Bear Embraces "Forced Interaction" to Open a Collaborative New Chapter
PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2025
Do anything for 25 years and people start expecting certain things from you. For Noah Lennox, those expectations include stacked vocals...
'Captain America: Brave New World' Has Five Writers and It Shows
Directed by Julius Onah
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2025
It seems unfair that one movie has to carry the weight of a whole studio on its back, but things haven't been going so great for Marvel...
His Bum Is on the Mule: Tom Green Was "Sort of Unhappy with How Things Had Gone"
PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025
The more Tom Green changes, the more he stays the same. In 2021, Green pulled up stakes in Los Angeles and moved to the Ottawa Valley. He...
Broken Social Scene Doc 'It's All Gonna Break' Remembers It in People
Directed by Stephen Chung
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2025
A big city, cheap rent, abundant talent, small egos and a disregard for commercial success. There were so many elements that went into...
Ethel Cain Steps Further from the Light on 'Perverts'
PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2025
There was a moment when Hayden Anhedönia was poised to break big. 'Preacher's Daughter,' her sprawling 2022 debut full-length...
'Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird' Humanizes Two of the Era's Greatest Rock Outsiders
PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025
Relationships are hard. Friends, family, lovers, acquaintances — none of it comes without effort on both sides. "People think that love is...
Menno Versteeg on Hollerado's Mistakes and Getting Choked Out by Paul McCartney's Bodyguard
The Exclaim! Questionnaire
PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2024
When Exclaim! catches up with Menno Versteeg in the office at Royal Mountain Records, the Toronto label that the singer-guitarist co-founder...