Articles by Ian Gormely

Pinegrove Gently Return from Hiatus with 'Marigold' After a Year of Serious Reflection

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2020

"Let me pull over and be smart and be safe here," Evan Stephens Hall tells Exclaim!, as he guides his car to the side of the road. Hall is...

Class of 2020: I M U R's Dark R&B Is Genre-Bending Makeout Music

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2020

Experiment. Explore. Refine. It's a simple process, but one that's produced tangible results for the members of Vancouver electro-R&B trio...

Ralph

Flashbacks & Fantasies

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2019

If you caught Raffaela Weyman on one of her recent opening gigs for Carly Rae Jepsen, you know that the Toronto pop singer, who performs as...

Ducks Unlimited

Get Bleak

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2019

Jangle pop — that loose, chiming style of indie rock — is one of those genres that's easy to make, but deceptively hard to do well. Ducks U...

Beabadoobee

Space Cadet

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

Bea Kristi loves the '90s. She's said as much in interviews, and embodies the decade's gives-no-fucks slacker aesthetic in a way that's les...

King Princess

Cheap Queen

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019

Mikaela Straus exudes confidence. You can see it in her interviews (like our recent cover story), music videos and now, on her debut album...

Saves the Day

Through Being Cool: TBC20

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019

By the time Saves the Day were recording their sophomore album, they were almost a completely different band, literally. Foreshadowing what...

King Princess Finds Her Zhuzh on Debut 'Cheap Queen'

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019

It takes 30 minutes, and several call apps to properly connect with Mikaela Straus. Sound is an issue, and she bristles at the choppy audio...